Wired with sensors, these gloves can provide useful information about a user’s motions. They also offer a mode of interaction with computers way beyond the keyboard and mouse. AnthroTronix has released its first commercial version of the AcceleGlove which is a programmable glove that records hand and finger movements. This glove also costs only $499 unlike the others which range from $1000 - $5000. It comes with software that lets developers use Java to program it for any application...
Military researchers have built a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird. It flaps its little robotic wings to stay in air like the real birds. The mock bird has only stayed aloft for 20 seconds at a time. But it has shown its capability as a spy in this short spick of time. AeroVironment doesn’t just want the little drone to fly like a bird but also look like one. So it has been given by...
Freaky! Those of you who has acrophobia, or fear of heights, will faint just reading this. In Chicago, there’s a new element of tourism. It is the service to see the city in air. You are literally in air and you will feel like a bird with a firm base midair. That’s what this glass building offers at least. It is a balcony at the Sears Tower, which has a small extension outside the building contours, made of glass....
These are lights at an exhibition called Artemide. One of the cool entries is the Altrove by Carlotta de Bevilacqua, which is a decorative wall or ceiling light that uses transparent wires to allow the light to flow. The interesting feature of this lighting system is that it makes you all confused thinking what is this thing! The next one is Ross Lovegrove's Cosmic Leaf. This one is actually awesome. It falls like a hallucinated piece of furnishing and...
I still dread the sight of the wooden scale that was constant companion to school as it rolled over in my bag with everything else that I used to pack. This is mainly because it was used as a weapon against me for squandering my evenings in the park, thus missing out on my homework. My palms would go red and warm with the whacks that old Mrs. Robinson inflicted on them. However, I’ve grown up to be a...
Keeping up with all the antique designs that have taken over everything that we still thought were part of the ‘present’, we look at these pieces of ‘Weaponized Jewelry’. As you can see, it comprises of weapons that have been recreated in gold to give a ‘classic’ touch to the way they appear. The various articles available under this collection include AK 47 money clips, grenade cufflinks, pendants that look like gas masks and shiny daggers. Maybe these will...
There will be a day when we all stand up to those crowds of paparazzi who will click away, just to get my face on their newspapers. But hey, that’s not what I want the fame for. I prefer the money, the gigs and a Grammy or two. So how do I fend off these hounds? Ah! Here’s it! The Anti-paparazzi purse that allows me to remain unseen in most (if not all) photographs on Page 3. The purse...
He had redefined music a couple of decades ago, bridged gaps between genres and even introduced the element of dance, to go with live ‘non-lip-synching’ performances. Best know for being the highest sold artist on the music stands, Jackson’s music is still worth more than a penny. Just a week after the death of the King of Pop, a million songs of his were sold on the Internet already, creating a new record. His music will completely dominate the...
In India, money is considered to be Goddess Saraswati, as in its very holy and very respected and all that. The culture believes in respecting money or else we will be insulting the Goddess and money will leave us. I am just waiting for the extremely religious Indians to get a hang of this bit of information. Normally they would just go wild in our country, but seeing this, they might just build a force and attract moral values...
The biggest worry when someone gives you this beautiful bunch of flowers or a stunning bouquet is the thought of what happens to the flowers the next day. Of course we can empty and rinse the wine bottles or even actually have a vase handy but the worry always remain of keeping the water intact. The Torr Vase by Nicolas Bovesse is based on the principle of the space and atmospheric pressure on water. According to this, only when...
I saw this in some animated show some time ago. Robotic clones of real people, moving around town, getting everyone to believe that the robot is you is so much fun. The next best thing to do is suddenly turn around the corner till your robot and you are facing one another, leaving the onlookers stunned. This is possible, thanks to the Xian Chaoren Sculpture Research Institute in China. The company prepares such identical robots for you if you...
Ever wanted to play James Bond but didn’t have an idea that seemed feasible enough without giving you away? Here’s a cool Spy Button Camera by USB biggies, Thanko. The company has put in some good ideas to come out with cameras that look like buttons and have up to 4 GB of memory to save captured footage. Videos are captured at 15 fps while images are saved as JPEG at resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 pixels. The...
Here is the first hands on video of the Beanzawave or the first USB powered microwave. It loses points when it comes to power and size but covers them all up for portability. It is powered by onboard batteries which can be charged via USB or AC adapter. it is designed to work with Heinz own single-serving cans of Chef Boyardee foods. Technical details and pricing is still not available. The video looks pretty legit, what does not is...
German scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München have found a way to see what’s in side an organism. The team led by Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos created a technique to form 3-D images of relatively large and thick organisms. To achieve this, the organism is first injected with a dye and scanned using a laser. This dye then responds to the laser and the disruption in the tissue is detected by the ultrasound. The data is then collected and processed to...
Ariane has recently launched the world’s biggest commercial telecommunication satellite build for TerreStar Networks. The TerreStar-1 platform weighed seven tones at launch at it will provide voice, messaging and data connection to the North American market. The heaviest commercial satellites in the past have weighed over six tones. It is built by Space Systems/Loral, and has a huge deployable reflector antenna, measuring 18m across. TerreStar-1 is the centerpiece of an integrated space and terrestrial service for which customers will...
