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A Digital Heaven

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Here’s to looking this good when we’re dead! The idea of transferring someone’s persona to a digital form that lives on isn’t anything new… but never has it looked so chic!

Aeon is a system allowing users to live past their physical existence. The wearable patch creates a digital model of the wearer’s brain and monitors their brain activity over time. The patch learns from the user’s likes, dislikes, personality and interactions – perhaps even understanding more about the user than the user knows about themselves.

When the user passes away, Aeon recreates the wearer’s consciousness in the vessel and creates a reality tailored exactly to them. This digital reality could create identical representations of things they liked, their loved ones and perhaps things that wouldn’t be possible in the physical world. A digital Heaven of sorts.

Designer: Evan McDougall

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“As Aeon is set nearly 150 years in the future, it could be made from materials not yet conceived by humans. The main body would be made from a smart glass-like material that is able to refract light to create the hologram seen in the middle of the object. The molecular configuration of the material allows it to be repelled by other objects meaning it could not be broken and appears to levitate in place. Aeon’s magnetic base would attract the vessel so as not to float away,” Designer Evan McDougall told YD.

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“The vessel that would eventually hold the user’s digital consciousness could be displayed in their home if they wished to be reminded of their mortality. This aspect of the device may be considered morbid in today’s society, but when death is no longer feared or even necessarily inevitable, the device could serve as a healthy reminder to live their physical life to the fullest,” he continued.

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“Although the user lives on in a digital state, there would still be an inevitable grieving process for their loved ones left behind in the physical realm. At this point the vessel becomes a digital urn of sorts and aims to comfort loved ones of the user. When someone picks up the vessel after the user has entered the digital realm, it reacts by warming up and gently glowing to comfort the person who holds the vessel and remind them that the user lives on digitally.”

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Look at the stars, look how they shine

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The Aeon Telescope Kindler brings a new definition to the phrase ‘aim for the stars’. This tiny yet powerful telescope is ideal for the amateur stargazer, making astronomy truly accessible to the masses. The telescope pivots on a magnetically stabilized ball and socket joint, allowing the user to precisely aim and position it. It works with a companion app, allowing one to view cosmic bodies on the screen, along with all the necessary information. Much like an augmented reality encyclopedia! Can someone buy me this as an early Christmas gift?

Designer: Marius Kindler

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The Nimble Gimbal

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The thing with today’s cameras is they’re too sensitive, and too light-weight. That makes them capture the tiniest of jitters and shakes. Something that’s bound to happen to the best cameramen too. No matter how advanced today’s cameras get (take the GoPro), their stabilizing capabilities can only go so far. That’s where the AEON Gimbal steps in to save the day.

Unlike any other Gimbal you’ve seen, the AEON comes in a size that’s borderline-futuristic. The first of its kind to feature a flush LED screen, you can actually boast of having a nifty viewfinder while you record. The gimbal also comes with a joystick that gives you full control on what you want to point your camera at. The bottom of the gimbal handle contains an accessory mount that you can use with all our other Go-Pro addons. The gimbal is obviously a 3 axis motorized stabilizer. Designed to pinpoint precision, it eliminates all jitters and shakes while you film (ideal for sports filming). The handy battery indicator around the joystick keeps you in the look with how much juice the AEON still has, so you can go on filming without any worries!

The amazing thing about the AEON is not just its size, but also its design. Ensconced in beautiful black, the gimbal is sleek, and does a great job of covering up those ugly motors. The circular screen gives it that bit of flair that sets the AEON apart. I’m impressed! (And so is this chicken who wants to be a gimbal)

Designer: Aetho

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