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This playful dog-inspired decorative lamp puts the ‘light’ in light-hearted!

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Part lamp part adorable tabletop sculpture, the Playful Dog X Lamp is emotional design at its best! Lamps are mainly utilitarian, sometimes they’re decorative, sometimes they’re IoT-connected, but the Playful Dog X Lamp is just straight-up adorable! Designed to look like a dog playing with a ball, the lamp features a sculpture of a canine that’s got the lamp’s glowing orb in its mouth. Whether switched on or off, the Playful Dog X Lamp is made to delight with its inventive fun approach to lighting design. In fact, some 90’s kids would also call this design rather ‘fetch’!

Designer: haoshi design

“Having a naturally playful dog can definitely add color into your life and give you a lot of joy and fun”, say the designers at Taipei-based haoshi design. “The Playful Dog Lamp from haoshi applies the interesting design of the dog biting the ball, which allows the people’s focus on the ray of light. No matter you leave the house or arrive home, it always gives you a knowing smile to the partner.”

Visually, the lamp can be split into its two parts. The light and the base, if you want to call it that. The light assumes the shape of a translucent ball with an LED lamp inside it, while the fixture sits snugly within the mouth of a Shiba Inu in the downward dog position, making it look like the dog’s playfully biting the lamp. Like all of haoshi’s pieces, the animal is in pure white, giving it a classic appeal that allows it to easily fit into most decor, adding a detailed sculptural accent piece to even minimalist homes!

The dog part of the lamp comes crafted from resin, giving it that incredible detail that you wouldn’t get in injection molding, and that would take practically forever with 3D printing.

Designed to be placed anywhere, the Playful Dog X Lamp can be positioned on shelves, tables, or even the floor (provided you don’t have an actual dog who’d get excited at the sight of it). The lamp measures roughly over a foot in length and just about 10 inches in height, and weighs a hefty 2.5 kilos or 5.5 pounds, given that it’s cast from resin. It comes with a warm-white E14 LED light on the inside.

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The best doghouse for your best-boy!

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Might I loosely paraphrase Mean Girls this fine Wednesday by saying that this doghouse ‘is so fetch’! Literally titled the Fetch House, this doggy-kennel is made from a 3D-printed skeleton that holds a thousand tennis balls to make what I can only describe as canine paradise. I mean look at how pleased the dog looks in the picture above!

The Fetch House was designed by CallisonRKTL as an entry into the Bark + Build Pet House Design & Build Competition held in Dallas, Texas. The house (designed to shelter one incredibly happy canine) comes with a modular internal structure that allows you to compression-fit as many as a 1000 tennis-balls into it. The balls can randomly be pulled out of their individual enclosures for the purpose of playing fetch (hence the name), and can easily be press-fitted back in when done. Conversely, owners can add fewer balls to form patterns in the facade or create windows for light and ventilation. “Ultimately, we would like to create a platform that allows individuals to customize the doghouse design based on their specific dog,” says Brendan O’Grady, VP of CRKTL’s Dallas office. “They can then download the digital model and use a local maker space or their own desktop 3D printer to fabricate the structure.” Now isn’t that just paw-fect?

Designer: CallisonRTKL

6 Best Automatic Fetch Machines For Your Dog

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It’s that time of the day to play with your dog. Unfortunately, you’ve got other important things to do. An automatic fetch toy for your dog is the best way to let your buddy play and stay fit, even while its master is momentarily tired or not available.

Having said that, to save you time in searching for the best one (there are plenty of options out there for you to choose from), we compiled the 6 best automatic fetch machines for dogs that we’re sure you and your dog are going to love. Whether performance or style, one thing is for sure—your dog is gonna love it!

Gotcha Talking Dog Fetch Toy

The automatic ball launcher that is highly recommended for small dogs with 3 small tennis balls. The toy is used to teach dogs how to play and enjoy catching the mini-sized balls for hours. This Gotcha Talking Dog Fetch Toy costs $29.85 with free shipping on orders that are over $35.

iFetch

iFetch is an amazing automatic fetch toy that is used to challenge dogs into learning something new. The ball thrower comes with 1.5-inch mini-tennis balls that are great for small dogs. The $114.99 iFetch Interactive Ball Launcher is one of the best kind of automatic fetch machines for dogs, and will keep them entertained until they’re worn out and ready to doze off for hours.

Playball Automatic Ball Launches & Thrower

This ball thrower by Couch Potato is an easy to use gadget that launches smooth balls to 3 different distances. The thrower is not suitable for large breed dogs, as it only uses mini-sized balls. Furthermore, it can be used both indoor and outdoor activities. This $79.99 Playball Launcher will surely keep your little buddy busy, happy, and eventually all tuckered out.

iDog Midi Rechargeable Dog Ball Launcher

A $199 fetch machine that is durable and safe to use. Its long distance shot can reach from 10 ft up to 50 ft which is great for large breed dogs. The amazing iDog Midi can shoot up to over 1700 balls every full charge with the use of 2.5-inch balls. You get 3 with each machine.

SmartPult Ball Launcher

An automatic fetch machine that is the world’s first app-enabled, programmable and remote ball launcher that is suitable for every size and breed of dog. It launches the balls to 3, 6 and 8 meters with mini tennis balls. Large breed dogs should play with caution on playing smaller balls. This  $113.52 SmartPult Launcher is a must in your bucket list if you can afford something that’s a bit more up-scale for your pet.

PetSafe Automatic Ball Launcher

An automatic fetch toy that has multiple safety sensors and will keep you and your dog safe at all times. It is an automatic ball thrower from PetSafe Brand, one of the leading US manufacturers of pet gadgets and stuff, that can launch the balls from 8 to 30 feet which can help your dog get plenty of exercise without wearing you out too. The $149.95 Petsafe Automatic Ball Launcher is definitely recommended when trying to choose the best automatic fetch gadget for your dog.

HTC shows off its Mini+ and Fetch Bluetooth accessories (hands-on)

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Remember HTC's Mini+ companion device that connects to your smartphone and lets you take calls without exposing your treasured handset? We got the chance to spend a few minutes playing with the gear and thought you might like to see how we feel. At the same time, the company whipped out the Fetch (pictured, after the break,) a Bluetooth tether designed to clip onto your key chain and prevent you from losing your most vital things. %Gallery-slideshow76483%

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HTC applies for ‘Fetch’ trademark, tracking device passes through Taiwan’s NCC

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HTC applies for 'Fetch' trademark, tracking device passes through Taiwan's NCC

Just what the heck is the HTC Fetch? Well, it's certainly not a phone. In fact, it appears to be some sort of tracking device according to a filling with Taiwan's NCC. Unfortunately, beyond some broad strokes describing the device in a US trademark filing, we're left with only our imagination to figure out how the Fetch might work. Apparently it's a "portable multifunction electronic tracking device for assistance in locating mobile phones, smartphones, cellular phones, portable computers, tablet computers..." The list goes on and on. We do know there's both a hardware (potentially Bluetooth-powered) and software component, and that while there's a lot of talk about finding lost phones or laptops, HTC also sees the potential for "tracking and locating people." Now it's just a waiting game to find out if the company has any intention of actually selling tracking accessories.

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