This pet home and carrier is an emergency kit designed to safely evacuate your pets during disasters!

Pets are our best friends and they are also known to be incredibly crucial in reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and boost overall wellbeing. Given the times, the number of people adopting and relying on emotional support animals is only increasing. They are family and that means that they have to be protected like a member of the family – no one gets left behind. This clever animal carrier was designed to prepare you and your furry companion for disasters by equipping you with emergency kits that work for your needs and the needs of your emotional service pet.

While we love and care for them as we do for our own children, there is not enough being done in terms of disaster preparedness for them. Evacuating with animals needs a lot of advance preparation and most people are unprepared due to a lack of information or kits that are made for this specific situation. As emotional support/companion animals are increasingly becoming a new norm, we need a kit like Base which ensures their safety while doubling up as an everyday pet furniture item in the house. In the event of a disaster, you can rely on the built-in emergency kit by using Base as a carrier for your pet. The shape is inspired by a friendly cave that makes animals feel protected keeping it aligned with their natural instincts of hiding when they are scared. The product consists of two parts- the left side of the kit provides basic products and the right side can be selected by the user according to the companion animal species making it usable for a wide variety of people and pets. It also comes with rescue request stickers that help neighbors to identify the pet and help to rescue them in the case of any unfortunate events.

“The emergency kit with disaster necessaries for companion animals is built-in the bottom of the carrier, so it can be safely handled during the evacuation period by simply carrying Base carrier with the companion animal. It provides disaster preparedness manuals and emergency kits while also functioning as a carrier, allowing users to protect their companion animals from disasters. It has Disaster Preparedness manuals in the form of brochures so users are prepared for disasters in advance. It has information about what users need to know and a checklist to identify items needed in the event of a disaster, making it easy to be prepared” says the design team. In normal times, the Base can be used as an aesthetically pleasing modern pet house. Base is basically (see what I did there?) the Clark Kent of pet essentials – a sweet pet house every day that turns into a heroic product in times of crisis.

Designers: HeeSu Choi, HyoWon Son, and JiSeung Lee.

This UV light sterilizer gives you a 99% bacteria-free toothbrush!

Those $5 Steripods certainly aren’t the best protection for something that stays in the bathroom all day and goes in your mouth. BASE is a minimal toothbrush sterilizer designed to upgrade your oral healthcare routine using the latest UVC LED technology to kill 99.9% bacteria.

BASE is a conceptual sterilizer that is aimed at providing the maximum level of oral hygiene and safety to you. Toothbrushes hold more than 10 million bacteria which is more than a toilet seat so it needs more than a plastic cap to stay clean and protected. UV rays at 253.7 nm wavelength are used as a bactericidal and within 5 seconds BASE kills 100% of the commonly found germs. In a complete 40 second cycle, it also kills 90% of spore-forming bacteria and it is recommended to sterilize the toothbrush for a full 2 minutes for the highest level of hygiene. The device encloses the toothbrush just enough to contain the UVC radiation to the area required (bristles, head, and neck of the toothbrush) while also allowing the right amount of convective airflow to help dry the toothbrush.

The silicone holder is pressure mounted for easy installation and removal for cleaning. The smooth mirrored finish provides an optimal ray bounce surface for UV light so it can efficiently disinfect the toothbrush and itself. It also records your brushing habits in the app so the data can be referred by you or your dentist. There is an added PIR sensor that will only activate the sterilization when nobody is in the room for extra safety. It senses the motion around it at all times within a 3.5m radius at an encompassing angle of 176 degrees. I also love how it has a subtle timer feature that helps you pace your brushing and complete the recommended 2-minute habit of cleaning. The OLED display and UVC LED use power efficiently so BASE can go up to a month without a recharge and when needed, you can use a USB Type C cable. It is an aesthetic, modern and highly-functional toothbrush holder and sterilizer that gives your oral health and bathroom an upgrade!

Designer: Neutron Her

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Razer’s Blade 15 adds a base model and ‘Mercury White’ Limited Edition

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The Table-loving Cable

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How many times have you unplugged your phone’s charging cable, only to have it sliding off your desk and then onto the floor? It happens with me nearly every time… enough to become a serious annoyance.

Which is why the Base by Peel is just ideal (it rhymed, therefore it must be true). Handcrafted from walnut wood in New York and coated with Danish Oil to increase its longevity, these little geometric products act as coasters of sorts for your cables and wires. A magnet under the wooden surface allows it to grip onto lightning connectors, or USB jacks, so that the cable doesn’t slip away from your table. The wooden construction allows it to blend perfectly with your wooden table, or even stand out in contrast against a glass table. Plus it comes in 4 delightfully minimal geometric shapes based on your fancy. I personally love the pentagon… but what I love more is the fact that my cables won’t ever pull a fast one on me again!

Designer: Peel

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