Severely physically handicapped people may get a breather, and may be able to become mobile, thanks to the efforts of some scientists. They are working on the concept of building a wheelchair that can be controlled by the tongue of the person using it. The system will allow one to operate all the functions of an electric wheelchair with eight different flicks of the tongue. A tiny microphone placed in the ear detects each tongue movement and a computer...
When it was founded in May 7, 1946 the first product of Sony was not a Walkman, A VCR or a television but it was an electric rice cooker. Brainchild of Ibuka one of the co-founder the electric rice cooker was made by merely interlocking aluminum electrodes which were connected to the bottom of a wooden tub, was a primitive product. The result depended heavily on the kind of rice used and the weight of the water. Tasty rice was...
All you need to do is flick a button and this plush sports car will convert itself into a high-speed boat. No, it's not a fantasy out of some Sci-fi movie but a reality. The car can swim and hover above the water. At the push of a button a hydraulic mechanism transforms the sports car into a propeller-powered boat. An integrated 'hydrofoil' system lifts the car to 'fly' two foot above the water's surface. Created by Swiss genius...
Besides the Parachute Jump and Oil Spill, my abso fav game was the Octopus. So I was really tickled when I came across this, a Japanese modder has modded the game to a mobile phone. Although the size of the game is big, he has managed not to make it too bulky; in fact it sports quite a slim form. Moreover, this Game & Watch is fully functional as phone. There is history behind the effort. Apparently the guy's...
What you are seeing is the world's largest pencil at 76 feet and weighing over 22,000 pounds. Built by Ashrita Furman a Guinness Enthusiast had got the local police petrified because they from the satellite images the pencil looked like a missile. The pencil is made out of 8,000 wooden boards, a 10-inch graphite piece and the pink rubber on the top weighs 200 pounds. Thanks Bob...
Mobile phones and peace of mind never go hand in hand, a single call can ruin your perfect vacation not to mention the long going debate of radiation and cancer. But you can co-relate the Sanyo W62SA mobile phone with peace and relaxation. Browse through the phone's menu and you will stumble across the Spa menu which activates a series of relaxing lights and sounds. As the phone is waterproof the soothing lights and sounds will make the hot...
How do you make your town aware of the amount of electricity its using? Here is a very novel way. Every night from the 22 to the 29 of February this year, vapor emissions of he Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki (Finland) will be illuminated to correlate the current levels of electricity consumption by local residents. Apparently a laser ray will trace the cloud during the night time and turn it into a city scale neon sign. Nuage Vert...
The SPARQ Parachute creates the drag necessary to force athletes to push themselves harder to achieve speed. It is designed for athletes who weigh 170 - 210 lbs. The easy step-in belt allows you to get right to your workout without having to fidget with buckles or adjustments. The Specs include: - Maximum drag = 25 lbs of force. - Belt accommodates waist sizes 32"- 56". - Durable enough for team training. - Floating metal tri-ring reducing belt offers...
Mustek has showcased the PF-A950PS a 9.5 inch digital photoframe which uses NXT flat-panel speaker technology. The 9.5 inch LCD delivers a resolution of 800 x 480 and a 16:9 image ratio. It accepts most standard memory cards including SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro/XD and CF media. The frame supports JPEG photos, AVI, MJPEG and Xvid video with audio, plus MP3 music files. The Mustek PF-A950PS is scheduled to hit stores by May for $249.99. Source...
Smartparts is pleased as a punch because it's staking the claim of manufacturing the world's largest digital photo frame. The Digital frame is called the SP3200 and features a 32-inch frame has a 16:9 widescreen LCD panel and can display photos at up to 1366x768 resolution. It even boasts of video playback capability and a built-in speaker. It supports MPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMA, and AVI files. The frame accepts MS, SD, and CF memory cards directly and uses...
Let me explain the concept of this T-Shirt: you wear one and give one to your partner. Then whenever you both are "in range", the pixilated hearts start glowing to full charge. This means your beloved is somewhere nearby and you can go over and give him/her a hug! When you are out of range the glowing hearts dip to two and a half. Essentially you either need to pick up two T-Shirts or one T-Shirt and a transmitter...
DoCoMo is gearing up to offer cellphone loaded RFID chips, this will enable the users to unlock doors, access PCs and other networked peripherals, clock in and out each day, pay for things in the canteen and avail other facilities hooked up with an IC reader. It is called the Kaismart; Osaifu-Keitai phones or FeliCa RFID cards. This will be the instance where such cards will be used commercially. It will be available from the 8th of February in...
In a clear case of identity crisis, the Mustek DV300T camera thinks it's a cell phone and assumes its form factor. Keeping up the sham it embraces 3.1-megapixel resolution for still images and no optical zoom, features voice recording and doubles up as an e-book reader. If this cocktail isn't enough, it boasts at being a 6-in-1 thingie, whatever!...
The RAZR has lost its edge, after a year of losses and losing market share Motorola is considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses. The new RAZR line up turned out be a dud with dated features and the upcoming models don't look good either. Motorola's handset division lost close to a billion dollars last year. “All of our businesses have exceptional people, products and intellectual property and the ability to achieve category leadership in their markets,”...
Your bath times have just gone more high-tech and pricey too with the Bath-O-Matic arriving in your bathroom. Coming from Unique Automation, it is actually a digital bath filler and is on display at ISE Europe in Amsterdam. By design it lowers the motorized plug, fills up the bathtub to a predetermined temperature and depth, and can even add bubble bath and fragrances to the water. It also includes a motorized plug so no water is wasted, and adjusts...
