by Matthew on June 24, 2009
An almost waterless washing machine has been created by Stephen Burkinshaw who is a professor of Textile Chemistry here in Leeds, England. The eco-washing machine could be one of the best kitchen gadgets ever if launched.
Due to it’s eco-friendlyness it could potentially have an environmental impact of taking two million cars off the road. That’s a HUGE amount.
The machine only uses 1 cup of water for cleaning clothes which is a big saving. The small amount of water is used for humidity purposes only. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 22, 2008
Many parents these days are gamers and some of them want their children to grow up just link them. Why not start them off loving games early by buying them this set of baby gaming clothes. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on May 22, 2008
Again, we bring you another USB flash drive which has been shoved in to another product. This time a wooden clothes peg has been used to cram a small USB flash drive in to it. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on April 28, 2008
A ton of weird and wonderful ideas have been created because of the good old USB ports found on every PC and laptop that have been made over the last 10 years. The latest crazy idea is a USB Washing Machine alarm clock. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on January 11, 2008
According to a survey, 70% of people do not bother reading labels on clothing. This can of course cause problems with delicate clothing by damaging, shrinking, colours all merging etc… With the RFID Clothes Tag concept you need not worry again. By putting your RFID tagged clothes in to a compatible washing machine, you will never need to make setting changes again. The RFID will be detected and adjust the washing machine settings automatically so that nothing is damaged. The concept idea also makes mention of it communicating with your iron, dryer and presses so that exact temperatures are set when switching on the iron.
Concept Via: PCNews
by Matthew on September 25, 2007
If you ever get that craving to attach lights to your shoes or clothing and have them flash away then Enlighted have come to the rescue. They make all sorts of customised shoes and clothes with attached lights which flash away. I cant say I have ever come across someone wearing these types of clothes or shoes. Anyway, check them out at the link below.
Product Page Via: 7Gadgets
by Matthew on May 1, 2007
Your average TV or Plasma screen is built out of solid material like plastic and glass. Philips decided that a different approach is necessary by introducing Furry Vision. The screen is made out of fabric with hairs which lay flat against the surface. When an electrostatic charge is applied it makes the hair stand on end. So how on earth do you get a screen out of that? Well, the hairs are one colour and the fabric is another colour. When the hairs are laying down you see blue and when they stand up you see red for example. Throw a bunch of these together and make them small enough you get a number of pixels to make up a screen. This should allow for complete images and no doubt video as time goes on.
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by Matthew on March 21, 2007
The LCD TV market is getting huge now due to prices always dropping. This has allowed various technologies to be worked with such as virtual mirrors. These tend to be mirrors that hang on your wall, and also have a screen built in. When the screen it switched on the surface is no longer reflecting an image of you, but is showing a video.
Using this idea, a store in New York decided that clothes can be tried on by facing a mirror and displaying the clothes on screen. Where the clothes are not, you can see your reflection as though you are wearing the clothes. To add to this, a picture is then taken, emailed to friends and family and an opinion can be gained as to weather you buy the item of clothing or not.
Seems like an interesting idea and might help speed up things for those who get bored waiting for their wives to try on everything in a store.
Via: NewLaunches
by Matthew on June 21, 2006
The Zypad WL 1000 is a wireless computer watch. The thing is rather huge but may have uses somewhere such as while climbing or caving where an accessible computer is needed from time to time.
More seriously, this might become a good tool for emergency situations where because of it's hands free functions which are available right away.
*Operating System: Standard platform supports Windows CE 5.0 or LINUX based on Kernel 2.6
*Display: 3.5&Prime TFT touchscreen automatic contrast adjustment via ambient light sensor
*Wireless: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
*GPS: Integrated GPS receiver and antenna
*Audio: Stereo speakers and headphone jack for external headset to support multimedia applications
*Battery Life: Average 8+ hours of operations, depending on use
*Expandability: Mini Secure Digital memory slot and USB (Master & Device) ports
*Accelerometer: Tilt and Dead Reckoning System allows to determine whether or not the user is moving (GPS supplies the position)
*Keyboard: 11 backlit keys
*Ergonomic Design: Designed to comfortably fit the user’s wrist, under or over clothes, for hands free operations
*Pen Device: Integrated stylus connected to the strap
Via: NaviGadget
