Vie GPS Enabled Glove

February 11, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Vie-GPS-Glove
This rather strange looking device is named the Vie (pronounced Vee) and was designed by Mr. Du Tran Nguyen. Although it would look weird on anyone’s hand, it does have a few cool features built in. The screen is E-Ink and you control the device by moving your fingers up and down. Small motors built in to the glove provide feed back to let you know when you have “clicked” a button.

The Vie is used as a personal guide and trainer and allows you to plan several routes with it’s built in GPS and mapping technology. If you find danger on one route you can make a movement with your finger and find a safer alternative. If you find your self in trouble then an SOS message can be sent.

The glove monitors your body too and lets you know through vibrations if you need to ease off a little or speed up. Bluetooth allows you to connect with other glove users to share details with them.

Although a bizarre idea, it could have some potential if they could make it look a tad better.

Via: Gizmowatch

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Ferrari Pedal Car

February 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment

ferrari-pedal-car
BergToys have created a mini Ferrari Pedal Car which takes it’s design from the limited edition Ferrari FXX. This is no normal pedal car though as it has a 7 speed transmission, disc brakes and an on-board computer. The tires are slicks on 5 spoke rims. Two of these Ferrari Pedal Car models will be available. The first costs $730 and is the standard version with the exclusive edition costing $2200.

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The exclusive edition is pictured above and features a leather steering wheel, bucket seat with 4 point harness and an aero kit. It sounds great fun!

Product Page Via: GeekAlerts

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

PC Car Stereo

February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment

PC Car Stereo
The Navisurfer II is a complete PC which replaces your car stereo. The screen is 7 inches and runs at an 800 x 480 resolution. The screen slides out from the single DIN stereo and flips up to reveal either Windows XP or a Linux distro. The software running on Windows is configured especially for in car use which means you will see GPS navigation, media player, video player and a cool diagnostics piece of software which can show various things from your engine. Not only do you have the basics in there, you can also hook up other devices such as video cameras for reversing, controllers for playing games and it has USB connectivity too. The spec of the Navisurfer II isn’t too shabby either. A few variations are available which have from 40GB to 120GB of hard disk, 256Mb to 512MB RAM and prices are from $578 to $656.

PC Car Stereo View

Overall it’s a nice looking system and will work well in your vehicle.

Product Page Via: TechChee

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Wireless Rock Speaker

February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Wireless Rock Speaker
The Wireless Rock Speaker is the perfect way to bring wireless audio in to your garden. The rock speaker is just what the name says… a speaker in a rock. The audio is transmitted up to 150 feet on the 900 MHz range meaning you can leave the stereo equipment inside while you party away outside.

Wireless Rock Speaker Controls

Features

* 900 MHz transmitter sends audio signals without speaker wire
* Speaker can be up to 150′ away from audio source
* Weatherproof for outdoor listening
* Compact & portable with a stylized design (13H x 10W) – 5.25 PP cone w/rubber edge Woofer2 Mylar cone Tweeter 20Watt RMS Output 15V DC Transformer
* Phase Loop Lock circuitry automatically locks in and keeps audio signal clear and strong.

Product Page Via: 7Gadgets

Filed Under: Music Gadgets

Polarion Flash Light has 5000 Lumens

February 7, 2008 by 1 Comment

polarion-ph50-pf50
Polarion have created an amazing flash light which boasts a 5000 lumen bulb inside. That’s a hefty 1000 lumen’s brighter then the model below. The torch has a battery life of 80 minutes which I think is fairly impressive considering it’s a few times brighter then your home projector. Newer batteries will be made available also which will increase the usage time per charge.

The beam thrown by the Polarion PG50 is 1 mile and can be used for various things such as a searchlight. The Polarion’s will set you back just short of $2200.

Product Page Via: I4U

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Cool Outdoor Cinema

February 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Outdoor Cinema
This cinema was designed by Hagy Belzberg and is set in the hills over Hollywood. The house is 5800 square feet and features glass walls, clean lines and uncluttered space. I have to admit that it’s quite a nice setup they have there!

Via: TechEBlog

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pPod Shuffle for the Healthy People

February 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment

pPod Shuffle
This pPod Shuffle was designed for the purpose of health awareness. It was designed using Maya by Lawrence Whittemore and is just an awareness poster and not actually going to be made in to a real pPod (iPod). However, if the concept really got you excited then you can go ahead and buy a T-Shirt of the pPod over at MJR Productions.

Via: Flickr

Filed Under: Music Gadgets

Floating Lamp

February 6, 2008 by Leave a Comment

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Levitation has always been a cool thing. The latest gadget to use this is the floating lamp in which the top section floats a few inches above the base of the lamp. The film was taken at DDW Dutch design week.

Via: Hight3ch

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Pneumatic Confetti Cannon

February 6, 2008 by Leave a Comment

pneumatic-confetti-cannon
The confetti cannon might be a tad on the large side for carrying to the next wedding, but it can be used for a number of things such as stage shows, parties and events where confetti needs to be launched in no time at all. The Confetti Canon is custom built from a fire extinguisher, pipes, hoses, an air compressor and a bunch of other parts. Rather then going in to detail of how to make it you can check out the full build instructions over at Modd3d.

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Son of Concorde?

February 5, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Son of Concorde
The Concorde was a marvellous plane which could take passengers from London to New York in just a few hours. However, due to a couple of problems it was taken out of service in the last few years. Not to worry though as a new version could be built and in service in 15 years time which should be able to take passengers from Brussels to Australia in about 4 hours. The new version will fly at Mach 5 (about 3400mph). It will carry 300 passengers and run on liquid hydrogen to lower carbon emissions. The real name of the plane will be the A2 and has funding from the European Space Agency and EU.

It’s designed to leave Brussels International Airport, fly quietly and sub-sonically out into the North Atlantic at about Mach 0.9 before reaching Mach 5 across the North Pole and heading down over the Pacific to Australia.

Son of Concorde Flight

Although it sounds like quite a crazy project, it is definitely the way forwards. Dropping Concorde out of service a few years back might not have been the best step forwards, but now that this is making it’s way we can forgive them for dropping it’s Dad.

For more details check out the DailyMail.

Filed Under: Tech News

Mechanical Calculator

February 5, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Curta-Calculator
If you are geeky and calculators are your thing then maybe you need to step back a bit and check out the Curta Calculator. It was built in 1948 by Curt Herzstark. It is capable of all the basic functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. If you are very clever you can also get it to work out square roots too. It uses a cylinder with numbers placed around this cylinder. Below you will find a video of the Curta Calculator being used.

Via: Gizmowatch

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Rubiks Cube Advert

February 4, 2008 by Leave a Comment

I just spotted a cool advert on TV this evening which is named Honda – Problem Playground. It uses a ton of Rubiks cubes for the advert which are built in to a wall. The pattern left on the wall is of the new Honda Hybrid engine. It’s worth checking out and can be seen below.

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