Paintbrushes help you to draw beautiful pictures and instruments assist you to create celestial music. But the pencil we’re to argue today, however, also creates sound as you paint with it. How? Well, the secret is the sensor built inside the tip, which could detect the movements and therefore produce various sounds.
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Announced during Samsung’s CES press conference, the TicToc is believed a perfect alternative to Apple’s iPod Shuffle. Based on a built-in motion sensor, TicToc allows the users to change tunes by shaking the player slowly or quickly. The more slowly you shake the player, a much gentler music will be chosen, and vice versa. There’s a big button on one end to control the volume and a headphone port on the other. Turn the button to face the ground when you want to decrease the volume and make sure the button faces up if you’d like to increase the volume. The Samsung TicToc could support MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC audio formats with 12 hours of battery life. It will soon be available in two versions (2GB and 4GB capacities) but still no price has been announced. [Read the rest of this entry...]
The ‘Safeguard’ concept is mainly about preventing possible accidents that may happen during the process of moving or shifting heavy loads using a crane. Coming with an infrared sensor on its bottom, the device beams a laser graphic onto the ground as alarm signals to warn people of the danger. And on the other hand, with the help of infrared technology, ‘Safeguard’ also ensures the crane to unload cargoes accurately to the floor so as to improve working efficiency. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Controlling the cursor with a ball? That’s really an interesting idea. But the ball is not an ordinary ball, but a ball-shaped mouse that has 14 built-in pressure sensors, including a three-way acceleration sensor. As a result, the mouse would always control the cursor whenever you roll, squeeze or throw it. Yes, the ‘Puyocon’ mouse has completely changed the traditional way we use a mouse and make it more interesting. I love the idea!
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Based on the Holographic Laser Projection technology, Light Touch is an interactive projector that can create bright images on flat surfaces like the wall, the table and therefore allow the users to enjoy movies or play the game all the time. And the device takes the very name from that act. But why could the user interact with the machine? That largely attributes to the built-in infrared sensors, which can detect the users’ motion and change the projected image into a virtual touch screen. [Read the rest of this entry...]
We’ve seen pretty high-tech clothes in our day, like the ‘Protective Coat’ if you remember, but few are as utilitarian as this. Using a new clothing technology called as e-Press, the shirt is built with bio sensors to check out the wearer’s stress levels in different parts including the chest, the back and both shoulders. If stress levels are high, the bio sensors will send signals to corresponding LEDs, which will then indicate that by blinking fast. On the contrary, if those parts are given a massage, the LEDs will blink slowly as the stress levels go down.
The lovely dog doll is not merely an ordinary toy for babies. Named as Sniff, the bionic dog, with a sensor built inside, can identify and react to anything labeled with a RFID tag. Accompanied by such a cute doll, even your only child will no longer feel lonely. And that’s just the main concept of the stuffed animal.
Yea billiards is of great fun but you may have expected it to be more exciting, right? So why not have a look at the Obscura Cue-light? Based on sensors and an overhead projector, the pool table has come to astonish you with brilliant images when the balls bang around. Check for more with the video if you’re interested.
If you’re someone who likes novelty, you’re sure to love the Mint-pass Rubbish Can by Jongchul Kim. Base on a built-in ultrasonic sensor, the new product could detect the size of trash and open its mouse correspondingly. Still using an infrared sensor, the trash can also allows you to observe its residual capacity simply through the change in color, which turns redder as the bin goes fuller.
Measuring 1.96 feet long and weighing 8.2 pounds, the remote control chum-dumping boat is not a toy but a new creation designed to dump about 4.5 pounds chum into narrow places through a remote control of 984 feet or so. Equipped with a sonar sensor, the boat can be used to search for fish under water and transmit the information back through the LCD display. But those are not enough, because the boat also allows you to get more fish in the night with a LED light.
In this high-tech era, every thing can have some intelligence. Blocks is not an exception. This so-called Siftable is actually a block shaped tiny computer with a singular display and motion sensor. Thanks to its intelligent natural, you can get many amazing functions.
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What is this cute girl doing? Just making face? Not exactly. As a matter of fact, she is controlling her MP3 player with facial expression. This process is relying on infrared sensors that measure the inner ear movements resulting from various facial expressions. For example, you can start or stop the music when you stick your tongue out. It’s very simple and funny.
This showerheads has a sensor which could detect the temperature of the water and when the water reaches a comfortable 95 degrees it will stop the flow. You can save more hot water. [Read the rest of this entry...]
If you want cultivate flowers at home but lack of necessary experience, you will need this USB sensor. Just stuck it in soil for 24 hours, the sensor can analyze important data which can be read via computer via USB port. Then you will know whether this soil is good for you expected flowers. In addition, it can also provide a recommended list of which plants would be suitable for your environment. [Read the rest of this entry...]
This device is silicon plug can indicate the water temperature with the help of the built-in sensor. Different color will be showed according to the water temperature. Red means hot, while blue indicates cold water and green for the appropriate temperature. [Read the rest of this entry...]
