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After my F+ on national TV, I was thinking about other forms that could serve as "3rd hands" while also being light and compact enough for people to carry around with them. I came up with this magnetic cup-holder. It is made out of polypropylene and folds flat for easy portability. After I made this I realized that it made a lot of sense to just work with a form that we are already really comfortable with: the Coffee Cozy. Why not just embed magnets into one of those?




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  1. chandanDecember 31, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Great job with the magnetized coffee cup holder! I saw this referred on lifehacker.com today. I will try to make one for myself. As a physics student, I need a lot of coffee, and sometimes it gets a little difficult to carry coffee and food upto your office in the physics building through the numerous push/pull doors! This is going to help!!

    Your other products are very good too. They are quite simple but remarkably useful. I am in Toronto, and if you want to collaborate on something new, then I am in. Check out my site www.dchandan.com, a new version of the site will be up soon. That will have my contact info, but for now my email is deepak.chandan@utoronto.ca. Good Luck!

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  2. UnknownDecember 31, 2009 at 3:34 PM

    I've seen it on lifehacker too. Gratz for an idea :-)

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  3. suzalaJanuary 1, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    Brilliant!! ( I love your chinese take out carton/plate as well) the coffee cup cozy could easily be knit to your size coffee cup and felted! -more resiliant to being destroyed if it gets wet again. (spills happen alot for me) this is all great thinking! thanx

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  4. RoofCoffeeCupJanuary 1, 2010 at 1:06 PM

    As a hybrid of magnets and a coffee cup, I applaud your idea. I think there are not enough magnetic coffee related items in the world.

    Any specs on your creation, i.e. how much it weighs vs how much it will support? Do you use a friction surface where the magnet is, to prevent slides? Where do you get your magnets? I'm very interested in reading more about this, and have promoted it on my Twitter account.

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  5. jkhauJanuary 3, 2010 at 9:27 AM

    Genius! Going to try making one. Will need to find some crazy magnets to hold up a Timmy's X-large.

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  6. UnknownJanuary 4, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    Here is a great place to get magnets to start with:

    http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.magnets

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  7. MattJanuary 6, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    saw on lifehacker- great idea!

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