Imagine all of the beautiful visions you’d miss if you were born without sight. Until science figured out a cure for blindness, you would never get to see the blue sky on a clear day or how green the grass can get in the spring. The Bright-F concept hopes to give the blind community a chance to experience different shades and hues based on sound.

The Bright-F detects and translates brightness, saturation, and color into unique sounds. Forget about quality of life. This thing could work wonders for the simplest of tasks, such as sorting laundry into darks and lights. Finally offering the blind a chance to experience color, rather than simply texture. (more…)

Apple’s latest 20″ iMac display (you know the one we mean, with the super thing keyboard) offers to produce an image with millions of colors, yet the Cupertino crew is now being sued, reportedly, because the 20 incher only offers a blasphemous 262,144 true colors. The Texas resident who filed the suit, Chandra Sanders, claims that other colors are “produced through a technological trick of showing several similar shades at high speed.”

Brian Kabateck of LA-based Kabateck Brown Kellner, the represented firm which is suing Apple for the false promises says “beneath Apple’s good-guy image is a corporation that takes advantage of its customers. Our goal is to help those customers who were deceived and make sure Apple tells the truth.” We’d like to point out that the iMac 24″ screen does in fact offer millions of colors, 16.7 million to be exact, of which only 9.7 million can be seen by the human eye. — Andrew Dobrow

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German artist Hans Hermert designed this Balloon Tank with what seems to be a very child-like mindset. With a rainbow collection of colors, the Tank looks like something from a clown’s dream.

Complete with an attached balloon gun turret on its top, the Balloon Tank probably wouldn’t do any good in a militairy excursion. From the looks of it, it would do better as a carnival booth game. — Andrew Dobrow

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Whenever I see a skateboard, I can’t help but drift down memory lane to circa 1995, when me and my homies were chilling on the curb, sipping on Gatorade, trying to work out how to get our damn skateboards off the concrete without breaking our necks. Every time we tried to perform the simplest trick, we would fall on our asses. Day in and day out.

But maybe if we could practice at night, the fear of embarrassment wouldn’t have been such a burden. At least that way we could keep our bruises to ourselves. The Photon Lights Skateboard comes equipped with 30 LED bulbs in a wide assortment of colors. Not only can you pimp your board, but you can hide your wounds in the dark of night while skating in the sight of drivers. — Andrew Dobrow

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Don’t you hate that cellphone cameras always have a way of not capturing what you want them too? This WYSIWYG design concept phone might just be the key to ending camera phone woes. Sporting a totally translucent body, the WYSIWYG phone’s viewfinder is completely see-through, producing a no-hassle snapshot capability.

Whatever is in the frame of the viewfinder is what will show up on your screen. The phone is also ridiculously thin and would come in a variety of colors. If only companies would pick up on some of these user-made designs. — Andrew Dobrow

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Thanks to the inept companies who update their product lists early, there is a rumor going around that Nintendo is planning on releasing several new color options for the Wiimote and Nunchucks. The new colors listed on the product list of the retailer in question are silver, blue, and pearl pink.

According to the retailer, the new colored hardware is set to ship June 29th in Europe. No word of any U.S. date or price information. And while this in no way confirms an official announcement from Nintendo, these retail lists have been known to be spot on in the past. — Andrew Dobrow

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Anyone with a blooming child knows that little doodles are bound to pop up on your wall at some point. Philips has developed a digital drawing gadget that not only allows children to color on walls, but encourages is it with his non-mess gizmo. The multicolor paintbrush, or “magic wand”, can be dipped into a digital paint can, which allows the selection of a spectrum of colors. The wand then projects a digital image, following every stroke of the child, on the wall, which can then be erased with the special eraser tool (or by unplugging the machine). Best thing about the Digital Drawer? No messes to scrub off the walls. — Andrew Dobrow

Digital drawing tools for your kids [GizmoWatch]

Apple has released a new improvement on the line of the iPod Shuffles: colors! Instead of the plain, boring silver, you now can choose between pink, green, blue, orange, and silver. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like any specs have been changed, it’s still only a gig, still $79. So if your children (or you) have been asking for a Nano because they like the pretty colors, you now have a reason to buy something that costs $100 less. Lucky you! — Nik Gomez

iPod Suffle colors [Apple]

Razzle dazzle may not be a word you normally hear used to describe a computer keyboard, but Luxiium’s Luxeed sparkles like no other keyboard before it. Each key can be personalized with a choice of 512 colors with pre-made color templates preloaded. Not only colors can be changed, but rhythm. The skins can be coordinated to move to the beat of a song as well. And you’ve gotta admit. The old black, white, and gray keyboards are beyond boring at this point (although they do get the job done). Light sequences can also be triggered and personalized by launched programs. The customization is actually pretty incredible. — Andrew Dobrow

CES 2007: Luxeed Interactive Keyboard [Chip Chick, via Crave]

The new iVak case, has had many people flocking around the booth today at Macworld with eager consumers wondering what that new, thin, stylish iPod case really is. As said before, it doesn’t add any bulk to your iPod, and it is being made for the iPod 5G, and the Nano 1/2G. Look foward to a hands on review straight from Gearfuse! — Nik Gomez

Vakaadoo iVak [Vakaadoo]