JVC now has a handclap feature for changing channels. Using a microphone and video camera, the TV picks up claps to adjust volume, and recognizes finger pointing to control functions on the screen. This feature is ideal for lazy couch potatoes that are too lazy to even use the remote!
Aqua Photo, a Korean based company, has created an aquarium which looks like a widescreen television. This aquarium features a 1460 x 640 cm measurement, 100 watt back light, and a 35 fish capacity. Priced at around $2150, the Aqua Photo Wall Mounted Aquarium even has the huge price of an expensive TV.
Loewe connect has 3 sizes ranging from 32 to 42 inches, each with a built-in network media player, USB port, Ethernet port, wifi, and and an interegated HD tuner. No price or release date is available but will be on display at IFA 2007.
Now get this. Australian scientists have unveiled a gesture-based control system for your television which uses only its own system of hand signals. User’s hand and arm movements are interpreted by a software and then the system reacts to a set of seven hand motions such as clenching your fist (“start”), thumbs-up (“up”), and a sideways peace-sign (“channel”). In addition, the software can also distinguish between actual “TV gestures” and the movement of pets or small children, how awesome is that?
The Teleglass T3-F is touted as the “world’s smallest wearable TV”. The gadget has an expendable arm for optimum viewing angles. Watch the video for more details.
This is an interesting video showing about the organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology which can makes TV much brighter, thinner, and cheaper to produce. Hit the play button to watch the video!
Runat comes back with a 14 inch TV that comes with an integrated DVD player and features the Pirates of the Caribbean theme. The TV comes with a remote shaped Captain Jack Sparrow’s compass, the “rudder-DVD player” and the CD player which is modeled after a chest, containing what is presumably Davey Jones’ heart. It is released just in time for the third installment of the trilogy. Pricing info is still in a mystery.
Footage from CeBIT, a mirror that functions as a TV. It’s from ad notum, a company infamous for putting TV’s anywhere you can think of. What more can anyone say about it? …except that it’s awesome.
The Kyocera W51K is a cell phone that comes in three different colors including mirror orange, cyano blue, and metal silver. This sleek handset is equipped with a 2.7 inch WQVGA display, 1.57inch monochrome sub display, 2 axial revolution supports, 2.0MP digicam, and a TV tuner. The phone also features the EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) for recording TV contents. Measuring 50mm × 103mm × 20mm and weighing 131grams, the Kyocera W51K is now available in Japan. Check more images after the jump!
The Sony VGF-DT1 is just an ordinary TV tuner with a cooler design than the Apple TV. It has a digital TV tuner and a variety of AV outputs including Ethernet and HDMI. This external TV tuner is actually an accessory for Vaio TP1 media center PC’s. Measuring 270mm ×270mm ×51mm and weighing 1.7Kg, the Sony VGF-DT1 is now available in Japan for $415.