Put your message into orbit! Buy ad space on MIT satellite

A group of students at MIT and Georgia Tech are trying to raise money for their space mission by selling advertising on the spacecraft to companies and individuals. To allow sponsor to bid for advertising space on the satellite they have last week opened the YourNameIntoSpace.org web site.
The program is an initiative of the Massachusetts [...]

Research: What people actually need and want from technology

Technology-related products and services will increasingly be shaped by 12 underlying principles, or “technology values”. These values - such as simplicity, efficiency, and personalization - represent the characteristics that consumers will look for in products, services, and technologies over the next 10 to 15 years. This is the conclusion of a new study from the [...]

Internet: Make the web a safer place and provide firewall data

With more and more people using ADSL broadband and always on Internet connections, we believe it might be time for a little reminder. Support the SANS Internet Storm Center and provide firewall logs to the DShield database.

The Internet Storm Center (ISC) is an initiative of the SANS Institute, one of the most reputable computer [...]

Clean Energy: HiPER a future energy source?

After two years intensive work involving over 1000 top-level scientists, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has published on Thursday 19 October the roadmap outlining 35 opportunities for major science facilities over the next 20 years.
The HiPER laser project has been included in the list as a key opportunity to demonstrate a [...]

Electronic Paper: One step closer with Plastic Logic’s new display

UK based Plastic Logic today announced its latest 150dpi flexible display technology. It is demonstrating it this week during the Plastic Electronics conference in Frankfurt, Germany.

Electronic Paper displays are displays with paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption, and are thin and flexible together with being much lighter compared to today’s screens. They [...]

Test your food before you eat it

Another piece of future-ware shown at the 2006 designboom / BUESSEL competition. David Tsai, the designer of the so called “Nutrinator” imagines its use in assessing and tracking food content to allows for more conscious and careful food consumption.…Are there peanuts in it? Is there MSG? How many calories is this meal? Nutrinator will [...]

Cutting Board with Integrated Scale

Cut and measure ingredients with the same tool = one dish less to clean and less time spent. Sounds good but so far its only a design prototype.
The cutting scale was designed by Jim Termeer and Jess Giffin. It won the 3rd price at the 2006 designboom / BUESSEL design competition. The two designers [...]

Philips Research: Cloths show emotions and T-shirts are glowing

In the last weeks Philips has shown impressive new technology and applications from their Research and Design centers.
Lumalive
integrates LEDs into normal wearable fabrics without compromising the softness or flexibility of the cloth.
Cloth that light up the emotions of the wearerThis application has been demonstrated with a series of cloths that express the emotions and [...]