Crowdsourcing product development social network Quirky has raised $16 million in funding. Investors include Norwest Venture partners and RRE Ventures. The site connects inventors and entrepreneurs with participants who collaborate to help create a successful product. Quirky is also the subject of a reality series slated to air on the Sundance Channel at the end of August. [TechCrunch]

In the picture above, you will see a girl using a Snowdozer. The Snowdozer is a new kind of snow scraper that makes the task of cleaning your car much simple. It is a double-bladed snow scraper and a handle that makes it easy to use. So far there are over 600 pre-orders for the Snowdozer at a price of $16.99 per unit on Quirky. The Snowdozer needs to hit 1,200 pre-orders to go into production.

Yes, you can download sticky note software for your desktop or actually have physical stick notes to place all over your monitor, but what fun is that? I’d much rather have the Scratch-n-Scroll notable mousepad. The mousepad was designed by Quirky and is selling them for only $9.49. Notes and drawings can be made on the mousepad using your finger or a pen.