Multi-touch Floor Display
Did you think that multi-touch on your MacBook or iPhone was amazing? Try having it on the floor, and see what you can do with it. That’s what a team under human-computer interaction professor, Patrick Baudisch, came up with. It incorporates multi-touch technology into back-projected floors, and the floor can sense the pressure and recognize [...]
Zap Sandal from Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo has certainly made a name for himself worldwide with his delectable range of shoes by the years, dressing up royalty, movers, shakers and celebrities. Well, that day round he has taken the technological route with the Zap Sandal that is being prepped for the Spring/Summer 2010 season, where they will boast ‘light up [...]
Voice controlled quad-copter
Check out that modified quad-copter that is controlled using voice commands – yes, the same voice you use to ensure your pooch stays off the sofa or leaves your shoes alone can be used to puppet that robot any way you like. Responding to natural language, you can just casually mention, “take off and fly [...]
Lace-amatic makes for easy tying
We do wonder what the whole point of shoelaces was for, but next again that was before Velcro was invented. Folks who prefer shoelaces but lack the dexterity, flexibility or strength to handle it might want to check out the Lace-amatic. It enables you to tighten and loosen tied shoelaces, making removal of knotted shoes [...]
Helium Bike Case
While bicycles have certainly come some way to being more and more portable, making it a snap to tote around while you take advantage of the city’s public transport system, there is always a better way to do things. Case in point, the Helium Bike Case which can be opened 360° to pack your bike’s [...]
Sneakers tweet about your walking (so you don’t have to)
New "Rambler" shoes connect to your cell phone via Bluetooth, and send out tweets to your Twitter feed about what's going on with your feet. The input takes the mold of the words "step" and "tap," and a period when nothing is happening. So when you're sitting at your computer tapping your feet, tweets look [...]
LaCie 2Big USB 3.0 RAID drive
Just like there can never be decent handbags and shoes for women, so the same it is for computer users – you can never have sufficient storage space. LaCie steps in with their aptly-named 2Big USB 3.0 RAID drive which is able to hit a theoretical throughput speed of 275 MB/s, which is blazing fast [...]