Concept Samsung Jot Rotary Dial Phone

This innovative and retro styled concept mobile phone design by Raymond Bessemer for Samsung. Is a mobile phone that uses a capacitive OLED display, removable stylus and physical rotary dial.

                                                                                                    
The design has a retro feel by the use of the rotary dial number pad which was used on phone in the and around the 1970's.

The concept is designed for the year 2015 and uses writing via a stylus rather than a keyboard for texting and note taking.But the hole in the middle of the dial would be very tempting to me to spin the phone on my finger, which could cause a few replacements having to be sent out by mobile provider.

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The World's First GPS Goggles w/Head Mounted Display

Sports lens developer Zeal Optics and display innovator Recon Instruments has managed to successfully squeeze both GPS technology and head-mounted display into a set of ski goggles named Transcend

                                                  
 A tiny computer gathers information from a number of onboard sensors and provides location, speed, altitude and temperature information to the wearer via a micro-LCD display inside the goggles.The image from the display is then virtually projected so that it appears out in front of the user.

GPS Goggles Specification:

A head-mounted LCD screen displayed shows the inside of the glass real-time speed, altitude, vertical odometer, distance, position and temperature, and monitoring of the time with a stopwatch and timer mode.

                                                               

GPS Googles  is also a USB port to allow users to travel to a computer or laptop and charges the lithium-ion battery that is said to seven hours between charges be downloaded.The optical system has been made to appear as though it hangs six feet in front of the user.The designers say the optics are non-obstructive for front and peripherial vision.
The glasses weigh 257 grams (9 ounces) and comes with a hard case, glasses bag cleaning adapter and charger with European countries and North America.

There will be two Recon/Zeal Optics Transcend lens options available at limited release launch on October 10. The option with an SPPX polarized and photochromic lens – which auto adjusts to changing light conditions with  retail price of US$499. Said to reduce glare by 99 per cent, coming with built-in anti-fog technology and benefiting from a wide vision frame, the goggles featuring an SPX polarized lens are priced at US$399.

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Kno launches World's First Single 14" Screen Tablet Text Book

The Dual 14.1"Kno Tablet  unveiled earlier this month has just been slimmed down to a Single screen Model. The reason for the same is that as compared to Dual screen version it will be absolutely cheaper.

                                            

The Kno is a transformative learning platform that blends a touch-screen tablet, digital textbooks, course materials, note-taking, web access, educational applications, digital media, sharing and more into a powerful and engaging educational experience that is not available on any other tablet or eReader today. With their custom software to "normalize" books into PDF format, Kno should have a large database of ebooks to offer very quickly.
With touchscreen display of this Tablet Students can take notes and annotate in the margins at an incredible speed due to the Nvidia Tegra processor.
The company plans to have their own bookstore similar to Apple’s iBooks and Amazon’s Kindle. The release of both the single and two-screen tablet textbooks to consumers will be by the end of 2010. Pricing and pre-order announcements will be made soon.

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Light,small effortless wearable camcorder with no record button

Perfect for both voyeurs and narcissists, this new camera lets you shoot POV digital video pretty much anywhere you go, any time.

                                                               

If you shoot and share a ton of video clips of your life,then checkout the Looxcie Android app (versions coming for iOS and Windows Mobile eventually, too) wearable camcorder. The device will be available on Amazon starting this wedensday for $199. It allows you to capture videos at 480 x 320 pixel resolution at 15FPS.

The Looxcie can be docked to a users ear so that it can see and record what you see,making it a part of you.It will record and store upto 4 hours of video. If you see something interesting, you can hit the "instant clip" button which will save the last 30 seconds of video and package it into a video file which can be shared via Bluetooth to a companion mobile app.

                                                           
 You can also use the app as a wireless display so you can see exactly what you’re capturing, but if you’re doing that, you might as well just use the camera built into your cellphone, right? Although your cellphone can’t capture things that already happened, can it? Of course, you have a much better shot of finding interesting footage by scrubbing back through the last 5 hours of your day and cutting up custom clips – all of which you can do in the Looxcie app.
 
The quality won't blow you away, but it's still an interesting product.


