Ctrus Football

Ctrus is an airless, see-though soccer ball with position-detection technology and is constructed with an inner structure (skelle-core) and an outer net-embedded shell made with reinforced elastomers. The difference in hardness of these two layers and their flexibility brings about the bounce in the ball. The electronic components in its nucleus communicate wirelessly with control stations at the stadium, giving essential feedback and functions like inner light color changes at critical game situations (such as goal, offside, and out-of-bounds); recording of kick force and travel speed; location of the ball relative to the field (thanks to an interactive detection system via GPS/RFID); and point-of-view camera footage (with a software-stabilized image).

Color Copying Chameleon Lamp

This is Huey the chameleon, and he is a lamp that has the power of changing colors.

All a user has to do is place Huey on any surface, and he will emit a glow equal to that of the ground below him.

There is a video of this after the jump to show Huey in action, and I was surprised at how quickly he can change color. I sure that even real chameleons don’t color shift as fast as this one does.

I believe that Huey works by having multiple LEDs of different colors mixing together to form the precise color needed. That color will be whatever Huey detects on his optical sensor, located just below his belly.


According to my Source, Huey will cycle through the various colors in his spectrum if left alone, and he can be “locked” in a specific color if squeezed.

Eco Memo Pad

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Eco Speakers

Chopsticks Aid

If you find yourself in Asia without chopsticks chops, consider the Chopsticks Aid.The sleek-looking fork face attached to sticks was designed by a Czech man namedJaroslav Kucera. Because, you know, those Czechs are always looking out for our chopstick dexterity. Or you could just learn how to use chopsticks.

Animals Transformer

Bandai released a new series of trading figures in the form of kanji that transforms into its animal counterpart. The product is called "Mojibakeru" [もじバケる] which is a compound word of "Moji" [文字] meaning "character" and "Bakeru" [化ける] meaning "to change into."