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Boxx Electrical Bike – The weirdest bicycle to date

Jan 312012

Meet the Boxx, the geekiest electrical bike we’ve seen to date.

As the name implies, the bike is shaped just like a box. Weighing in at 120 pounds, it can achieve an impressive top speed of 35mph & 80 miles to a charge. The Boxx also includes tons of extras, like ABS, All Wheel Drive (AWD), traction control & drive by wire.

The bike comes standard with a one year warranty, and there’s more extras available than Stormtroopers at a Star Wars convention.

If the weird shape doesn’t put you off, then you’ll be enlightened to know that the bike is available in various colours.

It’s an excellent idea, but at almost $4000 per bicycle, it will definitely not be everyone’s cup of tea.

Visit the official site at www.boxxcorp.com

All photos via www.boxcorp.com

Husqvarna’s Autonomous Robot Lawn Mower

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Jan 032012

Don’t we all just love to mow the lawn on a Saturday afternoon?!

Husqvarna’s developed the Auto-Mower to save us time and keeping us out of the hot sun. The Auto-Mower is an autonomous robot lawnmower, which runs around on your lawn, constantly cutting the grass.

Low current perimeter wires are installed around your garden, which signals the Auto-Mower where it can and cannot operate. When its battery runs low, it will stop mowing and return home to park in its own little charging station, or if it’s the solar version, it will simply find a sunny spot and recharge in the sun.

The Auto-Mower is extremely silent, allowing you and your neighbours to still take a Sunday nap while it’s busy with its chores. It also comes equipped with a crash sensor, allowing it to move around trees and other large obstacles.

At a cost of AU$3458 it’s a bit expensive, but the added luxury of not having to mow your lawn again, might just make it worthwhile!

Steampunk Cell Phones by Ivan Mavrovic

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Dec 212011

We have a couple of Steampunk articles here on AroundTheInterwebs, including Steampunk Insects and a Steampunk apartment, but Ivan Mavrovic’s Steampunk Cell phones are in a league of their own.

Nowadays people are fighting to get their hands on the newest cell phones with the latest technology and accessories. Mavrovic, being inspired by the Victorian era, decided to rebuild everyday cell phones into pieces of art. His collection of phones is retrofitted with copper, wood and brass, and they are all still fully functioning. Visit his blog to check out his full collection.

LCD Screen Only Viewable Using Polarized Spectacles

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Nov 302011

Want to get all James Bond on your laptop? Simply remove the polarized film from your LCD and stick it to a regular pair of spectacles!

The polarized film inside the LCD is what allows the image to be seen. If you remove the film, then your LCD will show a blank, white screen, but by sticking the polarized film on a pair of spectacles you allow only the spectacle wearer to see the actual image on the screen.

Contact Lenses With Built-in LED projection

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Nov 242011

University of Washington professor Babak Parviz and colleagues reported that they’ve managed to develop a contact lens that can display a single pixel to the wearer. This in itself is not useful, but the team is aiming to be able to create a multipixel display in the contact lens, which only the wearer will be able to see.

The contact lens has a small Integrated Circuit for managing the LED’s. It also has a circular antennae for external communication and power harvesting.

In future, the scientists will be able to display real time, multi-coloured information onto the contact lens. Imagine travelling to Egypt, looking at one of the pyramids, and seeing a floating label with the pyramid’s name and height above it!

The scientists are also targeting game developers, who’ll be able to fully immerse the player in a virtual world using these lenses.

Photo from ScientificAmerican