Join Game Strap makes a standing commute more fun
I don’t live in a situation where I take the morning train to work, but I am sure that if I did, I might have trouble finding a seat. Then I will discover the world of one arm on the handle.
I would imagine that travel this way could be quite tedious. Since one hand has to be holding the strap at all times, it makes activities rather limited. Sure, I could be doing apps on my smartphone, but only if they are one-handed.
This means that I can’t play games on portable gaming stations like Nintendo and the PSP, but I can play on the Game Strap. The Game Strap is essentially a gaming platform for these holding straps, and it looks like a great way to pass away boring time.
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MorpHex is both ball and robot, rolling and creepy
This is the MorpHex, and I would highly suggest that you hit the jump so you can see what it can do in the video.
You will notice that has six feet so it can walk along on the floor in a creepy fashion like a weird spider, but it can also curl up into a ball and roll once its feet are retracted.
You can watch as it does some interesting movements like some funky dancing, and you can see that it is quite large. I thought from the picture you see here that it was the size of a tennis ball, but it actually is the size of a globe.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, played with a Kinect
Last summer at E3, Microsoft announced at they were putting out some very cool games for the Xbox 360 Kinect.
I will leave it up to you to decide whether or not the holiday games for the Kinect are up to par. One of the biggest games on the market for the Xbox 360 is Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and this man that you see in the upper corner of the image has figured out how to link the Kinect with this popular fantasy game.
You can watch a video after the jump, and I will have to say that it gives me hope for a more active video game future. You can see that sword slashes and spells are done with realistic pushes of the hand, but another hand is controlling the camera. Other commands are done with the power of voice.
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Oh, why does Samsung tease us with this transparent flexible tablet video?
Yes, Samsung puts out a lot of interesting electronic products, and I believe that the company has been developing a flexible OLED display. Rumor has it that the company will unveil this in 2012, but I’m guessing this won’t be at CES.
What I see in this video after the jump is something that is pretty amazing, and I want to see it working as soon as possible. For gosh sakes, just stop reading right now and just watch it!
Yes, this man is holding what appears to be a transparency from an overhead projector. How in the world do the graphics appear on this device? Please tell me that this technology actually exists, but I am guessing the effect is accomplished with CG, especially the way those images seem to float off the page. What is that, holograms?
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Honda’s Micro Commuter concept car can be controlled with a smartphone
I’ve been seeing some nifty concept cars lately, like Toyota’s Fun-Vii. I’m not certain whether or not Honda can beat a car with touchscreen displays on the inside and outside, but the Honda Micro Commuter concept car could be it.
The Honda Micro Commuter does have interchangeable panels that insert in the front and sides that allow users to customize how their cars look with a 2D graphic pattern. Another killer feature is that it allows users to control the car’s various functions remotely via smartphone.
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Glass keyboard and mouse: Handle with Care
Kickstarter certainly has a lot of terrific things that I would love to see on the market, and this one looks like something that Apple would try to put out.
This is designed by Jason Giddings, and it uses Frustated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) technology with an embedded camera to pick up infrared light reflected off the inside walls. I’m not certain what that means, but it is to insure the device knows where you are tapping.
By the way, the software that was developed for these particular devices is open source, which means you can have some serious user manipulation going on this. Also, this glass keyboard comes with a glass mouse, which you can see after the jump.
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All I want for Christmas is the Toyota Fun-Vii
Toyota has created one of the ultimate concept cars, and like most concept cars, I doubt there will be many copies of this on the road.
This is the Fun-Vii, and it is the best combination of a smartphone and a car that doesn’t end with a flattened mobile device. In case you can’t tell by this picture, the Fun-Vii has touch-sensitive displays that can show all sorts of colors, patterns, or photos.
I suppose that a good use for the Fun-Vii now would be as a roving billboard. Sort of like the ones that peruse the Las Vegas strip, but the Fun-Vii would have moving images on it.
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Displair allows for images to be displayed and manipulated on a fogscreen
I probably should be talking about what deals are going down on Black Friday, but honestly, there are just way too many doorbusters. I would rather take some time on the day after Thanksgiving covering some cool new technology like the Displair.
The Displair is essentially a projected display that shines on a “curtain of cold fog” instead of a wall. Not only that, the user can interact with the images like enlarging and shrinking with hand gestures that are picked up with an infrared camera.
You can watch a video after the jump to see how it works, and you can see that it is quite similar to a Kinect. It is designed by Maxim Kamanin, and he plans to create displays as large as 140 inches for advertising, home entertainment, or even in the field of medicine.
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