Tech Innovations
Celebrity Body Scans
Yahoo News India reports that, far from being freaked out by the new all-seeing body scanners at airport security, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan seized it as a PR opportunity. On his way through London’s Heathrow airport on the way to an appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross he signed copies of his x-rays [...]
Biometric Monitor
The WIN Human Recorder is a Japanese biometric device that is designed to be worn on the skin on a day to day basis as it measures heart rate, brainwaves, skin temperature, velocity and respiration. It wirelessly transmits data to a mobile phone or computer where the data can be managed.
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Missing in Haiti
Haiti Earthquake Support Center was set up the day after the disaster by The Extraordinaries, a group that “allows people to complete micro-tasks for organizations, causes or people they’re passionate about, using a mobile phone or web browser, in a few minutes of spare time”. When they sat down to think about what they could [...]
Interactive Wedding ‘Ring’
GeekPhysical specialize in inventing interactive technological events, experiences and installations. Their latest invention is called Cold Feet and tracks the emotions of the bride and groom throughout the big day via a bouquet that contains blue and white fibre optic lights. The bride slips a bio-feedback ring on her finger which monitors whether she’s feeling [...]
Roxxxy – Techno Sex Doll
The Telegraph reports that Douglas Hines, an artificial intelligence engineer, has invented a life size robotic doll that can perform a range of ahem, ‘activities’, including talking about Manchester United and snoring. Unfortunately, she’s not mastered the art of vacuuming. Punters can specify race and body type and choose from five personalities: Foxy Roxxy, Wild, [...]
Border Crossing
Vice Magazine reports how Ricardo Dominquez has developed the Transborder Immigrant Tool aimed at helping Mexican immigrant workers find a safe route across the US-Mexico border. This is not the first time he’s been at the forefront of electronic civil disobedience. Read the full article.
Hat tip: PSFK
Streetlight Storm
Artist Katie Paterson was commissioned by Vauxhall Motors to create an art work on the theme of re-inventing British classics. Paterson took a British seaside town as her inspiration and created an evocative work for Deal Pier. Along the length of the pier, out to sea, the lights flicker in time with lightning storms as [...]
Tube Chop
Tube Chop does what it says: allows you to chop the best bit out of a YouTube video and send it to your friends / embed it on your blog.
Esquire Augmented Reality
Esquire is using augmented reality to attract readers to its magazine. The 7th November 2009 (December) edition has a couple of QR codes (square ‘bar codes’) that are decoded by a camera phone to reveal Robert Downey Jr emerging from the front cover to talk about the AR issue. “Funny Joke from a Beautiful Woman” [...]
Biofeedback Stress Bowl
Engadget reports on a new piece of technology that is designed to mirror the emotions of home-working online investors (does that mean unemployed bankers?). If that’s you, you can slip on the EmoBracelet which flashes with red lights when you are getting a bit het up and likely to make a bad buying decision. There’s [...]
