This week I'm blogging about new 2009 technology. My mom always warned me not to ride a motorcycle, but what about a motorized unicycle?(This image is from spectrum.mit.edu) I wonder if this is using gyroscopes similar to the ones used in modern steady-cams for films?
This is a new guitar pick that just came out. It's supposed to bring out much more tone from your strings and not slip out of your hand when it's sweaty. I'll believe it when I see it. I can just imagine dropping this see-through guitar pick and searching for it onstage."Where did it go?" Guitar picks are hard enough to keep track of as it is. Music is one of the main reasons I'm studying film and digital media.
This graph is mildly amusing. It's from a site called bhc3.wordpress.com , where I was reading about how to tell if a tweet is spam. Anyway, this graph is a "hype chart " of this year's new technologies.
At some point I realized that it's way easier to hash out my ideas on paper than while experimenting with new software I can barely control. This first light resembles a garden-hose sized rope of neon surrounding the room where the walls meet the ceiling. The twin dimmer knobs change color and intensity of light.
These lights occupy the space where a cobweb would normally be. Rather than the jagged angles of a corner you have smooth, contoured curves illuminated in a triangle shape, bringing light into the room in a beautiful way.
This light takes the shape of the entire ceiling itself, and can be created by using either charged phosphorescent paper or roll-out wallpaper LED technology. Lean way back and relax because the LED version doubles as a planetarium style TV screen.
These underarm incandescent fabric lights are powered by the static electricity generated during your everyday walking around. About the size of a knee-patch, they each shine comparable Lumens to a standard medium sized flashlight.
