Digital Handgun Won't Fire Without Custom Wristwatch |
- Digital Handgun Won't Fire Without Custom Wristwatch
- Homegrown Root Furniture
- Futuristic "Transparent Walls" Could Prevent Accidents
| Digital Handgun Won't Fire Without Custom Wristwatch Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:00 PM PST Another goody from Wired's Danger Room (previous post, the oh so very cute Koosh Bullet). This time the weapon on display is the amazingly "smart" handgun: a gun that won't shoot unless you're wearing the right watch. Says Wired, "German firm Armatix has an electronic safety that automatically disables the pistol when it's not within a few inches of a custom wristwatch. The watch sends a wireless arming signal to the gun. If the gun is picking up a signal from the watch, a green LED on the back lights up. Try squeezing the handle without wearing the watch, and you will see a red warning ...more Related: |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST Conceptual furniture project by designer Kai Linke proposes the idea of growing furniture from plant roots. Says Dezeen, "Kai's experiments so far involve cultivating fast-growing plants such as grass, cress, bulbs and bamboo and chanelling their roots into a miniature chair-shaped mold. Once the roots have completely filled the mould it is removed, leaving a scale model of a piece of furniture. This exploration is the first stage of a long term project, which Linke hopes will result in a full size chair made of roots." Mold Making principles +a little Gardening = makes for some pretty ...more Related: |
| Futuristic "Transparent Walls" Could Prevent Accidents Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST More augmented reality fun (Rock Paper Scissors Tee, Video Game Drone) and another peak into our sci-fi future. Via New Scientist, "If only drivers could see through walls, blind corners and other dangerous road junctions would be much safer. Now an augmented reality system has been built that could just make that come true. The prototype uses two cameras: one that captures the driver's view and a second that sees the scene behind a view-blocking wall. A computer takes the feed from the second camera and layers it on top of the images from the first so that the wall appears to be ...more Related: |
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