Colorado Inventor Showcase 2008 - November 10, 2008 - DaVinci Institute

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Do Gadgets Make You Fatter

May 20th, 2008 at 5:50 pm » Comments (0)

It is no secret that we are getting fatter by the second due to a combination of unhealthy eating habits, lack of exercise, and sedentary lifestyles.



SanDisk Announces New Line of Mobile Memory Cards

May 20th, 2008 at 5:44 pm » Comments (0)

 
 
I am not entirely sure that my mobile phone needs “premium” memory cards. I can see the value of having more storage space for music, videos and images but there come s appoint when a bit more speed doesn’t really help. And in this case it seems premium just means an included USB adaptor.  



Cool Music Using Ball Bearings and Broccoli

May 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am » Comments (0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wreP8FMupyM

 Veggie Musical Instrument after the jump. 



Sound-e-Motion Speakers with Unbelievable Sound Quality

May 20th, 2008 at 9:55 am » Comments (0)

Impress your neighbors with the sounds your balls make
While the Sound-e-Motion acoustic systems might not be as price as the Cabesse $150,000 La Spherespeakers, they are real eye candy.



Software Tool Helps Pediatrician Track Vaccination Schedules

May 20th, 2008 at 9:45 am » Comments (0)

 
 A new downloadable software tool will help pediatricians, parents and other health care professionals determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren’t received at the proper time. 



5 Million-Piece LEGO Boulder

May 20th, 2008 at 9:08 am » Comments (0)

Ah LEGO, how much do we love you? Let me count the ways: five million. The same amount of million multicolored pieces needed to create this solid boulder, as big as the one in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then get a fake Professor Henry Jones (You call this archaeology?), fake Sallah (Asps. Very dangerous. […]



Cosmetics For The Dead Make The Late Look Great

May 20th, 2008 at 7:59 am » Comments (0)

Looking Great For Your Final Date

It’s never too late to look great… so says Kotoko Sato, a trained make-up artist who has applied her talents to making the dead look alive. Sato has teamed up with Japanese cosmetics firm Falf Inc. to market Delfino (Italian for “dolphin”), a line of beauty products specially designed for […]



Saigak Power Boots

May 20th, 2008 at 7:50 am » Comments (0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7s-tnzPZ3c

The news report is in Russian language
This is a Russian TV news report on the russian made “Power Boots”, also known as “Seven League Boots”, or “Quickwalker Boots”, or the “Saigak Power Boots”, which is the russian word for a kind of elk.
The boots were created by a russian scientist Viktor Gordeyev. Each boot includes […]



Pyramid Puzzle Claims To Make You Intellectually And Emotionally Smarter

May 20th, 2008 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

Twist and Contort Your Brain

The best puzzles are either masterpieces of complex workmanship or chunky, brightly-colored toys that can survive a nuclear explosion. Brando’s $15 pyramid puzzle combines both characteristics, by the looks of it, wedding Rubik-like tasteless design to LeMarchandine intricacy.



Frog Design Digital Escape, The Virtual Reality Mask With Smells

May 20th, 2008 at 7:27 am » Comments (0)

Menacing and Smelly

 
Someone at famed design firm Frog Design must have been having a bad day when this Digital Escape design was conceived. Don’t like your world? Strap on this “lifestyle product of the future” and transport yourself to a different dimension with your own sights, sounds, smells, and air quality - the rest of […]