LG OLED TV

This television will be out on the market in October 2012. 


With a whopping 55-inch screen which is just 4mm thick. Although TVs using organic LED technology have gone on sale before, they have all been puny in size and ridiculously expensive. However, this LG 55-inch OLED TV will be the first time the world has got the chance to appreciate just what OLED is truly capable of, rather than having to squint admiringly at 11-inch or 15-inch screens.


The screens contrast is quite astonishing, at one end of the light spectrum the screen presents black colours of a richness, intensity and purity that just hasn't been seen before on a flat-panel TV, and yet on the same there could be ultra-pure, perfectly defined whites and dizzying array of colour tones in between.

In colourful daylight footage, the screens remarkable colour response is even more spectacularly obvious, revealing outstanding subtlety and range as well as explosive vibrancy.

The HD footage on show actually looks more like 4k-resolution fare so pure its presentation, and free of the LCD's usual motion blur, and so incredibly rich are the sets of shadow detail levels.

Dark areas look completely consistent in tone top, with no backlight clouding, and the image holds up much better from a wide viewing angle than typical LCD TVs.

The main flaw with this 2D image is a faint horizontal 'seam' across the screen, although i would not think that this will be present on the final product available around October.

Brighter colors, better contrast and energy efficient, the LG 55-inch OLED is priced at around $10,000 when it launches in Australia this October. There is always people with money who will buy, and even people who will be actually saving to buy the LG OLED TV, truth is our race likes to have a good quality home entertainment and as you can see by the pictures the quality is just so immensely good, that it will sell. However, i do think it would be interesting for companies to make one slightly smaller, say 32-inch, which is the average home television size, which would then be cheaper and people might be more  inclined to buy. 

Either way this product has been voted number one at the Consumer Electronics Show an it will do well!

DSLR Camera Costume

A photographer by the name of Tyler Card from Grand Rapids in Michigan, has built a fully working DSLR camera costume for halloween.


The camera's body is mostly made of cardboard and held together with tape, designed to look like the Nikon D3, and has a painted scavenged plastic bucket serving as the lens. But Tyler went beyond the physical appearance of his halloween costume and inside the lens he put his actual Nikon DSLR, which is triggered by the costumes shutter button. The large flash which is located over his head contains a working wireless strobe, and it lights up the room with every shot. He has used an LCD display from an old Dell laptop and has mounted it to the back of the camera, which provides instant image previews of every photo which he takes.


This is a radical new costume out, which is extremely creative and innovative. It cost him near to nothing to make as he had most of the equipment he needed already. It looks great as well. Its a fun way of capturing your night out in my opinion!

Pioneer Dance Crew Boom Boxes

Pioneer's target market is the lucrative dance community, they have produced a trio of new boom boxes, that make it easier to put together a routine, or just bust out some moves on a street corner.


It is distinguished by the caliber of speakers in each unit, comes in 3 flavors: 

• The $299 Solo 
• The $349 Duo
• The $499 Crew

Each containing progressively higher quality and bigger speakers!

Put on sale November 2011.

Pioneers unique housings all give them a distinct personality as well, but otherwise the feature sets look pretty similar between them. Customers will have to be picky with their playlists since each unit's only got four gigs of storage on board, but dancers should appreciate the Steez's various playback modes they won't really find anywhere else.

The speed of the current song can be adjusted by tempo control, and is done without affecting its pitch, and customizable cue points make it easy to find a particular point in a given track. An 8-beat Skip allows the consumer to jump forward and back by eight counts, though it requires your playlist to be first analyzed by the included free PC software which denotes BPM and other info for each track. A feature which is extremely handy for dancers is the Auto DJ Mode which will automatically cue up similar songs by genre or speed, completed with transitions between tracks. Also the Auto Battle Mode letting users choose songs and compete against other dancers cued by an official countdown and voice prompts.


This something which i think will do well in the word of dance as it is affordable although pricey, its not overpriced so its something which dancers wont mind investing their money into. They look aesthetically attractive as well which is always of importance. 


And the features which they carry are cutting edge, and just what dancers or a dance crew would be interested in.

Electronic beer fridge!

This fridge only opens when all work is in.....


Filling out a time sheet is usually the last thing a person wants to do by the end of a long week, however something which is also very necessary.

The brazilian marketing agency, Casa, one of JWT's (J Walter Tompsons) digital hubs, decided to have a little fun and created a cutting edge solution to the time sheet dilema...... It was part social experiment and part incentive program. Casa created the Drink Time Sheet, a fridge that is full of beer for all employees to enjoy, but only after they have completed their timesheets....

The fridge is electronically locked, and tied to the offices time sheet system. When 100% of the offices time sheets are completed then the fridge opens, but only then! This entices employees to get their time sheets in early-and encorouges stragglers to complete theirs as early as possible as well. It is a big incentive for employees to not put anything off until next week.


