Q's Mind: Advancement of Technology

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Lets start with the OLDEST first... Was clearing some old stuff and found this in my cupboard! SONY WALKMAN! Can you still remember those days when those people who are so "IN", they went jogging carrying these brick? (Omg) I believe I dun need to show you how small MP3 players are these days...

Babies / Microwave oven

Yes, babies are created by humans... so are Microwave ovens... err.. the point I am driving at is: Can someone make a microwave oven BIG enough to stuff a baby in? Please? I can't close the door!

Dogs / Cars

Mens' Best Friend... which one? The dog of course! Cars are Mens' Wives (yea, the more the merrier, but usually can afford one only; and once you got them, maintaining them is such a hassle).

Big dogs need exercise, so you need to walk them often. And when the weather gets too cold or you get too lazy, you thank your wife for making your life easier, and keeping you warm inside...

Lets hope the car-owner below didn't forget about his dog leashed behind and drove home too fast... or he/she will find a fat trail of blood along the road behind...

- photo from dannychoo's

Car Safety

Came across this picture on dannychoo's... which will you choose for you Airbag Design? The Porsche design or the Nissan design?

My point here is: could there be a market out there that wants airbags' shapes to be customized / designed according to their preference? Why must it be Square / Circle / Oval? I want a Star shape, or a Heart shape one... and I am willing to pay~ point to ponder huh?

Spy Camera

This ultra compact camera is available for purchase which can shoot 19 hours of footage on a 1GB micro SD card. It records video in 3GP format on MicroSD cards (up to 2GB). Measures 73x20x11mm for only 18g @ 14900 yen.

You know the implications if this is abused?

- source: akibaharanews.com

SD Cards

Speaking of SD cards...128 Gigabytes... gonna get my hands on this...

NOTEBOOKS

OH! Macintosh wins the Internet this season!

Steve Jobs announced another wonder at the San Francisco Apple World - The MacBook Air.

I will spare you from the specifications... just know that its available for US$1799, and watch the rest of the pictures...

Computers
Of course, we cannot forget about the more powerful desktops... afterall, processing power is the key, and before they can reduce the size of processors, these are here to stay for at least another decade (perhaps?).

Here's a hardcore graphic designers' desk... RAW PROCESSING POWER.

and here's some geek who had too much MOTHERBOARDS to spare and no money to buy wallpapers. And yes, those are RAMS for curtains...

Best way to enjoy eroge...

Cell Phones

And I thought mine's already very compact! Taiwan released this phone...

Even has expandable memory slots...

Beware of excessive hair-growth around the wrist area as a result of radiation...

Virtual Gloves
NTT comware developed a new type of technology called "Tangible-3D" which simulates the feeling of actually grasping objects through sensors in the glove.

The image below shows a tripod on the table with a camera mounted (item 1). In this case its processing images from the guy (on the left) with his hand stuck out. The image of his hand is displayed on the LCD (item 3).The guy with the glove reaches out to the hand on the display and can actually feel that he is grasping the other guys hand (item 4+5). The guy with the glove can also feel his hand being tugged or squeezed by the other guy.