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Back To The Future! 1988 / 2011
24 years ago, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wosniak laid out a vision for what the computer would become. The year they gave was 2000 – a bit optimistic it turns out. However, today 2011, everything in their vision has come true! When this video was created in 1988, there was no World Wide Web, no flatscreen [...]
Portable solar charger on the cheap, thanks to UM students
Solar power is definitely one of the better ways to harvest free energy from our surroundings, and when it comes to rural areas, it is one of the best ways to provide green and sustainable energy without having to cut down large tracts from the forest. The University of Michigan should be proud that three [...]
Supersonic Stick on the Wrist for Blind People
It is very rare that I use the title of the project as the title of the post, but this one is just too magically perfect not to do that. This project goes by the incredibly long name “Supersonic Stick on the Wrist for Blind People” and it rocks. It uses “supersonic signals” aka sonar [...]
Forget the iPhone 5 rumors, Archil Vardidze shows us the iPhone 6 concept
Well, lots of speculation is already hitting the headlines about iPhone 5 before their launch, but between these rumors designer Archil Vardidze moves a step further to unveil his new iPhone 6 concept. Leaving behind all the latest innovation, the designer finally gets the iPhone rid of antenna and moves it externally. Bigger and wider [...]
Traccia pen-like mobile phone recognizes hand movements for commands
We’ve seen the vaguest of phones, and ones most creatively decked out too, yet we haven’t seen anything as genius as the Traccia mobile phone by designer Andrea Ponti. The Traccia is a phone that’s held as a pen, it recognizes hand movements and converts the same into commands. An embedded optical sensor (like optical [...]
One Watch With Many Faces
Here is a neat idea that allows you to play with the different faces for a watch. The Watch oNe basically features an E-Ink display which is LED back lit, but its face is not constant, meaning you can change it at whim or fancy. Hook the watch up to the internet and download your [...]
This webcam knows if your heart is healthy just by looking at you
MIT grad student Ming-Zher Poh has managed to give the humble webcam a beefy functionality upgrade without too much extra work. In fact, your webcam could tell how healthy your heart is just by looking at you. That’s right: Poh doesn’t need to get under your skin or even touch you to figure out what’s [...]
Eagle Phone Concept
Eugene Kim is responsible for this concept design. It is called the Eagle Phone and is a dual screen device. The concept was designed for a competition that LG is holding. The Eagle Phone wasn’t picked for the final although it did quite well. The screens on the Eagle Phone are touch sensitive allowing users [...]