Singapore debuts Ambient Experience to relax heart patients

Cardiac patients undergoing procedures at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) from today may find themselves either immersed in a Disney World setting or the African Savannah with accompanying audio playing in the background. This is part of a testbed project by the center involving Philips' Ambient Experience to soothe patients through the intimidating clinical process of preparation, examination, treatment and post procedure.

The Ambient Experience takes patients on a multimedia ride that lets them personalize the lighting, projected images and sounds in the examination or lab room. The 10 themes can be selected via a menu on a wireless touchscreen tablet, with more themes on the way. Once picked, the patient's choice is projected on the walls, ceilings and through TV screens, wrapping the user in a multi-sensorial setting of his or her own choosing.
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Velcro ads: A disaster waiting to happen

I don't know what Coca-Cola was thinking when it used these ads to promote its Grip Bottle in bus stops. The ads are made with Velcro, so if you lean or get anywhere near them wearing woolly fabrics, you'll get stuck.
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Flexible LED lighting strips target car, fashion markets

Flexible LED lighting strips could mean flash in unexpected places. Grote Industries' LightForm flexible LED lighting film, which just became commercially available, is ultrathin and ultrapliable, meaning it can be bent around corners and over contoured areas and maneuvered into various shapes. It can also be cut to fit while lit and slid into narrow crevices and between panels and trim.

Grote mainly envisions the strips being used for vehicle lighting (along carpet edges, floor vents, and window openings; inside trunks; and as ambient lighting under dashboards and seats) or sewn into fabric--say, for LED dresses and doggie porcupine costumes (too bad we found out about this just after Halloween). We're sure creative types will be able to think of plenty of other possibilities, though.
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Score a hole-in-one with the putting bra

Sometimes you just want to practice your putting. If you're near a woman wearing Triumph International Japan's new golf outfit (in Japanese), and you can convince her to take it off, you can putt to your heart's content.

Yes, this ludicrous item, which is not yet for sale, consists of a green bra that transforms into a putting green, with the cups turning into holes. Sink a putt, and a speaker says, "Nice shot!" There's also a skirt that turns into a flag that says, "Be Quiet" on it, for keeping onlookers hushed while you golf next to a naked woman.
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Only a geek could love this junk-metal Nike

Humans have a nasty habit of producing and accumulating garbage, but Gabriel Dishaw, a junk-metal genius from Carmel, Ind., turns trash into artwork. His most recent pieces were inspired by his love of Nike shoes, as he fashioned five different kicks, including dunks and high tops.
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