You’ve got to hand it to the Japanese – they are very innovative and come up with wonderfully weird ideas, even when it come to toilets. Toto has come up with a Toilet MP3 that has an MP3 player with an SD slot. Have a look at the video on how to use the toilet. [...]
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Toilet MP3
Posted in Inventions on February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
StealthText
Posted in Inventions on December 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
“This tape will self-destruct in five minutes….” was the catchphrase from the TV show Mission Impossible For those of you too young to know about the show, the link is provided. Now BBC News reports that instead of self-destructing audio cassette tapes, a British firm has developed new technology that enables SMS messages [...]
Heated bra aims to save the world
Posted in Inventions on November 11, 2005 | 2 Comments »
A leading lingerie company has joined Japan’s fight against high fuel use, unveiling a heated bra for winter.
The fluffy creation contains special pads filled with an eco-friendly gel that can be easily heated in a microwave or with a hot water bottle.
The design also includes a furry boa designed to double as a winter scarf.
Lingerie [...]
Mobile phones to walk the walk
Posted in Inventions on October 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Finnish researchers presented new technology designed to prevent thefts of mobile phones and laptops, using biometrics to recognize the gait of the device’s owner. A sensor-based so-called “gaitcode” embedded in the device registers and memorizes the movements of the owner in three-dimensional form, and is reliable in 90 percent of cases. If it does not [...]
Cellular squirrels and hi-tech Beermats
Posted in Inventions on October 1, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
MIT research student Stefan Marti has invented a device to solve the problem of an intrusive ringing phone. The answer: ditch your mobile phone, and get a cellular squirrel. The squirrel answers phone calls, works out if you are busy or asleep, evaluates how important the incoming call is and takes messages. When it wants [...]
Talking trash cans keep Berlin clean
Posted in Inventions on September 28, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Spotted on CNN News. The city of Berlin has installed solar-powered trash cans that says “vielen danke” (many thanks) whenever an item is placed inside. With a reputation as one of Europe’s greenest cities, Berlin has more than 20,000 bins. The talking variety is designed to encourage people to throw their trash in the bins [...]
USB for your car
Posted in Inventions on September 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Spotted on CNN.com Volkswagen AG is offering a stereo component that lets motorists plug in all manner of portable digital players — not just iPods — and manage their tunes and podcasts on a dashboard display. They are making the USB connection an option on its Golf, Golf Plus and Touran models in December and [...]
Total recall boosts PDA writing
Posted in Inventions on August 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The idea of remembering word patterns and connecting the dots might not sound like an easy way to write an e-mail. But IBM researchers are betting that tracing letters on a touch screen will become the way to write on a handheld device like a PDA or mobile phone. They have developed software that works [...]
Beware the Jerk-O-Meter
Posted in Inventions on August 13, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co-worker on the other end of the phone is really paying attention? The “Jerk-O-Meter” may hold the answer. Researchers at MIT are developing software for cell phones that would analyze speech patterns and voice tones to rate people — on a scale of 0 to 100 percent — [...]
World’s first open source beer
Posted in Inventions on July 28, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Yes you read it right. Students from the Information Technology University in Copenhagen have released what they are calling the world’s first open source beer recipe. It is called Vores Oel, or Our Beer, and the recipe is proving to be a worldwide hit. The idea behind the beer comes from Rasmus Nielsen who was [...]
