Technology Trends

Cylindrical panels

2008-10-10T13:56:33Z

Better Solar for Big Buildings“Unlike conventional solar panels, which are made of flat solar cells, the new panels comprise rows of cylindrical solar cells made of a thin film of semiconductor material. The material is made of copper, indium, gallium Read More......(read more)

Very large displays

2008-10-08T09:32:30Z

Led: The World’s Largest LED Screen Is, Of Course, In Dubai“It’s not built quite yet, but Tameer Holding is constructing the world’s largest LED screen in Dubai for a commercial office building named The Podium. The gigantic display Read More......(read more)

Rich online games

2008-10-08T09:20:55Z

World Golf Tour Hits Hole-In-One With Rich Multiplayer Flash Game“To create the game’s graphics, the WGT team went to the famed Kiawah Island Golf Resort, where it took geo-tagged photographs spanning the entire course. The team then went through Read More......(read more)

Calculating modes of transport

2008-10-07T09:48:15Z

Carbon footprints on the run“The GPS measures the speed and pattern at which the phone’s owner is moving, and then an algorithm automatically works out which mode of transport is being used and, thus, what the carbon footprint is. The system’s Read More......(read more)

Randomised routes

2008-10-07T09:43:55Z

Software Randomizes Airport Patrols“The data points considered by the algorithm include site configuration, patrol locations, staffing levels, and threat information. ARMOR’s user interface features a simple Microsoft Excel-style schedule, with Read More......(read more)

Causal diagram

2008-10-07T09:41:31Z

Obesity System Influence Diagram“The 108 variables shown on the map - the drivers of obesity - were compiled by shiftN, from the 38 science reviews produced for the project and then vetted by the project’s science team. The drivers are woven Read More......(read more)

Objects and visualization

2008-10-07T09:35:17Z

maeve“The installation consists of an interactive surface and a large projection area. While users are interacting with the contents of the installation on the interactive surface, the network and the media files are displayed on the large projection Read More......(read more)

Layered displays

2008-10-07T09:29:22Z

Pioneer 3D Floating Vision: Half Wii, Half Surface, All 3D“It’s a system of layers: first, an LCD with built-in computer, then an array of 3D lenses, and finally the “space sensor,” or virtual screen, where you can wave your fingers Read More......(read more)

Color e-paper with video

2008-10-07T09:28:38Z

Scientists aim to deliver e-paper in full computerised colour“The technology is based on a process called electrowetting, which uses electricity to manipulate a thin layer of liquid so that it changes colour. It uses far less power than a traditional Read More......(read more)

Return to scanning displays

2008-10-06T07:17:45Z

Simpler Flexible Displays“To create images, the researchers used a red or infrared laser to quickly scan across the screen, from either in front or behind, causing different parts to fluoresce in sequence to produce a fast-moving image. This is Read More......(read more)

Joining screens

2008-10-06T07:12:35Z

Combine Your Brix Mobile Phone for Bigger Screen View“A personal multimedia mobile phone, if joined with a BRIX of some other person, can be viewed on a bigger screen of different dimensions and also enables you to make conversations. BRIX is designed Read More......(read more)

Playing back sensor data

2008-10-03T09:51:52Z

Interactive light: How was you day darling?“It is a small object (actually half a ping pong ball), interacting with its owner and environment (and being pretty boring without interaction). The object permanently aggregates light samples (i.e. it Read More......(read more)

Algorithmic walking

2008-10-03T09:08:08Z

Evolving walking shapes“A mesmerizing video that shows computer generated geometric shapes that have evolved to walk in all sorts of crazy ways. The shapes are generated using the Darwin@Home software. Some of them resemble young children just learning Read More......(read more)

Political tools

2008-10-03T08:25:23Z

Obama ‘08 iPhone App Is Grassroots Gadgety Perfection“It sorts your contacts by battleground states and turns them into a checklist, making it easy, and almost obligating, to harass your loved ones to vote O. (Worth noting for tinfoil types Read More......(read more)

Replacing the GUI

2008-10-03T08:21:56Z

Designing a desktop alternative in Milan“The project - named Itsme - is run by a spinoff of the Bicocca University, which has the sole objective of designing a radically new personal computer concept that is able to easily handle the vast amounts Read More......(read more)