If you are not already salivating over these ultra-cool gadgets then, consider this: these are not futuristic gadgets that you can buy and use at some point in the distant future. All of these gadgets already exist in the present and are available commercially right now or will be, very soon. Here is the low-down on all the gadgets that we are planning to buy and that you should jot down on your shopping lists. Get set to drool!
Aren't you sick of wires hanging off your walls and getting tangled around your mobile phones, iPhones, iPads and laptops? Bid them a quick farewell for a wireless charger is here for all sorts of portable gadgets. NTT DoCoMo has launched batteries that use Qi (pronounce it as "chi"). All you need to do is place your mobile on a pad and it starts charging the batteries. Watch the YouTube video to see how it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHbZWmwU-Zc
Forget about touchscreen mobiles, what would you do if your mobile had two screens and it didn't have a keypad at all? Fujitsu has a prototype dual screen phone that is super-fast with data transfers. It has two screens, one for all your local or offline work and the other for remote or online work. See how the dual screen mobile works here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCTEZDoh7c
Remember how "Terminator" could focus on something and all the specifications of the object would be displayed in front of him? That is now possible in real life with NTT DoCoMo's "AR Walker". It's a tiny device that can be attached to your spectacles and it becomes your very own augmented reality screen. If you look around, it lists the restaurants or shops closest to you. If you look up, you can see details about the weather and if you look ahead, then navigation and directions are displayed on the glass of your spectacles. See it all here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBFFtv6EKY
Now, imagine an augmented reality display on the windscreen of your car! You can see the screen of your mobile phone right up on your windscreen as well as seeing the road ahead. Perhaps you might like to know the speed or the model of the car cruising behind you or get an update on the traffic situation? No problem, use Pioneer's augmented reality display device on your car windscreen:
http://www.komverse.com/2010/10/08/pioneer-develops-minority-report-style-visor-for-your-car/
See 3D TV in your own home without those cumbersome glasses. Toshiba's 3D TVs have created a lot of buzz and you can find out more about them here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4DpXDu72OE
http://www.arabia.msn.com/Technology/GadgetsObjects/2010/October/2849241.aspx
Flexible OLED screens made of plastic have been launched by TDK. These are just 0.3 millimetres thick, are more durable than glass screens and can even be bent slightly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ChF6S1vUo
A modular OLED screen has also been launched by Mitsubishi which you can use to create a screen of any size you want:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rng5Mdu4i1E
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