IRIS

Mimi Zou's IRIS is a biometrics enabled camera controlled by your eye. It understands who you are by looking at your iris signature, and lets you capture exactly what you see by tracking your eye.
http://www.dezeen.com/2012/06/21/iris-by-mimi-zou-at-show-rca-2012/

Proaesthetics
Back braces as representative skins

This is the first inspirational publication that present disability artifacts in a new light.
It is a bridge between user and producer aiming to open their eyes to the possibilities and new values that these vital body accessories can bestow upon the user.
Here disability aids become a stage to discuss, understand and cope with disability, illness and human frailty.

Back braces are the first representatives of bodily differences; molded and tailor-made around the body they are a cumbersome second skin.
They are reinterpreted with the aim of transforming them into objects of desire and representative skins.

http://lanzavecchia-wai.com/projects/proaesthetics-back-braces/

 

Compression Suit For Horses

 

For the same reasons athletes need compression leggings, the inventors say. Called Hidez, these suits “are specifically engineered garments [made with] fabric cut in specific ways, then sewn together and strategically placed around the garment to focus in on certain muscle groups.”

According to the inventors, the suit “enhances blood flow and oxygen availability to animal’s muscles and speeds up the removal of waste products—like lactic acids and carbon dioxide—for vital blood supplies.” They say that this helps to “recover injuries faster, help prevent injuries by maintaining muscle temperature and it reduces muscle fatigue and by flushing out bad blood it reduces delayed onset muscle soreness.”

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/what-the-fck-is-this-full-body-horse-suit-from-hell/

New Wacom Inkling

 

The whole idea of the device is to record what you draw so that you can import it into image editing programs later, either as a bitmap or (more excitingly) as a vector image. It keeps a track of every stroke, in the order you made them, and records how hard you were pressing on the pen, so the recorded lines vary in thickness with pressure.

http://inkling.wacom.eu/pages/Inkling--en-what_is_inkling-in_three_steps.html

A new Exoskeleton

http://www.aol.com/video/bionic-woman/1235771698001/

The upper front portion of the exoskeleton that supports the back looks like an Aspen 456 design....

Sonicare Charging Glass and USB Case

When i wake up to an email that is like “Charging Glass? USB? I kind of want it.” and the link goes to a TOOTHBRUSH. I pop up in bed to pay attention. Sonicare’s new DiamondClean USB 5 mode rechargeable sonic toothbrush… beyond on the minor tweaks here and there that improve on my brushing… let’s talk accessories. How will any normal CUP compare to this magical charging GLASS? That yes, you can also use like a glass to rinse with. But more importantly, it looks nicer on your sink than having that charger for it to dock in to! More natural. What a nice user experience shift… also while on the go (or at your desk, or in your car, or when you forget your charger and just let it share with your ipad, etc) USB charging travel case! So its the accessories, and the laughable product shots with models that have me half awake and curious about this new toothbrush… or dreaming about how to convert my charger into a glass… see more pics on the next page!

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2011/08/sonicare-charging-glass-and-us.php

Peek Inside the Lamborghini Factory

SANT'AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy — Not long ago, the phrase "Lamborghini quality" was as laughable as the phrase "monogamous Berlusconi."

The Italian automaker founded in 1963 by feisty Ferrari hater Ferruccio Lamborghini built a long line of swoopy exotics that demanded passionate, dedicated drivers — with an equally passionate and dedicated mechanic on speed dial. Several ownership changes over the years, including an ill-fated union with Chrysler in the 1980s didn't help the cause. Lamborghinis inspired lust, but consistency of build and reliability proved elusive.

Until the Germans got involved.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/08/peek-inside-the-lamborghini-factory-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredautopia+%28Blog+-+Autopia%29&pid=1148