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And you thought gadgets
were only for the kitchen:
The Future
Brian Neale, IT Manager, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Roger Skalbeck, Systems Librarian, George Mason University
Susan Skyzinski, Senior Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
Barbara Fullerton, Manager of Librarian Relations, 10-K Wizard
MicroMedia E-Paper
• Electronic paper
• Snapshot-sized display
music, images, movies
• Nanotechnology
• Waffer-thin
• Battery is a replaceable
Power Sticker
• Sound adjustment
• Data transfers take over a
built-in high-speed
wireless connection
• Coming 2015 from Lunar
Design
• Price: $35 per pack of 10
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http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/06/
idea2005/source/80.htm
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Microsoft D-Sharp
• Wrap around monitor
• 11” tall x 44” wide
• Curved in a gentle arc to
avoid distortion
• Immersive
• Early tests show 9% - 50%
productivity increases
• Women improved 2x over
small displays
• 30% less mouse movement
http://research.microsoft.com/users/marycz/Interact2003productivityfinal.pdf
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Laptop with Detachable Screen
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Toshiba
Wireless protocol
Display: 0.7 inches thick (0.4)
Weight: 1.2 lbs (10-14 ozs.)
Battery life -1 hour (3-4 hours)
Timeline – ~ 2 years
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$100 Laptop Computer
• Designed by MIT’s
Media Lab
• Hand-cranked power
• Wireless broadband
• AMD Processors;
Red Hat Software
• First 5 million to be
shipped to China, Brazil,
India, Argentina, Egypt,
Nigeria and Thailand by
end of the year
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Cell Phone Jammers
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SH066P
CX-200
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Jam phones surrounding you
Illegal in U.S.
Up to 50 feet
Works on worldwide
networks
Expensive
Illegal in U.S.
Buy Indoor/Outdoor modules
Price: SH066 $260; CX- 200
$71
Available UK, Japan
http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/Personal.htm
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?u=http://www.rakuten.co.jp/osamanoidea/100060/289222/
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Batman Utility Belt or ManBag?
• Gadgets to carry are on the rise!
Blackberry, cell phone, iPod…
• 32%* get everything into their pocket
• 4%* prefer the utility belt approach
• 66%* required to carry mobile device
for work
• 73%* believe greater use of mobile
devices has improved their work-life
balance
• 12%* want converged devices
• 75%** carry at least 3 gadgets
• 8%** carry 5 or more!
http://www.manbag.com/ product-AXIBLE.htm
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Sources: *Damovo; ** Silicon.com
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Origami DVD Player
• Manufactured with new epaper, a full color, fully
flexible display technology
• Screen folds into it’s case
• Includes integrated
speakers
• Development by Mag-Ink in
Israel.
• Idea Awards Bronze Winner
in 2005 for Design
Explorations
http://www.inventables.com
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USB Wedding Bands
• USB integrates
into your (life)style
• More than just
data coupling!
• USB bracelets
already available
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Digismart
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Turns handhelds into projectors
Uses wide-angle lense
Resolution 640 x480 pixels
Detailed 11” x 17” images within
a 3 feet distance
• Devices include: Cell phones,
PDAs, GPS, Gaming, Laptops,
MP4 players
• Connects via Wi-Fi
• Coming: Dec. 2006; Cost $330
http://www.digislide.com.au/consumer/digismart.htm
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Geographic Search via Phone
http://www.geovector.com
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• Information from the internet about
whatever you are pointing the phone at.
(Hotel, Restaurant, Monument)
• Special Cell phone
• GPS satellite technology
• Combination compass, GPS &
binoculars – point at navigational
landmark and identify it
• Currently, descriptive info and
advertisements for 700,000 locations in
Japan
• Location based tourism info, advertising,
yellow pages, functions for locating
friends
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Global Phone
• Vanu –
• Software Defined Radio technology
• One handset that operates on any
cellular network anywhere
• Time line - ~ 5 years
http://vanu.com/technology/handheld.html
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Future Phone/PDA/MP3
Device
• 60 GB MP3 player
– Sync w/ iTunes and Windows Media Player
– User-editable MP3 ringtones
– Supports WMA, AAC & five other file formats
• Wireless Internet (without minutes)
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• OS Options: Windows, Palm, Opera
• Availability: Maybe never??
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TRIVIA
The Soundabout was the original name used
to market this device that was first introduced
in 1979….
