You finally get the girl of your dreams back to your pad for that pivotal homemade dinner and a DVD date. Score! Dinner goes great. Then, you whip out this wand to start things up. Virginum foreverum!* And… she’s gone. More »
In part one, Sony explained that next spring‘s (our autumn) glowing wand will have rumble feedback. Here, Anton Mikhailov (the guy from the E3 demos) dishes that prototype was built using parts from Home Depo, and caused a stir with airport security. More »
There are Wiimote peripherals. And then there is the Type Pad Pro.
Designer Jin Woo Han has created the “Tactile Wand” as a 21st-century conceptual white stick for the blind. The rechargeable gadget uses some sort of distance sensor and communicates by buzzing, letting the user know of upcoming obstacles: the stronger the buzz, the nearer the object. Neat design, Jin, but can it detect doggy doo like the old-fashioned stick could? What happens if the batteries die when you’re mid-street crossing? We reckon it would take some re-education of cops too: pointing a strange looking stick at people in public these days is probably a big no-no. [Coroflot via Gadget lab]
