With an intention to see how best they can equip the soldier of tomorrow, Pentagon’s mad science agency DARPA has on December 22 unveiled the Soldier Centric Imaging via Computational Cameras effort or SCENICC – a wearable helmet attached eye-gear that’s a set of cameras capable of capturing a kilometer-wide, 360-degree images viewable in 3D by the soldier laden with the eye wear. Wearing this gadget that scan objects a kilometer away and inform the soldiers of any danger, would allow the soldier to see anything from right behind him to everything in front by zooming in and creating stereoscopic/binocular system providing 10x zoom to both eyes, this, all hands-free by a pre-programming adjustable focus.
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3D Technology, Future Gadgets, Military Gadgets
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Cellphones connecting people with each other have already turned the world into a global village. But we need more and more features to keep up pace with the rise in technology, which further needs a burst of processing power and storage capacity. Designers at Bounthavong Designs have come up with a concept that could revolutionize the mobile phone market forever.
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Future Gadgets, Future Phones, Green Gadgets
The futuristic device by Sony called Nextep computer and designed by Hiromi Kirik (Japan) is equipped with a flexible touch-screen based on organic light-emitting diodes. It has a holographic projector and retractable touch-sensitive keyboard. It is assumed that Sony Nextep Computer will focus on communication in social networks.
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Computers, Fashion Gadgets, Future Gadgets
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Inspired one of the most trendy fashion accessories, the bracelet, Kiwi designer Chuck Lee has come up with a sleek phone dubbed the “Bricell” that looks more like a piece of jewelry than a gadget. Intended towards female users, the jewelry phone features a simple yet stylish design, allowing easy controls for relatively not-so-geeky-users. Integrating just two touch pads, one for scrolling up and down and the other for clicking OK, to work like normal buttons, the wearable phone also features a hearing piece that works wirelessly with Bluetooth technology. The cellphone works both with and without the earphones. Featuring the body finished in silicon and other parts by injection molding, the concept phone moves the interface up and down on the screen, when the user scrolls up and down on the pad, to enter the menu by pressing the OK button. The Bricell also includes a docking station to place and charge it safely.
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Fashion Gadgets, Future Gadgets, Future Phones
The latest addition to the world of power saving is the “Smart Switch” that adds intelligence to your electricity. Designed by Avery Holleman, the system is designed to let the user control and monitor the power usage anywhere in the house. The system mainly comprises of four parts that allows you to save energy and assign amounts of power to different rooms.
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Future Gadgets, Home Gadgets
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