This concept is brought to you by designer Won-Seok Lee. The ‘B-membrane’ design is a projector with a built-in computer and touchscreen like keyboard that only appears upon contact. Also included in the design is a disc drive, but it seems to lack a ‘mouse’ of any type. It looks highly impractical but a great conversation starter nonetheless.
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Add comment June 23rd, 2008
Watch the video (after the ‘leap’), but in short this is purely a conceptual BMW called the GINA. It’s covered in a polyurethane-coated Lycra fabric and sports embedded LEDs. According to its lead designer, Chris Bangle, it took them about two hours to cover the Z8 chassis once the shape had been determined.
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[Core77]
Add comment June 11th, 2008
What is it? But of course, the GLOVE PHONE! Real? I doubt it, but it would prove useful in an avalanche!
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Add comment May 29th, 2008
by Jeff Bordeaux
We are living in a time where the word security means a lot more than it use to. Homeland security, Airport security, and Internet security, all provide more jobs than they did 10 years ago. Not to take away any of those jobs but to aid in preventive maintenance, comes the Databreaker
How does it work?
The Databreaker is basically just another part of your signal chain, from your internet connection to your computer. One end plugs into your wall, while the other end accepts your incoming and outgoing signal from your modem. It also has a manual override switch so you can kill your connection whenever you want. The Databreaker senses when the monitor or laptop goes to sleep and disrupts the connection from there. To visually signify what is happening with your connection there is a green and red light on the Databreaker to show if the connection is going through or not. I tested it with an Apple power book, but it only worked with the manual override switch. The switch worked very affectively and took virtually no time at all to break and reestablish the connection. Honestly, I couldn’t review this product to the fullest because it only works in certain scenarios, which was disappointing to say the least.
What doesn’t it do?
The Databreaker doesn’t support any wireless scenario and doesn’t work with a router either. It also doesn’t work with my iMac G5. It only works with desktops that have external monitors and laptops with wired and a direct connection with the modem.
Overall??
The Databreaker is a worthy addition to your security precautions only if your scenario meets one of the aforementioned set ups. I have encountered internet fraud in my day, and if I had the right set up I would use it for sure as it only costs $30. However, it is somewhat limiting, given the broad range of today’s wireless everything.
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Add comment May 27th, 2008
Say what now. Although this probably won’t be hitting ’store shelves’ anytime in the foreseeable future, this wearable motorcycle from Yamaha is a small glimpse into the future of transportation. The Yamaha Deus Ex Machina, a product of transportation student Jake Loniak, is an electric motored 3 wheel machine that has a theoretical top speed of 75 mph, would be controlled via 36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators.
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Add comment May 23rd, 2008
Yeah….not really sure how to explain this one. This camera, if you wanna call it that, is camera slash networking device. As you capture pictures with the push of ‘the button’ the device networks with other cameras and distributes your pictures to other ‘Button Camera’ users. In turn you receive other folks photos. Looks totally conceptual. Check the video above.
Add comment May 6th, 2008
File this one under nuts. Mimicking that of a hamster wheel, the conceptual design puts a handful of rooms in a giant wheel like device. As you turn the wheel - looks like it takes some leg power - and alter its orientation it changes its functionality. In other words, turn it 180 degrees and the kitchen becomes the ceiling and the floor the living room. Hey, it might be viable in a really long tube like design. Ideal for NYC living where you often feel like a rodent anyway.
[Bornrich]
Add comment April 8th, 2008
More safety than vision, this pair of concept sneakers - called the Pioneer - include a built-in LED that will shine a path up to 4.9 feet in length. The LEDs are powered by kinetic energy, so no need to worry about recharging.
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1 comment April 7th, 2008
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1 comment March 19th, 2008
At first glance the demo appears to be nothing special. But once the demo get’s into the ordering part, and you realize that the Surface is the actual table you’ll be sitting at, it’s pretty damn cool. Just watch the video already!
Add comment March 17th, 2008
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[Tuvie]
Add comment March 17th, 2008
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1 comment March 13th, 2008
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Add comment March 13th, 2008
, and when it’s plugged into the phone it charges. Battery life might be a concern, but come on, we all charge our iPhones daily. Perhaps Apple will take a hint and design an add-on on Bluetooth headset that doubles as a Bluetooth dongle for streaming music. Apple? It includes a touchscreen interface, but hold onto those check books, it’s just a concept.
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2 comments March 6th, 2008
By now you’ve heard about the Nokia Morph: a nanotech based phone that cleans itself and can be transformed into all sort of different shapes dependent on what the user needs to do. Well, now there’s a video (above) depicting all its functioning bliss. Sounds like they stole music
Add comment February 26th, 2008
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Add comment February 26th, 2008
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