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Hope for Macular Degeneration With Implantable Mini-Telescope
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Science,
If the FDA gives its permission, ophthalmologists may be on their way to stopping and even reversing age-related macular degeneration with an implantable mini-telescope. Developed by VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, it works with the eye’s cornea making the retinal image larger. The scope consists of a 4.4 x 3.6 mm glass cylinder with wide-angle micro-optics to produce telephoto images. Currently about 1.75 million Americans suffer from the disease and the prediction by NIH’s National Eye Institute is that it will almost double by 2020 because of all the baby boomers that will be aging in the next 2 decades.
Read More 
| Scientific American
Gallery: Hope for Macular Degeneration With Implantable Mini-Telescope
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Researchers have developed a flexible battery that can be twisted, bent, or shaped with scissors. The pricey prototype created at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is only one piece with carbon nanotubes and an electrolyte embedded in the paper, and is black on one side and white on the other. Professor Robert Linhardt said he would like to “scale this up to the point where you can imagine printing like a newspaper. That would be the ultimate.”
We just hope that the “ultimate” would be a product that we don’t have to worry about being recalled.
Read More | The Examiner
Gallery: This Battery Can Bend
Mario, Luigi, and Dr. Gonzo Gelaskins
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Design, PC / Laptop, Portable Audio / Video,
The Mario Brothers certainly have done their share of partying according to this GelaSkin, constructed of 3M vinyl anti-scratch, anti-UV coating. The skins are easy-on/off for your iPod
, RAZR, or iPhone, with prices of $12.95 and $14.95. The company also features laptop covers for $29.95, including this one that was done by Ralph Steadman, the illustrator for “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” Check out their site which features other coverings by classic and contemporary artists.
Read More | GelaSkins
Gallery: Mario, Luigi, and Dr. Gonzo Gelaskins
For those of you with buds that text or code better than they speak, these are the shirts for them. Cafe Press allows you to buy others’ or design your own and sell shirts, stickers, buttons, coffee mugs, and other items on their site free of charge. They set a base price, you add on a mark-up, and they mail you the commission once a month. Although the site has been around for a while, its users are just now catching on to the fact that the Internet and text messaging sells.
Read More | Cafe Press
Gallery: T-Shirts Speak Geek
Get Rid of Unsightly TV Cables
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, HDTV, Home Entertainment,
If you are fortunate enough to have an LCD or Plasma Screen and have it mounted, chances are you can’t afford something to cover up those ugly cables dangling beneath it. Anthony Lozano may have had the same problem and designed a wall-mounted, fiberboard channel that will hide cords that run between the bottom of the screen and the top of your A/V cabinet, even if it is just a couple of boards and a few bricks. The WS12 ($39.00) covers a 12-inch distance, the WS20 ($49.00) handles 20-inches, and the WS30 ($79.00) spans 30-inches. All of them can be painted and come in flat or textured finish. After we get one of these Wiring Solutions from Super Home Theatre, maybe we can work on replacing those bricks.
Read More | Electronic House
Gallery: Get Rid of Unsightly TV Cables
Reflect Your Moods with Mirror Tiles
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Smart Home, Misc. Tech,
Now that someone has discovered a way to reflect moods in furniture, along comes Generate’s ultra-bright LED light matrix with an RF Mood-Light Reflector program. The 19.7 x 19.7 x 3.75-inch panels look like ordinary mirrors, but turn them on and you can display random colors, rainbow sequences, gradually changing hues with pulsations, or preprogrammed mood sequences with red, blue and green light. Each panel will set you back $600.00, the remote goes for $45.00 (which runs up to four panels,) and the power supply is $279.00. We think we would program the tiles to show how we see red after adding up the exorbitant price tag.
Read More | Generate
Gallery: Reflect Your Moods with Mirror Tiles
Treat Your iPhone to iWood
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, Apple, Design, Portable Audio / Video,
Miniot allows you to bring a bit of class to your iPod 5g, 1st or second generation nano, or iPhone with their distinctive wooden and eco-friendly cases. iWood is available in cherry, oak, walnut, mahogany, and maple. Prices vary between €60 to €85 (~$82.00 to ~$115.00.) You can also add a carved monogram or message and get a matching dock. If you really love your Apple gadget, they occasionally offer rarer wood such as zebrano wenge, pallisander, and ebony for €175 (~$238.00.)
Read More | Miniot
Gallery: Treat Your iPhone to iWood
We love the effect of 360º panoramic photos, but unless you are a professional that can afford the large and sometimes overpriced equipment, you just have to be content seeing the work of others’ efforts. Designer Hye-Jeong Yang has come up with the Sony Panoramic Digital Concept Camera that you set on a flat surface at the angle you want and, as it rotates, it takes in the whole view in a single image or video. You can then save it on a memory card. Still at the prototype stage, we suspect it will not be long before it comes to a retailer near you.
Read More | Yanko
Gallery: Digital Cam Sweeps the Scenery
Don’t Feed the Fish With Ani-Light
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Smart Home, Misc. Tech,
Takara Tomy will soon be back on the market with the Ani-Light. This animated aquarium features fish, dolphin, and other ocean inhabitants swimming around. You can access their movements by watching the projection on your ceiling. We understand that they form the time before returning to their depths. Once the hatch is closed, you can get a fishy view on the face of the globe. So far there is no release date or price for the prototype Ani-Light, but we will keep on the alert for the illuminating gadget.
Read More | CScout
Gallery: Don’t Feed the Fish With Ani-Light
Transparent Kayak-Canoe for Viewing Under the Sea
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
What could be more fun than white water rafting during these humid summer days? Taking this kayak-canoe hybrid out for a dip in the water may be just more of an adventure with its transparent polymer hull that allows you to see all the flora and fauna beneath you and your buds. The watercraft is made with a lightweight anodized aluminum frame and comes with two double-headed paddles, a water bailer, and two flotation devices on the off chance that there is something down there that looks like it wants to be where you are. Available at Hammacher Schlemmer, you will need to do some serious vacationing to make the $1,459.95 toy pay for itself.
Read More | Hammacher Schlemmer
