We now have one of Samsungs foldable phones. It’s stupid expensive, but considering the interesting move to a soft screen that can be shaped it seemed like something that students might want to take a closer look at for possible future design ideas.
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A wireless stethoscope, and more!
Stemoscope is a small wireless listening device that in combination with an app on your phone is designed to listen to the sounds of your body. Pulse, breathing, cracking joints, the possibilities are endless. And that’s just following the instructions. What other seemingly quiet things could you listen to? Growing plants? Vibrations in the ground?
https://www.stemoscope.com/
iPhone 13 pro, with LIDAR!
We can now offer an iPhone 13 Pro to borrow. It has even more advanced cameras and sensors, most notable is perhaps LiDAR which with the right apps can be used for low light footage and 3D scanning.
Apple iPhone 13 Pro – 5G smartphone – dual-SIM – 128 GB – OLED-skärm – 6.1″ – 2532 x 1170 pixlar (120 Hz) – 3 st. bakre kameror 12 MP, 12 MP, 12 MP – front camera 12 MP – silver
Aeropex open “bone conducting” headphones
A set of bluetooth headphones where the sound is projected into the ears in a way that leaves your ear canals open to hear the environment as well. It is, however, NOT real bone conducting technology. But still kinda neat experience.
Optoma ML1050ST
A small projector with surprisingly powerful light considering it’s size. Mounting point that suits camera mounts (tripod, magic arm, etc).
9th generation iPad x 2
Apple 10.2-inch iPad Wi-Fi – 9:th generation – 256 GB – 10.2″ IPS (2160 x 1620)
Monogram Creative console
Monogram console is a collection of interactive bits for your computer that you can arrange physically and configure to use with several creative softwares such as Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, etc. Early testing has shown it might even be possible to use in things written in Processing or P5, allowing the gadgets to be used for custom interactive exploration.
OP-Z synthesizer and sequencer
OP–Z is an advanced fully portable 16-track sequencer and synthesizer, with a range of both sample based and synthesis based sounds. Find out more at: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-z
Kobo e-book reader
An e-ink screen is a type of screen that uses very little energy and in its simplest state will give more of an impression reading off of a regular book page than an electric screen. This e-book reader uses that kind of technology combined with some extra perks to make it a nice alternative to a tablet for reading.
Old TV replaced by new
The 50″ Sony TV that has been a staple in the interaction Lab has finally given up it’s ghost. To replace it we have gotten a 50″ Samsung TV which frankly is lighter and considerably more modern.