Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
This is amazing. The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera captures 36 perfectly spaced photographs and then combine them into a fully scrollable 360-degree panoramic image in a matter of a few seconds. By tossing the Panoramic Ball Camera into the air, the 36 mobile phone camera modules get to work and simultaneously snap a picture at...
A Look Into James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5
Any discussion about the world’s most popular movie car let alone the most beautiful car period often involves Aston Martin’s DB5. The car has been a fitting accomplice to the world’s most famous spy and a national relic. Featuring in the upcoming “Skyfall” movie later this month as its sixth appearance, Aston Martin provide a...
Intelligent Wearable Camera
The ‘Autographer’ – developed by london-based Oxford Metrics Group – is a new type of hands-free digital camera that captures thousands of photographs a day through a custom wide-angle lens. The ‘autographer’ uses five on-board sensors and GPS to identify the perfect time to take a photo based on changes in light and colour, motion, direction...
Smartphone Controlled LED Lightbulbs by LIFX
LIFX is a wifi-enabled, energy efficient, multi-colored bulb that you control with your iPhone or Android. LIFX gives you unprecedented control of your lights, reduces your energy costs, lasts up to 25 years and delivers an amazing range of experiences we think you’ll love. The project is currently seeking funding via kickstarter. (Via Designboom) ...
Popinator Shoots Popcorn Straight Into Your Mouth
We all love to throw a popcorn into the air and catch it with our mouth. Thanks to the Popinator, we can avoid all that manual labor that goes into this action. All you have to say is the word “Pop” and the fully automated Popinator springs into action, checks where the voice came from...
GPS shoes by Dominic Wilcox – No Place Like Home
“Artist and designer Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of fully functional prototype shoes with embedded GPS that will guide you home no matter where you are in the world. We love the idea very, very much. Fingers crossed for a production of these. Learn more about the shoes here.
Impossible Instant Lab
Forget AirPrint — if you’re looking for a way to get your photos out of your iPhone and onto some paper, the Impossible Instant Lab can get the job done. This crazy contraption uses nothing more than your phone’s screen to expose Polaroid-style instant film. A collapsable design ensures that you’ll have it with you...
Virtual Keyboard
Don’t let the keychain fool you, inside advanced optics are hard at work tracking your fingers like magic. The virtual keyboard transforms a flat surface into an instant work station. So you can type up a storm any time you want because it is Bluetooth enabled, the laser projection keyboard pairs quickly and easily with...
The Powerbreather – Breathe freely at any time
The Powerbreather has the advantage that swimming can be learned on a methodically simplified basis. The Powerbreather has been developed to prevent water penetration and one can breathe freely at any time. The valve technology of the Powerbreather makes it possible that only fresh air is ever inhaled. The design and the elastic material of...
Necker Nymph by Virgin
I have been a huge fan of Sir Richard Branson ever since I read his biography. That man is capable of doing anything he sets his mind for. Even though he has dyslexic, the beginning of his Virgin imperium started with at magazine, wow! Anyways, Sir Richard Branson has a private island called “Necker Island” If you ever...
Beautiful Data Visualizations from PBS’ “America Revealed”
Just as the GoPro camera and YouTube have enabled us regular viewers to see things from a perspective we’ve never seen before, aerial photography, satellite imagery, number-crunching computers and GPS trackers can help us understand data flows too complicated to easily imagine. The fantastic PBS miniseries America Revealed, which “explores the hidden patterns and rhythms...
Polaroid Z2300 Instant Digital Camera
Over at one of our favourite inspirational sources, Designboom, we came across the fantastic Polaroid Z2300 Instant Digital Camera. The camera is a 10-megapixel device and features a built-in zink ‘Zero Ink’ printer, producing full-colour 2×3-inch prints in under a minute, either in full bleed, with a classic polaroid border, or on a sticker-backed page....
