Pantech Impact

AT&T will be offering the Pantech Impact from this Sunday onwards, where you get a “high-gloss faceplate” with haptic-enabled keys alongside a full QWERTY keyboard. You get an internal and external display alongside 3G support, GPS navigation, a built-in music player, AT&T's HTML mobile browser, a camera with video recording capability alongside easy access to IM and email. Available in bright blue and soft pink colors, the Pantech Impact will retail for $99.99 with a 2-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate. [Press Release]

CarterCopter, Personal Flying Vehicle

Sometime in the near future, will we all own one of these as personal transportable devices? If you’re attracted to the scene in that pretty picture, maybe we will be having such a future, eh? Carter Aviation technologies, which has been trying for 15 years to win acceptance for its radical gyrocopter/aeroplane technology seems to have finally gotten a good deal, as it has partner with successful military robot make AAI. There isn’t any mention on the estimated cost of building/buying such a device, but you have to admit it’ll certainly be something to show off with.

Lightsleeper Will Help Your Insomnia

Counting sleep in order to fall asleep might not be for everyone, so if you need modern tech to help you sleep, the LightSleeper will probably fit the bill. It works by projecting a light onto the ceiling in a controlled, circular motion, and following it with your eyes should encourage the mind to relax, helping you get the shuteye that you want. It’ll switch off automatically after 30 minutes, but you’re free to reactivate it by tapping it gently. It’ll set you back £125, but that’s well worth the price of a good night’s sleep, right?

Wink 16GB: Smallest Flash Drive

Wink claims that their 16GB flash drive is the smallest on the planet, and check out just how small it is in the comparison image which shows it sitting nicely beside a standard dice. Perhaps, just perhaps, this could be a gamble that pays off, but carrying something that small always lends a risk of one losing all the precious data stored within.

Citroen C-ZERO: Minimum Emissions

Citroen wants to go green with their C-ZERO car, where it delivers "triple zero" with zero fuel consumption, zero CO2 emission and zero engine noise. Running on a permanent magnet synchronous motor that pumps out 47kW or 64bhp EEC from 3,000 to 6,000rpm, Citroen claims that this ride is able to hit a top speed of 130kph (80mph), while boasting an acceleration rate from 0-100kph (0-62mph) in 15 seconds and 60-90kph (37-56mph) in six seconds. Each full charge is expected to last for approximately 130km (80 miles). Expect to see the Citroen C-ZERO launch in Q4 2010, with no word on pricing just yet.

Foldy Laundry Robot

Are you a lonely bachelor who for the life of you, can't fold your clothes properly? The Foldy robot ought to help you out though, as it will work out commands entered into a computer program while relying on a properly positioned ceiling-mounted camera that helps it locate and fold your laundry the right way each time. Once several folding instructions have been entered, you're free to do other stuff while Foldy gets the job done in a satisfactory manner. Kudos to Professor Masahiko Inami and his team at Keio University for dreaming up of Foldy.

Sèvres Vase Clock

Check out the Sèvres Vase Clock by Georgios Maridakis at the Royal College of Art, where it will tap the vase (gently, we presume) at each hour. Depending on your preference, you can always adjust the tone to a level of your choice simply by varying the level of water within. Definitely not something you would want to have when there are kids running around.

Phasma Remote-Controlled Robot

Takram Design Engineering built the six-legged Phasma remote-controlled robot that is able to scurry about rapidly and dynamically just like an insect. This engineering marvel aims to mimic a living organism in terms of movement instead of shape, where it will reproduce some physics involved whenever an insect runs. Components used in its make up include sliding cables, stainless steel springs and rubber joints, allowing the designers to replicate the smooth and efficient locomotion seen in insects. It would be interesting to see what kind of practical, real world applications such a robot can offer, although chances are the military will find a destructive means to utilize it in the first place.

Bird Identiflyer

Are you an avid bird watcher? Want to take the easy way out instead of using your aural capability to figure out just which feathered friend is out there, chirping away merrily? The Bird Identiflyer ought to be of great help, as it is able to identify bird songs quickly with but a press of a button. The use of advanced digital technology in this device allows nature lovers to quickly and accurately identify up to 120 birds and 10 frogs simply by their songs and colors. In addition, you can add to your general knowledge by searching by region, color, habitat or alphabetically whenever you're waiting in the shed for your favorite warbler to come along.

Universal Phone Caters to Sighted and Blind

We've seen phones that catered to the blind in the past (mostly concepts) while the majority of handsets out there are meant for the sighted, so how does this Universal Phone differ? Well, it is more than capable of handling both blind and sighted folks, thanks to thousands of micro pins that are dynamically raised and lowered to form a tactile surface so that the blind can always read incoming text messages in Braille. As for sighted folks, this surface can be used to experience tactile feedback that normally do not come with touchscreen handsets. Would be interesting to see who will be the first manufacturer to release such a handset in the future.