Musicians often have to bother about small irritating things such as having to turn the page on their sheet music repertoire. Of course, technology can always come to help and the concept Smartstand is one such device. It features a simple multi-touch interface and a hands-free page-turning pedal to make sure that you can turn the page without stopping the fun. It seems to include an online music ...
A new company, called Square is turning the credit card processing industry on its ear with an application available at the iTunes store. Available for the iPad, the iPhone and iPod Touch, Square enables you to take credit card payments for, well, just about anything. Once you register for the free Square app they will send you a card reader that plugs into your mobile device and then, let the ...
"Visitors to the Digital Content Expo in Tokyo last weekend were treated to a choreographed dance routine featuring AIST's feminine HRP-4C robot and four humans. The performance, called "Dance Robot LIVE! - HRP-4C Cybernetic Human," is the culmination of a year-long effort to teach the humanoid to dance. The routine was produced by renowned dancer /choreographer SAM-san" (more...)
Good news for inexperienced drivers is news that Volkswagen’s Touran and Sharan will come with Valeo’s Park4U auto-parking system, which uses ultrasonic sensors to automatically park the car without scraping across neighboring vehicles. Park4U has already appeared in Volkswagen, Audi, and Ford vehicles, among others. This would be useful for budding drivers in space-challenged Japan! ...
Here you are the last bit of our tour at Hitachi exhibition, with the company vision of a “Minority Report” like interface. Perhaps closer to Microsoft Kinect UI, Hitachi system will let you control any kind of information display on a TV or by a Video projector, by simply waving your hands in any directions. Nothing much to say here since this was just a working prototype, but, Hitachi is ...
Public transport may allow sustainable commutation but passengers have to compromise with comfort and privacy while traveling by a bus or a train. Developed by Russian designer Vitaly Kamyshev, the “Bombardier” is a personal coach compartment that not only allows privacy but also adds luxury to the public transport. Accommodating one person in utmost comfort, the individual compartment include...
The handheld scanner converts the text into audio and is of a convenient size to facilitate portability. The real reason for the Help Readers device is to help the silver generation, who is fond of reading, cope with weak eyesight. (more...)
The 3D Mobile Phone is the brainchild of industrial designer Petr Kubik, who wants to add a bit of sustainability to your endless chatters with renewable solar energy. The concept features an expandable touchscreen display that slides out to better the experience of the user. A layer of photovoltaic cells has been included on the back of each slide panel to juice up the device from renewable en...
Now you too can get all of your temps in dot form! Yay! This concept is a faucet and it’s name is “Tempdot.” The quick and simple reasoning for this is that there’s dots on top of the faucet, dots that both activate the water flow and control the temperature of that water at the same time. Simply drag your finger across the neck of this lovely lady, lift where you want the temperature to r...
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