and you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: the future

And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen:

The Future

Brian Neale, IT Manager, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Roger Skalbeck, Systems Librarian, George Mason UniversitySusan Skyzinski, Senior Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexisBarbara Fullerton, Manager of Librarian Relations, 10-K Wizard

04/11/23 AALL Conference 2006 2

MicroMedia E-Paper• Electronic paper• Snapshot-sized display

music, images, movies• Nanotechnology• Waffer-thin• Battery is a replaceable

Power Sticker• Sound adjustment • Data transfers take over a

built-in high-speed wireless connection

• Coming 2015 from Lunar Design

• Price: $35 per pack of 10http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/06/idea2005/source/80.htm


Microsoft D-Sharp

• Wrap around monitor• 11” tall x 44” wide• Curved in a gentle arc to

avoid distortion• Immersive• Early tests show 9% - 50%

productivity increases• Women improved 2x over

small displays• 30% less mouse movement

http://research.microsoft.com/users/marycz/Interact2003productivityfinal.pdf


Laptop with Detachable Screen

• Toshiba• Wireless protocol• Display: 0.7 inches thick (0.4)• Weight: 1.2 lbs (10-14 ozs.)• Battery life -1 hour (3-4 hours)• Timeline – ~ 2 years


$100 Laptop Computer

• Designed by MIT’sMedia Lab

• Hand-cranked power• Wireless broadband• AMD Processors;

Red Hat Software• First 5 million to be

shipped to China, Brazil, India, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria and Thailand by end of the year


Cell Phone Jammers• Jam phones surrounding you• Illegal in U.S.• Up to 50 feet • Works on worldwide

networks• Expensive• Illegal in U.S.• Buy Indoor/Outdoor modules• Price: SH066 $260; CX- 200

$71• Available UK, Japan

http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/Personal.htm

SH066P

CX-200

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?u=http://www.rakuten.co.jp/osamanoidea/100060/289222/


Batman Utility Belt or ManBag? • Gadgets to carry are on the rise!

Blackberry, cell phone, iPod…• 32%* get everything into their pocket• 4%* prefer the utility belt approach• 66%* required to carry mobile device for

work • 73%* believe greater use of mobile

devices has improved their work-life balance

• 12%* want converged devices• 75%** carry at least 3 gadgets• 8%** carry 5 or more!

http://www.manbag.com/ product-AXIBLE.htm Sources: *Damovo; ** Silicon.com


Origami DVD Player

• Manufactured with new e-paper, a full color, fully flexible display technology

• Screen folds into it’s case• Includes integrated

speakers• Development by Mag-Ink in

Israel.• Idea Awards Bronze Winner

in 2005 for Design Explorations

http://www.inventables.com


USB Wedding Bands

• USB integratesinto your (life)style

• More than just data coupling!

• USB bracelets already available


Digismart• Turns handhelds into projectors• Uses wide-angle lense• Resolution 640 x480 pixels• Detailed 11” x 17” images within

a 3 feet distance• Devices include: Cell phones,

PDAs, GPS, Gaming, Laptops, MP4 players

• Connects via Wi-Fi• Coming: Dec. 2006; Cost $330

http://www.digislide.com.au/consumer/digismart.htm


Geographic Search via Phone • Information from the internet about

whatever you are pointing the phone at. (Hotel, Restaurant, Monument)

• Special Cell phone• GPS satellite technology• Combination compass, GPS &

binoculars – point at navigational landmark and identify it

• Currently, descriptive info and advertisements for 700,000 locations in Japan

• Location based tourism info, advertising, yellow pages, functions for locating friends http://www.geovector.com


Global Phone

• Vanu – • Software Defined Radio technology• One handset that operates on any

cellular network anywhere• Time line - ~ 5 years

http://vanu.com/technology/handheld.html


Future Phone/PDA/MP3 Device

• 60 GB MP3 player– Sync w/ iTunes and Windows Media Player– User-editable MP3 ringtones– Supports WMA, AAC & five other file formats

• Wireless Internet (without minutes)• 3.2 Megapixel camera• OS Options: Windows, Palm, Opera• Availability: Maybe never??


TRIVIA

The Soundabout was the original name used to market this device that was first introduced in 1979….

