Fine Living

Ever find that your iTouch or iPhone screen is simply not big enough to truly enjoy the capabilities of what the device has to offer?

“Light Touch is an interactive projector that instantly transforms any flat surface into a touch screen. It frees multimedia content from the confines of the small screen, allowing users to interact with that content just as they do on their hand held devices – using multi-touch technology.”

I’m not quite sold on the Light Touch and functionality just yet but the idea of it is very intriguing. The system uses a technology called Holographic Laser Projection which allows the Light Touch to create bright and high quality video images in WVGA resolution. Infrared sensors are able to detect motion which turn the projected image into a 10:1” virtual touch screen allowing the user to control the projector and interact by simply touching the displayed image.

We’ve all heard about the Segway and how it ended up being a big flop. Well, I think I’ve just found the water version of that. What I’m referring to is the Aquaskipper.

I love the summer weather and being out and about near the water, beaches, boats, pools, inner tubes, jet skis, etc. When I first heard about the Aquaskipper and it was only being described to me, I thought it was a pretty sweet device. But then I saw a demonstration video and my opinion changed. I must say, the idea of it is pretty cool but the whole package just doesn’t work for me.

Have you ever purchased a new LCD monitor and found that the colors were off a bit, and that even with hours of tweaking and tinkering the colors still looked wrong? This is often due to the quality of the LCD panel, but you can actually do something about this with a device called a colorimeter. Essentially a colorimeter is a piece of hardware that plugs into a spare USB slot in your computer, and measures displayed colors very accurately. The device can tell which colors look “wrong”, and generate a better color profile to feed into your monitor. I’ve considered getting one for years now, but there’s always been one thing holding me back; the

It’s very rare that a gadget gets me all hot and bothered, but this upcoming “smart window” from Samsung has done just that. The Samsung Smart Window is a completely transparent window (as you would expect), but with a twist. It features a full digital interface on the inner facing side, meaning that it acts like a massive touch screen computer. Remember that scene in Minority Report where

I’ve smoked the hookah a few times here and there but it’s not a regular thing for me. Some people are obsessed with the smoking device and even collect them since different regions of the world have different styles and designs. And those with money to blow skip the standard hookah and strictly deal with “designer” hookahs such as the ‘Designer Shisha by Porsche Design’.

If the offerings from Porsche Design are still not worthy enough then perhaps the hookah from Etienne LeRoy might do it for you. The Swiss made Etinne LeRoy hookah was unveiled at the Big Boys Toys in Dubai and is limited to only 99 pieces making it that much more exclusive. The Swiss are known for their quality craftsmanship and this hookah is no exception. According to the company, “the Etienne LeRoy team have decided to ally the Eastern tradition and modern Swiss design to create the best sheesha ever made”.