From the website: "Alert your lawyer, loved ones, etc. that you are being arrested with a single click." "I'm Getting Arrested enables anyone, with one click, to broadcast a custom message to SMS numbers in the event they are arrested." "I wonder: Is everyone entitled to one SMS after being placed under arrest?" Free, the way we like it. Source: bookofjoe.com Read more [...]

"As millions of boomers are approaching 65 and in recognition of World Alzheimer's Day on September 21, 2011, GTX Corp is proud to announce the release of the world's first GPS tracking technology to be imbedded into comfort and wellness shoes for individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. This is a significant milestone for both Companies and while the $604 billion worldwide cost of dementia has become and will continue to be a significant fiscal challenge, the under Read more [...]

That's different. "Tyler Card made a wearable and fully functional camera costume for Halloween 2011. It's complete with an LCD display, built-in flash and shutter release button/wireless remote control. It is also capable of triggering Alienbees strobe lights with a Paul C. Buff Cyber Commander." See how he did it here. Source [via LikeCool, Nerdcore, Laughing Squid, PetaPixel and PopPhoto] Read more [...]

Ice Straws Very cool. From the website: .............................. With this ice tray, you can make straws out of ice. We guess that's good for the environment, but more importantly it means you can drink a soda and leave NO EVIDENCE. Each silicone rubber mold will quickly make six 8" straws out of whatever easily frozen fluids tickle your fancy. $9.95. .............................. $9.95. Source [bookofjoe.com] Read more [...]

From My Modern Metropolis: "Flickr user Timo Arnall came upon this artistic gem on the streets of Brussels, Belgium. It's none other than the clever AZERTY keyboard. This layout is specifically designed for the characters of the Latin alphabet on a typewriter or keyboard." Source [bookofjoe.com] Read more [...]

From the website: ............................. We assume that a lot of tech stuff is spread around at your home. A couple mobile devices, laptops, iPads, iPhones and the like... right? OK — and you don't want the little ones to play with your brand new iPad... think: multi-gestures with little hands that just have arisen from the porridge plate... urgh. The i-Wood takes its design cues from Mr. [Jonathan] Ive's handiwork, but instead of a trackpad, the i-Wood offers the wee Read more [...]

"Visitors of the Place Vendome in Paris, France were treated to a stunning art installation last weekend during the FIAC 2011 conference.  The Ring Mirror Installation by Arnaud Lapierre, sponsored by Audi, is a reflective cylinder composed of mirrored blocks stacked in a variegated fashion.  About the Ring structure, Lapierre explained, “‘The Ring’ is an installation that takes into consideration the urban space networking: the rhythm, flow, organization and spatial hierarchy. The installation Read more [...]

It's just as the title mentions, robot vs robot & robot vs human table tennis games! Never feel lonely again! It's really incredible how robots are gaining great strengths... I no longer believe that science fiction stories are science fiction anymore! Here's a video: Read more [...]

Styled on the look of a small bonsai tree this charger uses twenty seven solar panels on the end of each branch to produce energy from the sun and then charge the internal battery. Once charged it can provide thirty six hours of charging power for all sorts of portable devices and the great thing is that it keeps charging so long as there is sunlight. This how the Electree Solar Bonsai works; The 27 solar panels installed at the tip of the branches capture the solar energy which is then stored Read more [...]

We present the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera which captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an accelerometer, a full panoramic image is captured by 36 mobile phone camera modules. [Via @Johl; Images courtesy of Jonas Pfeil, CC] Pfeil describes how his invention works on his website: Our camera uses 36 fixed-focus 2 megapixel mobile phone camera modules. The camera modules are mounted in a robust, 3D-printed, Read more [...]

This is about 3 years ago... However, it's still awesome! It's when the movie (based on the novel) "I Robot" is no longer science fiction! Her maker, Japan-based robot maker Kokoro, says that she is supposed to give patients a heightened sense of security. Actroid-F is very realistic, but actually, she is pretty creepy, too – as you can see in the video embedded below (in which she’s replicating the operators facial expressions and body movements, this is 3 years old however...). Actroid-F, Read more [...]

Today's sewing machines are sophisticated embedded systems with exacting precision, automated stitch control, and touch-screen interfaces: Photo: Brother International SQUINT-FREE: When appliances go digital, some difficult tasks become easy. The Brother Quattro 6000D sewing machine shown here has a camera above the needle plate that shows the stitching area on a built-in LCD screen. My Aunt Yetta sewed quilts—and most of her family's clothes—on an antique treadle sewing Read more [...]