Gizmo Watch

We don’t like buying the idea of swallowing tiny cameras down our gut. But when medical scientists come up with strangest of illness-detecting aids like the swallowable cameras, we stand but with no alternative. This tiny ping-pong-ball-like camera here is no med-gadget, and so we don’t intend the former; it’s a 128 MB Flash Memory spy cam. Hyped as the world’s smallest spy camera with a DVR, this is capable of seeing you secure through the gravest of security predicaments. The spy camera with DVR comes equipped with a rechargeable Li-Polymer Battery and USB connectors, it captures images at 30 FPS, supports an external Micro SD card, all this at 320×240 resolutions. The spy camera with DVR is available for retail at $359.99 while the sale price is $259.99, available at SpyVille.

There aren’t many robot shows that make it really big around the world. However, Robo Japan, a yearly robotic fiesta, is one that has a marked identity – and Robo Japan 2008 has seen some exquisite robots revealed, from a dancing ASIMO to a square shaped magic carpet. No doubt there have been many arachnid robots spotted, but this spider-like robot is a speck different than the rest. There isn’t much that we have on the four legged spider bot, yet what is evident is that this is a robotic spider chair that was seen carrying a man seated on it. The robot moves about freely and functions more like a walking/moving chair, mimicking one right out of a sci-fi flick. You could catch a gist on the other displayed robots here.

Sanity never has a defined ground; creators often change reasons to get to something fresh and untamed each time. As HIV spreads beyond our control, and when scientists are found with their hands in the air, claiming no guarantee to coming up with a vaccine against HIV - we came across this HIV camera, a great concept that could possibly touch upon some aspect of the malady. Dubbed the Untouchable HIV Camera, it measures at a size of 4×5-inches with the sole aim resting on studying and photographing geographic comparison of people suffering with HIV. The blood of the sufferer is pumped in through the camera in front of the pinhole where from the red filters are obtained.

As time passes, technology appears to be frequently increasing and taking refuge in homes and offices. We have heard of and seen 3D printers often, but them hitting the mainstream hasn’t been obvious thus far. But with the introduction of the exceedingly detailed 3D printer models – the Alaris30 Desktop 3D printers from Objet Geometries – the 3D hallmark appears to have made an impression, making way into our workspace, but no time soon, guys. The Alaris30 3D printers use highly novel PolyJet Photopolymer Jetting Technology for the most magnified and comprehensive 3D outcome. With a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi the printer weighs 83kgs/180lbs, uses four cartridges, a 3D CAD file, and houses accurate jetting properties. The printer also carries a tray into which thin layers of photopolymer is shot, the UV light is curved upon the same and each layer is stalked one upon the other, for a complete and precise result.

Pricing and availability:

The Alaris30 3D printers are a good buy, though they may come priced a little high at $40,000, and they are available through the company website.

Being a human, you feel; so do I. However, software can also feel! Surprised, one might be. But this is a reality, as an Edinburgh-based company has just launched an incredible software technology by the name of Cre8. Now, what is implausible about this is that it has an interactive interface, which means the creators, designers or artists interact and even can manipulate the content in a virtual 3D workspace using the sense of touch technology.

The company also has many other innovative inventions under its belt, like the Novint Falcon, which was a revolutionary 3D touch controller available for PC and used in enabled PC games. Now, this time the concept is incredibly novel, allowing users to have freedom across six planes of movement with interactive touch manipulation. The innovative Software Company intends to make everything at ease for those who are imaginative and has flair to be experimental.

It’s been quiet a long time since a PC mod caught my attention as much this new crazy looking Battlestar Galactica one did. This impressive and ingenious work definitely popped up in a mind immersed in space fantasies. Go around and check it out and it will justify its name. It holds a 2.5-inch (x3) LCD screen, and a nice 10-inch LCD screen on the side as perfectly as it can. Not only external, but the internal too is impressive. Go through the pictures and videos given below and find yourself in the fantasy world of battleships for a while.

If you guys wish to see the future of IBM laptops, then perhaps you’ll have to go to the core of their working station. But it wouldn’t be less than befitting, if I put you head on with a novel concept, which will definitely force us to have a second look. At times, the maker himself is unsure of what form his own creation may take. And when that happens, the company that the designer intends to endorse is itself caught unaware too. Looks like something similar happened here, where IBM seems to have the least idea regarding this concept. This unique creation from Nicolas Lehotzky has a sublime look with the main emphasis on safety. The concept notebook houses hidden USB ports and also features a knob integrated with security features.

What’s innovative:

The integrated security knob on the notebook’s frame is fingerprint activated, which allows the laptop to respond only to the owner’s touch, working as a physical lock. The laptop has a built-in paper shredder too. The hidden USB ports prevent it from any unwanted data downloads. The concept is designed in a way to explore solutions for future products.

