Archive for June, 2010

Although the iPhone’s alarm clock is functional, it has limited features. If you use your phone to wake up in the morning instead of a standalone device, then you’ll want to get the most out of it. There are a large number of alarm clock apps available in the App Store, but, almost unbelievably, not all of them work, and some of them are downright duds. 5. The Alarm Clock This alarm clock option [...]

You can be in dark somewhere anytime, and give out the wrong currency note to someone, what if your currency notes start glowing in dark? You just pick up the right color currency note and hand it over. The concept is simple but unique, what if your own currency note start glowing in dark? Increasing security and making another mark for reality of currency note.

Covering some interesting posts of future concept designs of different gadgets and cars, though of coming towards the web again, see the development of web sites in the entire era of 12 years, i cover up main websites, that are ranked top in the search. Here we go. Amazon 1998 Amazon 2010: Google 1998: Google 2008: Google 2010: Hotmail 1998: Hotmail 2008: Hotmail 2010: Apple 1998: Apple [...]

It’s the year 2050, and that’s exactly when designer Felipe Palermo places his “Mercedes-Benz Arrow” concept. You’re gonna be driving this in 40 years. This car works with a system of opposing magnets, MAGLEV, which allows the vehicle to take on some amazing curves. The tires allow for rubber to be re-injected once breakdown of the first set occurs, allowing for longer life and less (maybe [...]

I have seen parsecs worth of concept computer designs during my visit here on Earth, but nothing like this “B-membrane” design by Korean designer Won-Seok Lee. He has taken the need for a bulky monitors right out of the equation and opted for beaming your YouTubing onto any surface you can point the omni-directional projector at. Some highlights of this Kubrick inspired mother ship computer include [...]

This is what I wish the internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… all in one device. Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot. Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more [...]

Rumours are saying that Acer are working on a new laptop that will have a frameless touchscreen and frameless touchkeyboard. Is it possible? Probably… the idea supposedly uses a reinforced glass substrate from Corning (maybe Gorilla Glass). It is unclear at the moment when this frameless laptop will be unveiled, but I wouldn’t expect it for another year or two at the earliest although [...]

Tokyo’s most famous gadget maker, Thanko, has another hit product in its portfolio, theUDGZDC8M [JP]. For reasons unknown, the infamous company decided it’s time to give the world a combination of binoculars and an 8MP digital camera. And people living outside Japan can get it, too. The device features 4x digital zoom (8x for the binoculars), an SD/MMC slot (16GB max.), an 1.5-inch TFT LCD, and [...]

In addition to the Satellite A665 which was recently released, Toshiba also rolled out the A665 3D edition notebook that delivers to users a stereoscopic 3D experience. The device comes with NVIDIA’s 3D Vision kit with active shutter 3D glasses, there is a 15.6-inch LED-backlit display, an Intel Core i7-740QM processor, a 640GB Hard Drive, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS350M graphics card and up to 4GB of [...]

It took more than a year and a half to build, covers 90 square meters and can handle more than 80 people at once. The Ring Wall, developed by Sensory Minds and installed in Nurburg, Germany, is the world’s largest touch interface. The 45 meter long touch wall stands two meters high and uses 15 high definition projectors to display more than 34.5 million pixels while laser light plane illumination [...]