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Best summer toy ever adds hand guard to your stick sword

Shane McGlaun, Jun 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

We spent a lot of time playing games during the summers when I was a kid because its 173-degrees in Texas for nearly four months out of the year. We would occasionally venture out into the woods to tear stuff up and run amuck though. The best thing ever was happening on those sticks that survey crews hammer into the ground. We had no idea what they were at the time, but finding one was like finding Excalibur. The ribbons tied to them even made a great handle wrap. Read The Full Story

Augmented Reality Cinema App Brings You Into Movies Shot At Your Location

Rue Liu, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Augmented reality is increasingly being used in creative ways for apps, games, and shopping experiences. The visual combination of what's captured real-time in the physical environment with that which is "augmented" creates very interesting results with many applications and possibilities. Some are more useful while others are simply fun. And one of these fun apps to come is the "Augmented Reality Cinema" app that brings you movie scenes shot at your location. Read The Full Story

Steampunk rotary smartphone combines grandma’s old phone with your touchscreen

Shane McGlaun, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

When I was a kid I had an old-fashioned rotary phone in my room because it was shaped like an airplane. It was cool. After I outgrew that airplane phone with the rotary propeller, I never had another phone that didn’t use buttons. My grandmother rocked that old-fashioned looking rotary phone for years though in one of the extra rooms in her house. The good thing about those rotary phones was no one could sneak in a phone call, you could hear the snick, snick, snick, sound of the dial turning all over the house. Read The Full Story

Anderson concept is part notebook and part tablet

Shane McGlaun, Jun 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

I like to see concept products from designers that hint at the things we will see in the future. I think the cool Anderson concept you see here is something that we will likely see in the future. It was designed by Ma Yiwei and Tao Ying specifically to fill the gap between a notebook and a tablet computer. The concept would be about the size of a small tablet with a keyboard module. Read The Full Story

Tokyoflash breathalyzer watch says “blow here”

Chris Davies, Jun 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Bizarre watch manufacturer Tokyoflash has revealed its latest concept, and it wants to use its cryptic LEDs for good. Coupling the company's usual, distinctive style and a breathalyzer, by blowing into the side of the watch and tapping "Alcohol Test Function" you can check your blood alcohol content. Read The Full Story

Martin Hopes to Release Jetpack by the end of This Year

Ammon Carpenter, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [4]

An inventor named Glenn Martin has been developing a jetpack since the 1980’s, and it looks like his work is about to pay off. Ever since the Wright brothers first flight, science fiction has been in love with the jet pack. Who wouldn’t want to arrive at work wearing a shiny contraption strapped on their back? Martin’s invention looks like it is about to bring the jetpack from science fiction into reality. Read The Full Story

Polymer Vision 6″ rollable display demoed; Phone/tablet hybrid teased [Video]

Chris Davies, May 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

The Polymer Vision saga continues, and after new owner Wistron failed to deliver the folding ereader promised for 2010, they've gone back to prototype basics with a new rollable display. The 6-inch panel is capable of monochrome images, and runs at 800 x 600. Read The Full Story

Windshield of 2020 packs Augmented Reality [Video]

Chris Davies, May 27th 2011 Discuss [8]

Projecting a head-up display onto your windshield is so passé; Autoglass reckons the future of digital driving is having augmented reality baked into the glass itself. The company has thrown together a video demo of what it believes the windshield of your car will be like in 2020, throwing in intelligent location-based services that can hunt down gas stations, flag up cyclists and pedestrians angling to get run over, and warn you when there's a speed camera nearby. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm mirasol phone concept demo’d; Converged ereader incoming

Chris Davies, May 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Qualcomm's mirasol display technology may not be on the market in any meaningful form yet, but the company sure knows how to put a mockup together. Fresh for SID 2011 this week is this 4.1-inch WVGA smartphone concept Engadget spotted, pairing the transflective color e-paper panel with what looks to be the intelligent front lighting system shown last week. Meanwhile, Qualcomm also had a new timescale for when, exactly, mirasol-toting hardware might actually go up for sale. Read The Full Story

Inception chair makes my head hurt

Shane McGlaun, May 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

I've seen the flick inception a couple times now and each time I watch it I figure out a little bit more of the plot of the film. The first time I saw it the movie was weird, but the visuals were really cool. A RISD student named Vivian Chiu has designed a chair that she calls the Inception Chair, one look at the thing and you know why. It reminds me of nesting dolls too, the design is very cool and I hope Chiu got an A for the project. Read The Full Story

Concept wristwatch gets power from wind

Shane McGlaun, May 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

I really like concept products and I enjoy checking out weird watches too. The last strange wristwatch that I talked about was the Azimuth SP-1 that looked like an old WWI tank. That watch was real and was something that you could buy right then if you were so inclined. A new watch today has turned up that is a concept, but has a very cool feature for keeping it powered. Most of the high-end watches have to be wound to keep time. Read The Full Story

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