So alien in fact, if you did have one of these sitting idly in your living room you'd be extra careful lest icky things suddenly crawl out its pores all. … [Read more...] about Automated Dust Ball Vacuum Cleaner Looks Alien
Concepts
3D Camera Looks Like Alien Torture Device
You're thinking a helpless prisoner tied down to a chair has this globular nightmare device stuck to his head, then someone presses a button and the screaming begins. … [Read more...] about 3D Camera Looks Like Alien Torture Device
Above And Below Sea Level Camera
This innovative camera designed by Kyung Han named 'Underabove' is a dual-lens buoy-style camera that can take pictures of everything happening above and below the water line at the same time, that can be viewed on a small LCD screen on the rear. The idea is a concept designed to add more … [Read more...] about Above And Below Sea Level Camera
Foki Vacuum Footwear Concept
Designer Adika Titut Triyugo has come up with an innovative design concept to help with your household chores, the Foki Vacuum footwear. The idea behind the design allows you to do multiple tasks at once. Simply slip on the shoes and while moving around your home, you are hoovering the floor, … [Read more...] about Foki Vacuum Footwear Concept
Dynamic Eye Sunglasses Block Rays Wherever You Look
How every much you pay for your sunglasses looking in the direction of the sun always causes problems with extra glare, until now. A new development in sunglasses created by Chris Mullin called the Dynamic Eye Sunglasses uses a LCD display to selectively darken the area in your field of view where … [Read more...] about Dynamic Eye Sunglasses Block Rays Wherever You Look
BendDesk Multi-Touch Concept Desktop (video)
One of the big problems with regards to using touch screens in everyday life is the position. They don't allow you to work on a horizontal plane rather than a vertical one. The BendDesk concept is hoping to remove that problem and allow people to work with a multi-touch screen in any orientation … [Read more...] about BendDesk Multi-Touch Concept Desktop (video)
Wax-on Solid Ink Printing Concept
In an attempt to make printing a little more environmentally friendly, this solid printing concept uses solid inks, removing the need to dispose of plastic ink holders and packaging. The Wax-on printer concept has been designed by Faris Elmasu and takes advantage of new advancements in wax ink … [Read more...] about Wax-on Solid Ink Printing Concept
PR2 Robot Taught To Sort (video)
from the Developmental Robotics Laboratory at Iowa State has started a projects to explored how proprioceptive sensory feedback, in the form of detected joint motor efforts, can be used by the PR2 robot and used by it for object perception. To allow it to tell when a bottle is either empty or … [Read more...] about PR2 Robot Taught To Sort (video)
TikTok and LunaTik Watch Kits for iPod Nano to enter Production
If you have ever checked out the stuff over at Kickstarter, you know that most of it will never see production. Most of the projects I see there never raise the $15,000 that is needed to be built. However, a project started by Scott Wilson has made the loot it needed to go from concept to the real … [Read more...] about TikTok and LunaTik Watch Kits for iPod Nano to enter Production
iBlackBoard iPhone Case Concept
Are you one of those people who is always polishing your gadgets to remove any dust and fingerprints? If you are, look away now as the iBlackBoard iPhone Case is not for the faint of heart. If you have an idea or just fancy customizing the look of your case, the iBlackBoard concept case allows you … [Read more...] about iBlackBoard iPhone Case Concept
Minority Report Kinect Hack (video)
With the open-source drivers for Microsoft's new Kinect motion device only published a few days ago, it hasn't taken long for hackers to start putting them to good use. One innovative hacker has used them to re-create the gesture-type move control on photos, similar to that in the film Minority … [Read more...] about Minority Report Kinect Hack (video)
Log Into Twitter Using Facial Recognition On Your Phone (video)
A new demo facial recognition app from the European MoBio Project demonstrates how the front-facing cameras on our new smartphones may be used for something more than telephone calls. The demo app running on a Nokia N900 shows how users can log into Twitter, Gmail, and Facebook based on face and … [Read more...] about Log Into Twitter Using Facial Recognition On Your Phone (video)
