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Back To The Future! 1988 / 2011
24 years ago, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wosniak laid out a vision for what the computer would become. The year they gave was 2000 – a bit optimistic it turns out. However, today 2011, everything in their vision has come true! When this video was created in 1988, there was no World Wide Web, no flatscreen [...]
Ashcraft Design visualizes sustainable headphones
Yanko Design specializes in the art of the conceptual tease, so I’ll just tell you right off the bat that the headphones (sourced from Yanko) you see here aren’t available for purchase…yet. Britt Ashcraft of Ashcraft Design brings the concept of ecologically responsible gadgets to our attention with the Ashcraft Aria headphones. Crafted with the [...]
Munivo conceptual hand map helps the blind find their way around
Being blind or visually impaired doesn’t mean that life has lost all meaning, although it will be a whole lot harder for you to move around. The Munivo concept will deal with the idea of a hand map – where designer Calin Giubega intends to let blind folks “see” with movement and a form of [...]
Portable solar charger on the cheap, thanks to UM students
Solar power is definitely one of the better ways to harvest free energy from our surroundings, and when it comes to rural areas, it is one of the best ways to provide green and sustainable energy without having to cut down large tracts from the forest. The University of Michigan should be proud that three [...]
Shave with a Flick of a Finger
Ring-shaver is a small, tube-shaped shaver that slips over the finger. In comparison to traditional shaving, Ring-shaver allows a more flexible shaving action. A toggle switch activates the flywheel to provide the necessary driving force. Ring-shaver does not require charging. It saves energy and is easy to carry. Great for sparse facial hair. Ring-shaver is [...]
Supersonic Stick on the Wrist for Blind People
It is very rare that I use the title of the project as the title of the post, but this one is just too magically perfect not to do that. This project goes by the incredibly long name “Supersonic Stick on the Wrist for Blind People” and it rocks. It uses “supersonic signals” aka sonar [...]
Traccia pen-like mobile phone recognizes hand movements for commands
We’ve seen the vaguest of phones, and ones most creatively decked out too, yet we haven’t seen anything as genius as the Traccia mobile phone by designer Andrea Ponti. The Traccia is a phone that’s held as a pen, it recognizes hand movements and converts the same into commands. An embedded optical sensor (like optical [...]
One Watch With Many Faces
Here is a neat idea that allows you to play with the different faces for a watch. The Watch oNe basically features an E-Ink display which is LED back lit, but its face is not constant, meaning you can change it at whim or fancy. Hook the watch up to the internet and download your [...]
USB Wall Socket
The USB Wall Socket is a concept idea that puts a couple of USB ports in to a wall socket allowing you easier access to charge your USB chargeable gadgets. Tweet this!
Stamp.y Digital Camera Stamps Out Your Pictures
The Stamp.y concept is quite interesting, as it seeks to combine a digital compact camera with a traditional rubber stamp. What it does is it allows you to snap a picture using its camera functionalities, after which you’ll be able to open it up to reveal a stamp pad, with the picture that you just [...]