Sony Walkman portable personal stereo player


E-ink• Smart Pixels• Ink in Motion• Uses ultra-low power• Easily read under any

lighting condition • Viewer experiences

reading from paper, while having power of updatable information

• Example: SONY LIBRIé, launched in April 2004 in Japan, electronic reader utilizing an E Ink®

http://www.eink.com

http://www.eink.com/products/matrix/imaging_film.html


EyeMove PC

• All-in-one Oval shaped PC with built-in HD Projector

• Wireless Touchscreen Multi-Controller– Keyboard/mouse– Gaming– Multimedia

• PC, Games, Movies, Multimedia anywhere

http://www.yankodesign.com


Holographic storage: the 500GB business card

• InPhase Technologies – spinoff from Bell Labs• Laser beam split by mirror• Data encoded in beams of light & in 3-D• Data density incredibly high• Recording medium – stable, fast to read to and write

from, and inexpensive• 2006 Red Herring 100 North America award

• Timeline – 300GB - later this year

- 800GB - 2008

http://www.inphase-technologies.com


Belkin Wireless USB Hub

• Wireless connectivity for up to 4 USB peripherals

• PC isn’t tethered to printercamera dock, etc.

• Price: $130• Release date: July 2006


IMOD

• A new world of display innovation: vivid and realistic display images• Ultra-low power consumption with extended battery life • Superior viewability in all lighting conditions & bright sunlight • Enhanced readability, reduced eye fatigue• Robust functionality, virtually unaffected by environment and &

temperatures • Reflective flat panel color display• For applications such as wireless phones, handheld devices & GPS

units • Currently in development http://www.qualcomm.com/qmt/


Transparent Toaster

• Greatest thing since sliced bread?

• Uses special heating glass to warm a single slice of bread

• Monitor your toast so it doesn’t get over done.

• Currently doesn’t get hot enough to toast bread

• In development



Fresh Watch

• Packaging that changes color when food spoils



Transparent OLED Pixel Technology

• “Minority Report” and “Back to the Future II”• Oregon State University/ Hewlett Packard• Technology University of Braunschweig

• Surgeons• Car windshields• Timeline - ~ 2 – 5 years

http://www.universaldisplay.com/toled.htm


TRIVIA

What year did Apple introduce the first iPod?

2001


Voice Recognition TV• Allows consumers to search &

receive information about broadcast & on-demand programs, shows, music & games

• Personalization module retains individual caller data & preferences

• Allows caller to purchase CDs, videos, & DVDs with single call

• Access for the visually impaired• Convenient "anytime-anywhere"

voice access through automated speech recognition

• Natural language user interface http://www.tvvoice.com/


I.C. CanSelf Refrigerating Beer Can

• Manufactured by Tempra Technologies and Crown Holdings

• Reduces contents temperature by a minimum of 30 degrees F. in 3 minutes

• 100% natural and environmentally safe

• All natural desiccant contained in a vacuum draws heat from the beverage through an evaporator into an insulated heat sink

• Moving towards mass productionhttp://www.tempratech.com


World’s smallest LED projector

• Sony• 3 transmissive LCDs and 1 prism• Distance between LEDs and display devices reduced• Brightness reaches 50 lm

• Timeline - ?

http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/14/sony-unveils-worlds-smallest-led-projector/


Availabot

• USB figure that standsup when an IM friend comes online

• Still in design phase

• No release date or price set

• www.availabot.com


Nokia Open Cell Phone• Sci-fi fans: Japanese folding

fan• Uses an as-yet-nonexistent

flexible LCD color touchscreen

• Scrollable screen• Designed by Hugo Danti• Won first place in the Nokia

4G Design Competition• Possiblity: Invention of

E-Ink

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/design-concept-nokia-open-cellphone-181989.php


Heliodisplay M2I

• Produced by IO2 Technology• 30 inch display area• Free-space floating display of

images and video• Works with most sources

http://www.tempratech.com


TRIVIA

Computer common storage size measurement has progressed fromBytes to Kilobytes to Megabtytes toGigabytes.

What’s the name of the next major unit of data storage size?

