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Light Touch: Mini Projector Transforming Any Flat Surface Into A Touch Screen Panel

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:44:21 +0000

A CES Innovations Honoree in both the Media Player and Personal Electronics categories, the “Light Touch” from the house of Light Blue Optics is an interactive projector that featuring multi-touch technology turns any flat surface into a touchscreen. Liberating the multimedia content from the small screen, thanks to Holographic Laser Projection (HLP) technology, the Light Touch produces bright, high-quality video images in WVGA resolution, so you could access the content as you do on other portable devices. Moreover, you can control the projector and interact with applications by touching the image with your finger, as it comes integrated with infrared sensors which transform the projected image into a 10.1″ virtual touch-sensitive display. Be it retail, living or workplace, you can interact with multimedia content and create your own environment with minimum fuss.

Source: Thedesignblog.org by Light Blue Optics

Stainless Steel Portable Pen Projector Equips You For Instant Presentations

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:30:34 +0000

Business presentations, without a doubt, get impetus when backed with projections. Images, graphs and figures are made easier to explain and understand for both the presenter and observer, only if you are ready to carry bulky projection devices with you all the time. Conceived by Mexican designer Edgar Navarro, the “Portable Pen projector” is a smart projection device that equips the user for instant presentations. Presenting a body finished in stainless steel, the pen projector makes use of a LED system and works wirelessly via Bluetooth. The Wi-Fi projector also features touch sensitive rings to adjust the resolution and focus of the projection with minimum fuss. The portable pen projector not only makes your presentation effective but also flaunts your style and elegance.

Source: Thedesignblog.org

HOLO 2.0 – Bracelet Mobile Computer Concept by Elodie Delassus

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:59:06 +0000

With computer becoming an integral part of modern life, regular PCs have taken the form of portable notebooks and other mobile devices, so you could stay connected all the time. Reinventing the mobile computer, French designer Elodie Delassus has come up with a highly mobile computer concept named “HOLO2.0” that other that giving the internet access, also becomes a fashion accessory for the trendy. Worn like a bracelet around the wrist, the portable computer features the body finished in a flexible non-conductive, non-allergic and heat resistant material for a safe and easy networking. Though, we are short on technical info, the holographic device seems to emit sound vibrations for instant alerts. If you are not comfortable wearing it around the wrist, you may place in your pocket.

Source: Thedesignblog.org

Skin-Based Interface Transforms The Body Into A Touchscreen

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:24:23 +0000

Touchscreen interfaces have seen many transformations over time, from small displays to large ones from cellphone displays to computers; they have been incorporated into just everything. Now a new skin-based interface dubbed the Skinput will get touchscreen flashing onto a user’s hands and arms. The interface being developed by Chris Harrison from Carnegie Mellon University with Dan Morris and Desney Tan at Microsoft’s research lab uses a micro-sized pico projector and an acoustic detector which detects ultra-low frequency sounds generated by finger tapping on the skin.

The projector embedded in an armband beams a keyboard, menu and other graphics onto the user’s forearm and hand, while the acoustic detector stationed in the armband senses the icon which the user touches. The included software then matches the sound frequencies with specific skin locations letting the interface identify the skin button (the icon on the skin) being pressed. The Skinput can well identify gestures even when the body is in motion, and as we learn, can also support wireless applications like Bluetooth for connectivity with electronics. This fancy yet feasible approach to use the body as an input device would be up on display at the Computer-Human Interaction meeting in Atlanta, Georgia in April.

Other novel interface concepts that’ll make good someday:

This skin-based interface is surely a novel interface concept, which when complete would turn our own body into an input surface. But this isn’t the first unique interface concept which we will use in the days to come. While discussing the Skinput we thought it was worth bringing our memories live to the other few interface concepts which have made it to the fore over time.

Muscle-computer interface

Scott Saponas, a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, has developed what he calls a muscle-computer interface, which along with other things allows the user to play Guitar Hero without a guitar. This lets you control the electronic devices without the need for physical touch, just like the other gestural interfaces of course, the difference here is that EMG electrodes directly sense the electrical signals in the arms to detect finger movements which mimic the button presses.

Touch-free interface

The in-air gesture input interface developed by researchers at Tokyo University is what you may be eyeing as a solution for touchscreens. The in-air movements of the finger are translated into commands by a high-frame-rate 3D camera, letting the user operate the portable device without a touch.

Microsoft’s transparent interface

The transparent glass interface from Microsoft Research lets the body to be used as a control mechanism, which recognizes inputs through touch-free gestures and eye-tracking. The content can be manipulated with the help of voice commands or some other notable hand gestures, and in case you’re concentrating too much on something particular, the computer interface can automatically enlarge the same based on the eye-tracking technology.

