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Steve Wozniak Showing Off His NIXIE Tube Watch

October 31st, 2009 at 4:30 pm » Comments (0)

The ultimate geek toy
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shows us that a nixie tube watch is probably a better idea in theory than it is in practice. It’s so bulky. Sure looks like a lot of trouble he has to go through just to change the time zone. Never mind that, if they could just make [...]



Musical Trends: Gavari Violin Ahead of the Times by 300 Years

October 31st, 2009 at 4:06 pm » Comments (0)

Next generation violin
Check out almost any classical violinist, and you might notice that the instruments they use are based on designs first created over 300 years ago. World class players are even willing to pay millions to own an original instrument from the great 17th century Italian masters like Antonio Stradivari.
If you wanted to cross [...]



Loyal2.Me – World’s First ‘Personal Loyalty Program’

October 31st, 2009 at 10:35 am » Comments (0)

 

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
The Worlds First “Personal Loyalty Program” designed for the Social Media generation. With a free Loyal2.Me account you have the power to make businesses be Loyal to you instead expecting Loyalty from you. You get VIP deals on your favorite products and services from the Businesses you invite [...]



Seamount Solar: Turns Saline or Polluted Water Into Ultra-Pure Water

October 31st, 2009 at 10:15 am » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
Seamount Solar is a product that augments a clean-powered hydrogen-transmitted energy system by making ultra-pure water, in quantity, from saline or polluted water evaporated and collected by solar power and condensed by the cooler non-potable source.  Hydrogen and oxygen produced by electrolysis burns to power the flow of clean vapor [...]



Tora – Classical Style Board Game Raises Money For Ecological Concerns

October 31st, 2009 at 9:52 am » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
Centuries ago in another land far away, a war was fought between two rulers of a tiger-like race.  Their names are long forgotten, but their memory lives on in this game of strategy and cunning!  Tora (TM) is a classical style board game done in the same vein [...]



TelePresence Tech – The Ultimate in 3D TelePresence Communications

October 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pm » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
TelePresence Tech offers 3D TelePresence solutions designed to offer an enhanced communication experience for either corporate communications, or customer service applications.  3D TelePresence delivers aligned eye contact and a life-size, three dimensional sense of presence.
 



AuraLevée System – Breakthrough Cosmetic Skin Tightening Technology

October 30th, 2009 at 9:53 am » Comments (0)

The AuraLevée is a Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
AuraLevée is a proprietary breakthrough technology – the first to employ high frequency alternating magnetic fields for applications in cosmetic medicine by Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. Treatment with the AuraLevée system results in an immediate cosmetic skin tightening that reduces the appearance of wrinkles and [...]



Air Board Adventures

October 30th, 2009 at 8:43 am » Comments (0)

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!
 
For $14,000, you can have a personal hovercraft toy, the Air Board. It can transport you at 15 mph over concrete, asphalt, grass or shallow wet areas, but you cannot drive it over water like a real Hovercraft! Speed and braking are controlled through two levers located on the steering bar, by using varying degrees of [...]



Get Charged Up With Scosche PowerFuze Pro

October 30th, 2009 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

Charge up your tech gizmos here!

Carry a whole lot of gizmos with you wherever you go? The Scosche PowerFuze Pro ought to help you out in this department, where it can be plugged directly into the wall socket or in a vehicle via the cigarette lighter socket. For the former, you will be able to [...]



Samsung AMOLED TV Supports 3D Pictures

October 29th, 2009 at 8:04 am » Comments (0)

Start Thinking in 3D!

Samsung’s foray into the AMOLED TV world has yielded this 30″ screen which supports 3D picture (stereoscopic) alongside the traditional full HD resolution view for movie buffs. The panel is painfully thin at a mere 2.5mm, where it was made possible thanks to Samsung’s patented Simultaneous Emission with Active Voltage (SEAV) technology.



Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Batteries Store 3 Times The Energy Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

October 28th, 2009 at 1:05 pm » Comments (0)

This graphic illustrates the multilayered structure of a ReVolt rechargeable zinc-air battery.
A Swiss company says it has developed rechargeable zinc-air batteries that can store three times the energy of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much. ReVolt, of Staefa, Switzerland, plans to sell small “button cell” batteries for hearing aids starting [...]



Clear Magna Stor – Ultimate Organizing and Storage System

October 28th, 2009 at 12:18 pm » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
Clear Magna Stor is a unique organizing system for many of your unususl storage needs. They have been field tested for over three years on the roof of a tool van, as well as in workshops, offices, craft areas, kitchens, sewing rooms. There are virtually an unlimited range of [...]



