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PERSONAL COMPUTING

OCZ Colossus 1TB Solid State Drive released

By Mick Webb

14:24 November 26, 2009 PST

OCZ Technologies has released its series of Colossus Solid State Drives, featuring a 1TB m...

After a lengthy wait, Taiwan’s OCZ Technology has finally released its new Solid State Drive that is Colossus in name and certainly colossal in nature, being the first SSD to offer up to one terabyte of storage. Aimed primarily at the desktop user, the Colossus SSD promises extremely fast read and write speeds of 260MB/s – but it comes at a cost. Read More

AUTOMOTIVE

Youth Mobile 2030 - designers dream up hip cars for the kids of the future

By Noel McKeegan

20:25 November 24, 2009 PST

LA Design Challenge 2009 - Youth Mobile 2030

Each year as part of the Design Los Angeles Conference held at the LA Auto Show, creative types from major car companies get to stare into their crystal balls and let their imaginations run wild in designing the car of the future. In 2007 the theme was the car 50 years from today, last year the challenge was to envision how motor-racing will look in 2025 and this time around, the brief is to look at what young people will be driving in the year 2030. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

No pain, no strain - the SmartFish ErgoMotion Mouse

By Mick Webb

13:47 November 24, 2009 PST

The Smartfish ErgoMotion Mouse

Ah, the humble mouse. Enabler of functions, the bridge between human and machine, and, evidently, the cause of much discomfort for millions of users the world over. With repetitive strain injury a major health problem linked to PC use, the long awaited Smartfish ErgoMotion Mouse is hoping to alleviate the pain. It features a tilting base that swivels in unison with a user’s natural hand and wrist movements, promoting circulation and comfort with the aim of reducing injury. Read More

ROBOTICS

Innovative anchor takes inspiration from the Ferrari of underwater diggers

By Darren Quick

23:33 November 23, 2009 PST

The RoboClam (right) and the razor clam which provided the inspiration for its design

Researchers at MIT have taken inspiration from the simple razor clam to design a “smart” anchor that burrows through the ocean floor. The so-called RoboClam could prove useful as tethers for small robotic submarines that are routinely repositioned to monitor variables such as currents and temperatures. The device can burrow into the seabed, be directed to a specific location and can also operate in reverse, making them easier to recover. Read More

ECOGIZMO

High-tech origami: Je Sung Park's recyclable paper laptop concept

By Jenna Meade

01:00 November 19, 2009 PST

Je Sung Park's clever concept design makes the upgrade process both inexpensive and guilt-...

In a world where concern for the environment is high on the agenda, it was only a matter of time before the laptop got a green makeover. Outstripping even the Bamboo notebook in eco-friendly credentials, designer Je Sung Park has pushed the concept to its limit and opened our eyes to the laptop of the future: a recyclable paper design. Read More

ELECTRONICS

Esquire magazine to release augmented reality edition

By Paul Ridden

15:04 November 15, 2009 PST

Esquire's December edition invites the reader to download special software which allows th...

After experimenting with things like origami (May edition) and e-ink (October 2008 edition), Esquire magazine is running a special "augmented reality" edition in December where readers use custom-designed software and a webcam to interact with the pages being viewed and get access to 3D animated video content. Read More

MOTORCYCLES

BMW brings back the six-cylinder motorcycle with its hottest concept bike ever

By Loz Blain

22:35 November 12, 2009 PST

BMW brings back the six-cylinder motorcycle with its hottest concept bike ever

BMW released stunning images this week of a new concept motorcycle that nobody saw coming, featuring the resurgence of an engine configuration we all thought was long-dead. In recent years Triumph has stamped itself as the master of modern triples, and now BMW has made a clear statement of intent that it's bringing the inline six back to the bike world. The Concept 6 showcases a brand-new 1600cc engine that's four inches narrower than any previous production six, and produces truly prodigious power and torque throughout the rev range. And it's housed in a cafe racer body that has to go down as the sexiest motorcycle design BMW have ever produced. Sensational stuff... We can has production model plz? Read More

GOOD THINKING

'Fluid' the floating expo center - coming to a port near you?

By Jeff Salton

18:02 November 9, 2009 PST

The conceptual 'Fluid - Amphibian Pavilion', a futuristic transportable building that can ...

A futuristic adaptable living building called “Fluid – Amphibian Pavilion” has been proposed by architects Peddle Thorp as an exhibition center for the World Expo 2012 to be held in Yeosu, Korea. Apart from its unique design, the building has a low impact on the environment because, when the Expo finishes, this floating exhibition space can be “unhooked” and sailed away to its next location. Read More

ECOGIZMO

Technosphere: eco-friendly Earth in miniature proposed for Dubai

By Gizmag Team

18:18 November 4, 2009 PST

Technosphere by James Law Cybertecture

It's been a while since we've taken a look at the weird and wonderful canvas that is Dubai's skyline of the future, and this proposal from James Law Cybertecture would slot neatly in among radical designs like the Almeisan Tower and the spiraling ZPO. Shaped like a giant disco ball, the Technosphere is conceived as a self-sustaining model of the Earth in miniature incorporating a range of active and passive systems to meet these goals. Read More

ELECTRONICS

Tilera unveils Tile GX100, the 100-core general purpose processor

By Dario Borghino

17:31 November 1, 2009 PST

Thanks to a new bus architecture, the Tilera Tile Gx processor family can cram as many as ...

