40-inch multitouch desk set for CES debut
Posted by admin in Computers, Design on 25. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
Could multi-touch desks be the wave of the future? ExoPC thinks so, and has posted a video of its new 40-inch multitouch desk on YouTube – a desk it plans on officially announcing at the Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of January. The teaser video (below) doesn’t offer a ton of information about [...]
PreVue would offer parents a live 4D baby watch window during pregnancy
Posted by admin in Design, Mobile technology, Science on 30. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
The PreVue concept from industrial designer Melody Shiue proposes using 4D ultrasound technology to enhance the bond between a growing fetus and its parents Checking the health of a baby inside the womb using ultrasound has been going on for a good many years and can be a useful tool for detecting problems early. A [...]
Screechy Theremin Fork Whines When You Try to Eat the Food Impaled On It
Posted by admin in Design on 26. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
This fork, demonstrated at Interaction 2011 and profiled by DigInfo, has an embedded theremin that begins making its unique and oddly unpleasant screeching noises once it touches a person, completing a circuit. But the pitch of the theremin changes based on the feedback from the fork’s tines: The more resistance it encounters, as when you’re [...]
New Exo-Arm Makes Your Arm Seem Weightless, Reducing Annoying Drink-Lifting Fatigue
Posted by admin in Design, Mobile technology on 24. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Exoskeletons aren’t all just made for soldiers — now they can help desk jockeys reach for a pen or a cup of coffee, and reduce the fatigue that comes with typing all day long. The x-Ar arm support won’t give you superhuman strength or do your work for you — it will just help your [...]
PepsiCo develops first PET plastic bottle made completely from plant-based material
Posted by admin in Design, Science on 17. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
PepsiCo says it has developed the world’s first 100 percent plant-based PET bottle Mountain Dew’s green bottles could become even "greener" with an announcement from PepsiCo claiming it has developed the world’s first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources including switch grass, pine bark and corn husks. The bottle [...]
