Conceptual Gadgets
In our ongoing quest for the coolest gadget we come across a fair few gadgets that are just concepts. Some we hope will become reality whilst others we hope stay on the drawing board, in this section of CG we report on both.
Compose by Ouyang Xi – Your Music Writes Itself
I hate to admit that I took 2 years of guitar lessons and I can only play the first few cords of Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water. I guess I’m one of those people who simply isn’t musically inclined. I used to write some poetry that I would have loved to turn into songs, but I couldn’t read or write music either. So I guess it’s safe to say I’m not destined to be a rock star. Continue reading » Compose by Ouyang Xi – Your Music Writes Itself
RoboLabs develops SmartMow lawn mower
Ever heard of RoboLabs before? Well, they have come up with the safest lawn mower in the world, calling it the SmartMow, where the purpose of its existence is aimed in preventing lawn mower injuries in children. Not only that, RoboLabs will also do their part and donate some revenue from SmartMow sales to children’s charities so that kids are able to recover from lawn mower injuries. The new SmartMow robot lawn mower would be equipped with a docking station, coming in a shade of green.
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Pucs project launched
David and Calvin Laituri are the founders of the new product brand known as Onehundred, and they have recently launched the Pucs project. Just what the heck is the Pucs project? Well, it is essentially some sort of ‘rechargeable ice’ that will not dilute your drinks with unwanted water, and this particular project has found its way to uber popular crowdsourcing site Kickstarter. Pucs has been machined from solid stainless steel, where it will be offered in sets of half a dozen, and will arrive in a solid Maple or Walnut case for that added touch of class. This would make the Pucs project ideal to see action in any drink, delivering the perfect chilling experience at all times.
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Play the Violin Like a Pro
What is a musician to do when they want to take up a completely different instrument? Well, in the case of Dylan Menzies, create a gadget that produces sweet sounds without the years and years of practice. This sax and keyboard player wanted to come up with an authentic method to reproduce the sweet sounds of a violin. So he took to technology.
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Hover Like This Champion
The game of golf has not had many transportation revelations in its history. The pull cart helped get the bag off the back. And of course the golf cart made the game even easier for lazy people and made long, hilly courses more bearable. But even those have limitations like not driving on the green or not being able to get across water. Hard to imagine that anything else could really change how we get around the course. Until now.
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Rinspeed’s MicroMAX could be the new people mover
Frequent travelers ought to be able to identify with the feeling of waiting for a pre-arranged airport shuttle pickup, or even spending their precious time under a bus stop as the airport’s very own shuttle bus makes its rounds once every half an hour. Well, Rinspeed could very well relegate all of that to the annals of history, as the Swiss automaker recently showcased their latest electric vehicle that they have dubbed the MicroMAX at the Geneva Auto Show.
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Construct Your Own Vehicle
Did you have a basket of LEGO™ as a kid? A kid could play with LEGO or other construction toys for hours on end. Build houses, vehicles or whatever. But did you ever wish that someday you could have life sized houses or vehicles just like you designed? I did. Now days you have Minecraft and other video-based construction games which introduce different skills. But really, does building a virtual world stimulate the brain as much as building with your hands? I tend to believe not.
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Lifesaving Glasses
Glasses could turn into the next big tech thing. First you’ve got Google starting to tout their upcoming Google Glass product. Many of the functions of our smartphones will be included in their “smart spectacles” – which will attempt to eliminate the awkward fumbling that inevitably occurs when we need our phone. Next up in the world of glasses? A conceptual gadget from Johns Hopkins University looks to include a literal lifesaver on a pair of specs.
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