The ‘pantone 5 107SH’ android phone by sharp electronics for Japanese carrier softbank not only features an array of eight colours but it is also the first phone to include a built-in radiation detector. The waterproof and dust-proof smartphone has a 3.7-inch screen, 4-megapixel rear and 0.3-megapixel front cameras, as well as a digital TV tuner, NFC payment ability, and an …

Google has its sights set on a new way of experiencing and interacting with the world. The multifaceted enterprise that has already dipped its feet into social networking, web browsing, and mobile technology has a new undertaking called Project Glass. In its simplest form, the project presents a futuristic fashion statement, but it ultimately represents a …

Nokia has filed for a patent of the world’s first vibrating tattoo. Taking haptic feedback — the technology behind vibrations when you touch your phone — to a new level, the company is embedding haptics into temporary and permanent tattoos.  The tattoos, consisting of ferromagnetic inks, can vibrate depending on the signal your phone sends. …

Bringing the company’s powerful online presence into the physical world, ‘paypal here‘ has just been released by paypal as a global mobile payment solutions, permitting clients to use their credit cards, checks, or paypal accounts to pay for services even at establishments without credit card readers. The system requires only the insertion of a small card-reader, designed …

STAY ALIVE IN 25! >> GROUP 3 >> CONNECT WITH TECHNOLOGY! Frederick Janssen, Koen Rubingh and Jorge Coffie also believe technology and social media will play a large role in how our future will develop. They are worried that while people have to struggle more and more to make their ends meet, people might get …

 STAY ALIVE IN 25 PROJECT >>GROUP 2 >> UNPLUG YOURSELF Sanne Verhoeven, Sanne Visser en Boaz Souhuwat  are second year students of the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. The Sanne’s and Boaz believe that technology is driving people apart and keeps us away from the social physical interaction that makes our lives so much more worth …

In the Korean online store Connect design they offer a phonecase which you can costumize yourself by ‘neostitching’. The case will be delivered with needles, thread and several fun and cool patterns. But off course you can also design your own pattern. Love the way this concept combines modern gadgets with old fashioned crafting and …

Nokia Research Labs has created a magnetic ring called Nenya, which can control your cellphone as you twist it on your finger. The ring looks like a standard piece of jewellery, but is actually a strong magnet. Moving the ring causes changes in the surround magnetic field, which are picked up by a bracelet worn …

Recently I had a pretty emotional experience, I thought my laptop had died. It was terrible, and I felt horrible about myself because I found it so terrible! I mean,it’s just a machine, why this dramatic feeling? After getting all the parts out of the laptop, cleaning them and putting them back, my laptop worked …