Portable document scanner ScanSnap
Posted by tworld in Hi-Tech on 06. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
Fujitsu certainly wants to grab headlines by the scruff of its neck with the ScanSnap S1100 document scanner, where it is touted to be one of the smallest in the world without compromising on performance and functionality. The new ultra-portable scanner will tip the scales at slightly more than 12 ounces, cramming inside enough technology [...]
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Commenting on the announcement, G24i’s chief executive officer, John Hartnett, said “We’ve achieved this milestone through a sustained focus on transforming a highly promising technology from the lab to mass production, such that it can be applied to a variety of commercial opportunities. Our strategic partnership with EPFL, our research initiatives with industry leaders, and [...]
Wireless keyboard – Cleankeys
The wireless keyboard trades actual keys for touch-sensitive ones, so in exchange for a much more sanitary experience you’ll be giving up that satisfying clickity-clack you’ve grown accustomed to. It’s intended for use at hospitals where keyboard-germs are a serious issue, though I’d imagine it might pique the interest of regular old germaphobes too. The [...]
18-Meter-Gundam-Roboter RX-78-2 wird im Juli 2010 wiederauferstehen
Auch in Tokio bedauert man das Verschwinden der Gundam-Bot-Statue offensichtlich ?ber alle Ma?en, weshalb der 18-Meter-Trumm im Juli 2010 an einem neuen Platz (vor der Higashi-Shizuoka Station) wiederauferstehen wird. Dortselbst soll der RX-78-2 dann bis Mai 2011 bleiben d?rfen, anschlie?end w?rden wir ihn dann gern mal hierzulande sehen – nett w?r doch beispielsweise, wenn die [...]
OLPC shows off absurdly thin XO-3 concept tablet for 2012
Still have a bit of faith left for the OLPC project? Good, you’re gonna need it: designer Yves Behar has unveiled his latest concept design for the now-aiming-for-$75 vision, and it’s all screen. Keeping with the newfound trend toward tablets, the XO-3 is an 8.5 x 11 touchscreen, coupled with a little folding ring in [...]
Phone for 2019 – Cadillac Life
Widen your imaginations for the form and design of gadgets in 2019. Obvious to the hilt, the gadgets would be technical wizards and also boar high on glamour quotient. John Borrmann has brought forth one such concept phone christened Cadillac Life. Cadillac Life Phone adopts fluid technology for display screen guarded by a silicone coating. [...]
Cooky robots will make soup for you, won’t clean up afterwards
Cooking robots aren’t exactly anything new (even if they haven’t yet been perfected), but they generally come in the form of humanoid robots or, at the very least, robotic arms in order to be more adept in the kitchen. JST’s ERATO research division has taken a decidedly different approach with these so-called Cooky robots, however, [...]
Real Minority Report Interface = Unbelievable Interaction
The human body is one of the most incredible machines ever, but its sensory input methods are somewhat limited. We have these five senses to tell us all about our world. What if we had a sixth sense – one that allowed us to draw on collective human knowledge? That’s what Pattie Maes and Pranav [...]
AR-based Interactive Displays Debut in Japan
Augmented reality (AR) technologies, which superimpose information from computers on real fields of view in real time, began to be actually used on streets in Japan. For example, they are now being used for improving item description on digital signage, providing new features to show windows and helping shoppers find stores. Item description One of [...]
Butl-R-Bot Futuristic Robotic Kitchen Assistant
The Butl-R-Bot is a futuristic robotic kitchen assistant that features responsive artificial intelligence and innovative advanced technologies like humanistic arms, cameras and advanced sensors, fan arrays with movement ability, and many more. With all these usefulfeatures , this robot can cook meals, take order and collect food and even it can interact with kitchen appliances [...]
Amazing Technology From Japan
Look closely and guess what they could be… Looks like pens with hidden cams , right? Nope, wrong Any wild guesses ?? No?? Well it’s hard to tell, I know, but it’s worth trying to guess – it could be anything, right?? Some of the smallest technology always gives away the biggest secrets! Whether you’re [...]
