Inventors and design companies seem to be paying extra attention to devices and gadgets that aid in your mobility. We’ve featured a number of these devices before in Gadzooki. Now prepare for another entrant in this market – the Whiplash Scooter. [Read more…]
Archives for July 2011
The Phone Watch That Makes You Look Cool
Back in 1997, I read a news article about concept designs for new mobile phones that will come out in ten to fifteen years. One of the concepts was a ring that you put on your finger that is also a small mobile phone. It looked like it came out of a science fiction movie. We’re now at that time they were envisioning and even though a ring mobile phone has not arrived yet, miniaturization has allowed manufacturers to create a watch phone like the Burg5 Phone Watch. [Read more…]
Bath Time Fun Time with The iDucky
Bath times with your kids is that weird mixture of fun and misery. It’s so cute to watch your kid playing with his bath, it’s one of those images that you will cherish long after they have left the roost and make lives for themselves. It’s also a great bonding moment between a child and his parent. But picture perfect bath times are, in reality, quite rare. The more common scenario is your kid screaming his head off, or whining about baths, or doing both at the same time – yes, they can whine and cry at once if they want to. [Read more…]
A USB Charger That Leaches Power For You
Haven’t you guys noticed that we’re getting more and more reliant on our gadgets? We rely on our smart phones, tablets, computers and whatever else you use on a daily basis for many important tasks. But our gadgets are not “immortal” so to speak. They need power to run. I’m pretty sure you guys have experienced seeing that red blinking light on your device that indicates your gadget is about to die but you have a desperate use for it. [Read more…]
Turn your Apple Device into an Oscilloscope
Apple’s devices are so versatile that manufacturers keep thinking of various things to attach to it. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone actually thinks up of a way to attach a coffee machine to an iPad or iPhone. Before that glorious day arrives though we can just ogle right now over an oscilloscope that attaches to your Apple device. [Read more…]
Need a Hug? Get the Sense-Roid!
Are you the kind of person who thinks that you have to always show your tough side no matter what? You know, those people seem to be insensitive and uncaring, but in reality, are actually human beings who also need some tender care. Some of these are lucky enough to have other people to come home to – people who love them and meet their emotional needs. At the other end of the spectrum, there really are people who might not have anyone to turn to when they need a sympathetic ear – or a warm hug.
This is where Japanese inventors will not fail the whole world. One of the latest quirky gadgets to have come from the Land of the Rising Sun – the Sense-Roid.
It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out what the Sense-Roid does based on that image, does it? The Sense-Roids is a “hug yourself gadget”, and it does what it says on the tin. For people who need a hug (and we all need one every now and then!) and don’t have anyone to help out with it, the Sense-Roid will do the job.
This gadget was developed by a group from University of Electro-Communications and even won the top prize at IVRC 2010. The Sense-Roid system is composed of a mannequin (or something which looks like a mannequin) and a jacket. Both mannequin and jacket are hooked up with all sorts of tactile sensors, which tells the system if a user needs a hug. That is, when the owner of the Sense-Roid initiates a hug.
When this happens, the sensors activate muscle-like devices in the jacket, giving the user the sensation that he is being hugged back. More than hugging, Sense-Roid can also rub your back and even give a massage. The trick is to give the device input that you want to be done back to you.
Weird – there is no doubt about that, but I won’t be surprised if the Sense-Roid does not get its own circle of followers. Come to think of it, this is not as weird as that Kiss Transmission Device I wrote about.
Here’s a video of how the Sense-Roid works.
Via Japan Probe
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