Water-Power

The bedol alarm clock runs for 6-12 weeks solely on tap water, making it perfect for environmentalists, geeks, and people who don't always pay their electric bill. See it here.

Flash of Light

MonkeyLectric bike lights are revolutionary. The technology is mind boggling. 32 LED lights formulate various motifs across your wheels as you cruise the boulevard.

Bike wheels feature stabilized solid images and motion video in full color, as well as wireless control. See video below.

Bat House

Bats are kind of like birds, but they can't just live in any old bird house. Clever Spanish designer, es•tres, builds a wooden Bat House with a silhouette cut-out and leather straps for hanging.

Hecho en Mexico

Ivan Puig mixes optical illusions for a dramatic effect. His imagery gives viewers a scratch your head moment at first glance.

Stitches

Like many shoe customizing websites, you can personalize all the standard details. With Converse footwear, you can even customize its classic stitch. Kind of a cool feature.

Fireplace Frame

Created with wire flex and cable fixings, Maisi Maud Broadhead constructs a frame over her fireplace mantel.

Space Chair

In its latest outing for Toshiba, Grey London collaborated with The Mill to film "the world's highest commercial," shot 98,000 feet above Nevada's Black Rock desert.

To capture the footage, two Toshiba hi-def IK-HR1S video cameras and a lightweight chair were suspended from a high altitude helium balloon and floated into space until the chair exploded from extreme atmospheric pressure.

[Via Creativity]

NBA x Scullcandy

Scullcandy launches a new series of official NBA headphones. The Player Series will be available in December at select retailers.

Models include today’s most prolific players: Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, and LeBron James. More to arrive in the coming months.

Final Destination

Vintage New York City Subway destination scrolls by Winter Works. Kind of expensive at $250, but good for inspiration.

Augmented Reality

Esquire releases their first ever Augmented Reality issue. Watch a tour below by the editor-in-chief, or go here to learn more.

Keep Hands Warm

The Zippo Hand Warmer is a perfect thing to combat the chill, no matter what your doing this winter. I got one of these from Restoration Hardware years ago, but have since lost it and am suffering the frigid repercussions.

Sleeveness

A first for alkr--a fresh lineup of laptop sleeves.

Each case comes in a three color combination. Neoprene exterior, fleece interior and a first-class quality zipper so that it will last many computer usage years.

Anatomical Veggie

Here's a cool ad from the International Vegetarian Union with text at the bottom, "Vegetables are all your body needs." As clever as this is, I'm not sold. I love steak too much.

Flashlight Lamp

Now, you can always see in the dark. Created by a Toronto based design brand, imm Living, these porcelain hanging flashlight lamps from FF add some creativity to any home.

Better Together

To promote Toyota's latest generation Petrol and Electric Hybrid engine, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia with the help of Stink London create another humorous human-centered stunt.

Vespa Swivel

As winter approaches and the scooter needs stowing, Spanish furniture name Bel & Bel bring it back to life in a chair.

The rollout of holiday viral campaigns has begun. Gap is out as an early contender with Cheer Factory. Regrettably bothersome.

It features Gap-clad cheerleaders doing chants like "Good luck with that bird" and "You office party hardied." You can, however, personalize the cheer for a friend which is a cool feature.

Quick Camouflage

The handlebar mustache tee. German clothing company, Amon, creatively places this envied facial feature underneath the bottom of the shirt to pull over the face for a quick disguise.

Octopus Pool

A great example of how art can enhance experiences. The Lugano, Switzerland installation was painted by a group of artists, Nevercrew, who specialize in murals, graphics, video, comics and sculpture.

Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by illustrator Jessica Hische. Each day a new hand-crafted initial cap will be posted.

To use a Daily Drop Cap on your website or blog, follow the instructions in each post and read the usage limitations. Enjoy.