Future technology

Jellephish Mood Lamp

The Mood Lamp uses processor controlled digital LED technology to create an almost infinite palette of colours to satisfy your every mood. The Jellephish Mood Lamp is freestanding using the acrylic base supplied, or the dome can be independently mounted flush against a wall.

The Jellephish remote control unit is highly tactile and silky smooth to the touch. It allows you to switch between the four preset modes of the mood lamp. Select colour, scroll speed or intensity depending on the chosen mode.
There are four modes fo the Mood Lamp.
1. Static

In this mode you can select a signal static colour. Press the select + button once. The lamp will now scroll through the colour spectrum.
Once the lamp reaches the desired colour, press the select - button to pause on that colour.
Repeat the process to change the colour.
2. Scrolling
This mode continuously scrolls through the spectrum of colours. Press select+ to increase speed, press select - to decrease speed. There are five preset speeds, ranging from 10 seconds to 16 minutes..

3. Sound to Light
In this mode the lamp changes to random colours, in time with your music. There are no further options in this mode.
4. Pearlescent
This mode produces a cool white light, with hints of red, green and blue to give a pearlescent effect. Use the select + button to increase intensity and select - to decrease intensity. The Pearlescent mode has five preset intensity levels, it will always begin in the highest level.

WinePod - Wine Making Gadget

WinePod is a new generation of personal, interactive winemaking. By integrating all aspects of winemaking from equipment and grape sources to consulting enologists it has never been easier to make your own custom fine wine wherever and whenever you want.

The WinePod integrates fermentation, pressing, and ageing in one elegant unit yet it is simple and easy to use. The WinePod controls the heat of fermentation and maintains appropriate ageing temperature using electronically controlled thermoelectric heating and cooling. Your wine ferments and ages in a variable-capacity stainless steel tank with an integrated wine press. The WinePod collects and transmits fermentation and temperature data wirelessly to your PC where our software offers winemaking guidance and manages your processes and records.

Laptop from the future

The system contains of a personal computer you take with you during the day (middle), several context-oriented docking stations, for example a home entertainment station for your living room (left), a "senstylus pen" to control the computer and a leather etui.
The personal computer is a slider with hidden second touchscreen. The second OLED touchscreen serves both as monitor and keyboard. You can place exactly the controls there that you need at the moment or have individual styles and themes to fit your taste.

You can tap away by hand or use the "senstylus" pen to control it, and through a series of docking stations the Compenion will adapt to the environment where you're using it. For example, the home dock might have a projector for viewing video, while the office might include ergonomic stuff like an external keyboard.
This type of design looks like the trend for new laptops to come in the future.
Microsoft recently announced a new product called Surface. It allows people to touch and move objects on screen for everything from digital finger painting and jigsaw puzzles to ordering off a virtual menu in a restaurant. It has a fancy touch screen interface and no wires.

Hitachi Brain-Machine Interface

A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity. The "brain-machine interface" developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight changes in the brain's blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals. Hitachi researchers say the "brain-machine interface" will someday help paraplegics communicate even without muscle control. Hitachi's scientists are set to develop a brain TV remote controller letting users turn a TV on and off or switch channels by only thinking.

USB Missile Rocket Launcher

Keep your territory secure with this great USB Missile Launcher.

USB gizmos just keep on getting better! The latest weapon in office warfare technology, the ICBM (that’s Inter-Cubicle Ballistic Missile) plugs into any standard computer USB port. The control centre software allows you to control the azimuth and elevation (that’s side-to-side and up-and-down for non military people out there). When you have the target locked in your sights, press FIRE and the computer launches a foam missile, complete with whooshy missile sound effects!
You know a gadget has really caught on when hackers start producing modifications for them. Not satisfied with the bundled Windows 2000 / XP control panel, there is unofficial support for the Apple Mac, and for Linux. Or you could do what we have done here in the office, and tape a web cam to it. It certainly keeps visitors on their toes when they see a missile launcher tracking them around the office!
The missiles are launched by strong springs and have a range of about 3 metres, but as the missiles are nice safe foam, you are unlikely to do any damage unless they land in your manager’s coffee and he gives you a clip around the ear.

• Computer controlled missile launcher
• Motorised control system, pan 180 degrees, elevates 45 degrees.
• Three foam missiles
• PC software CD containing ‘Radar’ type control panel
• Mouse or keyboard controls
• Computer generated missile launch sound effects
• Suitable for ages 5 years+ but includes detachable parts, so supervision is recommended for younger children.
• Requires a standard USB port
• Requires 3 x AA Batteries (not included)
• Size: 8 x 6 x 5 inches (20 x 14 x 12.5cm)

Transparent Phone

 

Window Phone - concept phone On one hand, clear conceptual phones already, so this is not just the first, but on the other, the so-called Window Phone has one impressive feature - its transparent housing varies depending on the weather! Thus, in the sunny days, the screen will be completely transparent, on a rainy day it will appear «virtual» drop, but it is covered with frost frost. Ie translucent screen will look like as well as present a window into a variety of weather. I do not know how it will be practical, but at least, very original! :)