Realistic Heart Flower Vase: Love In Bloom

The Love In Bloom porcelain flower vase is shaped like a realistic human heart, complete with ventricles, atria, and arteries. Made by Seletti and available on Amazon (affiliate link), the heart measures approximately 4″ x 7″ x 10″, making it bigger than mine, and significantly larger than the Grinch’s. That’s something. Something I’m not 100% convinced I want sitting on the foyer table to great me when I come home. An ice cream cake, absolutely.

The heart features multiple vein and artery holes to place stems in to create a beautiful, albeit somewhat macabre display. I can’t tell if my wife would think it was sweet or think I was weird if I gave her one. I guess there’s only one way to find out! One I’m still not sure I’m willing to pay for to find out.

Hey, different strokes for different folks. Maybe you’re in desperate need of a realistic heart flower vase, I’m not here to judge. I’m just here to…wait, what am I here for? God – I demand answers!

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A Heart Shaped Lighter: For Reigniting The Spark In Your Relationship

Because nothing says true love like setting things on fire together as a couple, this heart-shaped lighter from Draworld and available on Amazon (affiliate link) combines both a traditional butane lighter and electric coil lighter. Obviously, I’ll be using this lighter to ignite all the romantic candles around the bedroom this coming Valentine’s Day. Or, more than likely, the weekend after because I always forget Valentine’s Day and have to try making it up.

Available in red and rainbow finishes, the lighter, much like a Transformer, has two forms: its heart-shape with the left and right atriums (those are heart parts!) containing the two different lighters, or twisted into a traditional lighter shape, with the lighters at opposite ends. The possibilities are practically limitless! Just kidding, it’s one or the other.

The electric coil lighter features a USB rechargeable battery, so you have no excuse to ever be without fire-starting capabilities. I’m going to add this to my list of everyday carry items, which, including the magnifying glass, two sticks, strike-anywhere matches, and a blowtorch, effectively increases my means of starting fires up to six. Let’s go camping!

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Breathe! This handheld meditation-device coaches you to relax through anxious times!

I’ll admit the truth. It’s been 4 days since the election and all I’ve been doing is doomscrolling on Twitter for updates and refreshing the Google result to see how the vote’s been progressing. 2020 hasn’t been kind to our collective mental health, but if there’s one thing we need to take away in these trying times, it is to give ourselves a break and relax so that our minds get the rest they need and deserve. The MindNap is a nifty, portable meditation-assistant that helps guide you through deep breathing and relaxing your mind and body.

The handheld device comes with two metal pads that you place your thumbs on, before entering the meditation session. Sensors under the pads detect and monitor your biosignals, and the device itself vibrates gently to tell you when to inhale and exhale. The MindNap device works in tandem with a smartphone app, which lets you choose from four different meditation settings – creativity, focus, relaxation, and energy. Select the cycle you want to run and the MindNap does the rest, reading your own internal cues like your heart rate, its variability, and your basic metabolic panel (BMP). By understanding your current state, the MindNap devises a custom breathing regimen to get you to your desired state, helping you boost focus, clarity, and creativity, while reducing anxiety and stress. You can use the MindNap to energize yourself too, choosing a breathing pattern that helps increase your blood flow and make you feel more recharged. Available in two colors, the MindNap even comes with its own portable leather-case that lets you carry it around with you… because we all know how valuable our sanity and clarity is in times like these!

Designer: MindNap

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This futuristic fire mask uses 5G to guide you to the nearest exit!

Fire safety has been taken up a notch higher with Young June Kim’s Heart, a 5G navigation fire mask. In a future where innovation is supreme, and technologies like 5G will take over, it’s critically important for fire safety and prevention to be upgraded as well, and this is what Heart promises to do. Heart will be the fire mask of the future.

Designed to be stored in Emergency storage boxes all over buildings, with an attention-grabbing light on top, Heart will be easily accessible. On pulling out the fire mask, it will instantly connect with the 5G network within the building, and start detecting the exact location of the fire. You pull apart the fire mask, removing its case and swiftly attach the mask to your face. Removing the case exposes a soft cone-shaped element that covers and protects your mouth and nose from the lethal smoke. Lined with adhesive tape, the mask has been designed to ensure that it seals once it touches your face. This leaves both your hands completely free, and reduces the chances of it slipping off your face to nill. As the cone covers your mouth, the other red-colored end helps you navigate to the nearest exit. It functions as an interlocking lamp or projector, emitting a flashing light, and projecting the direction and the distance on the ground ahead of you. You reach the nearest exist within moments, and without inhaling any toxic smoke.

Kim’s 5G navigation fire mask can literally save millions of lives, and create a completely foolproof fire safety procedure. We can’t wait for such a game-changing concept to turn into a reality!

Designer: Young June Kim of Fountain Studio