Sony Walkman portable personal
stereo player
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E-ink
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Smart Pixels
Ink in Motion
Uses ultra-low power
Easily read under any
lighting condition
• Viewer experiences
reading from paper, while
having power of
updatable information
• Example: SONY LIBRIé,
launched in April 2004 in
Japan, electronic reader
utilizing an E Ink®
http://www.eink.com
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EyeMove PC
• All-in-one Oval shaped PC
with built-in HD Projector
• Wireless Touchscreen MultiController
– Keyboard/mouse
– Gaming
– Multimedia
• PC, Games, Movies,
Multimedia anywhere
http://www.yankodesign.com
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Holographic storage: the 500GB
business card
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InPhase Technologies – spinoff from Bell Labs
Laser beam split by mirror
Data encoded in beams of light & in 3-D
Data density incredibly high
Recording medium – stable, fast to read to and write
from, and inexpensive
• 2006 Red Herring 100 North America award
• Timeline – 300GB - later this year
- 800GB - 2008
http://www.inphase-technologies.com
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Belkin Wireless USB Hub
• Wireless connectivity
for up to 4 USB
peripherals
• PC isn’t tethered to
printer
camera dock, etc.
• Price: $130
• Release date: July 2006
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IMOD
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A new world of display innovation: vivid and realistic display images
Ultra-low power consumption with extended battery life
Superior viewability in all lighting conditions & bright sunlight
Enhanced readability, reduced eye fatigue
Robust functionality, virtually unaffected by environment and &
temperatures
• Reflective flat panel color display
• For applications such as wireless phones, handheld devices & GPS
units
• Currently in development
http://www.qualcomm.com/qmt/
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Transparent Toaster
• Greatest thing since sliced
bread?
• Uses special heating glass
to warm a single slice of
bread
• Monitor your toast so it
doesn’t get over done.
• Currently doesn’t get hot
enough to toast bread
• In development
http://www.inventables.com
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Fresh Watch
• Packaging that changes
color when food spoils
http://www.inventables.com
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Transparent OLED Pixel
Technology
• “Minority Report” and “Back to the Future II”
• Oregon State University/ Hewlett Packard
• Technology University of Braunschweig
• Surgeons
• Car windshields
• Timeline - ~ 2 – 5 years
http://www.universaldisplay.com/toled.htm
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TRIVIA
What year did Apple introduce the first iPod?
2001
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Voice Recognition TV
http://www.tvvoice.com/
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• Allows consumers to search &
receive information about
broadcast & on-demand
programs, shows, music & games
• Personalization module retains
individual caller data &
preferences
• Allows caller to purchase CDs,
videos, & DVDs with single call
• Access for the visually impaired
• Convenient "anytime-anywhere"
voice access through automated
speech recognition
• Natural language user interface
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I.C. Can
Self Refrigerating Beer Can
http://www.tempratech.com
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• Manufactured by Tempra
Technologies and Crown Holdings
• Reduces contents temperature by
a minimum of 30 degrees F. in 3
minutes
• 100% natural and environmentally
safe
• All natural desiccant contained in a
vacuum draws heat from the
beverage through an evaporator
into an insulated heat sink
• Moving towards mass production
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World’s smallest LED
projector
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Sony
3 transmissive LCDs and 1 prism
Distance between LEDs and display devices reduced
Brightness reaches 50 lm
• Timeline - ?
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/14/sony-unveils-worlds-smallest-led-projector/
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Availabot
• USB figure that stands
up when an IM friend
comes online
• Still in design
phase
• No release date or price set
• www.availabot.com
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Nokia Open Cell Phone
• Sci-fi fans: Japanese folding
fan
• Uses an as-yet-nonexistent
flexible LCD color
touchscreen
• Scrollable screen
• Designed by Hugo Danti
• Won first place in the Nokia
4G Design Competition
• Possiblity: Invention of
E-Ink
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/design-concept-nokia-open-cellphone-181989.php
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Heliodisplay M2I
• Produced by IO2 Technology
• 30 inch display area
• Free-space floating display of
images and video
• Works with most sources
http://www.tempratech.com
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TRIVIA
Computer common storage size measurement has
progressed from
Bytes to
Kilobytes to
Megabtytes to
Gigabytes.
What’s the name of the next major unit of data
storage size?
