We talked about the prototype HUD contact in January 2008. They have been working on improvements:

Today — together with his students — Babak A. Parviz, bionanotechnology expert at University of Washington, is already producing devices that have a lens with one wirelessly Radio Frequency powered LED. To turn such a lens into a functional browser, control circuits, communication circuits and miniature antennas will have to be integrated. These lenses will eventually include hundreds of semitransparent LEDs, which will form images in front of the eye: words, charts, imagery enabling the wearers to navigate their surroundings whithout distraction or disorientation. The optoelectronics in the lens may be controlled by a seperate device that relays information to the lens’s control circuit. Another use could be the monitoring of the wearer’s health and biomarkers f.e. cholesterol, sodium, kalium or glucose.

Link and photo via nextnature.net, though the image is a concept only at this point and not yet a working prototype.

Thanks to LBA for the tip-off!

from Sara 013’s flickrstream

A small grinder logo on the left front chest, large warning sign on the back. You know you want one. They are going to be available later this week, from Avatar Press.

Panel preview, sent by the mysterious 13:

There have been clues in a few places, including the secret Doktor Sleepless community.

Out this week!

Found in the secret Doktor Sleepless community (you are a member, right?):

Whomever scans the QRC code and gets a web address, please put it in the comments so all our readers can follow where it leads. Thanks!

Via imgfave.com.

Out this week!

I dislike the Barbie concept – so perfect, perky, likable and pink. Gah. I’d be the last person to support anything Barbie, but the recent parental uproar over the “Tattoo Barbie” reminded me very much of what Doktor Sleepless was saying to the grinders:

“That stuff’s just fake.”
“Don’t get idea above your station.”
“Take that shit off”
“Dress properly.”
“Why can’t you be like everyone else”

Sure, these are dolls marketed towards children – but not every parent was upset about this doll. Reading bits and pieces across the interwebs, some parents felt this was their child’s’ generational image, much like how Elvis was controversial during their time. Still others thought it showed a greater respect for tattoos. Some people felt it was wrong to encourage children to get tattoos because real tattoos don’t wash off with soap and water and that children wouldn’t understand the difference.

Yes, because children would never ask their parents about the tattoos they have. They wouldn’t never noticed they don’t wash off with soap and water. They would never ask why they had gotten them in the first place. Tattoos aren’t proper creativity.

Shipping next week! A new player enters the game…

Cover via Avatar Press.

Created by prophesise, for the DOKTOR SLEEPLESS community.

Thank you for sharing, prophesise!

Via Avatar Press‘ flickr stream.

Thrills, chills and more Sarah Berlin?

Image via Avatar Press‘ flickr.

Pronoia sent me an email, telling me of the Xion audio player and more specifically, the Clatter Skin he’d created for it. Take a look:

Damn impressive job! Thank you, Pronoia, for sending me the link to your creation.

Out tomorrow in North America, DOKTOR SLEEPLESS VOL. 1 ENGINES OF DESIRE TP:

Image via Avatar Press‘ flickr stream.

DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #9 is shipping this week. Here’s a lovely preview image, courtesy of Avatar:

Concluding the first volume no less!

Which means the first trade has time-jumped from the Future to the NearFuture.

And because I live in the future, I will be reading this in two hours. Trufax.

Re-tweeting, I mean re-blogging, Warren; for the five of you that don’t read his site too.

NO HERO #0, the first chapter of the story, is still available — if your local comics store doesn’t have a copy, ask them to order it for you, it’s only one American dollar.

NO HERO #1 is coming in a few weeks.

Also – Doktor Sleepless#8 is coming soon.

So who wants to swan around their favourite club night looking like a cyberpunk angel?

Kind of like the ghost of Heavenside, the Angel Construct?

Well thanks to Artifice Clothing you can, with the Cybertek Wings:

Designed by a robotics engineer, built out of carbon fiber and extruded aluminum, with a maximum wingspan of 6ft, what’s not to like?

OK, maybe the pricetag. At $1,000 this isn’t exactly an impulse buy.

But they sure look worth every penny.