Archive for the ‘New Gadgets’ Category
23rd March 2009
Something that’s not viable for us is the new practical vision for the crazy manufacturers. Roadable airplanes, better – the flying cars, have taken to the skies, and we’ve also seen the PAM Individual Lifting Vehicle – an easy to pilot Segway achieve a maximum height of 20 feet and a maximum airspeed of about 25mph in the trials. We also know what the jetpacks have achieved over time, so there is no limitation to pick from, if you’re looking to go off road in a little unconventionally ride.
Now then, the latest in the long line of personal flying machines is the AN-1 AeroQuad, delivered by Spain’s Aeris Naviter. An easy to fly platform, like the PAL (ILV), the self stabilizing AN-1 AeroQuad boosts a flying height of 20-30 feet with maximum payload of 200kg and hover there in thick air for up to 5 hours. Effective enough to be operated with minimum training, the AeroQuad comprising of a coaxial rotor configuration, and is a fun vehicle for land, water and the air.
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23rd March 2009
It’s only rare that things remain secret for so long. Now then, Sony has a new patent application, difficult to believe though, but it could be true. The patent is for an add-on gaming robot, which will react to both the game and the user. Filed in June last year, the patent is for a robot that moves around the room detecting the environment, and then displaying the same on the integrated screen. The robot’s to be equipped with wheels, acceleration sensors, camera, microphone and speakers to carry out the desired objectives, like listening and responding to user commands. The robotic peripheral is also expected to include a gyro sensor and a GPS receiver for better hinder-free mobility, but in actuality we aren’t sure what the bot’s really suppose to do… any guesses, leave a word below.
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23rd March 2009
Big, interactive multi-touch screens always have a high rank for their cool factor, and also because playing air hockey on these touchscreens is great fun. The Struktable from Strukt Design Studios is a 70-inch display that can simultaneously interact with eight people, over a diverse range of applications. It works on the rather frustratingly named FTIR (frustrated total internal reflection) effect, using infrared LEDs to recognize touch. The Struktable was recently displayed at the Toca Me Design Conference in Munich.
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23rd March 2009
Security is going into the critical books it seems; just yesterday we came across a nanotech coating for windows, which detects suspicious entities around and triggers an alarm using sensors and UV radiation. And now we see it reaching beyond the realms of our habitat to the border line areas with the SpotterRF, an ultra-small, ultra-efficient individual tracking radar system, which tracks an individual on foot to about 1000 yards away and vehicles up to 1500 yards in all weather conditions.
To be made available in the summer, with an objective to add on security to soldiers, and help curb drug peddling across borders, the SpotterRF – a size of a shoebox – is an easy mount device which can be fixed on to a vehicle with magnetic mounts to make it a mobile tracking radar. Touted as the world’s smallest radar, the SpotterRF requires a web browser, Google Earth and a laptop to function. Powered from the cigarette lighter the system is efficient consuming as little as 25% of what a laptop does.
Via: PRWeb
23rd March 2009
Japanese architects have created a weird little place to double up as your second home. Jo Nagasaka and the Schemata Architecture Office have created a full-fledged livable space in just 30 square feet. The diminutive size does not mean that the place is missing facilities; it has a recessed desk, a hammock, a sink, a toilet and a shower. We guess the Paco home will make one awesome treehouse, assuming you can somehow get this thing up there.
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