BrainPort Implementation Allows Blinded Soldier To See Via His Tongue
March 17, 2010
We previously brought the BrainPort to your attention, but now it seems that the technology has been successfully tested on a participant. BrainPort allows the participant, a soldier who was blinded in Iraq, to see via his tongue. The system consists of a small video camera attached to a pair of sunglasses, which is connected to a device that will be placed on the user’s tongue. The system converts visual signals into electrical pulses, which are soon after sent to the user’s tongue, and the intensity of the signals will allow the user to figure out the obstacles in his path. It certainly seems like an interesting piece of tech, and whether it is able to help folks who have a visual disability, soon after it’s certainly great news.
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Teclast X13-S01 notebook looks at Apple
February 3, 2010
No, we don't mean to say that Teclast has Apple in its crosshair with the X13-S01, but rather, they drew inspiration from Cupertino's design of the MacBook Air. The X13-S01 (how tongue-unfriendly is that naming convention) will feature a 13.3" display, but apart from that we know nothing else of its specifications. It measures less than 1cm thin at the thinnest section, while the thickest segment stands at approximately 2.3cm, coming in a gray aluminum chassis and a white keyboard to complete its homage to the fruity company. No concept on pricing or availability, but you can bet your iPod collection that that will not come remotely close to what folks are willing to fork out for an actual Apple equivalent.
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Augmented reality footwear from Adidas
January 26, 2010
Adidas has entered the augmented reality (AR) fray with their latest footwear range known as the Originals AR Game Pack which comprises of a series of five shoe styles that boast AR cipher built right into the tongue. Whenever you hold your pair of shoes in front of the webcam, the cipher will unlock access to an area on Adidas’s website coupled with a series of interactive games, where your shoe doubles up as a game controller. construct certain that you have great smelling feet, otherwise it would be a stench to everyone else in the vicinity as you wave that sneaker around while gaming! New games will roll out monthly within February and April, where the entire series will be unveiled from February 10 onwards. The shoes are already available in the UK as well as a handful of other countries, while those of us living Stateside will be able to get it a day after Valentine's.
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Artificial Larynx To Give Voice
December 3, 2009
CompleteSpeech has come up with the Palatometer, which is able to read how your tongue contacts the palate during speech. From there, it can help those with speech impediments learn how to speak properly. The palatometer will be placed in a person’s mouth, and the system will try to translate those mouth movements into words before reproducing them on a small sound synthesizer. Interesting tech, to say the least.
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USB Alien Sticks Its Tongue At You
November 20, 2009
You see an awesome looking Alien figurine, and even better, it has a USB cable attached to it, which can only mean that it’s a USB storage drive, or a USB hub, right? Apparently not. While an Alien figurine is certainly awesome, all that little Alien does is stick its illuminated tongue out at you. It might scare your 5 year old younger brother, but that’ll probably be about it.
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Worst USB gadget yet: USB Alien with randomly popping inner mouth!
November 20, 2009
This "USB Alien with Illuminated Tongue," doesn't store input. It's not a hub. So what does it do? Well, all it does is randomly pop out its inner mouth, which lights up in red when it does so.
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