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Seesaw Battery: AA batteries get smarter

Samia Perkins, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

From designer Young Suk Kim, this battery that would make the frustrating task of getting those darn batteries out the compartment a lot easier. And there's no need to break a fingernail in the process. It's called the Seesaw, and the ends of the battery are tapered, so that you can push down on one end and the other end pops up! Read The Full Story

SIRF Walk Indoor GPS – Coming to a Smartphone Near You

Samia Perkins, Feb 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you've ever gotten lost in a mall and had to spend time searching for one of those "directions" kiosks, then help is on the way. SIRF Walk, an indoor positioning system created by CSR, will be able to help you find your destination, even when you are inside and out of satellite view. The system will use a phone's accelerometer, gyroscope, and even a barometer. Read The Full Story

Orbo Watch Takes Circular Face, E Ink, Tells All

Chris Burns, Feb 11th 2011 Discuss [8]

We've got a soft spot for conceptual design in our collective hearts here at SlashGear, and when a bit of industrial design comes along so very close to production that they only need a little nudge to get out of the door, we can't resist. Especially when that design is brilliant to the level that this watch is. It appears to be analog until you realize what the hands are telling you - the hours, minutes, seconds, day, weather, and basically anything else you'd like, all of it in a cleverly fashionable design. Read The Full Story

Haptica Brail watch designs by David Chavez seeks funding on Kickstarter

Shane McGlaun, Feb 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

We see all sorts of watches that are expensive and really cool around these parts. The thing that they all have had in common is that they are for people that can see. Those with no eyesight or impaired eyesight can't use a normal watch to tell time. Read The Full Story

Aava Mobile TWIST concept origins revealed [Video]

Chris Davies, Feb 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

We've already told you that Aava Mobile will be bringing its slick second-gen Medfield-based smartphone to MWC 2011 shortly, and now we know a little more about its design providence. Core77 worked with Aava and AGENT designer Alberto Villareal on TWIST, an angular, origami-inspired concept that, the smartphone company tells us, turned out to be the basis for the second-gen Aava Core hardware. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Lin Jian Feng Presents The Perfect Superphone

Robert Evans, Feb 2nd 2011 Discuss [14]

The Motorola Atrix packs the dual-core power of a computer into a slender handset package. Moto made much of the laptop and TV docks, but both of those (admittedly nifty) peripheral products merely underscore the sad truth. On its own, the Atrix is a caged lion. Read The Full Story

Horizontal Symmetry – The Way of the Future Phone?

Chris Burns, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

The current trend in smartphone design is that of a vertical symmetry. It's important to make sure the left and the right of the screen, (that being the right and left when the phone is held in a portrait mode,) are equal, or at least appear to be equal. The future of the phone is presented in a project by Jason Wang, a designer who believes that the next logical step in the evolution of the handheld communicator is symmetry in landscape mode. As a proof, he offers a conceptual design by the name of Nokia E2. Read The Full Story

Concept Camera Uses Single Glass Viewfinder / Touchscreen Interface

Chris Burns, Jan 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you're at all familiar with the work of Mac Funamizu, you know he's an industrial designer whose only limit is real-world application. He does not allow the technological limits of today have an effect on his work, therefor he does magnificent designs that might never exist. For this project, Mac found inspiration in a project by the name of WVIL Concept Camera, a camera with a similar aim but a much bigger package. The camera you're about to peek at is made up of a single piece of glass, a clip-on tiny lens, and a metal rim. Of course there'd be some technological insides, but take a look and imagine something so very simple. Read The Full Story

Turnstyle record player concept only glow-wire away from Tron

Chris Davies, Jan 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

Slap some EL wire on this, and you could be looking at the best Tron-themed record player around. In fact it's the handiwork of designer R.D. Silver, who set himself the task of stripping a turntable down to its bare essentials and ended up with Turnstyle. Read The Full Story

Shoei’s Optical/Resistive Touch Panel on Display Automotive Electronics Technology Expo

Evan Selleck, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

As the outside of our vehicles get more advanced, the inside is advancing at a far quicker pace. And while having the word "resistive" in any type of touchscreen implementation may not seem all that advanced to anyone, Shoei has created a hybrid touch panel that actually uses resistive technology in a useful fashion. Of course, it helps that the company doesn't have any intention of implementing their idea in an actual display. Read The Full Story

MSI Tablet with Built-In Projector is Just a Prototype

Evan Selleck, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Not too long ago, it looked like projectors were picking up speed and heading into the mainstream market. They were even being built into phones. But then that phase seemed to get passed over relatively quickly. One market that seems to have shied away from the projector, is the tablet market. To some, a projector and a tablet would make the perfect bed fellows. MSI apparently agrees with those folks, and have created a prototype device that, at least right now, runs Windows 7 and is powered by Intel. Read The Full Story

Blackbird Mercedes TRON Concept For Great Light Justice

Chris Burns, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

This is a design straight out of the concept books of both Peter Vardai and Tamas Fodor, both of whome have brought to life this magnificent machine for the world to get their TRON on in. It seems like this TRON fad has become a movement as the movie itself is leaving theaters yet concepts keep popping up. The goal of the designer of this project (Vardai) was to both reinforce the emotions people feel toward the Mercedes brand and bring their eyes up and out forward toward the future. Light strips on black sides will do that! Read The Full Story