Future, Frivolity & Folly — By Jay Oatway
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Future Files:
Human vision is getting an upgrade with a new generation of head-mounted displays that will let you see the world in radically different ways.
Of the various augmented reality eyewear in development, the high-end products are being built for military purposes–like this helmet for the RAF [via Trendhunter, The Sun]:
Futuristic new helmets will enable fighter jet pilots to see …
Forget about recharging your phone. Soon you will just need to add more water [via Popgadget]
At the 2007 Korea Eletronics Show, Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced that it has developed a micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on water, which, by 2010 will be used to power cell phones (for 10 hours - twice as long as rechargeable batteries). Eventually, the goal is to develop hydrogen cartridges …
A follow up to the previous post about clothing that detects radiation: clothing that blocks radiation. [via Trendhunter]
Now, pregnant mothers can rest easy knowing that their unborn babies are protected from electro-smog. Electro-Magnetic Radiation (EMR) radiates from natural and man-made sources such as cellphones. Mummywraps is an undergarment that is woven using the patented Swiss …
T-shirts say a lot about a person. Here’s a shirt that says "I’m connected". It also says, "I have no offline life. Please, avoid talking to me." The shirt has a built-in wifi sniffer, to alert you to the availability of a wireless bandwidth at your local coffee shop. [via ThinkGeek]
But now thanks to the ingenious ThinkGeek robot monkeys you can display the current wi-fi signal …
Virgin Galactic has unveiled their new space tourism vehicle: SpaceShipTwo. But this is more than an extravagant joy ride for wealthy space monkeys. According the Sir Richard Branson, it’s the ticket to humanity’s survival. [via PSFK]
“Our population is …
Are you feeling mighty chuffed about the new HDTV you got for Xmas? Sorry, but it’s already well on its way to the junk pile of obsolete technology — if the hype from this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is to be …
The guys over at Popular Science have taken an exoskeleton for a test drive:
While audiences flood theaters this month to see the comic-book-inspired Iron Man, a real-life mad genius toils in a secret mountain lab to make the mechanical superhuman more than just a …
In celebration of Earth Day 2008 (W00t! We survived another year!), here is the Portension guide for green living this year:
Step 1) Do Whatever Al Gore Tells You…
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