Archive for the ‘gear’ Category

Recycled Tire Floormat

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Evolution

What happens next?

Watch your shoes

How to make a pirate hat

Anybody know what time it is?

this watch by Vacheron Constantin is pretty awesome…if time itself isn’t straightforward enough..

EPOC by Emotiv

The worlda€™s first thought-controlled computer game could be launched by the end of the year.

A new headset being developed by an Australian company may soon replace joysticks and Wii handles.

The EPOC headset has 16 sensors which measure electrical activity in the brain, allowing players to push and pull objects on a screen just by thinking.

Despite scepticism among some experts, EmotivAA -AA the Sydney-based company behind the headsetAA -AA claims it has carried out pre-release tests which show that the electroencephalography process works.

Emotiv co-founders Allan Snyder, a neuroscientist and former Cambridge University research fellow, and Tan Le are confident the technology can take gaming from the Wii to the next stage.

Tan Le said: a€This is the tip of the iceberg. There will be a convergence of gesture-based technology and the brain as a new interfaceAA -AA the Holy Grail is the mind.a€™

The theory behind the headset was predicted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at the video games industrya€™s annual E3 conference.

He said: a€As soon as we think something in our brain, it will appear within a video game. Youa€™ll probably need to wear a kind of hat or helmet or something.a€™

Emotiv via sawse

iWood

Want to protect your iPhone [or iPod touch/classic], but stay fly? Then cop one of these siiick wood cases from Miniot, creator of the iWood. Unlike some other ill wooden cases for your iFamily of gadgetry, iWood‘s design gives you protection that looks less like an extra case and more like a sleek wooden skin.

::www.miniot.com::

Gyroscopic Anti-Terrorism

Is this not one of the silliest things you’ve ever seen? I mean, I knew that some POlice used Segways in certain locations - but for ‘rapid deployment’ with full riot gear and gats pulled? My ninjas, PLEASE.

Members of China’s armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment during an anti-terrorist drill held in Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province July 2, 2008, roughly one month ahead of the Beijing Olympics.(Xinhua/Fan Changguo Photo) [source].

More images of how Chinese police are preparing for the Olympics, here.
::China View via Super Colossal::

New Wave Chess

So sure - it’s a chess board made of corrugated cardboard, with some box-ties to hold your pieces after they’ve fallen - but you have to admit, it’s a pretty ill idea [and hells yeah I put this under DIY - it’s cardboard! just make one yourself].

New Wave Chess & Checkers is the world’s lightest, simplest yet most tenacious game board. This 8 3aA"4a€A square board is an inventive breakthrough in play on flat surfaces.

It allows flat game pieces to stand up on the board with a full 3-D effect. The pieces can’t be blown away or shaken out! The pieces move only when you want to move them. Another design innovation allows a checker piece to turn into a king simply by rotating it to show its crown.

New Wave tm Chess & Checkers is highly portable and can be played anywhere, indoors or outdoors. a€oeExtremea€A chess or checkers can even be played during an earthquake!

You can stop the game, travel with it or store it without fear that the position of the pieces will be disturbed.

::designed by Paradoxy Products::