Sols scans your feet and creates 3D-printed custom insoles
By Stu Robarts
February 4, 2014
The healthcare industry is already making use of
3D printing technologies to print casts, tracheal splints, ears,
prostheses, and even cells. Now, a New York-based company wants to print
the insoles in your shoes to reduce foot pain and improve posture. Sols
Systems has raised US$1.75 million of seed financing from Lux Capita to
bring its custom orthotics to market. Read More
In October of last year, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) issued a warning
about the dangers of relying on smartphone apps that were being
marketed as economical alternatives to avalanche transceivers. But a new
smartphone app and add-on hardware component could provide an
alternative that is not only cheaper than dedicated avalanche
transceivers, but also provides additional functionality. Read More
Microsoft's Kinect sensor has
provided the basis for a system now monitoring the demilitarized zone
(DMZ) separating North and South Korea, local news outlet Hankooki
reports. Read More 
Sometimes history is preserved by accident rather
than design. Thanks to a malfunction during the Apollo 15 mission in
1971 that prevented it from being abandoned with its fellows, the only
camera used on the surface of the Moon and brought back to Earth will be
auctioned by Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna. The
motor-driven camera is a Hasselblad 500 "EL DATA CAMERA HEDC," also
known as a Hasselblad Data Camera (HDC), that was specially designed for
use on the Moon. It’s currently in the hands of a private collector and
goes on the block in March. Read More
Karton offers recycled cardboard creations for home furniture
By Nick Lavars
February 3, 2014
It's generally only when its time to pack up and
move house that the typical homeowner encounters large quantities of
cardboard. In bicycle helmets and vacuum cleaners, however, we have seen some innovative applications
for the material beyond its use as lightweight and durable packaging.
Karton, a cardboard furniture company offering everything from beds to
room dividers, takes a similar approach, yet aims to go beyond the novel
and make its paper constructions a charming and practical part of your
living solution. Read More
The TriKayak XS-1 features adjustable outriggers
By Ben Coxworth
February 3, 2014
Kayaking is a fast, easy and fun way of paddling
across the water. That said, some people worry that the perceived
tippiness of the boats makes it too easy a way of ending up in
the water, too. That's why you sometimes see kayaks with stabilizing
outriggers ... although those outriggers can get in the way. The
TriKayak XS-1 is designed to offer the stability, without the hassle.
Read More
When we reviewed Google Glass,
one of our big questions was whether Google can do anything to make the
specs less awkward to wear in public. We recently got our hands on
something that might help out. Read on, as Gizmag takes a look at the
new titanium prescription frames for Google Glass. Read More
Rightly or wrongly, the French are known for
clothing designs that are often less than practical. Now, however,
French company Cityzen Sciences has won the CES 2014 Inclusive
Innovation in Everyday Health award for its development of a Smart
Sensing fabric woven with integral micro-sensors – these add the
practical benefit of monitoring the health and fatigue levels of the
wearer. Read More
When Rocksmith was released in 2011, it had all the ingredients of a gaming pie capable of satisfying kings of Guitar Hero and Rock Band
controllers wanting to learn how to play a real instrument in a
familiar digital environment and new six-string slingers looking for an
entertaining, full-featured learning package. The platform has now been
refreshed for 2014, and Gizmag has spent some considerable time in the
company of Rocksmtih's infinitely patient, always available virtual
guitar teacher on Ubisoft's note highway to callus hell. Read More
Glass houses aren't typically very practical to live in (take the Santambrogio
home for example), but the Vertical Glass House differs from most
similar structures thanks to a design that combines architectural
novelty with a degree of privacy. Though it sports see-through ceilings
and floors, a concrete facade ensures occupants are shielded from the
gaze of passers-by. Read More
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