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Interaction from the Future: Project Information onto any Surface
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No CommentsBy James Creppel It is the year 2054 at the Department of PreCrime in Washington, D.C. Chief John Anderton is summoned to review a murder, which is about to occur. As he makes his way into the case study room, he is putting on his gloves and the information slide is being loaded onto a projection wall that is made of glass panels. Once the images load onto the panels, he begins shifting and moving them with the sensors on his gloves. This is part of the opening scene from... -
Crowdfunding Pick of the Week: Monkeying Around with Hands-Free Tablet Stand
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsBy Linzy Novotny In the endless vast of tablet stands, there is a new one hitting the shelves that channels the dexterity of a monkey tail. The Monkey Kit, which includes a MonkeyTail and vacuum dock, is a hands-free tablet stand. Its creators, a group of eight artists that make up the company Octa, are seeking funding through Kickstarter to fund their first batch of the Monkey Kit. The Monkey Kit can be used with all generations of iPad as well as with e-readers and other tablets. The vacuum-pump seal... -
New Out in Kickstarter—Ad Blocker, Light Bulb and Engineering Toy
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsBy Michael Cleland Three new, fully-funded gadgets on Kickstarter prove that consumer technology is becoming progressively versatile and complex while still emphasizing user-friendly practicality. AdTrap: Blocking Ads on Several Devices The AdTrap, a self-configuring, ad-blocker device, stops all pop-up ads from disrupting your Internet session. Being bombarded by pop-ups while surfing the web has been commonplace since the conception of the Internet, and today they’re even more obnoxious—being forced to watch a minute-long video ad before being able to even open a desired URL. In order for the AdTrap to... -
Transform Your Smartphone with ThinkGeek Gadgets
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsBy Jen Heller Meservey You can already use your smartphone to text, shop, play games, browse the web, waste time on Facebook, and much more, but that’s not all it can do. With these fun smartphone accessories from ThinkGeek, you can transform your iPhone or Android into a retro cell phone, video game console, or interactive baby toy. - Go Old School Bluetooth Sliding Keyboard Case Transform your iPhone into an old school keyboard phone with this sliding keyboard case, on sale for $29.99. Eliminate touch screen-induced typos with good,... -
Crowdfunding Pick of the Week: Is that a Monkey in your Pocket?
Posted on December 2, 2012 | No CommentsBy Linzy Novotny It is 1 millimeter thick, fits in a wallet and has 12 functions. Functioning as a phone stand, orange peeler and bottle opener to a ruler, hex wrench and straight edge, this all-in-one tool is no larger than a standard credit card. The Pocket Monkey is a wallet utility tool that easily slides into any standard credit card wallet slot. Its creator, Nate Barr, is asking for funding through Kickstarter to help fund its first production run. Barr, of Boston, Mass., created the PocketMonkey after he came... -
Taking Motion Sensor Technology to a New Level with Ubi Interactive and the Ringbow
Posted on November 29, 2012 | No CommentsBy Caitlin Vandewater When we think of Kinect for Xbox, the images that come to mind are probably related to video games. First introduced in 2010 as a way for Xbox to compete with Nintendo’s Wii system, the Kinect was marketed with games that required your whole body to play them. For gamers, this was a step up from the Wii remote system, which as many of us know, does not actually require the entire body, but instead the use of your arm and in some cases, the flick of... -
ITikes Introduces New Tech-Meets-Toy Concept for Toddlers
Posted on November 7, 2012 | No CommentsBy Sam Parker When you’re five years old, nothing seems more fun than playing with a toy that’s not yours. Whether it’s your parent’s cellphone, your sibling’s iPod or your cousin’s tablet, you are bound and determined to get your little hands on someone’s technology. You want to push buttons, watch videos and hear songs from your favorite cartoons, but because your family’s iPhones and iPads are rather costly, you are told to stay away. In order to solve this modern-day parenting dilemma, children’s toy company Little Tikes developed a... -
The Price of Nano-Sizing: Companies Put the Brakes on Tiny Technology
Posted on November 2, 2012 | No CommentsBy Alison K. Lanier Modern gadgets are marketed as the arrival of the future—sleekly simplified and pocket-sized. The “original” computer that occupied two mammoth rooms and carried out basic calculations is a laughable anecdote of the past. Every piece of tech—computers, music devices and phones—has spent the last several decades being withered down to a thin, flat, sexy new size. The trend is epitomized with “nano” gadgets, like Apple’s iPod nano. Nano, itself, is a unit of measurement used, tellingly, to describe amounts too small to be practically seen or... -
Forget Auto-Focus: Lytro Camera Focuses Photos after they are Snapped
Posted on October 26, 2012 | No CommentsBy Talia Beechick Some call the Lytro camera magic and others call it a waste of money. The basic battle between the Lytro camera and the regular digital camera boils down to one main distinction—Lytro’s Light Field camera enables users to focus and re-focus a picture after it has been taken. Lytro Camera Captures Entire Light Field Allowing for Refocusing of Photos Typical cameras capture a single plane of light when capturing a photo, according to Lytro, whereas their camera captures the entire light field using a new light field... -
Augmented Reality Glasses: Hot Technology or just Hot Air?
Posted on October 5, 2012 | No CommentsBy Evyan Gainey Ever wish you could pack the functions and apps of your smartphone into a convenient accessory that lies right in front of your eyes—literally? Well, the gradually increasing lines of augmented reality (AR) eyeglasses available from various brands may just be for you. Stylish, useful, and apparently revolutionary, the glasses have the potential to change the shape of today’s technologically evolving world—or maybe not. What Exactly Are Augmented Reality Eyeglasses? Augmented reality head-mounted displays (HMDs) were popularized early this year when Google launched their Project Glass campaign,...