Terabytes
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E-Rope Modular Powerstrip
• Modular, expandable
power strip
• Each socket can be
rotated 180 degrees
• When devices are not
in use, twist socket 90 degrees
to disconnect flow of electricity
• Availability: unknown
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Full-Featured Camera
• Includes buttons for:
beer, gin, jobs, money
• “Pee break”
LED sensor
• “Call Spock”
signaler
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MIT Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies
http://web.mit.edu/ISN/
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• Founded in March 2002 by a $50
million contract from the U.S. Army
• Mission is to use nanotechnology
for:
– sleek, lightweight battlesuits
– leap tall buildings with bionics
– find wounds and seal them on
the spot
– helmet will have radio & night
vision gear, GPS, target
illuminator, tactical dropdown
eyewear, and will convey data,
video and audio feeds for “a 3D
picture of the battlefield”
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On-Target Video Game Urinal
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Pressure sensitive display in back
Interactive game activated when used
Score points by hitting moving targets on screen.
Sound and video
Reduced size of the “target” improves restroom
hygiene
http://www.yankodesign.com
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Voice-Trek G-10 recorder
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Olympus
USB jack
Memory – 256MB
69 hours audio recording
Records to Windows media audio
format (WMA)
• Playback – WMA and MP3 files
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/olympus-voice-trek-g10-181660.php
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Blu-Ray v. HD-DVD
• Potential format battle
• HD DVD: supported by Toshiba, Intel, and Microsoft 
add-on HD DVD player for Xbox 360 console this fall
• Blu-ray: supported by Samsung, Pioneer, and Sony 
Blu-ray drive for PlayStation 3 game system, avail this
fall
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Philips S900
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MP3 Player
2 Megapixel camera
Touch Screen!
10 MB of onboard memory
Handy handwritten text input
feature
• USB, Infrared & Bluetooth
• Pricing and availability: TBA
http://www.philips.co.kr/index.html
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Invisio Q7
• Bluetooth headset for cell phones
• Uses Bone Conduction technology
• Solves problem of being drowned
out by wind, crowds etc.
• No microphone, converts skull
vibrations to sounds
• Fits inside ear without need for clip
• Availability: end of 2006 exclusively
at Radio Shack
$199
http://blog.scifi.com/tech/
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Mental Typewriter
• Fraunhofer Institute for Computer
Architecture and Software
Technology in Berlin.
• 128 electrodes placed on the
scalp translate thoughts into
cursor movements on a computer
screen
• 5 to 10 minutes to write a typical
sentence
• Difficult to place electrodes on the
skull - an hour to place all 128 in
just the right spot
• The software learns with user
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http://www.gizmag.com/go/5356/
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NETGEAR Skype WiFi Phone
• Phone for use with Skype
Internet-basaed phone service
• Make calls using any WiFi
connection
• Pre-order on Amazon
• Availability: (maybe) July ’06
• Price: $300
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Mio 269 GPS Navigator
• No installation or monthly fees
is required
• Sleek, smooth, flat body and
fully integrated GPS
• Large color screen with a
2.5GB hard drive
• POIs
• Includes Microsoft Windows OS
• Touchscreen & buttons
• 500MB MP3 player (8 hours)
• For the car, walking, cycling or
motorbiking
• 4.5 hours on battery
• Now available: $460
http://www.miogps.com/press_05022102.htm
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BenQ Trio Writer BW1000
• Blu-Ray writer for PC
• 3 laser formats to accommodate
CD, DVD, Blu-Ray
• 25 GB on single layer
50 GB on dual layer
• 2 hours of HD content
13 hours of standard definition
• Equivalent of 5 DVDs on one
disk
• Solid Burn, Write Right
1x- Dual layer
http://www.benq.com/products/Storage/• 2x – BD-R/-RE
12x – DVD+R/-R
?product=825
32x – CD-R
• Price: $1,025 Aug 2006
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GPP2
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Mobile phone
Portable mini projector
15” projection
External power source to boost brightness
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100 Megapixel Chip
(Camera?)
• DALSA Semiconductor
made a 100 megapixel chip
• Measures 4”x4”
• NASA's JPL chose DALSA
for image sensors on Mars
Rovers
• Also noted: Hasselblad
already has a 39 megapixel
camera
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5770/
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VirtuSphere
• Navigate a virtual world with
regular movements
• Wireless headset, senses 360
degree movement
• Floor moves so it matches
movements 1 for 1
• “Ultimate gaming peripheral”
• Applications for training –
firefighters, military, etc.
• Treadmill alternative
• 8 ½ ft diameter, under 500lbs,
ABS plastic
• 32 pieces assemble in 4 hrs.
http://www.virtusphere.net/product.htm
• Price: 50K- 100K
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THE END
That’s all folks!