Check out this cool concept Curved iMac from designer Nuno Teixeira.
It features two screens, the main one is a large curved LCD display at the front. There is a second LCD screen built into the back, and there are also two web-cams one front and back.
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A Virginia Tech student has created an LED floor lamp that is powered by gravity, using a weight slide similar to the concept of a grandfather clock. The lamp puts out the equivalent of a 40-Watt bulb, and lasts four hours per cycle. The mechanism is expected to last 200 years.
The field of display technology has seen some impressive announcements recently, but this one tops the charts for this crew. The University of Washington has implemented microscopic manufacturing or self-assembly (capillary forces) to make a new kind of hybrid contact. This contact has a microscopic imprinted circuit with light emitting capabilities. This kind of breakthrough opens the door to a host a possible applications, including HUD overlays and immersive displays. Do not get too excited yet. There is also a patent filed under United States Patent 5682210 back in 1997, it is very similar in nature.
“Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes – visual aids to help vision-impaired people, holographic driving control panels and even as a way to surf the Web on the go.
The device to make this happen may be familiar. Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.
The EMBRIO Advanced Concept is a one-wheeled recreational and commuting vehicle for the year 2025, designed by the Canadian company Bombardier Recreational Products. Although the riding position is similar to that of a motorcycle, the vehicle uses sensors and gyroscopes to balance up to two passengers on a large single wheel whilst driving. Specifications and pictures of this weird motorcycle are showed below:
Alright readers, get ready to have your minds proverbially blown!Imagine you are shopping in a grocery store,strolling through the aisles, when all of a sudden the cereal begins talking to you.You step back, and look around.No one else seems to notice.You move forward again and hear the commercial persuading you to select and purchase Lucky Charms.Have you finally lost the last little hold you had on sanity?Or is it a hypersonic sound beam, intended for your ears only?
Chances are, in the near future, supermarket shelves will be lined with these sneaky sound systems, but they aren’t just for use in advertising.This ultra-cool technology remotely transfers sound waves in tightly focused “columns” of sound.Once directed to and landing on any surface, (ie. ceilings, floors, walls, paintings, sculptures, advertisements, or even people!) they instantly become a source of sound.The sound waves can then be processed and heard by only people in the direct path of the audio.Surprisingly, the sound seems to come from inside the head, as it acts like a speaker while transmitting the sounds to the brain.
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