Guess there's no one who haven't used a ruler which have pointings running along the edge of the ruler, but have any one saw a ruler thats digital. Yeah you have heard it correctly, designer Shay Shafranek recently came up with this new concept that adds a bit of newfangled technology to and old fashioned wooden ruler. The secret, it seems, is a line of tiny metal points running along the edge of the ruler, which can detect when you touch 'em with a pencil and display the exact measurement on the LED display discreetly hidden inside. Better yet, the ruler can apparently store measurements and add 'em up as you go along, eliminating the need for any pesky remembering or math. Of course, it is still just a concept, and there's no indication that Shafranek has any commercial plans for it just yet
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Shelves are handy things to have in any home, as they offer additional storage space for you to keep your junk - er, memorabilia. Enter the giant LED clock shelf that not only houses your collection of books and toys, the space between these square “pigeon holes” are not wasted as they have been adorned with LED strips, lighting up in different combinations to form a digital clock when seen from afar.
Sony has unveiled eyeglasses that can show full-color video images. The prototype supports a QVGA resolution, weighs 120g, is 3mm thick at the lens, and has a contrast ratio of 50:1.The glasses use a proprietary holographic waveguide and an optical engine made up of a LED light source and a transparent LCD panel. Video coming from the optical engine is reflected by a film in the holographic waveguide. It then bounces off a glass plate and is diffracted to the eyes by a second holographic film.Before it brings the glasses to market, Sony is trying to slim the prototype down to 80g and make the lenses transmissive enough to be used in dark places. The company says it's hoping to commercialize the produce by 2010.