Pressure-sensing touchscreen interface

Using what’s called the quantum tunneling composite (QTC), that relies on a 75-micrometer technology, Paratech has developed a cost effective pressure-sensing touchscreen interface which differentiates between gentle touch and a hard poke. Paratech’s sensors placed on the perimeter of the touchscreen display very efficiently detect where — and how hard — the screen is being pressed, and thereby responds accordingly to it. The pressure-sensors need no power in a static state, and are good to respond to only 2mm response from the user.

Source: Gizmowatch.com

TamTam GPS Flashlight by Designaffairs Studio Puts Directions on Any Flat

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:08:20 +0000

Visitors without proper knowledge of the route often take a wrong path while traveling new on unknown places. Addressing the issue, the Designaffairs Studio has devised an innovative light that other than lighting path in the dark also navigates travelers to their desired destination without getting lost in crowded cities. Hailed as “Tamtam Flash,” the pocked-sized light flashes the route info on your path to allow an immediate and more intuitive navigation. In addition, the light projects regular maps on any flat surface that the user can zoom and scroll like a digital map to find the right direction or path in a secluded location. Moreover, the Tamtam Flash can read QR tags to allocate additional information to help tourists. All the user need to do is rotate the light to switch between different modes of navigation.

Source: Thedesignblog.org

Mint Sputnik Projector Concept by Jongchul Kim

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:07:35 +0000

You communist! You love projectors too. It’s been 52 years since the former USSR launched Sputnik. In celebration of the fabulous designtastic shape of the Sputnik, and due to the meaning of Sputnik: “traveling companion,” this entertainment companion is sure to get your eyeballs and mind straight into outer space – tout de suite! It’s a projector with a cuteness!

This design goes by the name “Mint Sputnik” and it’s just super cute as all heck. Not only does the projector look just like an alternate-reality Sputnik I, it’s got a little space center controller!

It’s got all your normal controls – on/off, next/previous, angle/focus/channel/volume, but then it’s got a quick clock switch, radio and music functions as well. Also a 1950’s feel. That display screen looking thing there is an actual display screen, info is shown in black and white on it, and it’s got the classic Cathode Ray Tube TV panel BULGE. On the control center’s backside there’s a USB port, SD card slot, and earphones jack. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee are all supported.

Source: Yankodesign.com

Maptor is A Gadget That Combines Map and Projector

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:30:48 +0000

When you are navigating through a paper map, the most annoying and inconvenient issue you might have noticed is to unfolding and refolding it. Moreover, it is also difficult to pinpoint your exact location on a paper map . Maptor is a compact and stylish concept device that will resolve these problems in an innovative way. You can download a map on this device and it will let you project the map onto any flat surface such as wall, ground or even on your hand. Moreover, this device includes a GPS that will indicate your exact location on the map.

Source: Tuvie.com

LG Burst Futuristic Phone Projector by DJ German and Ryan King

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:04 +0000

Burst is a concept projector phone designed to boost the functionality and mobility of the conventional touch phones. Burst can project images onto any type of flat surface from projectors mounting aside with its specialized software to deform and compress the touch space display. The touch screen performs just like the traditional screens, but the operation takes place on the virtual projection space. Burst can project HD interactive full color touch spaces showing applications and menus, that opens in a lower touch space. The innovative user interface of Burst utilizes sound and motion sensors to capture as well as process user interactions insidethe touch space.

Super functional applications are the key attribute of Burst. It supports revolutionary video conferencing which will help the deaf and hearing impaired aside from offering many other advantages. The innovative technology of combining a mobile device with a protection product has made it as functional and usable as a personal computer. Moreover, it is packed with various category games to make it a nice piece for all range of gamers. Other highlighted features of Burst include HD projected web browsing, document and media editing,video conferencing and online gaming. It can make user to send and receive calls, take pictures and video, download and listen to music and many more.

Source: Tuvie.com

Futuristic Blu-Ray player with a built-in projector

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:19:43 +0000

Nevermind of you are interested in psychedelic or trance music or not, I’m sure you’ll love this ultra cool looking projector which has more cool features than one. The boring black or silver or black and silver combination office projector has been revamped to look more contemporary, in other words funky. Blu Wave is an innovative concept device that features a Blu-Ray player with a built-in projector. The shape of the usual projectors has also undergone change with the Blu Wave being ‘wave’ shaped and comprising a touch screen on the surface. The psychedelic print is sure to blow peoples mind while giving presentations now, ain’t it?

Source: Designlaunches.com

Cell Phone with Projector by KETI

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:12:15 +0000

Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) revealed that they have developed EGD module that can provide 60inch virtual image connected to mobile small device such as cell phone and wearable PC. The developed EGD module could receive picture input signals like S-Video, composite, component, analog RGB signal from the external mobile devices and equipped with controller that can realize 3D image; optical system of the module is designed over 40 degree angle from 2m distance such that 60inch full color SVGA images are able to be virtually projected.

With 110gram weight and ability to virtually project 60inch, the developed EGD module showed superiority over Apply’s I-Wear with 113 gram weight that can actualize 40inch.

Source: Fareastgizmos.com