Archive for the 'Inventions' Category

Mercedes-Benz gesture control concept is DICEy (video)

By Robert on January 16, 2012

Ze Germans seem to be obsessed with Minority Report-style interior controls, and Mercedes-Benz has taken it to the next level with a full-scale interior with nary a button or switch to be found.
Mercedes’ Dynamic & Intuitive Control Experience (DICE) utilizes a series of proximity sensors to detect arm and hand movements, which control everything from [...]

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Plantronics Clarity Fortissimo speakerphone hands-on (video)

By Robert on January 13, 2012

Music aficionados will recognize the term “fortissimo.” It’s used to signify belting out the tunes as loud as humanly possible, which is exactly what Clarity is hoping to achieve with its speakerphone that uses the name. The Clarity Fortissimo is geared toward those who are mobility-challenged, offering a massively loud 95dB speaker, huge buttons, voice [...]

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Intel’s Nikiski prototype laptop has a crazy transparent touchpad

By Robert on January 12, 2012

At Intel’s 2012 CES press conference, it showed off a prototype laptop with something you never knew you needed: a completely transparent ultrawide touchpad. What’s the point? We’ll show you.
This laptop is called “Nikiski,” which according to an Intel dude told is a place in North Korea, but Wikipedia says is a region of Alaska. [...]

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Logitech Cube looks to reimagine the mouse, converts to a presenter should the need arise

By Robert on January 12, 2012

If you’ve been mid-presentation and longed for a presenter over an optical mouse, you’re about to get another option. Logitech has just announced the Cube, a wireless mouse / presenter hybrid in the same small package. As a mouse, the Cube scrolls via swipe gestures across the main panel via the company’s Flow Scroll software [...]

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Victorinox to launch 1TB USB / eSATA II flash drive with built-in LCD at CES

By Robert on January 9, 2012

Well it looks like everyone’s favorite pocketknife company is readying a 1TB combo USB 2.0/eSATA II flash drive for a CES launch next week — yes, one TERABYTE. From the looks of it, the Victorinox drive will come in black and red finishes with two bodies — one with a scissor and knife, and a [...]

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Lenovo’s 55-inch IdeaTV K91 is the world’s first Android Ice Cream Sandwich TV

By Robert on January 9, 2012

Back in late November last year, Lenovo’s Chinese folks teased a certain IdeaTV or LeTV for launch this year, and now we finally get to see it in its full glory. Dubbed the K91, we’re looking at a 55-inch IPS 3D HDTV running Android Ice Cream Sandwich (a first for smart TVs, yet not quite [...]

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Vuzix To Show Off Smart Glasses At CES

By Robert on January 6, 2012

Vuzix has announced that they will show off a new range of Smart Glasses at CES 2012 next week, which will feature integrated HD displays, using technology from Nokia.
Now after years of internal developments and our recent licensing relationship with Nokia Corporation SMART Glasses Technology is finally here. This amazing new technology starts with a [...]

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Awesome Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun Raises $21,000 For Charity (video)

By Robert on January 5, 2012

Any fans of the Half Life 2 game will be familiar wit the games gravity gun. But model and prop maker Harrison Krix, thought he would have a go at creating a real life replica, and has done so to great effect. The awesome Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun was created by Krix for charity and [...]

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Craftsman aims to pimp your lawnmower with digital dash, traction control and more

By Robert on January 4, 2012

At this week’s North American International Auto Show, Craftsman unveiled its 2012 CTX tractor line to the car-loving masses, and let’s just get this out there — this is not your father’s lawnmower. Propelled by a 30-horsepower Briggs & Stratton motor, this grass-assassin can hit forward speeds of 8MPH and, for those Jason Statham-style chase [...]

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Chromatic Typewriter lets you paint a masterpiece like an author

By Robert on January 4, 2012

Writers are always looking to imbue their work with a little artistry, and visual artists often struggle to find the right words, but now an enterprising tinkerer has found a way to combine the two disciplines to create aesthetic magic.
Tyree Callahan created the Chromatic Typewriter as an entry to the 2012 West Collects “West Prize [...]

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