What do you get when an entertainment major join hands with leaders in home appliances, software and hardware combined with a high end builder? What you get is a house full with innovations like the one recently unveiled by Disney, the Innoventions Dream Home in Anaheim, Calif. It is located in a place called Tomorrowland, and it promises to be a house of the future or you can say marketing of the future, since the construction was a collaborative effort between Disneyland, Microsoft, HP, Life|ware and home-builder Taylor Morrison. With gadgets like magic mirror that allows you to see how you look in various clothes, kitchen that recognizes ingredients and a multimedia interface to tell stories to children, all we can say is welcome to the future!
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The new miBook promises to change the whole definition of stereotypical chores that’s been associated with the respective gender. It’s a PDA with a 7″touchscreen and teaches skill through step-by-step videos and other multimedia. So whatever is the task be it changing diapers or gardening, miBook will surely teach you. The equipment costs $130 but it is sold without on-board memory. It also works as the digital picture frame and the format supported being MPEG video, MP3 audio and SD/xD/MS/MMC cards for cheaper storage.
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While packing bags for that holiday, the camera does occupy considerable part of the luggage. Not any more! With GPS MAPSHOTS a modern marvel with which one can capture pictures just at the touch of a button. This gadget is GPS system, a digital camera and a post card all combined into one. It combines the best of both satellite and computer technologies to keep you up-to-date and also on the other side acts as a guide with that GPS being on. The best part being it can be wrapped around your wrist just like any bracelet and with various vibrant colors to choose from, it sure looks cool.
via GizmoWatch
The Flaik armband seems to be a promising device for all you ski adventurers. The device has been named this year’s Australian International Design Award. At the ski slopes, the device records jump airtime using GPS system which is embedded in the armband. Apart from that, the device also keeps a tab on measuring the speed, distance, and altitude and not just automatically uploaded to the Flaik servers. Users can access this data any time via web-enabled device; this surely does push up your bragging quotient. The Flaik also takes care of the social and safety component as the same is included in the system that allows users to track friends and their statistics and also receive SMS when users wander beyond the resorts boundaries.
Designer : Flaik via Gizmodo
As they say” beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”, maybe that’s the reason why the inventions designed for the visually challenged, never had that visually appeal. However Matthew Wagerfield’s revolutionary time keeping device which he calls Sentio- seems to carry the sentiments for the ones for whom its been designed. A combination of the old and the new it uses a tactile display, with each segment arises by 1 mm above the watch face thus enabling the users to read the time just by touching the face of the watch. Available in various colors, making it quite fashionable.
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