iNvention

Display

BillionDollarAlex — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:51:57 GMT

Category: Display

Product name: Samsung LED 3D Slim (9000 series)

Release date: June - August 2010

Description: Not only Samsung made the first LED TV, the first 3D LED TV, but now, it made the slimmest 3D LED TV in the world, with a great design and outstanding performance. Plus it is available at 2 different screen sizes.

Innovative features:

- 3D and LED

- 46 and 55 inches

- slimmest (0.3 in)

- Touchscreen remote control

- 240 Hz

- 6.000.000:1 contrast

Problems: Expensive.

Price: $5999.99 for 46 in and $6,999.99 for 55 in

Worth buying: Definitely!

More information: Click here

Photos by: TV, Remote

Cars

BillionDollarAlex — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:23:52 GMT

Category: Cars

Product name: BMW Gina (Concept)

Release date: TBA

Description: The GINA Light Visionary Model is a fabric-skinned shape-shifting sports car concept built by BMW. It is made from textile (plastic like) skin, which replaces the metal. This skin is positioned on aluminum and carbon fiber wires. Due to its flexibility, it can change shapes in order to adapt to your driving style.

Innovative features:

- textile skin (Spandex)

- lightweight

- adjusting skeletal structure

- changing shape

Problems: no resistance to car crashes and degradation.

Price: TBA

Worth buying: Definitely!

More information: Click here

Photos by: first photo, second photo.

Robots

BillionDollarAlex — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:12:02 GMT

Category: Robots

Product name: Robonaut 2

Release date: November 2010

Description: The new and improved version of Robonaut is finally available (not for personal use) and will start it's first mission shortly. This is an advanced robot, which was created by General Motors in collaboration with NASA to serve as space shuttle engineer. It will be capable of repairing and providing technical assistance in risky and life threatening missions, like repairing a satellite.

Innovative features:

- Artificial Intelligence

- Replace humans in risky actions

- Programmed to repair space shuttles and satellites

- Resists cosmic conditions

Problems: it is unknown how it will perform during a real mission.

More information: Click here

Photos by: first photo, second photo.

Hardware/PC

BillionDollarAlex — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:23:45 GMT

Category: Hardware/PC

Product name: Sony Vaio L Series

Release date: February 2010

Description: The famous Sony Vaio turns from the classical notebook or PC to the new all-in-one Sony Vaio L Series. It is the first Sony PC that has the rig (you know the big box with the graphic card and the CPU) implemented into the screen. Plus it's a touchscreen.

Innovative features:

- All-in-One

- no more 10 kg huge and ugly box

- Touchscreen (Multi touch)

- Really beautiful

- Quad Core, 8GB RAM, 1 TB, 1GB Video Card in such a small device

Problems: cannot upgrade.

Price: Starting at 1749 $

Worth buying: So and so

More information: Click here

Photos by: first photo, second photo.

Gaming

BillionDollarAlex — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:28:12 GMT

Category: Gaming

Product name: Kinect for Xbox 360 (aka. Project Natal)

Release date: November 4, 2010

Description: Kinect is the response to other motion technologies in video games like the Nintendo Wii or Playstation Move. Only this one is controller free. It has a very powerful camera that tracks all your movement and converts it into actions in the video games. You just have to move your foot forward to accelerate in a car game and steer an invisible steering wheel.

Innovative features:

- no controller

- actions are directed by your body

- web cam for video conference

Problems: i can't imagine how it's going to work with First Person Shooters.

Price: US$149.99 or US$299.99 (depending on the option)

Worth buying: Wait at first to see how it performs.

More information: Click here

Photos by: first photo, second photo.