The acts of writing and drawing have been largely altered since the arrival of the computer. While the computer is certainly convenient, we have lost something important: hand writing recognition does not have the subtle sensorial experience of writing on paper with tactile pen and aromatic ink. » Continue Reading

Platforms, the latest series of work in The Aphrodite Project, is a pair of sandals that are both a conceptual homage to Aphrodite and her prostitute-priestesses as well as a practical object for the contemporary sex worker. An integrated system of shoes and online services, Platforms uses the latest technology to bring sex workers on par with other public workers, whose lives are valued highly because they work in dangerous professions that serve the needs of the community. » Continue Reading

This product is designed to exchange basic information with new people in the first meeting by shaking hands.The most essential part of a nomadic life style is frequent travel. Similarly, nowadays people are traveling more often. In fact, it became easier to move from one place to another. Increasing opportunities to travel indicates increasing opportunities of meeting new people. When people first meet and shake hands, the rings on the fingers get close enough to operate. » Continue Reading

Previous studies have investigated the use of magnets to accelerate satellites to the high speeds required for launch. But most have focused on straight tracks, which have to gather speed in one quick burst. Supplying the huge spike of energy needed for this method has proven difficult. The advantage of a circular track is that the satellite can be gradually accelerated over a period of several hours. » Continue Reading

MIT researchers are putting a tiny gas-turbine engine inside a silicon chip about the size of a quarter. The resulting device could run 10 times longer than a battery of the same weight can, powering laptops, cell phones, radios and other electronic devices. » Continue Reading

Nokia today introduced Wibree technology as an open industry initiative extending local connectivity to small devices. This new radio technology developed by Nokia Research Center complements other local connectivity technologies, consuming only a fraction of the power compared to other such radio technologies, enabling smaller and less costly implementations and being easy to integrate with Bluetooth solutions.
Wibree is the first open technology offering connectivity between mobile devices or Personal Computers, and small, button cell battery power devices such as watches, wireless keyboards, toys and sports sensors. By extending the role mobile devices can play in consumers’ lives, this technology increases the growth potential in these market segments. » Continue Reading

Hitachi has unveiled industry’s first AirLocation II Tag which is a Wi-Fi active RFID tag. The new tag enables wireless LAN position detection and management of people who enter and leave buildings and it also has an emergency message function. It would be possible to track the position of the people inside the building with this tag. » Continue Reading

The world’s first radio capable of accessing over 99% of internet radio stations broadcast on-line anywhere in the world. Compatibility with all three major streaming formats gives the AE Wi-Fi radio unrivalled choice of content from London’s BBC Radio1 to Sao Paolo’s Radio Calypso! No subscription to pay, no signal coverage problems, no pops and crackles and no international content boundaries. » Continue Reading

MB&F’s Horological Machines — as each of his watches will be named — are machines which tell the time rather than machines to tell the time. This distinction is crucial to the understanding of MB&F’s timepieces because they have nothing to do with the mundane necessity to read time and are all about the luxurious expression of time. » Continue Reading

Philips Design announced today that it has developed a seriesof dynamic garments as part of the ongoing SKIN exploration research into the area known as ‘emotional sensing’. The garments, which are intended for demonstration purposes only, demonstrate how electronics can be incorporated into fabrics and garments in order to express the emotions and personality of the wearer.
The marvelously intricate wearable prototypes include ‘Bubelle’, a dress surrounded by a delicate ‘bubble’ illuminated by patterns that changed dependent on skin contact- and ‘Frison’, a body suit that reacts to being blown on by igniting a private constellation of tiny LEDs. » Continue Reading

The display of 2D images is fundamental to nearly all forms of visual presentation, and pursuing display methods based on insight of human perception may reveal many new possibilities. Information display should be thought of as a conjunction of both the human and the device, and there are still many resources available on the human side. Here, we propose a 2D information display system, which uses perceptional features during eye movements. » Continue Reading

TWISTER (Telexistence Wide-angle Immersive STEReoscope) is an immersive full-color autostereoscopic display, designed for a face-to-face telecommunication system called “mutual telexistence”, where people in distant locations can communicate as if they were in the same virtual three dimensional space. » Continue Reading

This revolutionary rechargeable battery can charge from any USB port without the need for any recharging devices, cradles or cables. Simply pop the lid to reveal a built in connector and charger, plug into any powered USB port on your desktop, laptop, keyboard or games console, to charge the battery. » Continue Reading

3D scanning, 3D laser scanning, and/or 3D digitizing is the process of converting physical parts into 3D digital models. These digital models have endless uses, some of which include: machining parts directly from the 3D scan data, reverse engineering, quality inspection, rapid prototyping, archiving, design, analysis, and more. It is a fast and accurate way to insert a physical part into your Computer Aided Design (CAD) system. We work with a wide variety of 3D scanning technologies that can scan objects ranging in size from microns to 100s of meters. Some scanning systems are touch probes but many are non-contact, and some can even get internal features as well. » Continue Reading

