Awesome Tech

Andrew Mitchell’s Squibble Braille Interface concept features 779 ultrasonic motors to provide tactile and high contrast feedback; it’s designed to work with cellphones via Bluetooth.

Boxee lands a one-two punch with the heavily revamped Beta (due out 1/7/2010) and D-Link’s Boxee Box (2Q 2010); the latter features HDMI out, Wi-Fi, ethernet and two USB ports.

While it may not be bright enough to signal the Dark Knight, this Batlamp is ideal for do-gooder decorating; made with cardboard and RGB LEDs, the lighting is controlled by Arduino.

Dell’s 13.3″ Vostro V13 boasts Adamo at a netbook price; 0.65″ thin and just 3.5 lbs., it tops out with a 1.3 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, eSATA, and card reader.

A fire starter isn’t the most inconspicuous thing to flash in plain sight, but you can’t beat the Spycam Lighter for its size; it records 640×480 video and features 4 GB storage with USB port.

Pass Labs’ new X260.5 is a 260-watt mono-block amplifier in a manageable size; the high power A/B amplifier features Super-Symmetry topology, which reduces distortion and noise 100x.

Minimalist but by no means musically impaired, Thomas Mascall’s Touchtable concept is 1/8 the size of a DJ setup; the turntable can create sample loops, cue points, and wireless battles.

Frosty’s (really) little brother: this snowman measures 0.01 mm wide (1/5 the width of a strand of hair) and consists of two tiny tin beads, a platinum nose, and an ion beam-carved face.

Designed for folks who live, breathe, and sleep Gmail, the Gboard is similar to a USB numeric keypad but features 19 commonly used shortcuts including stars, trash, ESC, and archive.

The Gryphon Wingsuit is a chute/glider hybrid with a guidance system and HUD that’ll drop from 30k feet and glide 30 miles with an average speed of 60 mph; next up? Bolt-on engines.

MintPass’ Mint Cube music player concept mixes minimalism with good ol’ analog UI: the 2″x2″x2″ gadget is not only covered with buttons but gauges for battery, volume, and frequency.

Watch as researchers at UCSD slice the donated brain of an amnesic patient into glass slides, live at The Brain Observatory; it’s already partway into its 30 hour run. Thanks, Devand!

Sports Illustrated shows off its tablet magazine concept, a hail mary pass to bring print into the digital era; it’s pretty nifty, with interactive articles and ads–but will readers pay for it?

CompuLab’s fit-PC2i is the world’s smallest dual gigabit ethernet PC at barely 1″ high; it features an Atom Z530 CPU, dual gigabit ethernet, 2.5″ SATA HDD, and a die cast aluminum body.

New at Incase: the Perforated Snap Case offers the best of both worlds, keeping your iPhone light and cool while still providing the scratch and drop protection of a regular hardshell case.

All your TV belong to Apple: ThinkFlood’s RedEye System turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a multi-touch universal remote; it uses a dock-like Wi-Fi to IR bridge and iPhone app.

Next week, world leaders should meet at Samso instead of Copenhagen: this Danish island is energy self-sufficient thanks to wind turbines, solar panels, and wood chip/straw furnaces.

Zii’s Trinity is a 3.5G/4G phone that’ll run Android or Plaszma with drool-worthy specs: 3.1″ OLED multi-touch screen, 1080p out, front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3D graphics.

Dell’s 17″ Precision M6500 is their new workhorse laptop; it tops out with a Core i7-920XM CPU, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, 1GB Quadro FX 3800M, and 1920 x 1200 LED-backlit display.

Ideal for road warriors gung-ho about using a MacBook, Zemno’s DeskBook Pro is a docking station with 7 USB ports, 4 FireWire ports, a flash card reader, and hot-swap HDD/SSD bays.

Ideal for folks living in chilly climes, Steve Hoefer teaches you how to make any pair of gloves touch screen-friendly: all you’ll need is a needle and about 12″ of conductive thread.

Turn yourself into a walking camera museum with Adam Frame’s 101 Cameras tee; a snapshot into photographic history, it’s packed with everything from twin lens reflexes to polaroids.

Available 12/7/09 at AT&T, LG’s eXpo targets road warriors with a detachable pico projector; the slider smartphone also features a 1 GHz CPU, 3.2″ touchscreen, and 5 MP camera.