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Concept design: CUTTING SCALE

CUTTING SCALE is a concept for a cutting board that has an integrated scale within a defined area on it's surface.

嗯，有Subtle的味道嗎？

GPS for your pet

若要說GPS的應用總是需要和使用者發生緊密的關係，那麼對於這產品你一定完全不會覺得奇怪，甚至會很想買GPS項圈來裝在家中心愛的寵物身上。GPS除了引路、幫你找回小孩或年邁雙親外，一樣也可以讓你知道新愛寵物的位置。不過感應範圍只有一英里(1 Mile)，不過你可以設定距離讓寵物遠離一定距離後就發出警報通知你，而GPS接收器置入寵物的頸鍊中，一個接受器可以同時追蹤三個GPS項圈

GPS接收器售價：459美金
GPS頸圈：149美金

Philips reveals electronic multi-touch tabletop gaming platform: "Entertaible"

Images & text source from Philips

Entertaible is based on revolutionary new technologies enabling simultaneous multi-user interaction, object detection and recognition.

Entertaible uses proprietary digital shape recognition and multi-touch sensing (patent pending) to interpret the moves of several players simultaneously. This generates a highly interactive, intense gaming experience where speed and clever tactics are essential to win. The simultaneous tracking encourages players to make their moves in real-time by dispensing with the need to wait for their turn, and allows participants – with practice - to plan moves in advance and react immediately to the actions of the other players. The use of physical objects like pawns and bats to directly manipulate the virtual world enhances the sense of magic.

The platform supports products for social gaming as well as for other markets like infotainment services and educational applications in both the professional as well as the consumer domain. Philips Entertaible is initially targeting social gaming away from home in locations such as pubs, bars, hotels or restaurants and plans pilot testing at several partner locations in Q4 2006.

Philips Light Emitting shirts

Philips integrating LEDs into fabrics

HP LP3065：30吋螢幕生力軍

和Apple與Dell相同的2560x1600解析度，一樣需要兩個DVI-D接頭來滿足螢幕高解析度的需求，由於採用新的CCFL背光源，因此能顯示約92%的色域值，亮度為300 nits，對比則是1000:1，反應時間為8毫秒，而垂直與水平可視角度皆為178度。不過這款螢幕只有DVI輸入，並且可以預見未來這類大尺寸螢幕似乎都會加上HDCP的內容保護機制了。因此也沒有色差端子、S端子、 D-Sub等類比端子的接孔。
預計11月開始發售，暫定價為1999美金以下，嗯，而且等到真正發售時還會再降一些，因為接近七萬的售價真的有點貴，三十吋的螢幕我心目中的理想價格應該不要超過五萬的(先不管合乎面板廠成本與否)。

而且以後這類大螢幕的限制又是一堆，要用大螢幕還要使用雙DVI接頭的顯卡來推，應該會降低很多人購買的慾望吧。不過有需求的還是會買，不然怎麼看Apple的Aperture名人見證廣告中，各個名家攝影師都是拿23吋或30吋的雙螢幕在那邊指來指去的，專業真是可怕的錢坑啊。

Ant Life Studio

Ant Life Studio


Bandai預計於11月推出的養螞蟻遊戲裝置，有點類似電子寵物(Tamagotchi)的概念。我唯一的批評是螞蟻的造型上似乎做得不夠可愛，或是不夠真實。感覺上有抓到微型生態系的樂趣，但是又少了點有趣的味道。

嗯，還是等看看有沒有下一代好了。