Nov 5th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Everett Bradford has created a device that aspiring superheroes and supervillains alike will be drooling over: The Prometheus Device. Put simply, it allows you to cast fireballs from your hand. This is the kind of thing I expect Mickey Rourke to be sporting as Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
From Everett’s YouTube page:
Prometheus is version 3 of the Pyro [...]
Jun 23rd, 2008
by Nar Williams.
Dutch designer Jelte van Geest has created the Take a Seat Chair robot device for the Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven Library Design project. The video below shows how they work, but here’s a quick run down: you swipe your library card (which contains an RFID chip) at the base of the chair, and it follows you wherever [...]
Jun 20th, 2008
by Nar Williams.
It costs $4,000, it requires 3D glasses, and “the only programs available so far include just a few minutes of video from the northern island of Hokkaido — shots from the zoo, motorcycle-races and other short scenes.”
Really? Note to Hyundai: Stick to developing fuel efficient cars. The world needs no more tech junk.
Via AP
Apr 29th, 2008
by Nar Williams.
While Apple and every other gadget producing company on the planet is busy developing and incorporating touchscreens into their products, Bang & Olufsen are leap frogging to the next sci-fi inspired innovation: touchless gadgets!
The Touchless is a prototype remote that will not only control the television, stereo, and dvd player — but all the appliances in [...]
Apr 23rd, 2008
by Nar Williams.
There are tons of people like me who live in apartments with no back yard and wish they could have a vegetable garden — you know, connect with the earth, feel the dirt in your hands, smell the soil… Guess we’ll have to settle for no hassle, computerized gardening!
Maybe you’ve seen the commercials for the [...]