Firefly Medical Debut’s the ‘Infusion Management System’

October 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am » Comments (0)

 
Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase
Firefly Medical’s debut product, the “Infusion Management System” or IMS, is a stunning and dramatic departure from all inspirations which have gone before it. The IMS is clearly a disruptive, new product catagory. It is not an evolution in patient care, but a revolution instead.
 



Full Size Portable, Collapsible Snow Shovel and Ice Scraper

October 27th, 2009 at 10:38 am » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase
Portable, collapsible full size shovel with broom and ice scraper.  Attaches with an aluminum alloy handle.  Made out of recylcled ABS plastic.  All plastic parts are yellow in color so other motorists can see you from a distance.  The yellow color is helpful if you are stuck on the [...]



EZ Shot: The Fully-Automatic Basketball Return Machine

October 27th, 2009 at 10:25 am » Comments (0)

Featured at the Colorado Inventor Showcase
Net proceeds from EZ Shot goes to help purchase food and toiletries for the FISH Food Bank in Broomfield

EZ Shot is a fully-automatic basketball return machine.  EZ Shot’s patented technology is well suited for training, recreation and entertainment. EZ Shot’s on-board computer contains a variety of pre-programmed individual and team [...]



Lullabelly Prenatal Music Belt

October 27th, 2009 at 7:50 am » Comments (0)

Are you a nervous first time mom-to-be who wants nothing but the very best for your little one? Most people would say yes, and figure out that if their kid listens to Mozart or other musical geniuses while they were in the womb, they would turn out to be at the top of the class [...]



Futuristic Workspace Looks Like a Dinosaur Egg

October 27th, 2009 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

Do you like to block the world out completely when you’re working at your desk? Copenhagen-based design team GamFratesi has created a prototype for a sleek, dinosaur egg-like work environment that they call Rewrite. It reminds me of those cubicles they had at my grad school library, except they’re a lot nicer-looking.



Elite Marshmallow Blaster

October 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am » Comments (0)

Mom always said not to play with your food, but the Elite Marshmallow Blaster could potentially prove to be too much of a temptation as this $55 pump-action single shot device is more than capable of firing standard marshmallows up to 40 feet far – we’re sure it can also handle other foodstuff, but keeping [...]



GE Vscan: Pocket-size Ultrasound

October 24th, 2009 at 11:13 am » Comments (0)

 
GE Vscan
What features do you look for in a cellphone? Camera? GPS? 3G? Ultrasound?
Technically the GE Vscan is not a cellphone, but it certainly resembles any old lamshell on the market today. Instead, the Vscan a pocket-sized ultrasound intended to reduce the amount of patient referrals (and thereby expenses) by making ultrasounds convenient enough to [...]



Humans Skulls Recreated in Chocolate Just in Time For El Día de los Muertos

October 23rd, 2009 at 7:26 am » Comments (0)

A Deliciously Creepy Chocolate Confection

To the cultured folks in the crowd these solid chocolate skulls are an example of both confectionary making and art. They are cast from REAL human skulls and come in a choice of chocolate including Fair Trade 80 per cent cocoa. There is also their bone chocolate – blended Belgian milk [...]



Solar Traffic Light

October 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)

By now we’ve all seen our fair share of green energy cars and devices, but there remains a dearth of public works-centric green tech innovations. Helping to fill the void of cool green-tech-meets-public-works design ideas, Taiwanese designers Cheng-Tsung Feng, Yao-Chieh Lin and Bo-Jin Wang created this solar-powered traffic light that easily could have emerged from [...]



Portable Fuel-Cell Launched By Toshiba

October 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 am » Comments (0)

For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan’s Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets on the move.
 



A Lesson In eCommerce From The World of Goo

October 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 am » Comments (0)

The World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game released in October of 2008.  It was favorably received by the gaming community, receiving many awards.
On the one-year anniversary of the product’s release, the developers decided to undertake an e-commerce experiment.  They offered to sell the game (previously retailing at $20) to anyone for whatever price [...]



Electronic Training Target With Results At The Speed Of Light

October 21st, 2009 at 12:45 pm » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009

Hey shooter, tired of going down range setting up new targets, or wondering where your last shot went?
 



Gyrowheel: Revolutionary Way To Learn To Ride A Bicycle

October 21st, 2009 at 10:45 am » Comments (0)

Gyrowheel
A new device called the Gyrowheel could soon revolutionize the way children learn to ride bicycles, and they will be able to learn on their own, without training wheels, and in as little as half an hour. (Videos)