Gadgets for the blind
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Car for the blind being worked on
Scientists from the US as well as the National Federation of the Blind are currently working together to develop a new kind of car for the blind, and they hope to unveil at least a working prototype sometime next year. This vehicle will be fitted with technology which enables a blind person to actually drive [...]
SixthSense could help search-and-rescue teams
This is a concept device by Dieter Amick, and it is designed to make finding lost people a whole lot easier.
It is named “SixthSense for Search and Rescue”, and it is designed to be a computer that you wear on the front of you.
It isn’t exactly something that looks plausible with [...]
3M MPro150 pico projector review
Pico projectors seem to catch on these days, but they aren’t exactly taking over the world by storm. The good people over at 3M has sent us a MPro150 pico projector, and after playing with it for some time, I would like to pen down my two cents’ worth and hope that it will help [...]
Jacket has 200 laser diodes
This gadget proves to me that there are some things that you should do with technology, simply because you can.
Case in point, a jacket that is nothing but “frickin’ lasers”. There are about 200 of these laser diodes that are sewn on the garment itself. There is nothing here that could [...]
Phone for the elderly has SOS function
Alright so this does look highly similar to the joke remote controls that you give anyone turning 40 or 50, but this does have a lot of useful qualities. When you’re half blind, you might want a cellphone that allows for you to read the numbers easily. If an elderly person normally has to whip [...]
Smart Jumper Cables think for you
It’s probably pretty safe to say that anyone reading this has hooked up a computer with all of those pretty wires. The great thing about a brand new complete computer set is that all of the wires are color coded. It doesn’t get much easier than that. Well, jump starting a car is just like [...]
Sphelar solar cells provide a transparent power generator on windows
What you are seeing here is the Sphelar solar cells. They are made by the Kyosemi Corporation, which debuted at the PV Expo 2010 in Tokyo.
The purpose of the Sphelar solar cells is to improve on regular solar panels. You know how most solar cells are flat, and are at only [...]
