Designed in response to a Motorola cross-disciplinary studio task, Jose Tomas DeLuna’s Motorola KRE-8 music cellphone is a curious mixture of PMP, portable music creation tool and 3G handset. There are three distinct music modes: instrument, record and mix.
Concept video after the cut
Samsung’s hybrid NX series camera has proved to be one of the biggest events of PMA this year. Launched one day prior to the show opening, technical details were scarce in the press release. Cousin to the Micro 4/3 standard, the Samsung platform uses a full time electronic viewfinder, eliminating the need for a bulky mirror box and optical viewfinder to allow for a smarter and lighter hybrid DSLR. We dropped by the Samsung booth during the show to find out more.
On a Monday morning there’s nothing better than some Microsoft sooth-saying accompanied by some motivating music. The company has put together a concept video of what the computers and mobile devices of the (nearish) future might offer us, with a heavy emphasis on touch control, interaction and modular devices. Check out the video after the cut.
Call me paranoid, but if I were to dive into the deep blue sea, I want to have as many backup oxygen as I can get. Ricardo Baiao probably has the same thought when he designed his Phantom compressed backup air system.
You can tell some people about being considerate to the environment until you’re blue in the face, but they’ll still flagrantly waste power. At that point, maybe it’s time for the light switch to fight back: Peter Russo and Brendan Wypich of Stanford University have developed the SmartSwitch, a light control that gives tactile feedback as to how much energy is already being used, whenever you try to flick it.
Video demo after the cut
As concepts go, here’s one I’m surprised we haven’t seen before. Take a BlackBerry 7130 and give it Optimus Maximus OLED keys, which can double as shortcuts and page controls together with SureType text entry keys. These renders are the handiwork of designer and editor Billy May, who has been working with Mozilla Labs on developing “a conceptual ‘Mozilla Phone’”.
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Given how well (yes, sarcasm) many fund managers have been doing in handling investment portfolios lately, plenty of people are thinking it might be a better idea to decide their own stock-market dalliances. And since any new venture demands a slick, shiny new piece of hardware to go with it, here’s Allen Liu’s NasdaqQ3 Home Trading Terminal concept, designed especially to cater to those trading from their kitchen table.
Apple keep insisting on disappointing us with the news that they won’t be making a netbook, but that doesn’t stop the industrial designers and Photoshop-addicts coming up with their own take on what such an ultraportable might look like. Famed designer Isamu Sanada is responsible for these renders, which suggest a double-hinge design reminiscent of the Sony VAIO P’s dimensions, with a dual-sided touchpad area.
Entered as part of the designboom “Dining in 2015″ competition, this “+/- hot plate” is a standard ceramic plate with silk-screened gold and amorphic metal films overlaid onto its surface. When power is attached, the films heat up and either keep your food warm or even cook it from scratch, using the same principles as found in car windshield defrosters.
Last week at Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in New York they were able to unveil the new Victory Motorcycle’s CORE concept bike. Designed by Victory’s lead Industrial Designer, Michael Song, the bike features some great body work with a ton of touring amenities.
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