Future Technology » Search Results » magnetic induction

Orange Solar Tent Concept with Various Unique Features

TheFuture — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:03:47 +0000

Orange, the renowned UK mobile company, has unveiled this concept camping tent with various unique features. The solar-powered tent contains photovoltaic fabric to generate solar energy, a rocking heated groundsheet, wireless hub and magnetic induction charging pouch. The innovative ‘glo-cation technology’ of this Orange tent will allow the user to identify their tent by using the powers of a cellphone through SMS or RFID technology. Whenever you will active the feature, the motorcycle helmet-shaped tent dome will glow gently, pointing you back to your tent. This tent will offer the required assistance when you are on a holiday, even, you can retreat it to your home turf.

Designer : Orange

Versatile, Future Compact Kitchen Appliances

TheFuture — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:03:04 +0000

Versatile is a new kind of kitchen appliances. It solves many common problems that you can experience with today kitchen appliances such as : space problem, so many electric wires, hard to clean, hard to use, too many features per product, etc.

Versatile is a system products. A panel supplied electric power and support to a large choice of magnetic appliances such as: toaster, steamer, coffee machine, with minimum interface.

Versatile allows spontaneous access, more frequent usage. No waste of space as appliances are used and stored in the same place. Very simple and easy to use shapes thanks to the induction technology. Hermetic products mean washable product even in a dish-washer.

Designer : Francois Laine

Soft Phone Concept – Fold Your Phone !

TheFuture — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:35:07 +0000

Using soft materials, this Soft Phone concept is a finalist in Tancher Award 2008. The interface features its fabric material, to define the function modules by extrusion and fold. This soft phone concept is based on the fabric digital display technology, which will lead to a new experience in more flexible cell phone operation. Jian Qian says “The Bluetooth earphone buckled to the string can charge the phone by Electromagnetic Induction. The material of the interface is fabric while the one of clip and circle is silica gel, which makes the phone very soft and portable.”

Different directions of extruding make different functions for the phone and the camera.

Camera Usage (Extruding vertically)
Extruding to a little extend: focus (take photos) ,
Extruding to a larger extend: pulling the trigger
Release: Photo finish

Designer : Jian Qian