Technology

August 13, 2016

Smart Toaster Works with Ingenious App to Toast Your Bread Into Any Image You Want

Tired of eating the same boring, plain toast with butter every morning for breakfast? Toasteroid‘s “smart-toaster” lets you create your own designs that bake right onto the bread as it toasts. Just download the Toasteroid mobile app, connect your smartphone to Bluetooth, pop your bread in the silver sleek companion toaster, and you are ready to start designing your one-of-a-kind toast. Users can select either Toasteroid templates or doodle their own toast-worthy image.

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January 11, 2016

Artist Creates "Future Fossils" from Once-Loved, Now-Outdated Technology

We often associate fossils with the dinosaurs, but artist Jeff Klarin has a different idea of what's considered a relic. Working under the name Bughouse, he has created Future Fossils, a collection of sculptures that showcase once-loved yet now-outdated technological devices. Among them are the iconic boombox, Polaroid camera, and Atari joystick. All of Klarin's Future Fossils are objects and tools that were once widely-used and/or historically important.

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November 8, 2015

‘Star Wars’ Fans Can Fly Their Own Millennium Falcon and X-Wing Drones

For those who've always dreamed of flying their own Millennium Falcon or X-Wing Starfighter, Air Hogs has granted your wish! At the recent Star Wars: The Force Awakens toy unboxing event, an abundance of gadgets, figurines, and intergalactic merchandise were unveiled. Amongst this bounty of memorabilia were two drones, perfect for Star Warsfans with an interest in remote-controlled vehicles. Air Hogs' Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter is a detailed device offering a thrilling flying experience.

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April 3, 2015

TransLook: An Innovative Transparent Display Case That Combines Digital Art and Interactive Information

From smart watches to phones to TVs, advanced interactive technology is occupying more and more of our daily lives. Emotive Digital–a startup based in San Jose, California and Seoul, South Korea–aims to develop that technology one step further with TransLook, a highly innovative transparent display case that could radically change the way we engage with brands, advertisements, and information while shopping.

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