Created in early 2004, UNEASYsilence aims to deliver daily coverage of offbeat & generally geeky news. Subscribe via RSS or Email.

Category headlines

CES: Want a Hot Dog with those Buns?


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | 4 Comments

This booth gets the award for strangest CES exhibit so far. You gotta love crackpot inventors with crack pot inventions. Alex IW (pictured above) is the genius behind ...

NEXTfest Recap


Posted in OnLocation, Tech by Dan | 1 Comment

Now that NEXTfest is over, lets look back at a sampling of their exhibits. See you when we blog live from the Digital Life Expo. Kick Ass Kung-Fu Robotic Hand GM Sequel VeinViewer Weapon ...

NEXTfest: Kick Ass Kung-Fu


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

Not very often do you hear a video game have the phrase "Kick Ass" in its title. Kick Ass Kung-Fu, developed by Animaatiokone Industries, puts you into a video ...

NEXTfest: Robotic Hand


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

The above video is a prototype that learns movement, just as a baby would, by watching and mimicking human behavior. It is guided by a 'vision system' that imitates ...

NEXTfest: GM Sequel


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

The GM Sequel is the first pure fuel cell vehicle that achieves 0-60 in under 10 seconds, and also has over a 300 mile range. The Sequel also utilizes ...

NEXTfest: VeinViewer


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

Nobody wants to be poked by a doctor or nurse trying to draw blood, or start an IV. So, Luminetx developed a fix for that very painful problem. VeinViewer ...

NEXTfest: Weapon Watch


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

Weapon Watch, by Radiance Technologies, is designed to give soldiers, police, "eyes" that scour the landscape for gunfire. The eyes calculate the location of a hidden sniper or dive ...

NEXTfest: Media Mirror


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

The Media Mirror, developed by NYU, is a pop culture mosaic composed of over 200 channels of live cable TV in real-tme, that tries to mimic your picture. The ...

NEXTfest: Lifestraw


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | 4 Comments

The Lifestraw, developed by Vestergaard Frandsen, hopes to help eliminate waterborne illness like diarrhea and typhoid, which claim the lives of more then 6,000 people a day. For the ...

NEXTfest: Virtual Canoe


Posted in OnLocation by Dan | Comments Off

The Virtual Canoe, developed by the Technology Institute of Tokyo, is designed for city dwellers who are unable to actually partake in the white water rafting trip of their dreams. ...

next

previous