Workers can see how they are doing, as time sheets are being completed a mouthwatering display showing a beer bottle slowly filling up as work is completed. When its beer o'clock theres a handy siren to make sure everybody knows its time to put work down and pick up a bottle.


It actually worked workers got their time sheets in on time or before time..... 

Video cameras equipped with WiFi

A new line of WiFi camcorders has been unveiled in march 2012 by JVC (Japanese Victor Company). The Everio GZ-EX250 is one of fours camcorder now equipped with WiFi connectivity.

This allows us to transfer photographs and video footage directly from the camera to our smartphone s for emailing and sharing without the need to connect the camcorder to a computer or laptop.

By combining the JVC Everio camcorder with a free app for either Android phones/tablets, iPhone, iPad or PC, it is providing users with a quick and easy way to wirelessly transfer video and still shots to our smart phone's. This application will then allow the user to email 15 second video clips (640 x 360 pixels) to be sent directly from the camcorder to up to eight email addresses.

There is a live monitoring feature which allows realtime monitoring on a smartphone or computer of images taken with the camcorder, and the auto photo email automatically emails stills taken using Everio's movement detection function to a computer or smartphone.

Other features:

• Full HD 1920 x 1080 Recording,
•  Super LoLux (superior sensitivity to low light. With a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, you can capture clear images with precise colors even in low light. No worry while indoors or in dark situations), 
• Advanced Image Stabilizer (You'll be able to enjoy stable results even if you're walking or jogging alongside your subject), 
• 40x Optical Zoom (You'll be able to zoom in on subjects that are far away without any picture degradation),
•  Zoom Microphone, 
• 16GB built-in memory, 
• HD/SD dual format, 
• Intelligent AUTO (Automatically selects the optimal settings wherever you point the camera. Get the best possible shot anytime)
•  3.5inch LCD touch panel

And many more cool features....

• You Pay:$379.00

This is a decent price, very affordable, and also totally worthy! This camera would make life much easier, and also save time for people. 

Haptic Shoe For The Blind

Outdoor navigation is the major hurdle that a visually impaired person must go through on a day to day basis.


Anirudh Sharma aged 24 is a young researcher at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Bangalore, who showed sensitivity towards the needs of the visually impaired, and he worked over several nights to design a shoe for the blind.


Arduino LilyPad is the main circuit board, which is kept at the back mid-sole region of the shoe. The mini-vibrational actuators are placed on all sides for the directional haptic feedback so that an approaching turn triggers the vibration. The system comprises of a mechanism that condenses complex geographical navigational information and lets the user feel the directional and proximity information through vibrations. 


The vibrators and proximity sensor put in one shoe of the pair enables the user to walk without any physical aid. All that the user requires is a Le Chal shoe and a mobile phone with global positioning system (GPS). Once the user sets a destination on the phone before starting the journey, the Bluetooth communication between the shoe and phone does the rest. 


The phone fetches turn-by-turn Google maps data in the background and keeps updating the user with haptic feedback about the direction the user needs to turn to. As soon as the user starts his or her journey, the GPS transmitter within the cellphone gets real-time location using Google Maps. The built-in compass in the GPS module calculates the direction user is walking in. When the turning point is approached a mild vibrational feedback activated in the shoe informs the user the direction he or she needs to turn to. The strength of the vibration depends upon the overall proximity from the destination, that is, vibration is weak in the beginning and is incrementally stronger at the end of the navigation task. The built-in proximity sensor of the shoe can detect up to 10 feet, informing the user of the surroundings and allowing him or her to make decisions and plan the next move.

It is unlike any other existing aids that are available in the market for visually impaired people, this haptic shoe is simple and unobtrusive in design, uses low-cost readily available components, and provides tactile feedback. 

This new cutting edge interactive clothing, is impressive, and i think it will become a popular item of clothing that a visually impaired person will have.

Concept 3

The chairs located in the waiting room all represent the teeth in a persons mouth, there is pressure sensors on the cushion, when the person sits down a funny tooth animated drawing appears on the television screen, also on the chair is a keypad where the person enters his/her name the animated tooth now has the persons name, and on either chair arm there are heart rate monitors (like found on the running machine in the gym). The faster the persons heartrate the animated tooth on the television will begin to decay, so the person is required to try and control there heartrate and calm it down to a normal pace, once this is achieved the animated tooth on the television looks at its best, the aim is to keep the tooth at its best once this is reached a timer starts and records the length of time you can keep your heart rate relaxed. Your time goes onto a score board and at the end of every month, the person with the best time get a free clean from the dental hygienist, or if they prefer a nice electric toothbrush. This is aiming to distract the person with a possible reward, and is fun in an engaging sort of way. Also, watching other people in the waiting room trying to do it would be entertaining as well, so even if a person doesnt want to do it, they can get pleasure out of people who are.