Cruden Hexatech Sportwagensimulator kostet mehr als ein Sportwagen
Posted by tworld in Computer on 30. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Der Sportwagensimulator von Cruden Hexatech kostet mit 191000 Dollar deutlich mehr als so mancher Sportwagen, daf?r kann man aber auch diverse Varianten wie Formel 1, NASCAR und das 24-Stunden Rennen von Le Mans fahren, wobei man naturidentisch durchger?ttelt und in den Sitz gepresst wird. Der komplette Simulator ist auf einem System aus hydraulischen Stelzen gelagert [...]
18-Meter-Gundam-Roboter RX-78-2 wird im Juli 2010 wiederauferstehen
Posted by tworld in Robots on 29. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Auch in Tokio bedauert man das Verschwinden der Gundam-Bot-Statue offensichtlich ?ber alle Ma?en, weshalb der 18-Meter-Trumm im Juli 2010 an einem neuen Platz (vor der Higashi-Shizuoka Station) wiederauferstehen wird. Dortselbst soll der RX-78-2 dann bis Mai 2011 bleiben d?rfen, anschlie?end w?rden wir ihn dann gern mal hierzulande sehen – nett w?r doch beispielsweise, wenn die [...]
Mag+ digital magazine concept makes e-readers cower with envy
Posted by tworld in Computer on 23. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
As the decade comes to a close, we’re seeing a bevy of real and mythical devices bent on saving main stream media through the execution of a variety of proposed content partnerships. Unfortunately, it’s still hard to imagine how all this will play out in reality. That’s where slickly produced concepts can be of benefit. [...]
OLPC shows off absurdly thin XO-3 concept tablet for 2012
Posted by tworld in Hi-Tech on 23. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Still have a bit of faith left for the OLPC project? Good, you’re gonna need it: designer Yves Behar has unveiled his latest concept design for the now-aiming-for-$75 vision, and it’s all screen. Keeping with the newfound trend toward tablets, the XO-3 is an 8.5 x 11 touchscreen, coupled with a little folding ring in [...]
Phone for 2019 – Cadillac Life
Posted by tworld in Hi-Tech on 21. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Widen your imaginations for the form and design of gadgets in 2019. Obvious to the hilt, the gadgets would be technical wizards and also boar high on glamour quotient. John Borrmann has brought forth one such concept phone christened Cadillac Life. Cadillac Life Phone adopts fluid technology for display screen guarded by a silicone coating. [...]
This Pen Has A Lamp
Posted by tworld in Design on 21. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Let the record first show that this pen has a lamp on it. Potentially. The most important thing about this pen might not be the lamp (yeah right!) but I’m gonna go ahead and say that I know it is. This pen is crazy. First of all (wait are we still on first?) I gotta [...]
Cooky robots will make soup for you, won’t clean up afterwards
Posted by tworld in Computer on 16. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cooking robots aren’t exactly anything new (even if they haven’t yet been perfected), but they generally come in the form of humanoid robots or, at the very least, robotic arms in order to be more adept in the kitchen. JST’s ERATO research division has taken a decidedly different approach with these so-called Cooky robots, however, [...]
Window Phone : Blow Your Cell Phone to Write A Text Message
Posted by tworld in High Tech's Future on 15. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Window Phone is a concept mobile phone that is able to transform its appearance like a window as per the weather. The phone is designed as a thin, clear and transparent plastic sheet, which remains clear during a sunny day, becomes humid during a rainy day and takes a dump outlook during a snowy [...]
Roll With it: Flexible, Space-Saving Roll-Up Laptop Concept
Posted by tworld in Computer on 15. Dec, 2009 | 1 Comment
Maybe one-piece, continuous screen laptops aren’t just one designer’s flight of fancy after all. Recently, Orkin Design debuted a roll-up laptop design that, when packaged up in its little shoulder-strap-equipped tube, looks kind of like a narrow yoga mat. But when the Rolltop is all set up and ready to go, it looks a lot [...]
Amazing Giant Robot Winning Admirers Hand Over Fist
Posted by tworld in Robots on 15. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Christian Ristow has been building robots for years, but he got the feeling that he was having more fun than the people watching them perform. So he decided to build something that everyone would love. His interactive sculpture “Hand of Man” was introduced at Burning Man 2008, and it allowed Ristow to not only entertain [...]
Real Minority Report Interface = Unbelievable Interaction
Posted by tworld in Hi-Tech on 15. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
The human body is one of the most incredible machines ever, but its sensory input methods are somewhat limited. We have these five senses to tell us all about our world. What if we had a sixth sense – one that allowed us to draw on collective human knowledge? That’s what Pattie Maes and Pranav [...]
