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2. Gadgets A
Glimpse Of
The Future

3. Definition Of gadgets By Some
Famous Dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus: An often
small mechanical or electronic device with a practical
use but often thought of as a novelty.
• Wikipedia: “Agadget or gizmo is a device that has a useful
specific purpose and function. Gadgets tend to be more
unusual or cleverly designed than normal technology.”
Examples: MP3 players, remote control devices of any
sort, cordless mouse, Swiss army knife
• Consumer electronics

4. WhatDo I MeanBy “Gadgets” ??
Agadgetis asmalltechnologicalobject(suchasadeviceor
anappliance)thathasaparticularfunction,butis often
thoughtofasanovelty(Thequalityofbeingnew,original,or
unusual).Gadgetsareinvariablyconsideredtobemore
unusuallyorcleverlydesignedthannormaltechnologyat
thetimeoftheirinvention.Gadgetsaresometimesalso
referredtoasgizmos(agadget,especiallyonewhosename
thespeakerdoesnotknoworcannotrecall).Agizmohas
movingpartsbutagadgetneednothavethem.

5. History
• Thehistoryofinventionofgadgetsis almostasoldas
humanityitself.But,theintroductionofthewordis
relativelynew.Theetymologyofthewordgadgetis
disputed.Somesaythatthewordgadgetwas"invented"
whenGaget,Gauthier&Cie,thecompanybehindthecasting
oftheStatueofLiberty,madeasmall-scaleversionofthe
monumentandnamedit aftertheirfirm.

6. Difference between Gadgets
and Gizmos
• Gadgets : : Electronic device used to fulfill a
need or a perceived need
• Gizmos : : Non - Electronic device used to
fulfill a need or a perceived need or rather
a device with moving parts
• For example, a nifty digital watch would be
a gadget, while an analog watch would be a
gizmo.

7. Underlying Technology
• Information Processing
– hardware and software
• Storage
– capacity and speed
• Communications
– bandwidth and ubiquitous accessibility

8. Hardware and Software
• Hardware
– Processor Power
• Quad Core
• 64 – bit CPU’s
– Processing Speed
• Software
– Software Power
• Java, .NET
– Service Oriented Architecture
– Applications Oriented Architecture

9. Memory
• Memory
– Size – the 4 Gbyte PC
– Speed
• Portability – Hand held mobility
– USB Stick – the 4 GB stick
– iPod

10. COMPARISONB/W PAST AND PRESENT
GADGETS
• Sizes
• Technology
• Memory
• Features
• Usage

11. Devices o f d a i l y use
• Television
• Cell Phones
• Computers

12. Television
• New technology
• Fast response time
• Great contrast ratio
• Superb features

13. Cell Phones of past

14. Cell phones o f present

15. Cell phones o f f u t u r e

16. Cell phones
• TouchScreen
• 3Gtechnology
• WindowBased
• Multiusage

17. Computers
• Used in day to day life
• Fast
• Easy to operate
• Multitasking
• Internet facility

18. MacBook Air
• Extremely thin; 0.16 to 0.76 thick
• 1.6 GHz Intel Core Duo processor
• Multi-touch trackpad
• Smart LED screen for longer battery life;
now mercury and arsenic free
• Includes 802.11n wireless
• No DVD or CD player
• Only 80 GB hard drive
• Supports up to 64 GB
solid state drive (very expensive)

19. Glass Keyboard
• Future of keyboard
• Laser touch
• Waterproof
• No-Key concept
• Light source, a camera and an
etched sheet of glass, showing the
key positions
• Type, the cam sees your contact with
the glass and sends appropriate
commands to your PC
• Price: ?

20. orking oflaser virtual keyboard

21. Winter 2008
Carleton University - The Evolution of
the Web
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• Access control (lock-unlock)
• HVAC monitoring (cooling, heating)
• Alarms
• Metering
• Energy management
B u i l d i n g A u t o m a t i o n - GTC

22. In-Wall Touchscreen

23. Wireless devices
• Wireless mice & keyboards
• Logitech cordless presenter
– Value for library instruction

24. FUTURE GADGETS

25. F U T U R E GADGETS
• Greater applicability
• Advanced
• Energy efficient
• Fuel efficient

27. Macromedia E-Paper
• Electronic paper
• Snapshot-sized display
music, images, movies
• Nanotechnology
• Wafer-thin
• Battery is a replaceable Power
Sticker
• Sound adjustment
• Data transfers take over a built-
in high-speed wireless
connection
• Coming 2015 from Lunar
Design
• Price: $35 per pack of 10

28. Microsoft D-Sharp
• Wrap around monitor
• 11” tall x 44” wide
• Curved in a gentle arc to avoid
distortion
• Immersive
• Early tests show 9% - 50% productivity
increases
• Women improved 2x over small
displays
• 30% less mouse movement

