The German Company SR-Simulationscenter GmbH has created one of the most realistic racing simulators in the world. The Smart Mover is a real-life simulator situated in a car lifted slightly above the floor. The simulator car reacts to the driver’s ...
Light-Emitting Wallpaper
Jonas Samson, an innovative interior designer from the Netherlands, has created a new kind of wallpaper that also serves as a light source. Samson’s wallpaper will enable us to use two-dimensional light sources instead of the 3D lighting fixtures currently ...
Not Only on TV – Holographic Video
A team of researchers under the direction of Michael Bove, Head of the Consumer Electronics Lab at MIT, have developed a 3D holographic video system, which they say could bring 3D video displays to consumer and medical markets in the ...
Poweriser – White Men Can Jump
The Poweriser is a simple innovative device which provides an opportunity to exercise and have a lot of fun in the process. Jumping up to 2-meters (7-feet) in the air as well as taking huge 3-meters (10-feet) strides could be ...
Amphibious 1000 – Semi-Submerged Hotel
This semi-submerged luxury hotel is the latest project by Giancarlo Zema, an architect known for his innovative designs and for his use of sensual forms and organic shapes. This amazing resort is called Amphibious 1000 because it extends horizontally for ...
NEC’s KOTOHANA – Emotion Communicator
NEC in collaboration with SGI have developed KOTOHANA – flower-shaped terminals equipped with LEDs, that much like mood-rings recognize emotions and use color to convey them. However, unlike mood-rings, KOTOHANA recognizes your emotions by analyzing speech patterns. A message regarding ...
Hitachi’s Finger Vein Technology
Hitachi recently announced the development of its new car finger vein authentication technology located on the steering wheel. On display until the November 11th at the Tokyo Motor show, is an automobile fitted with this technology. Providing a fast and ...
PlayAnywhere – Microsoft’s Interactive Playground
Microsoft recently introduced “PlayAnywhere” – a front-projected computer vision-based interactive table system, which the company says demonstrates the latest improvements in projection technology. PlayAnywhere was designed using advanced image processing techniques and Microsoft says this compact product addresses installation, calibration, ...
New Technology can Identify Distorted Fingerprints
Every crime scene investigator knows that warped fingerprints make identification extremely difficult. Now, thanks to a new technology developed at Warwick University in the U.K., partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise incomprehensible fingerprints can be identified. The new system enables ...
Light Emitting Textiles
Researchers at the University of Manchester recently invented a novel technology which uses a battery-powered textile yarn in order to make glowing garments. When incorporated into clothing, the electroluminescent yarns emits light which is powered by a battery, thus providing ...