The iLog incorporates touch-sensitive switches to allow you to record samples, create electronic beats from your pocket, and […]
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Japanese company Fuji Electric Retail Systems is selling a vending machine that can dispense free drinks when a […]
BodyBug (picture on the left), a project by Jin Moen at Interactive Institute Share Studio, is a climbing […]
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The Funny Club Show, a traveling art exhibition featuring B.B. Birdy‘s “Funny Club” figures customized by artists, from […]
Good news, you can now be the proud owner of one of Aristarkh Chernyshev‘s incredible TV enhancers. Take […]
A MicroJet injector under development at UC Berkeley may help ease the dread of the needle by taking […]
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At the O’Reilly conference, James Larsson demonstrated how to create knives and forks that can pick up on […]
Siemens has developed a communications device which recognizes voice commands and allows its user to control home communications […]
The Assistive Mouse Adapter, a special adaptor that helps people with hand tremors control a computer mouse more […]
When visually impaired people use a computer, they read what appears on the screen from a refreshable tactile […]
VibroBod (PDF), developed by Kelly Dobson, Danah Doyd, Wendy Ju, Judith Donath and Hiroshi Ishi from the MIT […]
How to pretend you have one. Via Antonio mir. The iKeyring or what you can do with broken […]
At Techfest, Microsoft showed the teddy bear that keeps an eye on kids, but also the prototype of […]
New York is testing a trash can that uses solar power to sense when it is full and […]
You loved the The Godfather Horse Head Pillow? Here’s the Tony Montana talking and swearing action figure. Comes […]
Hasbro plans on launching a musical toothbrush called “Tooth Tunes” reports the WSJ. “When pressed to the teeth, […]
Repository of microphones with pictures, comparative recordings, links chronicling golden years and gallery of celebs with mics. William […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has compiled a list of gadget “species” under threat of extinction. Endangered gizmos highlights […]
Naoru-kun, a new doll by Bandai , responds to RFID’d objects. The toy speaks 150 different phrases and […]
Elderly and housebound residents in Bristol (UK) are testing a barcode reader which scans items from a catalogue […]
Ototenji, by IAMAS student Mika Fukumori, is a device that allows people who can see to learn Braille […]
In September, I wrote about Accenture labs‘ “persuasive mirror” that will display what you will look like in […]
In May Dutch company Secure Internet Machines (SIM) will introduce the simPC. Made to ease old people’s fear […]
On four wheels, the iBot (Individual Balancing Optimized Transporter) wheelchair bumps up kerbstones. On two wheels it raises […]
Many (wireless) users are unaware of the unencrypted nature of some public networks and that their traffic can […]
Force-sensing fabric company Eleksen will show a fabric keyboard and joystick at the beginning of next year. The […]
UK bakers Kingsmill is to sell limited edition of bread shaped in Elvis’ image to celebrate his 70th […]
Modding is the practice of altering a computer’s look to improve its appearance. Taiwan-based Via Technologies encourages modders […]
See the mechanism attached to the rear end of the car in the photo? It is a “Thanks […]
Tom Pearson, from the US Agricultural Research Service in Kansas has developed a gadget that listens to the […]
Slightly bulkier than a video phone, the Scopitone was a “Film Jukebox” invented in France (from surplus WWII […]
For grandparents, no modern communication gizmo can replicate the physical interaction that comes with an occasional visit of […]
Dick van Hoff ‘s Tyranny of the Plug are kitchen machine that chop, blend, mix, squeeze and churn […]
Groovetube is a translucent plastic box that you stick to the screen of your television. Inside it, a […]
Touch-screen kiosks have taken off, but it’s not always easy to find space to install them. A new […]
AlertBox, going on sale in the UK this week (£147), allows neighbours to warn each other about “dodgy […]
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Art designer Mark Simonson is working on the revival of some of Phil Martin’s display typefaces from the […]
More about the Mitsubushi scopo wearable display presented earlier this month at the CEATEC exhibition in Japan. It […]
FujiFilm has developed the “F-NEXT IMAGE VIEWER” portable photo viewer which included a new image searching function called […]