RFID Equipped Hangers Make Shopping A More Interactive Experience (video)
Teamlab has unveiled a new style of clothing rail which is just debuted by Vanquish in one of their men’s stores in Tokyo and incorporates RFID tags into the hangers to create an interactive shopping experience. The hangers look the same as a normal hanger but with a larger head section which contains an embedded RFID chip The [...]
Lego CubeStormer II Solves Rubik’s Cube In Less Than 5.5 Seconds (video)
You might remember last year we featured the CubeStormer a Rubik’s Cube solver that was built from Lego and became the Worlds Fastest Lego Mindstorms RCX Speedcubing Robot. Well the team are back and have now created a new design using a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone to process the calculations and has now halved the record set by the original CubeStormer. Watch [...]
Scientists Develop Wireless Bike Braking System
Computer scientists at the Sarland University have developed a new wireless braking system for bicycles, and instead of cables and levers to activate the brakes, it is all done with a range of wireless devices. The wireless braking system for bicycles is made up of a a wireless transmitter on the hand grip and a [...]
The Panoramic Ball Cam, Uses 36 Smartphone Cameras For A True 360 Degree View (video)
An innovative new type of camera has been developed called the Panoramic Ball Cam that is equipped with 36 mobile phone cameras and has been designed to be thrown in to the air to capture 360 degree panoramic photographs. When the ball has been thrown in to the air, once it reaches its highest point the Panoramic [...]
Starr Labs iTar Transforms Your iPad Into A Guitar (video)
Starr Labs the creators of MIDI Guitars, MIDI controllers, alternate MIDI instruments have unveiled their latest creation over on the Kickstarter website called the iTar. The iTar has been designed to transform your humble iPad into a 21st century guitar. At it’s heart the device is a button-based guitar fretboard (Starr Labs patented fingerboard) integrated with a [...]
MobileMount Firmly Fixes Your Mobile Device Just Where You Need it (video)
We have featured a number of Kickstarter projects here on Geeky gadgets over the years and many have successfully made the jump from concept to production. Another new design hoping to do just that is the MobileMount. The MobileMount uses a set of ”Patent Pending” Twist-to-Lock suction cups to hold devices in place and is capable of [...]
Forget McMansions! Futuristic Roll House Is The New Standard
If the past few years are anything to go by, real estate sucks. The idea that anyone can live bigger, larger, and more affluent even if they couldn’t afford it was an awful myth that duped a lot of people. The worst of it happened in the United States, of course, but the shockwaves reverberated [...]
Levytator Concept Represents Huge Evolutionary Step Forward (Video)
Before the good stuff comes pouring forth, here’s a minor activity to tease the brain: Try guessing the name of the guy who invented the Levytator. The answer is pretty obvious, but let it remain a mystery for now. Seen below is what amounts to an innovation in the movable staircase species. Detailed explanation and [...]
Siine Unveils Android Icon Based Keyboard (video)
Spanish and UK based developer Siine has this week unveiled a radically different Icon based keyboard designed for mobile phones. The Siine Writer App for Android lets you easily personalise your text messages and save time in the process. Simply use the icons on the apps screen to quickly and easily form words and sentences without [...]
Octocopter Flying Drone Created To Carry Red Epic Camera (video)
A German visual effects company OMSTUDIOS had created a fantastic octocopter flying drone named the OM-Copter which is capable of carrying a Red Epic camera to new heights. The new flying drone has been specifically designed to replace the need for renting a crane or the prohibitive costs of an actual helicopter and can lift the Red Epic camera [...]
Team Fortress 2 Running In A Web Browser (video)
Motorola Mobility software developer Brandon Jones has been experimenting with porting games to WebGL and has now released a video showing Team Fortress 2 running within a web browser. The engine and a level from Team Fortress 2 have now been set to run in a browser using WebGL and have clocked up frame rates of around 60fps maxing out at [...]
Coin4 iPhone 4 Case Is A Clever Idea
We have featured a number of different cases for the iPhone 4 here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is from the guys over at Urban Prefer, The Coin4 iPhone 4 case, which seems like a really clever idea. As you can see from the photos below, the Coin4 iPhone 4 case features different slots [...]