29. Laptop with Detachable Screen
• Toshiba
• Wireless protocol
• Display: 0.7 inches thick (0.4)
• Weight: 1.2 lbs (10-14 ozs.)
• Battery life -1 hour (3-4 hours)
• Timeline – ~ 2 years

30. Cell Phone Jammers
• Jam phones surroundingyou
• Illegal in U.S.
• Up to 50 feet
• Works on worldwide networks
• Expensive
• Illegal in U.S.
• Buy Indoor/Outdoor modules
• Price: SH066 $260; CX- 200 $71
• Available UK, Japan
SH066P
CX-200

31. Batman Utility Belt or ManBag?
• Gadgets to carry are on the rise! Blackberry, cell
phone, iPod…
• 32%* get everything into their pocket
• 4%* prefer the utility belt approach
• 66%* required to carry mobile device for work
• 73%* believe greater use of mobile devices has
improved their work-life balance
• 12%* want converged devices
• 75%** carry at least 3 gadgets
• 8%** carry 5 or more!
Sources: *Damovo; ** Silicon.com

32. Origami DVD Player
• Manufactured with new e-
paper, a full color, fully flexible
display technology
• Screen folds into it’s case
• Includes integrated speakers
• Development by Mag-Ink in
Israel.
• Idea Awards Bronze Winner in
2005 for Design Explorations

33. Pocket scanners
(Reading pen)
• Scan, store and send
– Reads notes aloud.
– Beams to Smart phones, as well as to PDAs and PCs.
– Includes English dictionary definitions.
– USB connection to PC
• Get Immediate Translations and Definitions
• Reading Aids – portable devices for dyslexic users
Wizcom Technologies
DocupenRC800

34. Digital Pen (Drawing pen)
Logitech io2
Digital Writing System
Take notes or draw sketches in ink
on the smart paper and a “tiny
camera” captures your work, storing
up to 40 pages at a time. Intelligent
power management maximizes
every battery charge.
Capture the familiar feel of how you
have created in the past and moves
it to digital.

35. Blu-Ray v. HD-DVD
• Potential format battle
• HD DVD: supported by Toshiba, Intel, and
Microsoft  add-on HD DVD player for Xbox
360 console this fall
• Blu-ray: supported by Samsung, Pioneer, and
Sony  Blu-ray drive for PlayStation 3 game
system, avail this fall

36. BenQ Trio Writer BW1000
• Blu-Ray writer for PC
• 3 laser formats to accommodate CD, DVD,
Blu-Ray
• 25 GB on single layer
50 GB on dual layer
• 2 hours of HD content
13 hours of standard definition
• Equivalent of 5 DVDs on one disk
• Solid Burn, Write Right
• 2x – BD-R/-RE 1x- Dual layer
12x – DVD+R/-R
32x – CD-R
• Price: $1,025 Aug 2006

37. Future Phone/PDA/MP3 Device
• 60 GB MP3 player
– Sync w/ iTunes and Windows Media Player
– User-editable MP3 ringtones
– Supports WMA, AAC & five other file formats
• Wireless Internet (without minutes)
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• OS Options: Windows, Palm, Opera
• Availability: Maybe never??

38. EyeMove PC
• All-in-one Oval shaped
PC with built-in HD
Projector
• Wireless Touch screen
Multi-Controller
– Keyboard/mouse
– Gaming
– Multimedia
• PC, Games, Movies,
Multimedia anywhere

39. Global Phone
• Vanu –
• Software Defined Radio
technology
• One handset that operates on
any cellular network anywhere
• Time line - ~ 5 years

40. •
•
•
•
•
•
Emergency cellphone
charger
Runs on 1 AA battery
Reusable
Works with most phones
Up 2 hours talk-time
Price: <$20
Turbocell Charger
http://turbocellcharge.com/

41. Solar-powered
emergency charger
Charges phones,
mp3 players,
cameras, etc.
8 hours for full charge
Holds charge for 1 year
Closed: 5” x 2.5” x 1.5”
Price: $200
Solio Universal Charger

42. Belkin Wireless USB Hub
• Wireless
connectivity for up
to 4 USB peripherals
• PC isn’t tethered to
printer
camera dock, etc.
• Price: $130
• Release date: July
2006

43. Transparent Toaster
• Greatest thing since sliced bread?
• Uses special heating glass to warm a
single slice of bread
• Monitor your toast so it doesn’t get
over done.
• Currently doesn’t get hot enough to
toast bread
• In development

44. TRIVIA
Which year did Apple introduce the first
iPod?
2001

45. Voice Recognition TV
• Allows consumers to search & receive
information about broadcast & on-demand
programs, shows, music & games
• Personalization module retains individual
caller data & preferences
• Allows caller to purchase CDs, videos, &
DVDs with single call
• Access for the visually impaired
• Convenient "anytime-anywhere" voice
access through automated speech
recognition
• Natural language user interface

46. I.C. Can
Self Refrigerating Beer Can
• Manufactured by Tempra Technologies and
Crown Holdings
• Reduces contents temperature by a minimum
of 30 degrees F.in 3 minutes
• 100% natural and environmentally safe
• All natural desiccant contained in a vacuum
draws heat from the beverage through an
evaporator into an insulated heat sink
• Moving towards mass production

47. World’s smallest LED projector
0 lm
• Sony
• 3 transmissive LCDs and 1 prism
• Distance between LEDs and display devices
reduced
• Brightness reaches 5
• Timeline - ?

