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COOL GADGETS
Cool gadgets
Handout image released by Microsoft on April 17, 2003, showing GWindows, a new development by Microsoft Research, which uses hand gestures to interact with the windows open on the computer. If you move your hand, the open windows can move from screen to screen. It is similar to the effects in the movie Minority Report. This works well with large displays or many displays. Andy Wilson, one of the developers, demonstrates the use with his hand. — Reuters
Wearable cellphone
The “Wristomo” can be worn around the wrist or snapped off for use as a regular phone. After seven decades, reality is catching up to Dick Tracy’s wristwatch phone — Japan’s cell phone giant NTT DoCoMo will soon start selling a mobile phone that’s worn around the wrist and snaps off to become a regular handset.
“We are targeting young businessmen in their 20s and 30s as the device looks a bit rugged,” DoCoMo spokesman Takuya Kono said.
Dubbed the “Wristomo,” the watch opens up to become a phone, and users can talk while wearing it like Dick Tracy, the comic-book hero who debuted in the 1930’s.
The Wristomo, manufactured by Seiko Instruments, weighs 113.4 grams including batteries. It also hooks up to DoCoMo’s hit i-mode web-surfing service. The company plans to sell 5,000 Wristomo phones for between $250 and $330 each, Kono said. The new phone will only be usable in Japan.
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