Improvise Your Memory with the Smart Goggles

It has happened to me more than a hundred times. Often I forget where I have kept the keys. And this short term memory loss has no cure since it mostly occurs because we try to finish off things in a hurry. Here is some good news for such folks.

A pair of goggles that remembers what you have done. Wondering what a pair of goggles can do? Of course it can hold a camera that can record the daily activities. So next time if you want to search for missed keys just replay the recorded event to find it out. Even a head mounted video cam can do that. So what does this gadget hold special to make your day easy?

The spectacle comes with in built camera, display and a processing unit. The smart goggles’ compact video camera records everything the wearer is viewing. Just by naming the object you are searching for (say keys), it replays the last instant where it was in use or on record to be precise. So how it actually works?

The glasses are connected to a small, but smart computer processor worn on the back which can learn to recognise shapes extremely quickly. To adapt the system to your home is simple. Put on the glasses and wander around the house for an hour or so. Make sure that you view all the objects that you may later want to find in a hurry.

Each time the camera focuses an object - such as a set of keys, a mobile phone or a purse - the wearer says the name aloud. The name is then recorded and stored into the memory.

Once the names have been programmed in, the glasses will try to find the right name for any object they come across. The names appear in small type on the viewfinder. If they are unable to recognise an object they make a guess and - if they get it wrong - learn from their mistakes.

In the future, if you are trying to find keys in a hurry, simply name the object. The glasses search its video memory and show its last known location of that item on the display. Isn’t that a cool concept?

I assume that it will receive lots of orders if they make it more fashionable. Also it will be a boon to those suffering from diseases like Alzheimer or weak memory.

Learning Calligraphy Made Simple

I have always loved to write beautifully. Really I wish if I could master the art of calligraphy. But compiling the letter writing classes from the internet is not that easy. It would have been easier if there is some gadget that does teach me the calligraphic fonts. I was more than happy when I read about the new Nintendo DS game.

This gadget could be the best calligraphy teacher for us. Being a game allows us to learn it with fun. It teaches us how to draw calligraphic lettering. The game places emphasis on taking tests and getting feedbacks from the virtual teacher.

Well this one is for Japanese characters. The game is known as Beautiful Letter Training, and trains you in the proper creation of Kanji and Kana characters. The stylus that comes along very much resembles traditional Japanese lettering brush.

This latest Nintendo DS game officially known as Bimoji Training was released on March 13th. Order yours from Play Asia for just $39.

Detachable Printer for Your Notebooks

Who on earth needs printers these days? Well the answer is everybody! How? Having a hard copy of the data that you carry on your USB stick or laptop may be required quite often. At least, when you book tickets online and fail to carry a proof copy on the way.

A printer that could be clipped on to your laptop will not be a bad idea altogether. This is the beauty of this compact detachable printer designed by Hung Chih Wang. And how it works follows.

It is USB powered and is an inkjet printer. A detachable print head that could be clipped on to the back side of the display side of your laptop does the printing job on demand.

I personally feel that the printer itself is not obtrusive and only adds to the beauty of your laptop. If this brilliant design gets commercialised I fear that The Jungle of Amazon may get thinner.

Wireless Headset Weighing Just 1g!!

Unbelievable! Is it? Not anymore. Do you think that it is some mock gadget and cannot function properly? No. No. A completely functional earpiece that is also invisible. Doesn’t that sound like a perfect spy gadget?

Yes it is! And is the smallest wireless headset of the recent times. The attractive feature is that it is worn inside the ear. The skin coloured acrylic fabric used, makes it appear invisible to others. How about the safety as it goes into the ear? Here it goes.

The attached thread helps to easily pull it off from your ear. And the thread is also invisible making it completely unnoticed. So how does this small thing work?

For that you need something like a mobile phone that has an audio jack. The headset comes with a transmitter necklace with a mic. This silent earpiece system uses a wireless technology making it the perfect spy gadget.

This cool gadget features:

• 24 hours undisrupted usage
• 105db output power
• 5% distortion
• 120-8500 Hz frequency range.

Good things wont come at low price. This mystic headset costs around $650

Tiny Mic for Laptops

Do you work on a laptop? Yes? Then this must be an interesting gadget for you. A tiny Microphone. What is so special about it?

The size and the compact design. It just has the protruding 3.5mm connector and absolutely no cluttering wires. Can something be called more compact? Well I really don’t feel so.

And the features are superb. Having an omnidirectional head makes you turn it 360 degrees. It has a wider range of voice reception making you talk freely without any strain.

Check out the figures right here:

• Frequency Range: 100~5KHz
• Sensitiveness: -54 +/-3dB
• Connector: 3.5mm, gold plated

This light weight mic for laptops is easily affordable as it costs only $8.