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What is and what is not a Chindogu ?

Not every useless or funny gadget is a chindogu. To be called a chindogu an object must abide by a few regulations and be submitted to the decision of the Int' Chindogu Society.

Butter Stick; very almost useful, provided you do not mistake it for glue
Butter Stick; very almost useful, provided you do not mistake it for glue
  Yes, that’s correct, you haven’t misread. There is an International Chindogu Society (ICS) . It even has a president, Dan Papia, and it’s supported by cultural institutions such as the Pittsburg University, which provides ICS with resources and organises chindogu competitions amongst its students.

This organisation – ICS – is responsible for establishing the necessary requirements for any invention to become a chindogu.

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 on 14 Aug 2008 by Alicia Rodríguez Mediavilla in Gadgets, inventions and prototypes

The Top Five Chindogus

The top five chindogus! We’ve tried to make a selection of the best – or worst– chindogus. It was hard to come up with a list of just five as there are so many of them and they are all so (almost) useless...

The carpet kid. He likes to crawl, so let him dust the floor.
The carpet kid. He likes to crawl, so let him dust the floor.
  Surfing on the internet, you can find lots of different chindogus. We’re pretty sure that most of you have at least one chindogu somewhere in your home. We can’t really go and search your closets for chindogus, but we encourage you to bring them out to light, show them on the net and share them with all of us. In the meantime, we propose here a list of the top five almost useless chindogus we have found so far.

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 on 14 Aug 2008 by Alicia Rodríguez Mediavilla in Gadgets, inventions and prototypes

Fake But Irresistible Chindogus

You’d love to own a chindogu but you don’t have any problem that needs a solution? Curiosite makes it easy for you: we offer you the pseudochindogus.

Special Slippers; warm feet and shiny floors
Special Slippers; warm feet and shiny floors
  Not everything has to be chindogu. The market is full of unusual gadgets that meet nearly everyone of the chindogu tenets but not quite; they usually don’t abide by the fifth rule “Chindogu are not for sale”. We’re talking about the pseudochindogus, not exactly chindogus but equally irresistible. Here at Curiosite we introduce you to some of these:

Yuki Megane.

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 on 14 Aug 2008 by Alicia Rodríguez Mediavilla in Gadgets, inventions and prototypes
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