For people who need to know the time and their blood alcohol level, this new watch concept from our friends at Tokyoflash can’t hit the market soon enough. The concept design features an asymmetrical case in stainless steel and a color-coded BAC results display. Just open the port, blow inside, and then call a cab. […]
Made during the OFFF Festival in Barcelona on June 8th 2011, Receipt racer is a game that uses different in and output devices, in this case a PS3 controller and a thermal receipt printer, to create a unique gaming experience. [Receipt Racer]
We still don’t have hoverboards or robot maids, but a collaborative effort between Samsung and the University of California San Diego may make sure we do still live at least partly in the future we imagined. Behold, geeks, I give you: Smell-o-Vision. Virtual smells have long eluded developers by being too difficult to control, impractical […]
This gigantic globe, which is the world’s first large-scale spherical OLED, is composed of 10,362 OLED panels and is part of Mitsubishi Electric’s “Geo-Cosmos” exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo. [Via]
Check out this awesome animated infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This video was produced for HungryBeast, an Australian TV program that airs on Australia’s ABC1 [Vimeo]
Behold the N12, the first 3D-printed bikini ever, a high-tech garment that’s the result of a collaboration between Continuum Fashion and Shapeways. For something that’s completely customized to your own shape, the price isn’t even too bad – the top will set you back about $260 and I assume the bottom is comparable (it’s currently […]
The Transformers: beer cans in disguise! [Youtube]
Students from the University of Adelaide’s School of Mechanical Engineering have build a pretty cool human operated diwheel as a school project, and I must say, the thing looks REALLY fun to drive, even though it might make me a bit nauseated after a while. Check it out: This project by students in the School […]
Armed with dual analog sticks, front- and rear-mounted cameras, a multi-touch backing, 5-inch OLED touchscreen, sixaxis motion sensor, wifi, 3G (through AT&T, which sent a round of boos through the audience), and a slew of games designed to utilize its multiple control systems, the PS Vita is a packed-to-the-gills next-gen for the PS3. Retail price […]
Maybe before this week no one had heard of Hipster, a San Francisco company that lets people post queries and answers to others in their geographic area using the Web and a mobile phone, but with their new-hire incentives, everyone is talking about them. If you are hired by–or if someone you recommend is hired by–the […]