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Well, not quite a carpet, but of all the interactive floor screens I’ve seen, this makes the rest look like dinky toys. It’s a plaything too, which is great. All about delivering a “social audiovisual immersive experience” for nightclub goers, and an amazing new toy for VJs to work with. If you’re going to be in Tokyo (surprise, surprise), go check this action out.
Visualux [via Josh Spear]
As if drinking regular water isn’t enough for kids these days, Pur is introducing Pur Flavor Options, which is a fruit cartridge you can stick into their Pur water filter systems. The upshot? Now you can flip a switch and get filtered fruit-flavored water from your tap, which has the taste of water you used to rinse actual fruit in but none of the health benefits of water. Yum! – Jason Chen
Product Page [Pur via Strange New Products via Sci Fi Tech]
You’re not looking at simply a pair of speakers stuck into a dress and handbag, or the newest iPod accessory. Oh no, you’re peering at Yuga, “a set of wearable coping mechanisms designed for urban rhytms [sic] .” The purse purpotedly “helps managing feelings of frustration” while the dress/belt speaker supposedly “deals with attention.”
Taking readings from the environment, such as movement and noise, they generate “brief compositions” so that you can “reclaim spontaneous attention and/or interact with the surroundings.” Yeah, I’m pretty sure walking down the sidewalk with speakers blaring will provoke some attention. What would you pump through these for your fellow pedestrians to endure? – Matt Buchanan
Concept Page [via CrunchGear]
Although there’ve been lots of eBooks the past year, none of them have had this HP concept that was demoed at the HP Mobility Summit. Instead of pressing a button to turn the page (which you can presumably still do) there are touch strips on the top, bottom, and sides of the ebook that you can slide to virtually turn the page.
We’re not entirely sure how the act of swiping makes reading more enjoyable on an ebook, but hey, whatever makes people adopt technology faster. On a similar note, who’s reserved the last Harry Potter book? Doesn’t he show his wand in this one or something? – Jason Chen
HP to present ‘ebook reader’ featuring intuitive interface [AVING]
It’s the flavour of 2007 in the electronics scene, but how long is it going to take for people to realise piano black is more nuisance than desirable feature?
It looks awesome in pictures, but go to anywhere stocking these puppies and take a look at the floor stock. See that dust? See those grubby prints? You’ll be cleaning that shit constantly if you want the unit to look its best when friends come round.
I forgive Yamaha for adding this finish to their range. They have the birthright. But the rest of you folks doing this, take a hard look at yourselves — and your kit — and realise this is really about catalogue shots and not based on what is going to work in people’s homes.
I’m not alone, am I? My prediction is this trend will sadly last until Christmas ’08, but the 2009 refresh cycle will see something different coming along. Matte finish anyone? Back to brushed steel? -Seamus Byrne
The strange company b2 has announced their newest speaker line, the Wassup. Normally naming a speaker “Wassup” would be strange enough, but these guys have put in the extra effort and made their speaker shaped like a rabbit Pokemon. Buneary, is what we’d say it was.
There’s no doubt these speakers are going to sound fantastic when they’re released this July for $25, so we’re preordering a whole bunch right now. Stay tuned for our 10 page review of this as well, since we know you’re totally excited too. – Jason Chen
Product Page [b2 via Gearlog]
Not quite the ghetto fabulous Wii cooler we saw before, this Brando Crystal Wii cooler acts both as a stand for your console and a fan to cool it off. Best of all there’s loads of Blue LED light streaming up around the base into your Wii.
You say tacky, but the case-modder inside of you says uber cool. Too bad that guy’s never coming out again thanks to the fact that you have a wife and you’re over the age of 20. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Brando]
Clocking in at a solid $599, Panasonic’s DMP-BD10A is their second venture into Blu-ray territory. The newest model has 7.1 surround, Dolby True HD and dts-HD, EZ-Sync Panasonic integration with other Panasonic components, and upconverts regular DVDs to 1080p via HDMI.
We’re not sure shelling out $599 for a standalone player is wise seeing as you can get a PS3 for the same price, but there’s got to be more features on Panasonic’s DMP-BD10A than a PlayStation. Right? Right? At least this comes with five free movies. – Jason Chen
Press Release [Panasonic via Crunchgear]
Big news from Moto and small updates from Apple are highlights of the midnight to dawn shift. Here’s the links:
Guide to all the overnight Motorola coverage. New phones galore from US announcement event.
Sony gets in bed with Italian craftsmen. Sadly, just for a few showpieces… cross fingers for this kind of style in future releases?
Flexible screen tablet cum mobile phone. Now that’s a concept I want to see go commercial!
F-35 helmet display system with wide field binocular vision. Awesomely freakish-looking high-tech. More tech should look this futuristic.
Apple gives some small bumps to MacBook line. No Santa Rosa, just some bumps and price drops.
If you travel at least a little bit for work, you’ll be interested in this RollerTop tray for your carry-on bag. It’s a stand that hooks to the top of the handle on your roller bag, which folds out to give you a “stable” platform to put your laptop on. This way you can be checking email or surfing the net even when you’re waiting in line to board.
Of course, you could do that with a smartphone, but what smartphone has a 13-inch screen? Best of all, when your bag tips over and your laptop gets smashed to bits, you’ll still have a nice platform to put your elbows on while you’re sobbing. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Roller Tops]
