Light Touch projector makes any surface a touchscreen A previously little-known company from the UK called Light Blue Optics has demoed a projector at CES which allows users to interact with the light image as if it were a touchscreen. The Light Touch throws a 10-inch image at WVGA resolution at incredibly short distances thanks to the holographic projection technology involved. At the same time the infra-red touch sensitive system allows users to interact with social networks, multimedia sharing and any other applications that can use the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth support in the device to connect to the Internet. It comes with 2GB of onboard flash memory, a microSD card slot for expanding the storage and the battery life will last 2 hours. UPDATE: Two years on and although Light Blue Optics doesn't seem to have come up with the goods, others have. - Prodigy projection keyboard iPhone case turns any surface into a keyboard
Microscopic Solar Cells Could See More Sunlight Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have shrunk silicon solar cells down to the micro scale, opening new possibilities for improved efficiency. Multi-crystalline silicon, currently the gold standard for solar-cell efficiency, is expensive and produces cells that are heavy and brittle. Sandia’s microscopic silicon solar cells use 100 times less material while operating with the same efficiency. In addition to lower materials costs, the smaller scale of these cells means they could be incorporated into compact optical systems for cheaper light-tracking and concentration. “In microsystems, you’re looking for things that become cheaper, perform better, and gain new functionalities,” says Gregory Nielson, head scientist on the project. So far, the Sandia researchers have assembled and tested a single micro solar cell as proof of principle. Sandia’s cells are between 0.25 and one millimeter in diameter.
Helios 700W lighting by Christian Stapelbroek One Light to Rule Them All One billion events, millions of lighting experts. That’s what happens. When you’ve got an event that needs lighting, you see a specialist. This light is made for events, but it’s not too much of a stretch to think you could use it for other things, like radical two-person disco parties, or that kittie-rave you’ve always had planned. It’s a moving head light sliced down to the minimum weight, size, and price. Designer: Christian Stapelbroek Create a 60′s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to create a retro 1960s psychedelic concert poster. This tutorial relies heavily on the use of the Warp Tool, but includes a few other techniques as well. Let's get started. Create a new document with a poster-like size ratio. Visualize how you want the document to be laid out and draw some rough guides with the Brush Tool (B) on a new layer called "guides". I drew several different compartments that will each contain a different piece of text and one that will contain an image. Make a solid color adjustment layer and fill it with a deep purple. Now to set the first bit of text. Go Edit>Transform>Warp and warp the text to fit the compartment. Now let's go back in and change the color on some of this text. Many of these old posters were screen printed. The thing that is really going to make this look good and realistic is some texture. Now let's move on to our image that will fill the rest of the poster. Now, let's get back to the poster.
The Light Bulb Effect - Bulb Candles by Helbert Ferreira & Remi Melander - SYSTEM DESIGN STUDIO ? Yanko Design The Light Bulb Effect Let me put on my monocle and tell you a story. You see long ago before Swan or Edison invented the lightbulb, people used candles. When lightbulbs became the norm, the candle went the way of the wind. Designers: Helbert Ferreira, Remi Melander – SYSTEM DESIGN STUDIO Design a High Impact Gig Poster Suitable for Screen-Printing Screen-prints are a great way to exhibit artworks or advertise a gig. Creating a high impact poster suitable for the screen-printing process can be achieved relatively easily. In this instance, we're going for a stylized and coarse effect, rather than a photo-realistic halftone interpretation of a design. So let's create a 3-color design that looks great on screen, printed from your home printer, or screen-printed using the silk-screen printing method. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created a video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 For this tutorial, set up an A4 canvas at 300dpi. Step 2 Download then open this image of a girl. Step 3 Select the Burn Tool from the Tools palette, then set the Range to Shadows and the Exposure to 9%. Step 4 Use a smaller brush to burn in smaller details, in this case her chest area. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11  
Rotary Peeler by Damian Evans for Joseph Joseph ? Yanko Design Peeling With Three Variations There is a reason why potato peelers come with brown handles; to blend in with the peels, so that you accidentally throw it out with the trash and replace it with a new one. With a sophisticated peeler like this Rotary Peeler, I doubt any such accidents will happen. Not only is it designed really simple, it’s got functionality multiplied 4 times! How? Well for starters it’s got three different blade options for peeling (one for potatoes, a serrated one for soft fruits and veggies and a third to cut uber-smooth juliennes), and a potato-eye weeder. Designer: Damian Evans for Joseph Joseph
iHi: # 1: The Great Committee Earth, we are loosing the space race because we are not allocating our assets for the single purpose of advancement. In order to advance Earth to its fullest potential there can not be the mentally that each's own pursuits shall be for the purpose of self fulfillment. Earth as a whole provides only a limited amount of resources. These resources need to be assessed very carefully because they are extremely limited and could be used much more efficiently if they weren't consumed with complete ignorance of their value. After the resources are assessed, that data can be used as a munitions list before any changes to the structure have been made. "Human obedience to the purpose of The Great Committee is universal due to a passed down faith in methodical reincarnation" "All is born with equal purpose, to fulfill the Great Committee" Technologically the advancement will be extreme and with it The Great Committee will advance and become more intelligent at an extreme rate. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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