This is a new mood ring, a new body bling. Designed by Philips alongside Stella,this project has taken ideas from the medical world and made it in to amazing body jewelry that adheres to your body and changes based on mood. It is peel off, hypoallergenic, and disposable. If you read the site they make…

developed in Tokyo, Japan by NEC, this is the worlds first portable DNA analyzer. The analyzer has all the steps taken in DNA processing from DNA extraction to electrophoresis and individual profiling. Unfortunately the analyzer had been made for law enofrcement only. this kit not only provides fast result but is small and easy to…

This is actually kind of old and I think I may have brought it up in class, but it’s getting around to Halloween and it fits in really well with our class so here it is. This site has instructions on how to put an LED into a Lego head, in this case cutting out…

Over the years, scientists have been trying to develop more and more ways to collect and conserve energy, and with the technology of today, they are now coming up with ways of getting energy from space. How this works is that satellites are put out into space where they will be receiving energy at all…

Here’s another project from UVA, UnitedVisualArtists, a company that deals with the combination of several aspects of art. UVA’s latest work, Triptych, places three interactive installations in a public environment. Each piece responds to movement; the structures react to the movement by emitting variations of light and sound. The LED displays were placed in an…

Having a hit on you isn’t that bad at least that is what a Berlin University student is pointing out. The ring keeps track of the number of times the wearer’s name has been “googled” and displays it as a number. The ring is updated whenever the ring is placed on its dock at night….

I thought the design concept on this clock is really simple, but just really.. nice. I think it’s a great combination of the old analog look with newer digital technology. As you can see, the hands have a display built in on the tip, which shows the numbers.Kind of reminds me of the clock display…

Post its are no longer just a way of writing memos or labeling which toothbrush is yours. It is now an art form. Once again I found this site on stumble, the best program ever. They come in a vatiety of colors now so you can make pretty much anything with them. One thing that…

This is actually a bunch of PVC hula hoops. This piece was installed in New York, and was designed by Seoul-based practice Mass Studies. The piece was 3x larger than the original one seen by one of the founding member of Mass Studies. In order to keep the cost down hula hoops and zip ties…

This piece is called “Hidden Love Song.” The title itself was enough to catch my attention!! In this piece the artists presented the wall as a whole interactive, scratch off layer. People could scratch to reveal hidden words or sounds, or they could leave their own messages behind. This is so beautiful in that by…

Unsatisfied by keyboards that can be bought mass market, someone has customized their keyboard and mouse. It seems like a great freedom that there can be this sort of customization, with the information to do so out there for any guy or girl to use, often times simple enough to understand if you happen to…

Researchers from Tufts University have been developing a device that can read people’s feelings of numbness or frustration. By using light and special laser diodes, it can monitor blood flow around the brain, which indirectly tells you how much stress the person is taking. The technology is called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and researchers claim…