Byala Beach | VYONYX

Byala Beach VYONYX: “project name: Byala Beach
project location: close to Byala, Bulgaria
project date: 2007
client: Foster + Partners, London”

Epson Unveils Electronic Substitute For Conventional Papers – Gizmo Watch

Epson Unveils Electronic Substitute For Conventional Papers – Gizmo Watch: “Epson has come up with a revolutionary concept of electronic paper which it claims can replace the traditional wooden raw-material based paper. This 13.4 inch electronic paper was unveiled at SID 2008, Los Angeles. It has a pixel count of 3104 × 4128. Actually, this is the size of the traditional A4 size paper. As the electronic displays strain eyes when reading, this paper has the same conventional white background with black letters over it and it’s contrast ratio is being adjusted at 10:1 and reflectance is 40% for the soothing effect. If this concept turns out to be true, it could provide a great relief to the vanishing forests in Canada and Brazil that are being chopped off every year, paper manufacturing industry being one of the main reasons for them.
Source: FarEastGizmos”

Mission Gaia: A Strategy Game For A Positive Difference – Gizmo Watch

Mission Gaia: A Strategy Game For A Positive Difference – Gizmo Watch: “Tram Media, a Canadian media company has come out with a unique game called Mission Gaia. Mission Gaia is a strategy game that involves almost 84 players in a museum-like environment with 21 game tables which contain touch sensitive LCD screens laid flat. Players either form groups of four or play individually. Coming to the game itself, this game will have a number of tasks like solving a crisis or managing a city. Players need to get through with these virtual tasks and solve them using sustainable means only. For this, they are given a token each which they need to place on the LCD screen and then press a button to choose a sustainable means of problem solving.”

Philips Tests 3D TV, Glasses Free And HDTV Successor – Gizmo Watch

Philips Tests 3D TV, Glasses Free And HDTV Successor – Gizmo Watch: “A TV which will make us a part of the Sci-Fi flick we are watching could soon become a reality with Philips already testing a few prototypes of the 3D TV. Thankfully these 3D TVs don’t require us to wear those zombie-ish glasses that we used to wear as kids at the planetarium to watch different galaxies. These TVs operate a little like holograms but the major difference here is that we don’t tilt our eyes to look at the different images like we do for a hologram, here the 3D TV does the tilting for us. Though these TVs currently aren’t refined enough to display sharp high definition images, it will just be a matter of time before technology catches up to make the 3D TV the next big thing after high definition TVs. How about combining ultra low power OLEDs with 3D TV technology or is that asking a little too much a little too early. Only time will tell.”

Media Center PC Concept: Visual Extravagance Coupled With Chic Class – Gizmo Watch

Media Center PC Concept: Visual Extravagance Coupled With Chic Class – Gizmo Watch: “With large HDTV monitors making it to PCs, the PC was soon becoming an all in one home entertainment device. The designers at One & Co too seem to agree and hence we have a very chic looking Media Center PC that will put most other home entertainment devices to shame just with it’s stunningly stylish looks. The entire CPU goes into a very classy looking wooden cabinet that is mounted onto a sleek, stainless steel stand. The entire CPU is remote controlled, pretty much like a conventional home entertainment system. If you think that the CPU looks hot, the monitor looks even hotter. The expansive monitor that is finished in classy metallic silver manages to look very hot even though it sits on a spindly metal stalk. This monitor will beam out crisp and clear HDTV images to nicely round off the Media Center PC Concept. That is pretty much about the visually stunning Media Center PC which takes aesthetics to real classy heights. If only Microsoft started making such Media Center PCs. Wishful thinking, some might call it, but you just never know, with the windows mark on this.”

A Cutting Edge Hack Job Brings Multi-touch To Apple’s Desktop – Gizmo Watch

A Cutting Edge Hack Job Brings Multi-touch To Apple’s Desktop – Gizmo Watch: “Hackers are bunch of people who make news for all the wrong reasons, from phishing credit card details to hacking into ultra secure government servers. For a change, we have a hack job that might do the digital world and Apple a lot of good. We are talking about Christian Moore’s revolutionary open source framework called the LUX which brings the famed multi-touch interface to Apple’s OSX operating system. This hack job has the potential to redefine user interfaces as the finger-based touch sensitive technology will give artists and designers the irreplaceable hands-on approach to sketching, painting and designing. That apart, keyboards and mouses will become redundant saving the world a whole load of electricity and this obviously will result in a lot of space being saved too. How about coupling this to a projected virtual keyboard and a tactile feedback system? The possibilities are just endless!”

DIY All-in-one Beer Brewing Device, License To Drop Dead Drunk – Gizmo Watch

DIY All-in-one Beer Brewing Device, License To Drop Dead Drunk – Gizmo Watch: “Beer lovers will have to admit that this DIY all-in-one beer brewing device created by John Carnett is the best invention since canned beer. And the good news is that alcoholics all around the world will soon be able to get their hands on one of these. Christened the NanoBrewMaster, this comp-controlled all-in-one brewery rids you of the extremely unnecessary trip to the local store for a taste of your favorite beverage after a hard day of sitting on your ass doing nothing. The fully-automated glycol-chilled, 15-gallon fountain gives the freedom to brew your own beer using only 2’x8’ of floor space in your kitchen/garage/broom closet and offers you fresh, chilled beer at the turn of the tap. Check out Carnett’s homepage and then you can promptly drop to your knees and say a little prayer!”

UOL Tecnologia – Telas do futuro

UOL Tecnologia – Telas do futuro: “Sensor desenvolvido pela Microsoft permite usar força para realizar algumas ações como virar as páginas de um texto ou alternar entre diferentes aplicativos. Os sensores estão na leteral do aparelho, dispensando o uso de materiais flexíveis”

UOL Tecnologia – Telas do futuro

UOL Tecnologia – Telas do futuro: “Morph é um protótipo Nokia que envolve nanotecnologia feito em conjunto com a Universidade de Cambridge, na Inglaterra.Para seus desenvolvedores, o aparelho possui as funcionalidades mais recentes da categoria: entre elas, flexibilidade”

UOL Tecnologia – Telas do futuro

UOL Tecnologia – Telas do futuro: “Protótipo idealizado por designer asiático para a Samsung, a interface Finger Touching promete inovar a forma como usuários manuseiam o celular. O ‘aparelho’ é, na verdade, vestido pelo usuário, como uma luva diferentona”