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FieldCREW User Research Tablet concept

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 28th 2008 1 Comment

Looking like a cross between a Speak & Spell and a Star Trek tricorder, this tablet concept by the Bressler Group’s Rob Tannen is intended for user researchers gathering product design feedback. Called the FieldCREW User Research Concept Platform, it includes wireless, remotely controlled tracking video cameras to observe user interaction, wireless tagging units that automatically record a “review this” point on the timeline, and subvocalization microphones that allow the researcher to record discrete observations.

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Two Australian men make perpetual motion machine

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Oct 27th 2008 5 Comments

Wouldn’t it be nice if electricity were free? Well, that’s precisely what these two men from Australian thought. In fact, they’ve whipped up a perpetual motion machine that could save you money and let you produce your own energy. Maybe.

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I Ching Oracle Watch concept wakes you up, guides your life

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 27th 2008 1 Comment

I’m no fortune teller, but I think this Oracle Watch concept would find plenty of buyers should it ever reach the market. Designed by Andy Kurovets, it not only tells you the time but, using the divination principle of the I Ching, the order of chance events.

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Virtuo Digital Palette concept makes for mess-free painting

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Oct 24th 2008 2 Comments

I think a lot of people have an artistic urge within them. You know, to create something where there once was nothing. But a lot of the time, the trouble with painting is the mess. Plus, it can be expensive to acquire all the supplies.

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LIFT sky-car public & personal transportation concept

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2008 2 Comments

Here’s clever for you: if you’re a city designer of the future, how do you balance residents’ desires to have their own private vehicles, which they can drive themselves, with your own desire for the sweeping cable-car and monorail tracks that no 22nd Century urban metropolis should be without? The answer could be Roberto Vackflores’ LIFT concept, individual autopods that can selectively hook onto overhead tracks.

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Microsoft SideSight makes for multi-touch off the screen

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Oct 21st 2008 No Comments

We’ve all heard about and seen the Microsoft Surface device in action. And one thing is for certain: the company is committed to utilizing multi-touch surfaces is new and interesting ways. But what if no surface was required at all?

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Sleep mask is for sleepy train passengers

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Oct 17th 2008 No Comments

If you have to take a train a lot in order to commute to work or around town, you no doubt get sleepy sometimes. That’s why Pyocotan, a manga artist, has come up with “Noriko-san,” a sleek mask that relies on the kindness of other passengers to work.

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Sony PSP2 fan concept is OLED-rollable delight

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 17th 2008 No Comments

Ignore ergonomic concerns, or feasibility, or any of the other usual real-world complaints – it’s Friday and we may as well have a nice new concept to drool over. The work of Tai Chiem, this PSP2 render takes advantage of a flexible OLED display that can be rolled around the main electronics core but, when charged, automatically stiffens with minimal bezel surround.

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OLO Computer iPhone-integrated netbook concept looks unlikely

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 13th 2008 No Comments

One of the regular concepts we see over at iPhoneBuzz is Apple slotting the iPhone 3G into the palm-rest of a MacBook and making it serve double-duty as connectivity and multitouch trackpad. When it’s attributed to Apple it’s pretty laughable; when a third-party claims to be doing it, as is the case with OLO Computer, you fall off the scale into hilariously unlikely.

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MSTRPLN and Ubiq’s Wi-Fi concept shoes

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Oct 10th 2008 2 Comments

Concept products are fun, aren’t they? I think so at least. So that’s why when I happened across these Wi-fi detecting shoes, a concept designed by MSTRPLN and Ubiq, I just had to share them.

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