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Sensitive touch for Electronic 'Robot Skin'

Scientists have developed a pressure-sensitive electronic skin which could one day be used to restore touch by patients who have prosthetic limbs.This e-skin is made of semiconductor nanowires that operate using very low voltage. It is the first such material made out of inorganic single crystalline semiconductors. The skin can be applied by rubbing it or rolling it onto a surface and can detect pressure around 0 to 15 kilopascals, which would allow a robot helper, for instance, to do the dishes or handle a pet without causing damage.
                 

                                                           

The Butterfly Touch
At the same time scientists from Stanford University have developed an electronic sensor that it is so sensitive that it can feel a touch as light as a butterfly, manufactured in large sheets, the sensors could be used in artifical electronic skin for robots, touch screen displays, automobile safety and a range of medical applications.
The speed of compression and rebound of the rubber are critical for the sensor to be able to detect and distinguish between separate touches in quick succession.

Automobile safety could also be enhanced. "If a driver is tired, or drunk, or falls asleep at the wheel, their hands might loosen or fall off the wheel," said Benjamin Tee, graduate student in electrical engineering and a coauthor. "If there are pressure sensors that can sense that no hands are holding the steering wheel, the car could be equipped with some automatic safety device that could sound an alarm or kick in to slow the car down. This could be simpler and cost less than other methods of detecting driver fatigue."

The UC Berkeley engineers used an innovative fabrication technique that deposits nanowire 'Hairs'.The researchers started by growing the germamium/silicon nonowires on a cylindrical drum, which was then rolled onto a sticky substrate.

John Boland, a nanotechnologist from Trinity College Dublin praised the two approaches in a critique for Nature Materials.It is the most remarkable aspect of these studies is how they elegantly demonstrate that it is possible to exploit well-established processing technologies to engineer low-cost innovative solutions to important technical problems.

Acer Aspire Z Series All-in-One PCs

   


Acer introduced four new members from the Acer Aspire Z series. Known as the Acer Aspire Z5750/Z5751, Z5100/Z5101, Z3750/ Z3751, and Z3100/Z3101, these computers are powered by either an Intel Core i5 or i3 processor, up to 8GB DDR3 memory, a 1.5TB hard drive, an Intel HD graphics, a Blu-ray drive, and a TV tuner.

Other features include a 5.1 channel surround sound support, a Dolby Home Theater III audio enhancement, a Multi-in-one card reader, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth 2.1, 8x USB ports and a webcam.

Acer Aspire Z5750/Z5751 and Z3750/Z3751 All-in-One PCs

      

The 23-inch  Z5750/Z5751 and the 21.5-inch Z3750/ Z3751 all feature Full HD 1920×1080 resolution display with optional multitouch and 5ms response time. Acer also include the TouchPortal application for intuitive touch experience.  

 

Acer Aspire Z5610-U9072 All-in-One PC with Multitouch

 

                                                                                       

While the smartphone department is busy for the launch of the new phones, the PC department of Acer announced the new Aspire Z5610-U9072 all-in-one desktop PC with multitouch technology and Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The Aspire Z5610-U9072 is boosted by an Intel Pentium Dual Core E5300 2.6GHz processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7. The Acer Aspire Z5610-U9072 is priced at $899.99.


Acer Veriton Z280G-EA271CP All-in-One PC

Other than the Veriton N260G nettop, Acer launches the Veriton Z280G-EA271CP all-in-one desktop PC for the US commercial market. Powered by Atom platform, the Veriton Z280G has a 18.5" widescreen LCD
Acer’s Veriton Z280G-EA271CP is boosted by Intel’s Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 160GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti burner. WiFi 802.11b/g.
Acer Veriton Z280G-EA271CP has a starting price of $499.


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Seiko active-Matrix EPD Watch Will Be Released In Japan

Seiko is looking confidently towards the longer term future as well. In Basel in 2006, they introduced the first ‘Electronic Ink watch'. It surprised the world with a dramatic new way to display time, with a level of visibility far greater than any existing digital watch.

The Seiko active-Matrix EPD Watch will be available soon since the company has now decided to release this watch in Japan during the busy holiday season. It’s available in silver, gold and black. This one features a 300dpi EPD (Matrix Electrophoretic) display with a 180-degree viewing angle.

Some other features include world time with 32 cities, automatic synchronization via radio signal and a stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal. It also sports a built-in solar panel, offering roughly 30 months of display time on a full charge.


The Seiko active-Matrix EPD watch sells for between 94,500 Yen ($1,127) and 105,000 Yen ($1,253).


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