The Dyson Air Multiplier™ fan works very differently to conventional fans. It uses Air Multiplier™ technology to draw in air and amplify it 15 times, producing an uninterrupted stream of smooth air. With no blades or grill, it’s safe, easy to clean and doesn’t cause unpleasant buffeting.
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Harvard professor David Edwards, lead inventor of Le Whif, says: “Over the centuries we’ve been eating smaller and smaller quantities at shorter and shorter intervals. It seemed to us that eating was tending toward breathing, so, with a mix of culinary art and aerosol science, we’ve helped move eating habits to their logical conclusion. We call it whiffing.”
Le Whif is a terrific way to curb your appetite or to accompany a coffee, and Edwards says inhaled chocolate is just the beginning. New culinary innovations that involve eating by breathing are being developed by the Foodlab at Le Laboratoire, Edwards’ art and science innovation center in central Paris.
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During development in the Spring of 2007, Bauhaus University Media Department students Martin Lihs and Frank Matuse completed Prototype One, forming the groundwork for the WiiSpray. Upon consideration, Martin Lihs chose to further investigate this project for his Master Thesis, developing an entirely new Prototype, known today as WiiSpray 2nd edition. Complete with new ideas as to how the interface works, how the physical model appears, and a new 3 Dimensional interaction concept. The part of the software that allows Collaboration working is now in a betastatus.
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If you ask me, the press release reads like the MIR’s emergency manual – backwards. Anyway, if you can understand the watch holistically, you might still end up with not enough in your pockets to test your knowledge.
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ITS A BIRD! ITS A PLANE!….. NO WAIT, IT’S BOB. It is with the utmost happiness that I am able to report on this amazing creation. Conceived by a Canadian, the Jetlev Flyer will let you fly over the water with childish ease. Powered by a 4-stroke engine varying in power from 155 to 215 HP allow you to reach speeds of up to 65 kph, reaching a height of 10 meters and fully puzzle anybody who witnesses you doing it.
Prices start at 99.000€ so your pocket must be deep. But really can we put a price on something James Bond would have in his closet? Think of it!
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Comments rss TrackbackThe concept, which gives traditionally flat interface elements a very convincing sense of depth and layering, relies on eyetracking and TAT’s in-house 3D engine, which renders in real time in the video.
It uses your eyes’ locations, along with the orientation of the device, as part of the perspective equation that creates a convincing 3D effect.
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Ever had a really cool idea for something you wanted to build, but you had no way to actually build it? Ever designed a toy or a piece of art that you thought would be a neat thing to have, but your skills at molding plastic or at sculpture just weren’t up to the task? If so, Shapeways may be for you. Design whatever you want (within certain parameters) and they’ll print it for you in 3D, out of plastic, and send it to you.
With the Shapeways Creator you can create your own personal and unique object! You don’t need any 3D modeling skills and it takes just a few minutes. You can change the shape as you want and even add text. If you like the result you can order it and we will print and ship it to you. The Shapeways Shops offer artists, designers and hobbyists alike a unique online platform to show and sell their designs to a worldwide audience.
The young dutch startup is spinning out from the Lifestyle Incubator of Royal Philips Electrions, located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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One of the major stories coming out of CES is the revival of Palm with the release of the Palm Pre, the first smartphone to be based on their new webOS platform. The Pre, currently planned for a US release on Sprint sometime in the first half of this year, contains a 3.1-inch, 320×480 touch screen, 8 GB of memory, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3-megapixel camera with flash, built-in GPS, an accelerometer, and Wi-Fi, 3G, and Bluetooth connectivity.
The Pre represents a break from Palm’s existing Palm OS and will be unable to run existing Palm OS applications. Instead, Pre developers will develop using browser technologies including CSS, HTML and XML along with special APIs to access the hardware features of the new device. And of course, an “App Store” for third-party applications will also be accessible from the phone.
Comments rss TrackbackHave you ever wished to find yourself singing like a famous pop-idol? No? Probably, because you think you just can’t do it. And you’re probably right. If you have the guts to accept that, there is no need to download Microsoft Research’s newest super-duper-mega-heist: Songsmith.
After more than a year, 8 billion (!) dollars and at least a kilo of the worst crack cocaine, Microsoft came up with an application that is – at most – somewhat new to the market. Songsmith gives you fiddlers out there the chance to sing whatever you dream of and constructs a cluster around it which is supposed to be music. OK, let’s be fair. The idea is pretty neat. And if Apple came up with it in the latest release of Garageband, everybody would have loved it.
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Zenvo ST1 is a real supercar. It’s raw power is supplied from a 7 litre V8 engine with both a supercharger and a turbo. The Zenvo ST1 develops 1.104 HP of power which is controlled at the flick of a switch. Producing a massive 1.430 NM of torque which is put to ground via a 6 speed gearbox, variable suspension and custom wheels. Zenvo goes 0 to 100 km/h in an impressive 3 seconds.
[via Zenvo Automotive]
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