Sea to Summit, a company led by both Tim Macartney-Snape, the man who climbed Mt. Everest in an expedition by the same name, and designer Roland Tyson, have developed the Pocket Shower. Traveling outdoors means giving up different conveniences, such ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have recently designed a contact lens prototype with a built-in pressure sensor using a novel process that etches tiny electrical circuits within a soft polymer material. The new development could help glaucoma patients ...

Architect Mitchell Joachim, in collaboration with Douglas Joachim, a personal trainer, came up with a concept that redefines the way we view the contemporary gym. When we exercise a lot of energy is dissipated and wasted. River Gym, a soft ...

A Belgian firm, Barco, has recently launched the world’s first 6 MegaPixel diagnostic display system, named Coronis Fusion 6MP DL. Users can enjoy the monitor’s 3280 x 2048 native resolution and the diagnostic luminance which is able to provide a ...

Infosys Technologies Limited has been granted two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office in the areas of holography and mobile communications. The first patent, entitled “Displaying Holographic Three Dimensional (3-D) Images”, contains the development plans behind an actual ...

Vincent Callebaut Architectures, a Belgian firm lead by architect Vincent Callebaut, designed an ecologically friendly floating city able to house 50,000 people completely self-sufficiently. Inspired by the lilypad of the Amazonia Victoria Regia but enlarged over 250 times, the city ...

The Illinois based Company TDVision is proposing Hollywood studios a way to make current Blu-ray Disc movies appear in three dimensions (3-D). Watching a car chase on a conventional TV has a world of difference when compared to watching movies ...

Art director and designer Artemy Lebedev has created an innovative new keyboard concept called Optimus Tactus. The new keyboard doesn’t have physical keys; instead, any part of the keyboard surface can be programmed to perform any function or to display ...

Researchers at the Human Media Laboratory, Queen’s University in Canada are developing prototypes of new “non-planar” devices, which are virtually computers that have a flexible shape. Computers are nifty, but too bulky to be carried around. Even a laptop is ...

A new concept restaurant-bar, called uWink, offers an interactive, digital dining experience. Situated at the famous Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California, the uWink serves ‘classic American food with a modern twist’. The real novelty is in the touch ...