Tag: gabrielle taylor
iLoupe lets you self-portrait your own cells
Designed to fit a Canon SD600 digital camera, the iLoupe is a 60x to 150x microscope module that lets you get extreme close-ups and then photograph them for future perusal. Intended for forensic use with crime scenes, detecting defects…
VR simulated limbs trick brain into fixing real phantom limb
It's not clear exactly how this works – survey says "the brain is being tricked" – but amputees who suffer phantom limb pain can find relief through virtual bodies. A woman with amputated fingers who felt them digging painfully…
Light my Swedish FireSteel
Instead of carrying around pseudo-waterproof matches, smelly butane, or a pyromania-provoking Zippo, clip some Swedish FireSteel on as a key fob and you’ll be set for 3,000 (Scout edition, £8) or 12,000 (Army model, £12, £13 with oak handle)…
Spaceframe Sculpture Kit for your kids, yeah, that's it
Declared one of the top 25 best products of the year by Fortune, the Spaceframe Sculpture Kit is so freaking cool looking that you'll be trying to figure out how to build your own fort. Made from 100% recyclable…
Csiro's "wearable instrument shirt" makes music into fashion
The Csiro wearable instrument shirt is, essentially, an air guitar built into a shirt that really, really works. Sensors in the elbow detect motions for strumming and chording, and translate them into appropriate guitar sounds. The team has already…
R100 Personal Robot is so darn cute
Okay. Usually whatever I have to say is funnier than whatever they have to say, especially if what they're saying is serious. But I can't do better than to quote directly from the Personal Robot R100 site: A prototype…
CeeLite LEC Panel: wallpaper of light
The CeeLite LEC Panel is so thin (how thin is it?) that you can flex it in your hands like a sheet of paper. It uses way less electricity than standard backlighting or neon tubing, and comes in panels…
Underwater Robots, now with extra giant squid
Today the fellas at New Launches dug out not one, not two, but three underwater robots based on actual sea creatures. The squid robot (video) and plane (video) (which is not strictly a fish but does somewhat resemble an…
Hands-Free Sheet Music Library and Page Turner
The liquid crystal age has finally caught up with classical musicians, providing us with The Hands-Free Sheet Music Library And Page Turner. It has 128 megs of built in memory, and comes with a (presumbly expandable or replaceable) 128…
Lockup Cup stops people from sharing your coffee
Of course, you may be in a perfect office where nobody ever kips your nice, clean mug and leaves it in someone else's filth in the bottom of the sink. Or you may like the taste of styrofoam disposables…
