Chi Shing Lo has won the yearly D&AD Student Award at De Montfort University for his concept phone that does away with viewfinders and chargers.
The Hole concept phone uses the ‘hole’ for win purposes, as a replacement for the traditional viewfinder and for inductive charging technology for data transfer.
The concept design is gorgeous, makes photos a snap and charging wireless - what more do your want?
Long at the forefront of wacky gadgets, the Frontier Technology Research Group latest development project focuses on key-less gadgets that are controlled entirely by eye movement.
The research group for NTT DoCoMo is using a technique that allows he wearable head-mounted device to recognize electrical signals generated by eye movement to operate features such as track skipping, music volume and to ‘tell’ the camera where to focus.
While few of us would want this early prototype with us as we sashay around the Village no doubt we can expect this technology to come together in a way that will see eye-capture technology a boon for everyone, not just the motion impaired.
Nokia are never shy about showing off the sort of clout that has made them the world’s leading phone manufacturer, first there was the morph, now enter the ShapeShift concept phone.
The futuristic design uses a combination of 2 plastic layers, one of these layers is a flexible one, while the second is a hard material and between the two is a liquid.
The liquid moves between the layers to create buttons - creating a fluid move between one mode and the next for user interaction.
Weighing in at 125 grams and a girth of only 110 x 55 x 12 millimeters, the Shape Shift concept is an interesting solution to an age old problem and hopefully a little sprinkle of this genius will enter into everyday phones soon.
We’ve all been there laptop in hand searching frantically for a cafe sporting the WiFi symbol so that we can get that much need email off. Now thanks to Nike you can let your feet do the looking for you with their new “A Step in the Right Direction” prototype shoes.
The ASITRD shoes alert users when a WiFi signal is within 540 meters by flashing an in-built LED.
Wearable technology maybe but flashing LED lights on your feet? How practical is this exactly?
8.1 MEGAPIXEL camera phone! is this real! ….. hold up, I did not finish yet…Auto focus, Face recognition ,Smart Contrast, image stabilization, BestPic, red-eye reduction, xenon flash as well as photoflash for both photos and videos.The Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot codenamed Shiho is a killer, if it actually exists. You can also geo-tag using the built-in GPS receiver, and the accelerometer will allow for screen auto rotation when you go through your camera album.
You dont have to be an Apple fanboy to shout from the rooftops that the future is touchscreen but the Intuit Concept phone takes things a step further.
The would-be phone features 5 mp of photog power as well as full touchscreen and secondary screen - excuse me did you say secondary screen - yes sir - its just that unbelievable it warrants an internal monologue.
Cause we can all put pen to paper and create a Escherian wishlist of mobile computing contractions but alas tis beauty shall remain a bloggers delight for now…
Just when you think the Apple iPhone has everyting you want in a phone, minus 3G alright calm down, along comes this video and interupts your sleep for days…
Nokia’s main design contractors in Finland, Provoke Design has shown off their 2012 vision of mobile phone concept and design. Check out the videos … It does seem these concepts are drifting away from their core purpose ………… A PHONE!
RKS Design’s new Mimique concept phone . As the images illustrates, the phone is definitely not for business use, it actually looks more like a kid’s dummy phones . But dont mimic this mimque, this toy is a full personalized touch-screen cell phone that uses open-source platforms including the Android, so you can turn this beauty to simply any phone you wish to have…