Alan Turing, a well known British Mathematician in 1950, assumed if a machine was indistinguishable from a human, then it was “thinking.” And the most intelligent went out conducting a competition to reveal the same, lately - putting the machines up against humans to see which of the two was most intelligent. Only to find the humans reigning supreme, at least for the present. Humans have managed to create churning robots with the best human-like abilities as their latest fad, and Koreans master the art. Developed lately by a research team of masters (the state-funded Korea Institute of Science and Technology), is a robot which can dance while walking on its two legs, and also get emotional when it’s not indulged in the household chores (an added utility). Standing at 1.5m tall, “Mahru” is developed as a humanoid robot to replace humans in places of work. The robot’s upper and the lower body parts can move independently along with the - lips, eyebrows and pupils that Mahru can move to express its vivid emotions.

Just like the way we have specialized doctors for different ailments, satellites that fall beyond the purview of ground-based repair systems will soon have a dedicated repair vehicle, the Autonomous Space Servicing Vehicle (ASSV). Developed by the brains at Queens University, the vehicle will first identify the faulty ones, determine its motion and then pace itself to match up with that motion before it can get a hold on them for repairs. The team here will then communicate through the vehicle and do the necessary repairs.

A software is also being developed and it will help the vehicle in identifying and tracking down satellite malfunctions. The research team is partnering with a famous aerospace company, MDA Space Missions, to realize this venture, which is yet confined to laboratory environments. The recommended sensor system would that be of LIDAR (light-based radar) since video cameras fail to stand the harsh lighting conditions in space.

Via: ScienceDaily

Cruiser bike lovers now have a new toy to flaunt. By now, we have come to terms with the fact that LEGO is no longer an amateurish brick art. We are in awe of creations like this one – a Harley Davidson Fat Boy with a super-intricate handlebar. Adeptly constructed, the LEGO bike would give your showcase a visual fillip.

Some of the recent LEGO creations point to the fact that these bricks can perfectly replicate any object. In the case of the 8291 Fat Boy, the construction is immaculate and it is truly one of the most visually appealing brick creations.

It’s a common yet sometimes effective strategy to venture into areas where other competitors have not. Motorola seems to have employed this one now. It has unveiled the Motorola VC6096, which is touted to be an in-vehicle/fixed mount UMPC. It has tailor-made the product for ‘transportation and logistics providers’ and intends rendering performance, cost-effectiveness and safety to its users. It accommodates 3.5G GSM HSDPA WWAN along with 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, GPS (SiRF Star III) and Bluetooth capabilities. So one can be rest assured about sound connectivity options. Digging below the obese contour of the PC, there is Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, 624 MHz processor, 128MB of RAM and 256MB flash memory. The face of the device features a 6.5-inch VGA touchscreen and a backlit 65-key keyboard.

It’s not price-competition any more that keeps our technology-giants occupied. Tossing products with a quotient of “World’s smallest…” seems to be the new fad around. For someone like Sony Electronics, it’s just another stunning product in its line of camcorders. It has unveiled the world’s smallest HD camcorder, which will occupy as much as space as a cellphone does and weighs merely 240g. The HDR-TG3E is accommodated into a titanium chassis that measures 3.2×11.9×6.3cm. Though small in size, it is big on functionality, for it can record 1920×1080 video with 5.1-channel surround sound.

Garments accommodating small chips or devices have been around for quite some time. So it wasn’t all that bizarre to come across the Temperature Sweater that fits two LED screens, one on each sleeve. These screens update you about the external temperature in both scales of Fahrenheit and Celsius. I first guessed that the sweater would probably tell the user about his body temperature and then judge whether he is Cool, Hot or just Average for that matter.

With geeks all over the world testing the supremacy of technology and pushing its frontiers, simple yet useful devices are going through a major facelift. An innovation of today becomes an object of daily use in a matter of few years. This time, it’s the turn of lighting devices. General Electric Co. has come up with a machine that can prints sheets of light. The flexible sheets are coated with a layer of OLEDs and other chemicals which run 8-inch wide with a final layer of metal foil to guard the mixture. It emits a blue-white glow on having passed electric current through it.

The flexible attribute connotes that you wouldn’t require any dedicated objects to cling your lighting devices. You can just wrap these sheets on the pillar or put them behind your window blinds.This could be a promising technology for photographers because of the wonders that soft light does to our looks.

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed “Vocal Joystick” software, which allows disabled people to use computers in a better way. The software allows the computer to be driven by sound, in pace of the conventional-functioning mouse. The difference between the Vocal Joystick and other technologies is that it does not use standard voice recognition technology and instead detects basic sounds at about 100 times a second and generates a fluid and adaptive cursor movement. It is said that the system allows users to exploit large sets of sounds for continuous and discrete movement. The Vocal Joystick does the job with the help of a microphone, computer with a standard sound card and a user who can vocalize.