Re:Quirky has filed for bankruptcy
by snake117 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @08:53PM
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Can you give an example or two of what you got? I'm just curious to see some examples of what Quirky made, especially the more trivial items, like you described.
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Re:Quirky has filed for bankruptcy
by ClintEhrlich on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:46PM
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I'm actually struggling to remember the specific examples, precisely because I used the items so infrequently.
One product was a spray cap mounted on a spike, which you were supposed to insert into citrus fruits so that you could spritz things with them.
Another was a silicone cap for placing over citrus after you slice it in half so that the remaining fruit would stay fresher.
There was a square block that you could insert the top of a wine bottle into, so the bottle would not roll when stored on its side.
The only product I actually use is an octopus-like hybrid between an extension chord and a power strip, which works well for providing quick access to electrical outlets all along the couch in my den.
One example is the "egg minder", a battery-powered, zigbee-enabled egg carton.
http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Egg-Minder-Enabled-Smart/dp/B00...