48. Availabot
• USB figure that stands
up when an IM friend
comes online
• Still in design
phase
• No release date or price set

49. Nokia Open Cell Phone
• Sci-fi fans: Japanese folding fan
• Uses an as-yet-nonexistent flexible
LCD color touch screen
• Scrollable screen
• Designed by Hugo Danti
• Won first place in the Nokia 4G
Design Competition
• Possibility: Invention of
E-Ink

50. E-Rope Modular Powerstrip
• Modular, expandable
power strip
• Each socket can be
rotated 180 degrees
• When devices are not
in use, twist socket 90 degrees
to disconnect flow of electricity
• Availability: unknown

51. Full-Featured Camera
• Includes buttons for:
beer, gin, jobs, money
• “Pee break”
LED sensor
• “Call Spock”
signaler

52. Voice-Trek G-10 recorder
• Olympus
• USB jack
• Memory – 256MB
• 69 hours audio recording
• Records to Windows media audio format
(WMA)
• Playback – WMA and MP3 files

53. GPP2
• Mobile phone
• Portable mini projector
• 15” projection
• External power source to boost brightness

54. Philips S900
• MP3 Player
• 2 Megapixel camera
• Touch Screen!
• 10 MB of onboard memory
• Handy handwritten text input feature
• USB, Infrared & Bluetooth
• Pricing and availability: TBA

55. NETGEAR Skype WiFi Phone
• Phone for use with Skype
Internet-basaed phone service
• Make calls using any WiFi
connection
• Pre-order on Amazon
• Availability: (maybe) July ’06
• Price: $300

56. Mio 269 GPS Navigator
 No installation or monthly fees is required
 Sleek, smooth, flat body and fully
integrated GPS
 Large color screen with a 2.5GB hard drive
 POIs
 Includes Microsoft Windows OS
 Touchscreen & buttons
 500MB MP3 player (8 hours)
 For the car, walking, cycling or motorbiking
 4.5 hours on battery
 Now available: $460

57. Really loud alarm
Propeller launches & flies
around the room
Must return propeller to base
to turn off alarm
Princess International
Price: $15
Flying Alarm Clock
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58. MIT Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies
• Founded in March 2002 by a $50 million
contract from the U.S. Army
• Mission is to use nanotechnology for:
– sleek, lightweight battlesuits
– leap tall buildings with bionics
– find wounds and seal them on the spot
– helmet will have radio & night vision
gear, GPS, target illuminator, tactical
dropdown eyewear, and will convey
data, video and audio feeds for “a 3D
picture of the battlefield”

59. Wearable computing
MIT Labs
“With heads-up displays, unobtrusive input devices, personal wireless
areas networks (LANS), and a host of other context sensing and
communication tools, the wearable computer can act as an intelligent
assistant, whether it be through a Remembrance Agent, augmented
reality, or intellectual collectives.”
Early example: Tunewear jacket
with iPod controls stitched to
the sleeve.

60. Wearable computing today
Movie Glasses
• In Skymall magazine –
Icuity Video Eyewear (optional DVD
player)
MP3 sunglasses
• Thump by Oakley.com
Voted one of the top worst new technologies for 2005!

61. Head-worn display
Icuity M920 – small and lightweight

62. 100 Megapixel Chip (Camera?)
• DALSA Semiconductor
made a 100 megapixel chip
• Measures 4”x4”
• NASA's JPL chose DALSA
for image sensors on Mars Rovers
• Also noted: Hasselblad already has a
39 megapixel camera

63. paper
Prints 2” x 3” prints with sticker
backing
Works via USB or Bluetooth
Inkless printing embeds color into
Size: 4.7” x 2.8” x 0.9”
Polaroid
Price: $150
+ $10/30 sheets of paper
PoGo Pocket Printer

64. IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON
GADGETS
• Technology
• Custom Duties
• World Become Shortened

65. ROLE OF GADGETS IN TODAY’S
LIFE
• Easy Life
• More Accuracy
• Fast
• Reliable

66. MERITS AND DEMERITS
Merits
Easy
Convenient
Comfortable
ReducestimeandEnergy
EfficientAndEffective

67. Merits And Demerits
Demerits
ReducesPhysicalWork
ProneToManyDiseases
Lethargic
DivertsAttentionAndInterest
Dependent
ElectromagneticWaves

68. How to Decide on a gadget for your
need ??
• Need
• Will It meet that need
• Is the cost Balanced By Yourself
• Will Your crews use it
• Is the device too limited in what it can do
• Is it durable enough