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Ooh, kinky. If ordinary vibrators don’t quite cut it for you, maybe the world’s first sonic vibrator will. Developed by a Seattle-based technology company after two years of R&D, the Revel Body sonic vibrator zaps down common complaints from vibrator users — such as loud noises, dubious reliability, poor battery life — and, yes, goes [...]
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Looks like we’re all going completely potty about 3D printing. Recently, our celebrity crush Dita Von Teese donned the world’s first completely 3D-printed dress, and even an entire building is slated to be made from 3D printing in the next year or so. What’s left? Well, accessibility to the rest of us plebeians, that’s what. [...]
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Sometimes an invention rocks so much, we have no idea how we partied before that. Case in point: FlashFlow, dreamt up by Sunderland-based Matthew Ryder, which promised to breathe life to your music by synchronizing your lighting to the music you love according to its volume, tempo and frequency content. The device lets you synchronize [...]
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LifeBEAM, a Tel Aviv startup founded by former Israeli Air Force pilots Omri Yoffe and Zvika Orron, have developed the world’s first smart cycling helmet that can monitor heart rate in real time sans that ungainly chest strap. The hassle-free Lazer Sport GENESIS helmet comes with integrated sensing technology and is ready to use with [...]
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Three young engineering students from the SRM University in Chennai, India, are now working on creating self-defence lingerie that can protect women against harassment and rape. Dubbed SHE or Society Harnessing Equipment, the innerwear is fitted out with an electric shock circuit board to deliver a proper jolt to the would-be rapist. Development is still [...]
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Iranian scientist Ali Razeghi claims he can predict the future using a time machine device that creates a print-out with details of a person’s life. Supposedly, the machine predicts details within 5 to 8 years in advance with 98 percent accuracy. Razeghi states that the time machine uses complex algorithms which took him ten years [...]
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Are household pests good for anything except for annoying and scaring the hell out of us? Probably. I just recently found out about the fascinating work of UK designer James Auger from the Royal College of Art who worked with Jimmy Loizeau to build predatory devices that trap and feed on flies and mice to [...]
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Mark McKeague basically teamed up with Neil Usher for Storm in a Teacup, a device that represents current weather conditions in an actual teacup. Its features include wind speed and direction (a fan on the teaspoon spins as quickly or as slowly), sun intensity and cloud cover (the brightness of lights in the teacup adjust [...]
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Will anyone go camping when the future is here? These inflatable tents by Heimplanet are getting quite a bit of attention online these days, and for good reason: these sci-fi designs are dead cool. Both the Cave for 2 or 3 people or Wedge for 2 people promise to be pitched quickly with just one [...]
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Now this is exactly what we fantasized about in our childhood: a jet pack we can strap on and jet off to anywhere we want in the world. Australian designer Marc Newson’s spin on this device comes with a carbon fiber shell, padded armrests and retractable landing gear. It also has a patented gyroscopic control [...]
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These days it seems like everyone’s busy swiping thumbs on their iPhones or iPads. And yet there was a time when people actually abandoned Apple products. Don’t believe it? Here’s proof. Unthinkable!
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MYO is a new gadget that is the next generation of gesture control. Gone are the days of camera-based gesture control because now you can control your electronics with the very fibers of your muscles. MYO uses the electrical impulses in your muscles to control your computer, phone, and other various electronics. Check out this [...]
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Move over, Suri. Say hello to Suri Yamamoto, your own virtual kawaii personal assistant. She will help you take notes, make tough decisions, and even let off steam with as many rounds of rock, scissors, paper as you like. Tomiko Studios, which is behind the app, claims that she is easier to please than a [...]
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The Navy must really like their spy jellyfish. We knew they were exploring jello territory last year with a team from Virginia Tech, and this year, with the five-year grant from the Office of Naval Research, it looks like RoboJelly has a new name as well: Cyro. It has also ballooned from a palm-sized prototype [...]
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Luxury boutique hotel Eccleston Square Hotel claims to be London’s most high tech hotel, and it’s easy to see why. While the rooms are gorgeous enough, they are also fitted out with 46” high-definition 3D plasma TVs, surround sound systems, iPod docking stations, VoIP phones and your very own iPad to tinker with. For those [...]
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