News: a fork for dieters that vibrates when you eat too much or too fast is one of the most talked-about launches at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. More about Vibrating "smart fork" for weight loss launches at CES
News: a project to bring cheap and easy-to-build mine detonators to Afghan minefields has just nine days left to raise the final £14,000 of its £100,000 goal on crowdfunding website Kickstarter. More about Wind-powered mine detonator on Kickstarter
Product news: British design brand All Lovely Stuff have created a bird box inside a flowerpot. More about Bird sNest Box by All Lovely Stuff
News: rumours are mounting that Apple is working on a wearable smartwatch that would link up to an iPhone. More about Apple rumoured to be working on "iWatch"
London designer Sebastian Bergne has created a nativity scene comprising nothing but rectangular wooden blocks. More about Colour Nativity by Sebastian Bergne
Product news: this wind-up toy by British design brand All Lovely Stuff creates abstract art when let loose on a sheet of paper. More about Drawing Machine by All Lovely Stuff
More doomsday preparations: earlier this year we published this survival kit for tomorrow's predicted apocalypse, containing practical items such matches and water as well as chocolate and hard liqueur. It's designed by Mexican branding company Menosunocerouno and you can read our story about it here »
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Product news: new Neff fridges will come with this golf-ball-textured extendable egg tray by German design studio WerterlOberfell. More about Eggwave by WertelOberfell for Neff
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Stackable Snowmen or Happy Little Trees Christmas decorations, both designed by Fruitsuper Design (+ movie). More about Competition: Stackable Snowmen and Happy Little Trees to be won
Product news: three magnetic rings can be joined in different configurations to display the date on this table calendar by South Korean designer Jeong Yong. More about ONE calendar by Jeong Yong
New York studio Ray Kingston Inc. has developed a wireless speaker that you wear over your sneakers. More about Sneaker Speaker by Ray Kingston Inc.
This weather-forecasting lamp creates an indoor cloud to warn of grey skies outside (+ movie). More about Nebula 12 by Micasa LAB
Every day this week Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will pick one of his favourite extracts from our Dezeen Book of Ideas. First up is a homemade toaster by Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites. More about Dezeen Book of Ideas: The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
Customers visiting a pop-up 3D photo booth in Tokyo from tomorrow can take home miniature colour models of themselves (+ slideshow). More about Omote 3D Shashinkan by Party
British artist Jeremy Hutchison will open a pop-up shop selling useless objects at a London gallery this December. More about Erratum by Jeremy Hutchison
Product news: this magnetic bicycle light by Danish design studio KiBiSi lights up instantly when its two halves snap together. More about iFlash One by KiBiSi
In this movie filmed by Dezeen, Bandar Antabi of designer electronics brand Jawbone explains how the company took a holistic approach to designing their Big Jambox wireless speaker. More about "We take a very holistic approach to design" - Bandar Antabi of Jawbone
Following two collaborations with designer Yves Béhar, San Francisco designer sex toy brand Jimmyjane has launched a travel-friendly vibrator, which comes with a lock to avoid accidental activation inside a suitcase. More about Form 6 G3 vibrator by Jimmyjane
Threads and glue replace joints and screws in the furniture that emerges from a custom-made machine designed by Royal College of Art graduate Anton Alvarez (+ movie). More about The Thread Wrapping Machine by Anton Alvarez
Competition: Dezeen and Areaware have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five white Balancing Blocks sets of wooden toys, signed by the designers Fort Standard. More about Competition: five sets of Balancing Blocks by Fort Standard to give away