Many companies that produce light bulbs are slowly changing their production lines due to new laws that ban ordinary, incandescent, light bulbs. There are many alternative technologies as white-light LEDs, oLEDs (we wrote about those in one of our previous articles), plasma light bulbs, CFL’s, etc. NEC Lighting Ltd announced their release of two types… »
Logitech research showed that 40 percent of people have a glass surface in their home. This coupled with the increase in the popularity of laptop computers, means that people are moving around and coming into contact with a multitude of surfaces – like granite and lacquered wood – that challenge the tracking capabilities of standard… »
We already had a few articles regarding audio technology such as turning flat surfaces into speakers, digitizing old vinyl records and thin directional speakers. In this article we’re not going to write about anything revolutionary, but it is an affordable necessity when it comes to AD/DA audio signal conversion. The Numark STEREO|iO is a connection… »
Nikon introduced the world’s first compact camera with an in-built projector. The S1000pj projects images up to 100cm (40”) in size with a VGA resolution and a maximum distance of 2 meters. They expect that market accepts COOLPIX S1000pj as people begin to see the benefits of sharing and viewing photos and videos with the… »
We received a few suggestions on our Twitter account regarding a few conceptual buildings and gadgets. In this article we’re going to make clear why we’re not writing articles related to concepts that aren’t realized at least to some degree. The LED lamp, named Gravia, has won second place in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition… »
Ever wanted your wall or table to play the music? In this article we’re not talking about flat and thin speakers, but rather of a gadget that turns any flat surface into a giant speaker. As personal music players are becoming more common, there’s another developing trend that is growing: the desire to share that… »
In our previous articles we already wrote about tangible interfaces that detect touch and we also wrote about pico projectors. This article is a combination of those two integrated into one. Light Blue Optics (LBO), developer and supplier of laser-based pico projection systems, announced closing of a US$15 million Series ‘A’ extension. The money will… »
Turkish students from Sakarya University have presented their outstanding attempt at creating Europe’s most fuel efficient vehicle. The SAHİMO is a hydrogen powered vehicle that is capable of traveling 568 kilometers on 1 liter of fuel. The students’ ultimate goal is to improve SAHİMO in order to travel across 3,000 kilometers of the Australian Outback… »
