LG Touch Watch phone Tricorder OLED TVsThe final frontier is here: you've only seen them on the likes of Star Trek, but mind-blowing sci-fi gadgets are becoming a reality.
LG's breakthrough wrist phone is the first touchscreen mobile of its type in the world. Out this month, exclusive to Orange and available for a limited time only, each unit is handmade. It reminds us of the communicators used in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Price tbc, www.orange.co.uk Roll-up laptops
Imagine a feather-light laptop you can roll up like a poster. The realisation is closer than you think after the release of two concept designs. The D-Roll is the brainchild of Chinese designer Hao Hua, while the Nobag has been specially designed for HP.
Remember the scanning device used by Dr McCoy to diagnose illnesses? Experts at the US Department of Homeland Security have built their very own Tricorder – or the Standoff Patient Triage Tool to give it its proper name – which detects a victim's vital signs from ten metres away. Watch this space.
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So far, Sony's 11-inch XEL-1 is the only model on the market but a larger LG screen is expected by Christmas with rivals not far behind. The technology is expected to herald the birth of frameless televisions, meaning you can fix several screens together for the ultimate 21st-century video wall. Sony XEL-1, £2,499, www.sony.co.uk LG model expected to be around £3,000,www.lge.com/uk
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Gadgets straight out of Star Trek
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