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A Futuristic LED Watch FOUR.
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving on 18. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Four Watch Design is a very futuristic looking Twelve 5-9 based LED watch that is easy and fun to tell the time. Time is separated by group of 12?1 hour, 5?10 minutes and 1?9 minutes alongside the “4? shape face and part of the strap. This watch design is dedicated those who has quality looking [...]
Toggle Touch Remote.
Posted by Roy Jones in Computer, Design, Lifesaving on 27. Dec, 2011 | No Comments
Toggle is a multi-mode touch remote concept. A simple sliding architecture allows you “toggle” between multiple interfaces as the top of the device is moved in relation to the base. Small physical shifts expose new sets of graphics allowing people to type, surf, play and move easily through content. The design uses a touchpad containing [...]
LED Watch
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, Lifesaving on 25. Nov, 2011 | No Comments
This design may appeal to people who like simple unclutered styles. The case is simple and understated with a hollow look provided by the recesses in the sides which have a mirrored face and illuminated borders. This watch stands out due to its simplistic approach, conventional technology and recogniseable format. The time is in a [...]
Derezzed watch.
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving on 02. Nov, 2011 | No Comments
This watch with hexagonal matrix. Derezzed” means “disappear” or in terms of virtual media, “dissolve into pixels”. The watch works with a simple geometrical effect to create an eyecatcher. The display isn’t seen as time telling at first glance but is pretty easy to read when one know’s how. The composition of case and display [...]
Infrared thermometer FLOUKE.
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, Lifesaving, Science on 26. Oct, 2011 | No Comments
A very interesting infrared thermometer. It uses part of the thermal black-body radiation, which is sometimes referred to as radiation measurement object. And so accurately displays the temperature.
1245 LED Watch.
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving on 05. Oct, 2011 | No Comments
If you want to constantly train the memory, you can use these hours. This watch design uses only the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 to display the time and date in three columns. The first column on the left shows the hours, middle column shows the minutes x10, and the third column shows the [...]
Concept Mefisto
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving on 18. Sep, 2011 | No Comments
Energy-saving devices now become important. This is a small and very nice device may interest consumers. Mefisto is a portable heating application. It can be placed directly into a glass or cup, so it will only heat that part of a drink that will actually be consumed.
Concept Sci-Fi LED Watch.
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving on 09. Sep, 2011 | No Comments
A sci-fi shaped watch with a 3-part display that reminds the inside of a spaceship flight deck. Hours and minutes are displayed with digits on the main screen (from left to right and from top to bottom), while seconds are shown with strokes on the sides. The display gives the impression of a “private panoramic [...]
Brick Phones-Neo-Victorian Cell Phone!
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, Hi-Tech, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving on 02. Sep, 2011 | No Comments
This retro-styled cellphone is sure to stand out from the crowd. The phone has been integrated into a handmade wood case, and modified to use some antique brass buttons for dialing. The backlit LCD screen appears to have been set behind a green window to give it a glow which fits nicely with the retro [...]
Pogo Sketch Pro iPad For Sketching.
Posted by Roy Jones in Design, High Tech's Future, Lifesaving, Science on 25. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
“Pogo Sketch Pro employs a new patent pending tip technology involving patterned structures within the tip itself. This advancement allows incredible sensitivity while maintaining a small tip diameter.” Unlike the Pogo iPhone stylus that look rather fat and chubby, Pogo Sketch Pro iPad stylus is looking slim, like a chopstick with fat handle but skinny [...]
Innovative water distiller solar-powered.
Posted by Roy Jones in High Tech's Future, Lifesaving, Science on 14. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
This amazing device called the ‘Haitian Desal-A-Nation’ – which hints at desalination is what this equipment precisely performs. This device is actually a water distiller that produces potable water by evaporated salt water from the sea by using solar energy. The evaporated water passes through a channel that leads the steam inside another small chamber [...]