Over at the Asian Games ceremony in Boha, Quatar in late 2006, Element Labs built a humoungous, gigantic, enormous, huge, spectacular, 45,000 square foot LED screen. The things that look like ants under the screen? Yeah, those are people. In keeping with the circular structure of the stadium, the screen was designed to be curved. The entire screen is 165 ...
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I dream of MacTab: The Mac Tablet we’ve been wishing for, in concept design form
If I could have sex with a concept design, this would be the one I would choose. Simple, effective, productive, and sleek are all words which perfectly explain this MacTab tablet design concept from Yann Le Coroller. The MacTab is an ultra-portable, and we mean VERY ultra-portable looking design which integrates a tablet display with a razor thin keyboard. When ...
Read More »Coolest desk ever? Microsoft keynote unveils coolness
Check out this keynote made by a Microsoft R&D representative. Microsoft is working on surface area touch desks, with a Minority Report-like interface. The desk looks super cool and presents all the information needed to get a job done, in this case, a manufacturer supervisor. The idea of real time schematics with such a cool interface could really be ...
Read More »A Greener Apple: Steve Jobs confirms Macs with environmentally-safe LED backlights coming this year
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that Apple will be releasing LED-backlit Macs by the end of this year. “We plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007,” he wrote. “Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger ...
Read More »Clarion GPS system and entertainment center for your pimped out ride
Clarion Japan has revealed some new details about their fully-packed MAX9700DT car navigation / entertainment system. This thing is going to be absolutley loaded with goodies, but costs as much as most used-cars. All models include a 1-seg TV Tuner, specially made for mobile broadcasts. With so many added features, the GPS system goes underlooked, but with Clarion’s 3D street ...
Read More »What will life look like in the future? A 6-minute video prediction
[ev type=”youtube” data=”HrzeiUvDZog”][/ev] The video above is what our lives might very well look like in the coming years. But than again, look how wrong we were in 1900. Though this does seem a little more likely then a weather changing machine. — Andrew Dobrow Link
Read More »Virtual Guard Dog digitalizes your home security
[ev type=”youtube” data=”KIUB2lFeECI”][/ev] It’s understandable why some people don’t like dogs. They smell, they’re always feeding on your treasures, and some people have powerful allergic reactions to their shedding fur. But what you gain not having one, you lose in personal home security. The Obscura Digital Dog is a totally fabricated doggy copy. The Obscura software allows users to turn ...
Read More »Mount a 21″ TV on your sunglasses
The problem with traditional head-mounted display is that they’re usually too big, it’s either the battery that’s too heavy to carry, or the eye piece that prevents you from seeing what’s going on around. This is even more frustrating for those who wear specs, because you cannot put on both at the same time. A small Japanese company Arisawa seemed ...
Read More »Wide-screen Outdoor Theater probably not as good as made to look
You know how in fast food ads, the food is always made to look like a perfect specimen of slightly cooked processed beef, but in actuality you’re getting the ugliest meal ever consumed? Something tells us this wide-screen outdoor projector is being advertised along the same lines. In all appearances, it looks like a perfect home theater to have a ...
Read More »Subtitles to go with the Subtitle-Reading Glasses
It’s super hard for people with hearing problems to have any fun at movie theaters or the like without there being someone narrating the whole audio component of the film. The Subtitle-Reading Glasses aims to give access to subtitles even for movies with no subtitles on the screen. The gadget snaps onto the frame of glasses to display subtitles from ...
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