Terabytes


• Modular, expandablepower strip

• Each socket can be rotated 180 degrees

• When devices are notin use, twist socket 90 degrees to disconnect flow of electricity

• Availability: unknown

E-Rope Modular Powerstrip


Full-Featured Camera

• Includes buttons for: beer, gin, jobs, money

• “Pee break” LED sensor

• “Call Spock”signaler


MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

• Founded in March 2002 by a $50 million contract from the U.S. Army

• Mission is to use nanotechnology for:– sleek, lightweight battlesuits– leap tall buildings with bionics– find wounds and seal them on the

spot – helmet will have radio & night

vision gear, GPS, target illuminator, tactical dropdown eyewear, and will convey data, video and audio feeds for “a 3D picture of the battlefield”http://web.mit.edu/ISN/


On-Target Video Game Urinal • Pressure sensitive display in back• Interactive game activated when used• Score points by hitting moving targets on screen. • Sound and video• Reduced size of the “target” improves restroom

hygiene

http://www.yankodesign.com


Voice-Trek G-10 recorder

• Olympus• USB jack• Memory – 256MB• 69 hours audio recording• Records to Windows media audio

format (WMA)• Playback – WMA and MP3 files

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/olympus-voice-trek-g10-181660.php


Blu-Ray v. HD-DVD

• Potential format battle• HD DVD: supported by Toshiba, Intel, and Microsoft

add-on HD DVD player for Xbox 360 console this fall• Blu-ray: supported by Samsung, Pioneer, and Sony

Blu-ray drive for PlayStation 3 game system, avail this fall


Philips S900

• MP3 Player• 2 Megapixel camera• Touch Screen!• 10 MB of onboard memory • Handy handwritten text input

feature • USB, Infrared & Bluetooth• Pricing and availability: TBA

http://www.philips.co.kr/index.html


Invisio Q7 • Bluetooth headset for cell phones• Uses Bone Conduction technology• Solves problem of being drowned

out by wind, crowds etc.• No microphone, converts skull

vibrations to sounds• Fits inside ear without need for clip• Availability: end of 2006 exclusively

at Radio Shack$199

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/


Mental Typewriter• Fraunhofer Institute for Computer

Architecture and Software Technology in Berlin.

• 128 electrodes placed on the scalp translate thoughts into cursor movements on a computer screen

• 5 to 10 minutes to write a typical sentence

• Difficult to place electrodes on the skull - an hour to place all 128 in just the right spot

• The software learns with user http://www.gizmag.com/go/5356/


NETGEAR Skype WiFi Phone

• Phone for use with SkypeInternet-basaed phone service

• Make calls using any WiFiconnection

• Pre-order on Amazon• Availability: (maybe) July ’06• Price: $300


Mio 269 GPS Navigator• No installation or monthly fees is

required• Sleek, smooth, flat body and fully

integrated GPS • Large color screen with a 2.5GB hard

drive • POIs• Includes Microsoft Windows OS• Touchscreen & buttons• 500MB MP3 player (8 hours)• For the car, walking, cycling or

motorbiking• 4.5 hours on battery

• Now available: $460

http://www.miogps.com/press_05022102.htm


BenQ Trio Writer BW1000 • Blu-Ray writer for PC• 3 laser formats to accommodate

CD, DVD, Blu-Ray• 25 GB on single layer

50 GB on dual layer• 2 hours of HD content

13 hours of standard definition• Equivalent of 5 DVDs on one

disk• Solid Burn, Write Right • 2x – BD-R/-RE 1x- Dual layer

12x – DVD+R/-R32x – CD-R

• Price: $1,025 Aug 2006

http://www.benq.com/products/Storage/?product=825


GPP2

• Mobile phone• Portable mini projector• 15” projection• External power source to boost brightness


100 Megapixel Chip (Camera?)

• DALSA Semiconductor made a 100 megapixel chip

• Measures 4”x4”• NASA's JPL chose DALSA

for image sensors on Mars Rovers

• Also noted: Hasselblad already has a 39 megapixel camera

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5770/


VirtuSphere • Navigate a virtual world with

regular movements• Wireless headset, senses 360

degree movement• Floor moves so it matches

movements 1 for 1• “Ultimate gaming peripheral”• Applications for training –

firefighters, military, etc.• Treadmill alternative• 8 ½ ft diameter, under 500lbs,

ABS plastic• 32 pieces assemble in 4 hrs.• Price: 50K- 100K

http://www.virtusphere.net/product.htm

THE ENDThat’s all folks!

and you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: the future

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