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Concept

TAT Dual-Screen Phone Concept

2010.02.16

Yuck. Use a single screen and via software split it in half. Source: Engadget

1983 Apple Tablet Prototype: Bashful

2010.01.22

bashful: A Frog Design prototype tablet for Apple. This sleek tablet was conceived about 27 years ago. Quite nice, I must admit. via Wired

Concept: Coke Powered Phone

2010.01.12

Chinese designer Daizi Zheng has designed a concept phone that is powered by Coke. Well, sugar to be exact. Screw off the top and pour Coke into cylindrical Nokia and expect the phone to last longer than a traditional Lithium Ion batteries by a factor of three to four. Daizi Zheng:
The concept is using bio [...]

MSI Dualscreen UMPC Concept

2010.01.08

DUAL SCREEN: 7-inch LCD. Times two. The top one is your regular 7-inch LCD. The bottom one sports multitouch so you can use it as a keyboard, trackpad or anything else that a software developer can conjure up. Windows 7 seem to be the OS but I can see a Hackintosh, Chrome OS or even [...]

CES 2010: Prototype Dell Studio XPS 16 with OLED Display

2010.01.08

Dell is showcasing a prototype Studio XPS 16 integrated with an OLED display instead of the usual LCD. The 2-mm thick OLED sports a contrast ratio of 10,000:1, which is much much higher than any LCD in a notebook PC. The OLED also uses less power and is super fast with a response time that [...]

OLPC XO-3: OLPC’s Tablet

2009.12.23

OLPC is getting into the tablet game with its XO-3 concept, designed by Yves Behar. The target price? US$75. The XO-3 concept is sized 8.5 x 11-inch and sports a ring that folds for kids to hold on to it. Induction charging, <1W power consumption, a thickness of about 0.5 inches, and Pixel Qi’s display [...]

Mag+ by Bonnier: Excellent Mock Magazine eReader

2009.12.16

Bonnier R&D initiated a research project and brought about Mag+, a possible vision for digital magazines in the near future. BERG, Bonnier’s design partners, present this awesome video. Although this is a conceptual video the idea behind the structure of a magazine that is controlled by jumping to different articles horizontally and digging deeper vertically [...]

Philco PC: Retro Cool Concept

2009.12.15

THE ALLURE OF SIMPLE: I was searching through eBay for a Bell Western Electric rotary telephone today. Something about the simple design, reminding me of simpler days, the fact that you have to wait a bit after each digit helping me to take things a bit slower… all of it is very alluring. Another object [...]

Apple iTablet: Video

2009.12.11

The Apple iTablet! Or no? Not sure if it is fake or not. The movements are unbelievably Applesque. Source: YouTube, Nowhereelse.Fr via The eBook Test, Wired

Electrolux UltraSilencer Music Edition Concept

2009.12.10

I plug my ears and listen to music from my iPhone when I vacuum. That’s because the Animal from Dyson is very loud. But do I want my vacuum to be silent? I’m not sure. I think automobiles are similar. I like the roar of an engine: some convey animal-like strength and power while others [...]