The WIRED NextFest is a four-day event that showcases innovative products and technologies. This year’s NextFest, held at the Javits Center in New York, featured more than 130 exhibits from leading scientists and researchers.
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..used for moon exploration because of its manual dexterity
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..switches vinyl, picks tracks, spins and scratches itself.. wicked awesome
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..high school kids from across the nation build robots and compete in a basketball-like game
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..Dell XPS’s with Core2Duo Extreme Processors and Dual nVidia 7900GT’s playing HL2:Lost Coast… god love SLI
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You punch in your drink order and Robo-Bar serves it to you!!!
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..you stand in front of the camera and sort the blocks based on color by moving your hands..
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..you set the needle on this plastic stuff, then draw on the plastic “record” and it makes sounds depending on how you move the markers..
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..you put on biofeedback headbands and relax and clear your mind.. Whoever’s mind is the clearest with the least activity due to brain stress will roll the ball across and win!
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..15 Qosmio laptops that emit sound and color when you control them with touch-sensitive wands..
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.. the picture is projected on the screen and you use your hands to smack it around..
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Kids climb the wall and different sounds emit from the different hand and footholds.
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turn the faucets, different colored shapes are projected in light onto the bottom of the tub, and each has a different sound. You can use the ladle to “stir” the sound and isolate different “flakes”
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..Flip, punch, kick, duck, somersault.. you control your actions in this fighting game not unlike Mortal Kombat…
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for people in long distance relationships…you hug yourself and it transmits signals to the other shirts based on your “hug”
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..it senses your size and only opens far enough for you to get through
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..completely computerized.. tells you what you need, how long it needs to be cooked/chilled, regulates temperature seperately for different foods and wines and all that
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They dance with each other, they dance with people.. sense the beat of the music and such.
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for people that don’t get enough affection.. Why can’t i have one?
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She speaks and responds to English and Japanese, and actually can respond to jokes.
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Heat-sensitive binoculars that have audio and video remote capabilities and night vision and all kinds of other good stuff.
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..currently used by the military and metropolitan police departments to defuse bombs..designed and built by high schoolers
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Forget what it stands for but breathing apparatus for firefighters..measures and reports smoke and fire conditions for rooms/floors/etc. of burning buildings, and downloads and stores digital floor plans.
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..designed for hospital patients who are unable to move, makes nurses’ lives easier by allowing them to clean sheets, etc… also helps blood flow and mobility in bedridden patients
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Biosuit designed by US Army Research Center in Natick, MA.. fabric adjusts to impact and is completely bulletproof yet allows soldier to run, jump, etc.. but becomes iron-hard upon any impact…
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This surge protector’s cord lights up based on how much power is being used by devices at any given time. It also regulates flow of electricity to the devices.
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You aim a hairdryer at the screen and the change in air currents “blows” the dandelion fuzz off the screen.
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100’s of suspended LED’s in the 12 in. square cubes, programmed to broadcast rotating 360-degree messages.
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One of the technologies on display that’s actually currently being used… those are my veins in my hand.. no more getting stuck multiple times at the hospital!
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L-R: Dad, Mom, Pennie, Me, Mike, Heidi, Bob, Fiona, Victor.. Julie’s taking the pic
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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