If you thought Intel's plans to embed eight cores in its high-end processors were a bit too out there, you'll find that the latest processor developed by semiconductor start-up Tilera is even more of an extreme. Packing 100 1.25GHz to 1.5GHz cores on a single chip, the Gx100 brings parallel processing to the extreme thanks to a new architecture that minimizes the bus bottleneck in today's multi-core processors. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

ID titanium laser mouse - stunning design and a price to match

By Jude Garvey

17:41 October 30, 2009 PDT

Intelligent Design's new titanium mouse

With Apple’s new wireless Magic Mouse grabbing headlines this month, and innovations such as the multi-functional GlideTV navigator and Nortek Duplus mini wireless mouse being rolled-out almost weekly, it seems the days of the humble mouse are long gone. Enter Intelligent Design’s titanium laser mouse - a hand-crafted device that is anything but humble (or cheap) and while it doesn't have the smarts of Apple's new offering, its certainly lays down a challenge on the design front. Read More

CAMERAS AND IMAGING

Pentax gets colorful with Korejanai K-x D-SLR

By Paul Ridden

21:56 October 28, 2009 PDT

Each limited edition Korejanai K-x camera is shipped with its very own robot toy

Black may not be the new black in the world of digital SLR cameras. Last month Pentax announced its intention to add a splash of color by offering its new K-x camera in white, red and blue as well as black. Now the company has announced a very colorful limited edition K-x based on the design of the popular Korejanai robot. Read More

ECOGIZMO

Award-winning ReNu personal solar-powered storage system

By Mick Webb

20:51 October 27, 2009 PDT

The ReNu personal power generation and storage system

Solar power is being harnessed and applied in ever more interesting and creative ways, and the ReNu personal power generation and storage system is certainly no exception. The device features a freestanding modular solar panel that, once charged, can be slotted into a number of extensions to make use of the collected energy, including an iPod dock and an LED desk lamp. Read More

AROUND THE HOME

Delta’s Pilar kitchen faucet offers unique touch-technology

By Jude Garvey

16:06 October 20, 2009 PDT

Delta's Pilar kitchen faucet is controlled by a touch anywhere on the faucet or handle

With the rise and rise of celebrity chefs and cooks on our screens, more home cooks are getting down and dirty in the kitchen, which (like it or not) may include using hands as mixing utensils. This is all well and good – until hand-washing time - when it is almost impossible to avoid covering the taps with your latest culinary offering. Help may be at hand - Delta has recently released its Pilar kitchen faucet - which can be turned on or off by a simple tap or touch anywhere on the spout or handle. Read More

ECOGIZMO

Solar Decathlon solar house competition heats up

By Darren Quick

00:45 October 12, 2009 PDT

Students from the Cornell Hotel School cook in their “Silo House” for members ...

Competition is underway in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Solar Decathlon, in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The house designs entered in the competition not only capture heat and light from the sun, but also integrate design features to take advantage of cooling breezes and shading. By combining these proven energy efficient designs with the latest off-the-shelf technology, the teams aim to create homes that reduce utility bills and meet all their energy needs, while providing all the comforts of home. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Mouse 2.0: Microsoft's multi-touch mouse prototypes

By Dario Borghino

05:01 October 10, 2009 PDT

The FTIR (Frustrated Total Internal Reflection) mouse

It's been over forty years since the first computer mouse saw the light of day, and the fact that its basic design hasn't changed all that much is a testament to the original. But that doesn't mean there's no room for improvement. A group of researchers at Microsoft has come up with five new experimental designs that tie traditional mouse functionality to increasingly popular multi-touch technology on a single device. Read More

AROUND THE HOME

The Finger Hinge prevents fingers being caught in the door

By Jude Garvey

11:20 October 8, 2009 PDT

The Finger Hinge is a unique door-hinge that stops fingers being caught in the side of the...

