seiko’s “active Matrix” – the Most futuristic watch to date.


Seiko’s been doing the whole E-Ink wristwatch thing for years now, but the vast majority of ’em could really only be viewed when looking directly down onto the so-called dial. The appropriately named “Future Now” EPD watch aims to change all that, with an “active matrix” E-Ink display that allows for the same 180 degrees of visibility that you’ve come to expect in the average LCD panel. The all-black watch made its debut at Basel World 2010, boasting a grand total of 80,000 pixels, each of which are capable of displaying four shades of grey. Seiko’s also trumpeting the achievements in power reduction, though we aren’t informed of exactly how long this thing can shuffle minutes away before needing a recharge. Either way, I couldn’t be more anxious to see this gem hit store shelves — hop on past the break for a quick look at exactly what we mean.

SKIP TO 3:28 for the e-ink!!

The Pc That Also Cooks Your Food

Computers come in many different flavors, but apparently that isn’t enough for everybody, and so to spice up the case modding a bit, this FIFA 10 PC case mod featured at the German Case Modding Championship has integrated a BBQ grill. Featuring Intel Core 2 Duo, motherboard socket 775, an ASUS ATI 4870 Grafkkarte with 1024MB RAM, a 4GB Corsair TwinX RAM, a 1000MB hard drive, a DVD burner, along with a mouse, keyboard and Windows Vista Home, this FIFA 10 PC case mod is sure make the anticipation reach an almost unbearable level before we get to see the real action in South Africa.

The Blackberry 9700 in WHITE

Folks who are bored of BlackBerry devices being black might have another alternative soon, instead of going to Colorware of course. The Thai version of RIM’s site has put up a picture of a white colored Bold 9700. Is customization important to you, and would a white colored BlackBerry Bold 9700 pique your interest? While the white version doesn’t look as serious as the default black, you can be sure that many professionals will pick up the white device when it’s launched.

First Look At The New G-Shock GA-100

And so it returns, this time with cool new colours…

By the end of February we saw the new proposals of G-Shock for this month with some beautiful color variants of GA-100 and switched its variant GA-110, the two hybrid analog / digital design inspired by the classic DW-5900 1990. Casio has recently added these two new colors for the GA-110 which should be available towards the end of March of the best retailers G-Shock.

Mobile Special: The Samsung Projector Phone

Wearable Mobile Device For Enhanced Chatting
A new wearable device that anyone can communicate with that is easier and lighter in mobile circumstances corresponding to the 3.5G, 4G communication standard. Human hand is the most basic communication method. For easier and simpler controls, it uses the instinctive input method “finger joint”. Excluding the thumb, each finger joint makes up twelve buttons, with “the knuckle button”, using the cell phone’s 3X4 keypad, likely being the most popular input method.

Designer: Sunman Kwon

Mobile Special: The Soft Phone

Imagine a phone made from cotton. Soft, pliable, and light yet never compromising on power or performance. The Soft Phone concept by designer Qian Jiang takes what we know about electronic cellulose structures and squeezes every last ounce of performance out of it, literally!

It’s a series of discs with electronic fabric stretched in between. The interface uses a combination of tactile gestures like squeezing to hang-up and touch which detects a deformation on the surface to register input. The fibers are fine enough and optically clear allowing light energy to pass thru to display simple contextual menus. Whenever you need a full QWERTY just unfurl the collapsible structure. The cell antenna, battery, camera, and micro electronics are contained inside a tiny clip which itself is made of soft, squeezable, stress-reducing silica.

One thing this phone concept did do away with is a receiver because didn’t you know people in the future only use hands-free wireless technologies? Pffft!

Designer: Qian Jiang

Glow In The Dark Money

You can be a dork at times and hand out the wrong currency notes, especially in a dim lit cab. Don’t expect anyone to rectify your mistakes…your loss is another man’s gain! Tough luck and be careful till the agencies get the heads up on inventions like the Luminous Paper Money. Notes that emit a soft glow, just enough to ensure you hand out the correct note; nothing more nothing less.