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When you picture the future of furniture, what comes to mind? Maybe bold colors and art nouvae design. Whatever the future looks like, what will be more important is what’s hidden from view.

Intelligent furniture, that is furniture with built-in electronics capabilities, is becoming more and more popular as home electronics become sleeker, smaller, and easier to integrate. One of these is the MECO, or MediaCore, a home entertainment mecca of sorts, consolidating your PC, DVD player, TiVo, digital ...

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The keyboard: a basic necessity for the computing world, and the main way in which we control our electronic devices. From cell phones to the keypads we call remotes, perhaps even one day to our automobiles, the keyboard is an essential in the electronic world, and thanks to Art Lebedev Studio’s the keyboard has taken a very futuristic turn. 
The Optimus Maximus keyboard ...
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U.S. patent application number 20080319910. Behind those digits lies a potential future of owning a Personal Computer. A patent applied for by the Microsoft Corporation, published on Christmas Day, reveals the details for a pay as you go-approach to owning a computer with the the initial unit coming at little to no cost to the consumer. But in the world of uber-affordable Netbooks and the growing popularity of ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ smartphones, is the idea of quasi-coin-operated computer going to fly?

In ...

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At this year's DEMO conference on emerging technology, Plastic Logic introduced what TGDaily.com called "Plastic Logic's Kindle killer." Called, by Plastic Logic employees, "The Plastic Logic Reader," the device, on its surface, does indeed seem to be a destroyer of Amazon.com-created, handheld, e-book readers. First things, first. The device itself, is much bigger than the Kindle. The screen is the same size as a sheet of printer paper--8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. Said screen is also a touchscreen for easier use than ...
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Nokia's new Jeppe teleconferencing device meets requirements you probably didn't even know you had. What can Jeppe do? Jeppe covers all of your basic tele-conferencing needs--it allows people in two locations to talk, hands-free. But here is where it gets interesting... What happens if one person in one of those locations needs to get up to, say, wash the dishes in the middle of the conference? Don't laugh! In the video after the jump, you'll see that such a scenario is demonstrated (despite being highly unlikely)! So, let's say you have to ...
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Back in April, we profiled a SATA hard disk drive dock from Brando that not only allowed you to easily access any old internal SATA drives you had laying around but allowed you to do it via USB. It may not sound like much, but it meant that your laptop could quickly connect to your old drives, too (not just your desktop). The other nice thing was that this SATA HDD dock also came with a four-port USB hub built-in. What ...
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How many times have you thought to yourself how great it would be if you had some spare oxygen in a bag? Perhaps you found yourself in a room of smokers or at the top of a tall mountain (or both?) and thought to yourself: "Gosh, my brain cells sure could use some of the good stuff!" Well, Ymup, a Japanese company has developed technology that will allow you to have just that, in the form of the oxygen-generating (oxygenerating?) Oxycool 32--a somewhat diminutive little box that can sit on a desk, countertop, or just about anywhere else. The device, itself, is small ...
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Bookworms rejoice! Finally a gadget to keep all of your favorite volumes in the palm of your hand. The Amazon Kindle is just one of a number of new e-book readers on the market. At about 10.3 oz, the Kindle is made specifically for the purpose of downloading and reading e-books, electronic versions of the traditional cover-to-cover models adorning bookstore shelves. What’s even better is an e-book sells for a fraction of the price. The idea of the e-book is similar to that ...
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So we all know by now that the future, while being populated by obedient robotic dogs and edible plates, will undoubtedly be defined by touchscreens. Apple figured this out quite early on and has made it somewhat of a phenomenon. And then there’s this HP Touchsmart line of PC’s designed around touch-tracking technology which re-imagines the navigation of a home computer. The latest rendition in the line is the IQ506, which ups the ante considerably over previous installations and makes a strong argument for welcoming this ‘touching’ device into your home. The Touchsmart ...
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If you are sick of having your external PC devices look like, well, devices, you just might want to check out Sarotech's Wizplatz W-31 external hard drives. Sure, there is Western Digital's line of My Book external drives, but those are not going to pass for anything but nicely designed plastic cases. That's not to say the Wizplat W-31 will pass for a real book, either. However, it's quite a bit closer to resembling the real thing. Just have a look at that picture. They have more of the visual bells and whistles you find on actual books. The different ...
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