Children and adults can suffer painful injuries, or even risk amputation, from getting their fingers caught between a door and the door jamb. A unique door-hinge design from an Australian inventor could prevent these injuries from occurring. The Finger Hinge is a full-length door hinge that completely eliminates the gap between the door and the wall and therefore removes any possibility of getting crushed fingers when the door is closing. Read More

AUTOMOTIVE

MAX: An almost Lotus that runs on vegetable oil

By Paul Ridden

05:05 October 7, 2009 PDT

Victorious MAX after the Escape from Berkeley win

Even before entering the Progressive Automotive X-Prize competition, Jack McCornack had started to pull together all the things needed to knock out a sporty two-seater car capable of achieving 100 miles per gallon. Fueled by the desire to make his creation a template for others to repeat and determined to bring it together within a strict budget, the race was on to bring MAX into the world - a Lotus Seven replica which just happens to run on vegetable oil. Paul Ridden traces the history of this fascinating project. Read More

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Fujitsu announces winners of Mobile Phone design competition

By Paul Ridden

03:04 October 7, 2009 PDT

Grand Prize winner Gesture by Jin-gwon GO  (Images: Fujitsu Limited)

In May of this year, Fujitsu called on the imagination of the public to help the company come up with some mobile designs for the future. Offering budding designers the choice of being realistically practical or wildly imaginative, the company received around 2000 entries over the Summer and has just announced the winners at the CEATEC technology trade show in Japan. Read More

URBAN TRANSPORT

The Cruzbike Silvio - form and function in a front wheel drive

By Mick Webb

22:05 October 4, 2009 PDT

Maria Parker training on her Cruzbike Silvio in preparation for a World Record attempt thi...

For many, the words “recumbent bicycle” conjure the image of a strange-looking vehicle with the rider set low to the ground achieving less than remarkable speeds. That perception could well become a thing of the past with the Cruzbike Silvio, the world’s only recumbent racing bike that is not only fully compatible with road bike components, but aims to eliminate many health problems associated with standard cycling. Read More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Teleavia type P111 - high definition TV circa 1958

By Gizmag Team

14:49 October 4, 2009 PDT

Michael Bennett-Levy discusses the Teleavia type P111

Michael Bennett-Levy's extraordinary collection of early technologies went under the hammer at Bonhams in London on Wednesday with 90% of the 758 lots on offer sold for a total of £683,384. A tidy sum no doubt, but having had the opportunity to examine the treasure trove closely, and the benefit of speaking at length to Bennett-Levy about the significance of key items, we can't help but conclude that many pieces were a steal for shrewd investors. The largest privately held collection of early televisions in the world - including 26 pre-war sets - made up a large slice of the auction and in the first of a series of interviews, Michael Bennett-Levy talks to Gizmag about outstanding items in his collection, starting with the much sought after Teleavia type P111, a rare 1958 console-stand television by Citroën DS designer Flaminio Bertroni that was not only a hallmark in style, but also one of the earliest examples of high-definition TV. Read More

ROBOTICS

Video: the state of the art in robot perception and dexterity

By Loz Blain

21:02 September 29, 2009 PDT

Pray that this robot hand isn't out to get you.

Don't watch the video after the jump if you've recently seen a Terminator movie - because it's becoming clear that if the robots come after us, there'll be no stopping them. The video shows an incredible array of three-fingered robot hand/eye co-ordination exercises, including throwing and catching, spinning pens, tying knots and dribbling a ping-pong ball. The Ishikawa Komuro laboratory at the University of Tokyo put these videos together to demonstrate the incredibly quick parallel processing they are achieving with a mix of visual and tactile sensory inputs. Astounding stuff. Sarah Connor, you're in deep trouble. Read More

GOOD THINKING

Cocoon meat and fish 'maker' wins Electrolux Design Lab 2009

By Jude Garvey

15:24 September 27, 2009 PDT

Cocoon 'makes' fish and meat from pre-prepared sachets

A conceptual cooker that “makes” meat and fish has taken out first prize in the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 competition. Cocoon uses radio frequency identification (RFID) signals to identify muscle cells in meat and fish dishes and "grow" food in a process described as being similar to making popcorn in a microwave. Read More

URBAN TRANSPORT

Mosquito Electric Bike by Toto Design

By Paul Ridden

17:15 September 24, 2009 PDT

The Mosquito electric bike

With a very sturdy folded steel frame and elegant simple design, the Mosquito or Mücke electric bike is one good-looking machine. Its 48V lithium batteries only cost a few (European) cents to charge up and will give a range of about 60km (37 miles). The 0.8kW motor produces a top speed of around 50km/h (31mph) and the bike also has a removable center pole for instant accessibility. Read More

GOOD THINKING

Become a human packhorse with the Yoke Shopper

By Darren Quick

00:33 September 24, 2009 PDT

The Yoke Shopper is essentially a portable strap

As a manly man who will eschew a shopping trolley in favor of carting a multitude of plastic shopping bags (on the rare occasion I forget my more environmentally friendly cloth bag, mind you) to the car - only to find I don’t have the third hand required to find my keys and open the boot - I would probably be the perfect candidate for the Yoke Shopper. This ingeniously simple device allows shoppers to lock together a number of plastic shopping bags and carry them on a shoulder. Read More

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