Tech picture of the day - 26th of June 2008
Guess where they met! [Source: Make via Gizmodo]
When getting up from your desk make sure you disconnect your USB powered tie do you don’t destroy your laptop… [Source:Akihabara]
Namba Parks, landscaped architecture in Osaka, Japan. Cities have gone too far with concrete. Now it is time to reverse this trend, unfortunately the hard way… [Source: Freshome]
Super Hi-Vision is a crazy project, but that doesn’t stop Japanese manufacturers from developing hardware for it. NHK’s pictured prototype system achieves the 32 megapixel resolution with two LCoS projectors and includes a 22.2 sound system! Now let’s find some applications to use it [Source: CNET]
With enough LED lights to compete with New York’s Times Square, Japanese Dekotora trucks are easily the world’s brightest road distraction. Of course they are just a hobby for space truckers… [Source: Japanite]
The wind/solar recharge Pod by Orange will be able to charge up to 100 mobile telephones per hour in this year’s Glastonbury festival [Smartplanet via Engadget]
Rumours about a VW-Apple iCar resurface, but before you get too excited bear in mind that VW knows everything about cars, Apple knows nothing at all… [Source: Autoblog]
LS-100TKM mouse + calculator + numeric keypad from Canon (hey?). How has nobody thought of that before? [Source: Gizmodo]
The Emperor workstation is the throne your wife will never let you have… [Source: NovelQuest via Gizmodo]
Super slim, glass, no-key keyboard by designer Kong Fanwen [Source: Yanko Design]
The Mindset Six50 is a 2+2 seater under development by former Head of Design at VW, Murat Günak. With a range of 100km (electrical mode) or 800km (hybrid mode) and a battery-recharging solar roof panel it does not intend to be just a show off. The impressive 0-100km/h acceleration of 6 seconds will be [...]
I don’t know why but my PC smells like wine… [Source: Yanko Design]
Now we can talk [Art in the digital world via joeydevilla]
SurfChair -or should I say SurfBed- for endless web surfing. How about putting this thing somewhere a bit higher? It needs effort to get down there you know… [Source: Bornrich]
Wireless soil sensors that are already sold are damn good but the digital expressions of this concept pot are priceless! The expressions are a direct reaction to complete measurements of soil conditions, temperature, humidity and water. USB connectivity means you need your laptop, wireless would make it the perfect plant care product [Source: Yanko Design]