Top 10 Inventions A St. Andrews Student Can’t Live Without
By Nicolette Damianou
We’ve all come to learn the student life is full of ups and downs. Between trying to make lasting friendships, adjust to the nightmare of hall food, and managing to wake up early enough to attend more than one lecture a week, it’s a lot to handle. It’s no wonder then, that we’ll happily take a break anywhere we can get it. Thus, from the website www.stumbleupon.com, I bring to you the conveniences you’ve always dreamed of but never thought could possibly exist. Please welcome the “Top 10 Inventions a St. Andrews Student Can’t Live Without:”
10.) Car Tent: The “Car Tent” is the perfect invention when it comes to flat hunting in St. Andrews. As ridiculous and cruel as it sounds, a large number of students are forced to camp out on the streets - usually with just a blanket to wrap themselves up in and a piece of cardboard to sit on - if they want to secure a flat. Well, check out the Car Tent!; a tent designed to look exactly like a car cover, thereby securing warmth and inconspicuity, no embarrassment.
9.) IPod Tie: This is for all the males out there who arrive at any St. Andrews Ball and are disappointed by the music. The ‘IPod Tie’ has a secret hidden pocket in the back which fits an iPod, allowing the gent to rock out to his own music yet be in the company of his elegantly dressed friends.
8.) Tall and Tiny Lamp: Tall and Tiny are two vinyl sticker lamps (i.e. one is a vinyl sticker of a large living room lamp and the other a small bedside lamp) that one can stick on the wall in order to present the illusion of a real lamp. Why? Because not all of us can be bothered buying a proper lamp, or hell even afford one. (Note: can attach a light bulb to wall).
7.) Fabriano Waste Paper Basket: This creative bin (made 100% of recycled paper) “consists of 50 disposable bags and when the bin is full you just have to extract the bag and throw it away, the layer beneath is ready to collect more paper.”
6.) Toaster Teapot: Literally, a toaster and teapot in one. What more could you ask for?
5.) Yorozu Audio Sound Revolution Kit: How much does it suck when you get to a flat party and the music playing is so low it might as well not even be on at all? Don’t you wish you could amplify the volume using something lying around the house? Like, maybe, a milk carton? With the Yorozu Audio Revolution Kit you can! All you have to do is place the vibrating extension block (included in kit) on a any surface (i.e. milk carton) using adhesive sheets, plug in audio source (i.e. iPod, etc.) and voila! Instant speakers and infinite volumes of music!
4.) TrekStor USB Drive Bottle Opener: A USB memory drive on one end, bottle opener on the other. Work hard, party hard.
3.) Urban Bicycle Concept: The typical St. Andrews student will have had/used a bicycle to get around town at one point or another. But who actually wants to lug around a big heavy bicycle everywhere they go? The ‘Urban Bicycle Concept’ is a hydraulic powered (i.e. fluid powered) FOLDABLE bicycle. The lack of chain means no grease, fewer parts and less maintenance, i.e. lighter weight and compact, portable and easy to carry size – and you don’t even need to pedal!
2.) iSleep Alarm Clock: Once you close your laptop and lie your head upon the “iSleep” pillow (attached to the top of your laptop), it inflates with warm air and plays soft music. After 10 minutes the alarm clock rings and you’ve just had a comfortable, soothing quickie nap without moving an inch! Definitely my personal favorite.
1.) Polite Umbrella: Otherwise known as the solution to our most common daily annoyance here in St. Andrews, who doesn’t hate the umbrella traffic queuing along our narrow streets caused by Mother Nature’s constant showers? The Polite Umbrella is an adjustable, shrinkable umbrella, allowing its users to literally “morph its shape” and thus reduce amount of space taken up. The secret lies in the extra handle; users pull the second handle whenever they want to protect themselves against the wind, deter from poking someone’s eye out etc. and the umbrella takes on a square-like shape. Magic.
By Nicolette Damianou
We’ve all come to learn the student life is full of ups and downs. Between trying to make lasting friendships, adjust to the nightmare of hall food, and managing to wake up early enough to attend more than one lecture a week, it’s a lot to handle. It’s no wonder then, that we’ll happily take a break anywhere we can get it. Thus, from the website www.stumbleupon.com, I bring to you the conveniences you’ve always dreamed of but never thought could possibly exist. Please welcome the “Top 10 Inventions a St. Andrews Student Can’t Live Without:”
10.) Car Tent: The “Car Tent” is the perfect invention when it comes to flat hunting in St. Andrews. As ridiculous and cruel as it sounds, a large number of students are forced to camp out on the streets - usually with just a blanket to wrap themselves up in and a piece of cardboard to sit on - if they want to secure a flat. Well, check out the Car Tent!; a tent designed to look exactly like a car cover, thereby securing warmth and inconspicuity, no embarrassment.
9.) IPod Tie: This is for all the males out there who arrive at any St. Andrews Ball and are disappointed by the music. The ‘IPod Tie’ has a secret hidden pocket in the back which fits an iPod, allowing the gent to rock out to his own music yet be in the company of his elegantly dressed friends.
8.) Tall and Tiny Lamp: Tall and Tiny are two vinyl sticker lamps (i.e. one is a vinyl sticker of a large living room lamp and the other a small bedside lamp) that one can stick on the wall in order to present the illusion of a real lamp. Why? Because not all of us can be bothered buying a proper lamp, or hell even afford one. (Note: can attach a light bulb to wall).
7.) Fabriano Waste Paper Basket: This creative bin (made 100% of recycled paper) “consists of 50 disposable bags and when the bin is full you just have to extract the bag and throw it away, the layer beneath is ready to collect more paper.”
6.) Toaster Teapot: Literally, a toaster and teapot in one. What more could you ask for?
5.) Yorozu Audio Sound Revolution Kit: How much does it suck when you get to a flat party and the music playing is so low it might as well not even be on at all? Don’t you wish you could amplify the volume using something lying around the house? Like, maybe, a milk carton? With the Yorozu Audio Revolution Kit you can! All you have to do is place the vibrating extension block (included in kit) on a any surface (i.e. milk carton) using adhesive sheets, plug in audio source (i.e. iPod, etc.) and voila! Instant speakers and infinite volumes of music!
4.) TrekStor USB Drive Bottle Opener: A USB memory drive on one end, bottle opener on the other. Work hard, party hard.
3.) Urban Bicycle Concept: The typical St. Andrews student will have had/used a bicycle to get around town at one point or another. But who actually wants to lug around a big heavy bicycle everywhere they go? The ‘Urban Bicycle Concept’ is a hydraulic powered (i.e. fluid powered) FOLDABLE bicycle. The lack of chain means no grease, fewer parts and less maintenance, i.e. lighter weight and compact, portable and easy to carry size – and you don’t even need to pedal!
2.) iSleep Alarm Clock: Once you close your laptop and lie your head upon the “iSleep” pillow (attached to the top of your laptop), it inflates with warm air and plays soft music. After 10 minutes the alarm clock rings and you’ve just had a comfortable, soothing quickie nap without moving an inch! Definitely my personal favorite.
1.) Polite Umbrella: Otherwise known as the solution to our most common daily annoyance here in St. Andrews, who doesn’t hate the umbrella traffic queuing along our narrow streets caused by Mother Nature’s constant showers? The Polite Umbrella is an adjustable, shrinkable umbrella, allowing its users to literally “morph its shape” and thus reduce amount of space taken up. The secret lies in the extra handle; users pull the second handle whenever they want to protect themselves against the wind, deter from poking someone’s eye out etc. and the umbrella takes on a square-like shape. Magic.