Designers and inventors do not sit idle. Every day they suggest new concepts of portable devices. That is: a watch with a cellphone, a cup-computor… And now here is the concept of ultra-portable computer in the form of a bracelet.
INFO Live is simple and easy to handle.
The main purpose of the gadget is exchanging information with other devices and informing the owner about it. In fact, this is a kind of a smartphone-bracelet.
INFO Live’s size is only 55 x 20 x 180 mm, but the gadget is capable of displaying the received messages, mail, news and documents. Moreover, it even can create new documents.
For fans of entertainment it can provide music and video.
If your child is interested in video and photo shoot, you should allow him develop his skills. Polaroid comes to help the parents. Now your child can deal with shooting on his own.
«Polaroid Pixie» is available in two colors – pink for girls, blue -for boys. As the functionality this is a good 3-megapixel camera with a 2.4-inch screen. It operates on two AA-type batteries (ordinary «finger» batteries).
Pictures are stored in USB-flash inside the camera, the capacity of which is 16 MB or in additional SD-card.
«Polaroid Pixie» is not big, it is comfortable, and will not fall out of children’s hands. The camera is equipped with two optical viewfinders. The camera is also equipped with the function of a small gaming station. There are 5 games that kid can play. Your task is not to forget to charge the batteries in time.
Approximate price of this new gadget is 59.99 USD.
Polaroid also plans to establish serial production for young filmmakers.
Saturday evening is a traditional time for parties. And this gadget is made especially for such events. Cue Company introduced a concept gadget for Vijay (VJ). To cut it short it is a video management system and mixing in real time.
Touch screen with a diagonal of 15.4 inches is added to the mobile pen-rotating button, which will perform various actions with the video. For example, this pen is responsible for the size and orientation of the video playback, and will allow you to choose the color shades for videos, or browse the library of clips.
The system connects to your laptop and big screen, which will show the result of work. Changes in the video could be made in real time. Of course, for connecting devices a gadget is equipped with VGA port and USB, as well as with card reader.
If creating your own effects and clips is still difficult for you, this will help you to solve your problem. The set will include specialized software and a huge library of effects and clips that can be used during the work.
Of course, this is only a concept, so that by the time of entering the market, it will certainly be improved. But even if it is implemented exactly as in the video – still Cue VJ remains an interesting gadget that deserves attention.
Nature and modern high-tech devices are not compatible. So, unfortunately, you cannot listen to iPod while surfing or take the laptop to the top of the mountain. Waterproof camera, about which we will tell you today, will help fans of extreme sports to capture their gains in digital format.
GoPro Digital Hero 3 can be worn on the wrist, it is convenient to be attached to and works under all conditions. With a strap attached to the camera, you can easily equip it to your wrist and snap photos as you like. It is even waterproof, which is definitely a feature that not many cameras possess. This particular camera holds a great winning flag over the others when it comes to taking action photos while you yourself are enjoying the action
It is made specifically for sports fans and can be used while hiking, cycling, jogging, and even snorkeling as it is waterproof. As you can see, the camera can be easily locked onto your wrist. You can just unlock it and pivot it upwards.
Some other specifications of this camera are as follows:
- Waterproof to 100 Feet
- 4.5 Ounces
- Image Sensor - 3 Megapixel (2048 x 1536)
- Lens – Glass f2.8
- Exposure - Auto
- 3X Sequence Photo Burst
- Lies flat on your wrist or flips up
- Dual Shutter Buttons to take photos regardless of camera orientation
- Internal Memory – 16MB expandable to 2GB with SD card
- Video – 640 x 480 with sound (54 mins from 2GB SD Card)
- Self Timer – 10s
- Connectors – USB, Composite Video Out
- Power – 2 AAA Batteries (included)
- Compatible OS – Windows ME/200/XP and Mac OS
It cost only $139.99, which is not considered expensive for such kind of a gadget.
Pixel Qi, recently presented a working prototype of the display 3Qi, which certainly attracted the attention of the public. At SID exhibition Korean giant introduced 10.2-inch diagonal screen-based electronic paper capable to reproduce video. It sounds very unusual, but the screen is indeed a combination of LCD and E Ink (in 3Qi there was just 2 mode LCD).
Active matrix works with « cholesteric» (cholesteric liquid crystals), which can be switched between two states. In the «memory» pixels retain their state even without the constant feeding, and during a «dynamic» mode, they work as LCD panel and can display moving images.
«We are not interested to develop conventional displays based on electronic paper … this time we decided to do something that no one would do» – said the representative of Samsung Electronics.
The demonstrated prototype has a resolution of 320×240 and can display 64 colors with a response time less than 25 milliseconds. Judging by the reviews, the concept is still quite far from entering the market. There is still no information that the company plans to use this technology.