Fujitsu unveiled a new type of “invisible” barcode, called FP (Fine Picture) code, which allows data to be embedded directly into color print photographs. FP code consists of a series of faint yellow lines — said to be invisible to the naked eye — which are overlaid on the photograph during the printing process. Once encoded, a photograph can retain its original quality while serving as an “object hyperlink” to websites that users can access via mobile phone. » Continue Reading

Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) today announced the results of a magnetic recording demonstration, setting a world record of 421 Gbits per square inch (421 Gbit/in2). The demonstration used perpendicular recording heads and media created with currently available production equipment that validates Seagate’s ability to scale the technology for the foreseeable future without major technology changes or capital additions. Dr. Mark Kryder of Seagate unveiled the findings during his keynote presentation at the IDEMA DISKCON show in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the hard drive. » Continue Reading

Recently announced, Bluetooth 3.0 is the new Bluetooth wireless standard currently in development by the Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Media Alliance. The new standard is reportedly up to 130 times as fast as current Bluetooth wireless transfer speeds, and builds upon the previous standards. Though we most likely won’t see any of these devices on the shelves until early 2008, the technology has the potential to revolutionize the consumer electronics industry. » Continue Reading

Physical Interaction Design” involves the design of objects for sensing (usually humans) and displaying information (to all our senses). It involves making new devices with embedded sensors, electronics, microcontrollers and communication. We believe that the best way to do Physical Interaction Design is with rapid iteration of working prototypes.
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The INSORB®|20 Subcuticular Skin Stapler represents a revolutionary new skin closure modality designed to combine the cosmetic result of absorbable suture with the rapid closure times associated with metal skin staplers, while eliminating the need for metal staple removal post-operatively. The INSORB®|20 Absorbable Staple is comprised of a co-polymer of polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid, which is absorbed over a period of a few months. » Continue Reading

The future of user interfaces for computer technology looks fascinating and full of amazing surprises. After having showcased the eery magic of seeing images displayed into thin air, user interface researcher Jeff Han guides you to see how amazing will be working with computers once we will have gotten rid of mouses and will begin to draw and manipulate screen objects directly with our fingers. » Continue Reading

The DataTiles system integrates the benefits of two major interaction paradigms: graphical and physical user interfaces. Tagged transparent tiles are used as modular construction units. These tiles are augmented by dynamic graphical information when they are placed on a sensor-enhanced flat panel display. They can be used independently or can be combined into more complex configurations, similar to the way language can express complex concepts through a sequence of simple words. » Continue Reading

Amblyopia, or ‘lazy eye’, is reduced corrected visual acuity which exists in the absence of any detectable organic disease. Typically amblyopia is present in only one eye and is usually as a result of a squint (turn) or unequal lenses in the prescription spectacles. This condition affects 2-3% of the population, which equates to conservatively around 10 million people under the age of 8 years worldwide. » Continue Reading

Visual Memory in a Bracelet. Just like our memories come alive when we take our favorite objects in our hands, visual memories and their tools should be more closely related. The performance of visual memory devices, such as resolution and memory, will eventually reach their usability saturation points. However, just like wearing wristwatches, they will be worn like accessories rather than highly functional tools. Looking into the landscape through an opening, » Continue Reading

Loc8tor is an innovative product using award winning patent pending technology that helps find important possessions and can even stop them from getting lost in the first place. By blending the best of old and new technology Loc8tor provides the first affordable personal homing device of its kind. » Continue Reading

Digital Information Development (DID) has developed a highly portable virtual piano that is played with a keyboard consisting of projected laser beams. The box-shaped device measures about 10 x 3 x 3 cm (4 x 1 x 1 in.) and weighs about 100 grams (3.5 oz.). Using a red semiconductor laser module and holographic optical element, the device projects a 25-key » Continue Reading

This technology is very impressive but the calculator is more of a gimmick than useful. A more reasonable application of this technology would be for one to be able to simply write out the problem 65 x 32 = (etc.) and have the calculator voice then answer the question (2080). Enjoy the video! » Continue Reading

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator which will probe deeper into matter than ever before. Due to switch on in 2007, it will ultimately collide beams of protons at an energy of 14 TeV . Beams of lead nuclei will be also accelerated, smashing together with a collision energy of 1150 TeV. » Continue Reading

IMAGE: The Heliodisplay’s projected image hovers a few inches above the unit. The top of the image is 28″ above the top of the unit. The M2 is about the size of a tower desktop computer case turned on its side. Heliodisplays will work in well-lit environments such as trade show floors, and also low-light environments such » Continue Reading

Reflective displays with paper-like viewing characteristics are rapidly emerging, with applications like electronic books and newspapers, roaming data access, and, on the longer term, full-color video access on the move. Flexible displays / Polymer Vision By combining active-matrix polymer driving electronics with a » Continue Reading

Feeling the need for an undisturbed and private space for your audio and video entertainment requirement, but frowning upon the size and weight of a desktop monitor? Leadtek has got a solution. With Leadtek Head-mounted Display Xeye, you are essentially carrying a 50-inch large-screen personal cinema. Leadtek has announced the head-mounted display, Xeye. Weighing merely 115 grams, Xeye is » Continue Reading