Future, Frivolity & Folly — By Jay Oatway
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Future Files:
Have you been longing to move objects with your mind? Yeah, me too.
Well now you can: Emotiv has released a commercial (yes, you can buy one for US$299) version of their mind-machine interface the Epoc Neuroheadset. You can control any game on your PC with the power of thoughts, emotions and expressions [via ubergizmo and The Beeb]
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The sport gauntlet has been thrown down by a student designer who has envisioned this GPS-enabled device with an elegant touch-screen interface that provides real time Google maps all while keeping tabs on your vitals [via Gizmodo]
The designer suggests that the Vie could also be used in other sports to communicate plays or to share information with …
Nothing feels quite like strapping yourself into an electric garment — it’s not comfy, but it gives you quite a charge! Seriously now, folks, an Italian company, Smartex, has made headlines with their new electric unitard, which can monitor your health and more [via PSFK]:
Cofounded by Danilo De Rossi (a biomedical engineer) the clothing design/engineering company offers equal parts function and …
Bionic eyes with built-in video displays capable of delivering augmented reality? Not quite, but soon contact lenses may provide a new way of seeing the world [via Makezine]:
Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed …
Dubai is fast becoming the city of the future. Oddee has a round-up of some of the mind-blowing projects the city is building, or has already built. My favourite of the seven has to be The Burg Dubai, …
Because we know that you, dear reader, love beer as much as we do — here’s the robot of the month: [via UberReview]
From what information I could gather, this appears to be intended for commercial use, in bars and the like. …
Nothing reveals the true spirit of Xmas quite like battle toys. And when it comes to battle toys, nothing beats a laser attack helicopter [via Geekdad]
One of the biggest selling toys last year was the mini RC helicopter. As mentioned at Geekdad, they are …
The starting gun fires and all you hear is the snick snick snick snick of the cyborg legs scissoring down the track. Forget testing the limits of a natural athlete. We know that we’ve reached the pinnacle for meat and bones. But we are just getting started at testing the techno-doped athlete. …
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