Order Online

Frosted glass orb glows a color to indicate your information.

The Ambient Orb slowly transitions between thousands of colors to show changes in the weather, the health of your stock portfolio, or if your boss or kid is on instant messenger.

Imagine if you had to go to your computer and type in your zip code whenever you wanted to check what time it was. Your important information should be as accessible as looking at a clock, now the Ambient Orb can make a variety of information just a glance away.

The Orb will arrive automatically set to track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, glowing more green or red to indicate market movement up or down, or yellow when the market is calm. It can be customized to a set of free channels, such as market indices or weather in major cities. Optionally, you can upgrade to access more premium channels, such as your customized portfolio.

Just plug the orb into any standard power outlet and your Orb is up and running on a nationwide wireless network - no internet connection required.

 

The Year in Ideas

"This is ''ambient information'' -- the newest concept in how to monitor everyday data. We've been cramming stock tips, horoscopes and news items onto our computers and cellphones -- forcing us to peer constantly at little screens. What if we've been precisely wrong?"

The Ambient Orb may look like a crystal ball on acid, but it's really more of a giant mood ring--plugged straight into the fluctuations of the stock market or anything else you care to track. The orb can be wirelessly configured to track any individual stock, any market index or your personal portfolio. "People want information, but they don't want to invest a lot of time in getting it," says Ambient president David Rose. "This makes getting information a 'glanceable' thing."

More Press Coverage of Ambient Devices