Design

A new concept has been developed you the iPad which allows visually impaired users to be able to read information from an iPad using Braille. The ingenious Omnifer Braille iPad Case uses tiny gas pockets which expand when exposed to light to provide braille on one side of the iPad’ screen as text is streamed from messages [...]

An interesting and innovative concept called Quantum Phantom has been created and developed over the past year by engineer and self-described dreamer Ben Wu. Quantum Phantom has been designed to allow users to be able to control the cursor on your Windows system with a web camera. The concept allows a user to move windows, write and even draw on the [...]

An interesting accessory has been developed  for Apple’s iPhone 4 which is currently on sale in Japan and called the Smart Phone Note. The design incorporates a writing notebook together with a holder for an iPhone, allowing you to position your iPhone above your writing area for easy viewing when writing notes. The iPhone cutout within the Smart Phone [...]

A Dutch company named ixxi has come up with a novel solution for mounting large flat prints on large flat walls. It’s called ixxi, a styling moniker that best captures the sensible tools necessary for the job at hand. The job being to mount large prints on large surfaces. For the record, ‘ixxi’ stands for [...]

We always believed it was tough being a coffee table. Unlike other functional surfaces such as desks or supper tables, both of which have clear cut purposes, coffee tables always had to have a broad role. Too low for a pleasant dinner, too small to hold a lot of stuff.  

That means it’s a Kickstarter project. If you’ve always been fascinated by sea creatures other than fish, then this project might interest you. It’s masterminded by this guy named Alex, a San Franciscan who’s obsessed with having jellyfish for pets. See, for quite a while now Alex has been modding regular fishtanks to accommodate jellyfish. [...]

If you are a Portal 2 fan this Portal 2 Wheatley Puppet will definitely bring a smile to your face. Its been created by puppeteer and cosplay enthusiast TRP-Chan, who has brought the robo-ball Wheatley to life outside of the Portal 2 game using puppeteer skills. The Portal 2 Wheatley Puppet is roughly 12 inches across and can be [...]

We have featured a few Hackintosh systems here on Geeky Gadgets over the years but iTableous, which has been created in the form of a giant white iPhone 4 has to be the best I have seen and uses a 102 cm (40“) Toshiba LED-LCD with a 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution. The iTableous measures 1.2 m [...]

Ralph Kistler and Jan Sieber have teamed up and used a Microsoft Kinect motion controller, a handful of servo’s and a cuddly teddy. To create and interactive installation where users can move in front of a teddy and see it mimic their movements, like a wireless puppet. First a wired frame skeleton was created and fitted with [...]

The Spire Boat by Thierry Mugler, is a speed boat which has been designed by Thierry Mugler Studio, and as you can see from the photos below, the Spire Boat has taken some of its design inspiration from the original bat mobile. Spire Boat is a company who have been making speed boats since 2006 [...]

A unique bike called the Bonobo has been created by  Polish designer Stanisław Płoski, and has been created using a moulded plywood frame rather than a traditional metal alloy one, that you would expect to see on a mountain bike. The plywood frame was created by laminating strips of veneer together to create a curved lines of the upper [...]

If you are thinking of dropping in on the Wizard World Comic Con this weekend and in the Chicago area, you might like to keep your eyes pealed for these amazing TeamFortress 2 characters created in Lego by Flickr member Pepa Quin. The detailing on each character is really something special, check out a gallery of the individuals [...]