Archive for April 3rd, 2008
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NTT DoCoMo of Japan claim to have successfully developed a molecular delivery system which it hopes to see incorporated into cell phones one day, allowing instant remote diagnosis of the user’s current health and emotional state. With a biochip of sorts integrated inside, it will be able to perform both biological and chemical analysis from the user’s sweat or blood. |
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This analysis will be able to identify an array of diseases in addition to a person’s level of stress, anxiety or excitement. All generated data will be transmitted to a medical specialist over the cellular network, allowing doctors to keep tabs on their patients even closer than before.
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Popularity: 8%
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Shade Pixel takes the road less traveled by rendering information on a deformable skin surface, resulting in a 3D texture output. Developed by researchers at the Design Media Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), you will find a dot-matrix array of solenoids attached to a flexible Spandex skin. |
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The right signals will cause the respective solenoids to move accordingly, creating characters that will rise and fall from the surface accordingly. Other than obvious use for the blind, are there any other practical use you can think of this at the moment?
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Popularity: 10%
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Gresso has just rolled out the Steel series of its Avantgarde Collection, featuring cell phones that boast aircraft steel in a slim package. |
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You will be able to choose from Sol Steel and Luna Steel if you have deep pockets, where both handsets will come with 200-year old African Blackwood for its casing and a patented scratch-resistant cover. To add to the overall elegance, you have a magnetic lock for the battery cover and laser cut Roman numerals on the fucntion keys which are constructed from aircraft steel. Other features include a 65k color TFT display with a sapphire glass frame, Bluetooth connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera, audio playback and 64MB internal memory. The price to pay for such luxury? 3,500 Euros a po
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Popularity: 10%
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The Killer Bee is set to replace the current ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is being used by the US Marine Corps and Navy. What the Killer Bee offers is a longer flight time and range - capable of hitting more than 100 miles, carrying a higher payload capacity in order to unleash a greater destructive power upon the enemy. |
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Interestingly enough, the bent tip of the wings provides greater stability during tight turns while solving the problem of antennae placement. It uses infrared sensors and a live video system to track objects, be it day or night, while an on-board laser makes it capable of firing precision guided minutions with impunity. Good thing there will still be wars around in 2011 when the Killer Bee is unleashed.
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Popularity: 7%
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Since the iPhone was released, there are certain segments who still fantasize about the iPhone nano although that doesn’t look as though it will be rolling out anytime soon. Here’s an iPhone nano concept for you to ponder over - using it in landscape mode will leave you with a rather wide-looking handset. I think it is best to just stick with the current iPhone design at this point in time until the folks at Cupertino think of something better. Let’s not rush what is supposed to come naturally now, shall we? |
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A press release from a Japanese company managed to trigger the 3G iPhone rumor again, right after Nagoya-based Aiphone revealed that it has been talking to Apple since last summer concerning the right to use the ‘iPhone’ trademark in Japan. That’s due to the fact that ‘Aiphone’ and ‘iPhone’ are spelled the same in Japanese. |
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Why would Apple go all out of their way with this agreement unless they plan to invade Japan with the fabled 3G iphone? Oh yeah, they missed this on the memo - each 3G iPhone will come with your very own pet unicorn.
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Popularity: 15%
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Cricket is one of the smaller American carriers, and the company has just announced that it will be making the Samsung MyShot and Spex cell phones available this Friday (tomorrow). Both of them will be AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) phones, bringing a 1.3 megapixel camera with timer and multi-shot capability and Bluetooth connectivity to the table. |
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The MyShot and Spex will retail for $150 and $120, respectively. Parents who are looking for a cheap handset for their kids can consider this, although they would probably scream blue murder that you didn’t get them one of those iPhones instead.
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Popularity: 10%
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Samsung’s Access handset will be the first device from AT&T to support their Mobile TV service, in addition to providing one-touch access to AT&T Video Share and AT&T Mobile Music. Other features of this dual-band 3G and quad-band GSM cell phone include :- |
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Popularity: 10%
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The Cyber Smash Grip brings together a couple of accessories in a single package - you get a Wiimote controller grip setup complete with a D-pad thumbstick cover and for some reason unknown to us, an appendage that makes the A button stick out more. For $12.75, I’d rather keep that cash and exchange it for four cups of coffee at Starbucks instead, relying on Nintendo’s official Classic Controller for my Wii gaming needs. |
Popularity: 7%
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2014 isn’t too far away so it’s nice when designers specifically target a time when their creations might meet reality. Take for example Peter Koren’s Flash (Adobe lawyers are standing by) mobile phone. Lets get the “duhs” out of the way first. Sleek, slim, buttonless, touchscreen color e-ink display, wireless charging, camera, and menu navigation via vertical and horizontal flicks. What, no gyro-thingamajiggy sensors? |
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Apparently people in 2014 will look back on our tilt sensors and laugh. What these futurians have instead are interactive projectors - straight from the phone. The phone projects interfaces on any surface and can detect finger gestures ala Minority Report. You can even snap a picture and overlay an interface - say for interactive graphic presentations, gaming, or porn - the possibilities are endless.
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Popularity: 9%
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