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Mobiado gets impractical with CPT002 Aston Martin concept phone

Chris Davies, Mar 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

The nice thing about concepts is that nobody ever asks you to actually make them, which means you can let your little imagination run riot. That's obviously what attracted Mobiado to the idea of coming up with an Android-powered Aston Martin phone; the CPT002 is a perfect slice of impractical, unfeasible magic. Read The Full Story

eVolo 2011 Skyscraper Competition

Kevin Fubar, Mar 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Moving forward into the 21st century is going to take some significant changes in the way we build our cities, both here in the US, and worldwide. eVolo is an architecture and design journal focused on the sustainable designs that are going to drive this whole century. They've been running a skyscraper design competition since 2006. They recently released the results of this year's competition. French architects took home the first and second place prizes. Atelier CMJN's team Julien Combes and Gaël Brulé took home the first place prize for their LO2P. This huge circular structure features biogas producing greenhouses, massive air filtration, and will be built-from-recycled-cars. Yoann Mescam, Paul-Eric Schirr-Bonnans, and Xavier Schirr-Bonnans won the second place for their ingenious Flat Tower dome design. Yheu-Shen Chua from the United Kingdom took home the bronze for his re-imagined Hoover Dam. Read The Full Story

Corning – A Day Made of Glass

Kevin Fubar, Mar 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

Gorilla Glass is a common component in today's smartphones and tablets. If you have an iPhone 4 or one of Samsung's Galaxy S you're already enjoying the benefits of Corning's scratch and impact resistant glass. Corning has been working in glass and ceramics materials since 1851. They recently released this short video showcasing dozens of conceptual future uses for various types of electronically integrated glass panels. Corning's vision for the future of these multifunction panels features everything from hand-held touch reactive displays (modeled after the iPhone) to built in architectural display panels in everything from the bathroom mirror to kitchen counters to the entire dash of your car. Read The Full Story

Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something: Yoga Traffic Light

Samia Perkins, Mar 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

At any given moment in a busy metropolitan area, there are lots of pedestrians waiting to cross the street. And of course, most of us could use more exercise. Designer Li Ming has decided to kill two birds with one stone with a new traffic light. The light features an animated figure doing some stretches and exercises. Read The Full Story

Cap Storing Bottle opener will keep track of how many you have

Shane McGlaun, Mar 16th 2011 Discuss [9]

My uncle is a professional beer drinker. You can tell that because his shop floor is littered with caps from the bottles he prefers. The caps at his place either end up tossed in the yard or littering the floor of the shop until the twice-annual sweep up. If you are the sort that likes your beer and other beverages that come in bottles with caps that you need to pop open this is the bottle opening concept for you. Read The Full Story

Netbook with Sliding Keyboard Coming from China

Samia Perkins, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

At first glance, it looks like another tablet, but if you try to touch the screen...no response. No, it didn't get bricked by a bad operating system download, it's a netbook! The Shanzhai group in China has created a netbook with a sliding keyboard that folds underneath the screen. When folded, it looks just like a large Nokia N97. Observe: Read The Full Story

Konect USB concept watch looks very Star Trek

Shane McGlaun, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

If you like strange watches, Tokyoflash is the place you want to go. The site sells some odd watches that are often hard to read for most of us, but look so cool nonetheless. Tokyoflash has a blog as well and the company has a new concept watch posted on its blog called the Konect designed by Olivier Demangel. The watch has one of the most futuristic looks of any watch I have ever seen. Read The Full Story

Sign Phone Concept by Joseph K. Lee

Kevin Fubar, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Sign phone concept, designed by Joseph K. Lee, is a sweet piece of vapor technology. Ideas like this are what keep us looking forward into the horizon of tomorrow with joy. With technologies like capacitive touch pads, Active Matrix Organic LED screens, and high-efficiency solar panels married together into this sleek looking phone, how can you go wrong? Read The Full Story

Yill is a green rolling office with its own power

Shane McGlaun, Feb 28th 2011 Discuss [1]

If you are the busy filed worker sort that needs to be able to work wherever you might be power is probably your biggest issue. Your computer and other gear need power to operate and many devices last only a few hours on a charge before you need to plug in. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu 22-inch Wireless Displays cut all the cords

Chris Davies, Feb 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

Fujitsu has unveiled what the company is calling the "world's first truly wireless display," using a combination of cable-cutting wireless data and an inductive power system. Set to go on show at CeBIT 2011 this week, and expected to spawn commercial displays "within the next year," the Wireless 22-inch Fujitsu screens use SUPA (Smart Universal Power Access) hotspots built into desks, countertops and office panels. Read The Full Story

Next-Gen Windows UI previewed: Kinect, Windows Phone & bubbly tablets [Video]

Chris Davies, Feb 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has previewed a next-gen UI for smartphones, tablets and PCs, which evolves the traditional windows and icons into bubbles of information which can be manipulated with motion-tracking hardware. The video, presented by Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, shows how gadgets like Kinect and multitouch displays like Surface can be used for more naturalistic interaction with data. Videos after the cut Read The Full Story

Smart Forspeed Concept Electric Car To Debut in Geneva

Rue Liu, Feb 23rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Electric cars of the future won't be tame and utilitarian if Fisker's Karma is any indication of what lies ahead. Trying to shake off the hippie image and gain the "cool" factor that appeals to the broader market, electric car manufacturers, including Smart, are pushing for speed. Smart will be debuting a speedy concept car, aptly named Forspeed, at the 2011 International Motor Show in Geneva next month. Read The Full Story