Maybe I’m not a slope-wise skier, but when I’m hurtling down a mountain I love to hear wind sounds—not music from my iPod. Other people are different, and this waterproof MP3 player from Lancer certainly fits the “rugged enough for big snowboard crashes” bill. The Laqa3’s design is a plain metal tube. And… well, that’s it. There’s a headphone connector, and presumably controls somewhere, but other than that it’s a plain metal tube. You may dig its industrial-look, or not, but it weighs just 25g, has IPX7 waterproofing so it’s good for swimming, and comes with IPX7 silicon ear Read more… »
Last week the police dept in Claremont received a mobile fingerprint scanning device which attaches to a mobile phone. When attached a database can be queried to find matches with in the fingerprint database. The new scanning device and smartphone combination will help make their job a lot quicker as they can scan and find matches right away Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Concept, Design, Digital Camera, Gadget |
12
Jul
We’ve seen bouncy cameras and cameras that can be lobbed ahead for surveillance purposes, but this new concept from Turkish designer Hakan Bogazpinar looks to take the idea of tossable cameras one step further, with it boasting a specially designed tail intended to help keep it properly oriented. According to Bogazpinar, the camera would also be able to be customized to take still images at various Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under Digital News, Game, Gadget, Miscellaneous |
2
Jul
A patent was recently given to Sony which states “hand-held [sic] device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels”. The patent isn’t too clear on what this type of screen will be used for, but guesses would lead you to believe either a new Sony PSP 2.0 or a PSP phone maybe. A good number of potential uses are listed in the patent which include gaming devices, phones, portable media players, web browsing device and navigation. The “digital tactile pixels” have me interested. From what others have mentioned it seems like the tactile feedback could be in the form of vibrations on the screen to provide that kind of response. We have seen phones give feedback when touching the screen, but Read more… »