Netbooks are mainly characterized by their weight, screen size, price, battery life and ability of internet connection. According to some reliable sources, Apple will introduce their first Netbook very soon which is definitely a very good news for Apple lovers. Well, the Retrevo team has imagined what an Apple Netbook might look like. To evaluate the performance of this forthcoming device, some key features may be taken under consideration. Battery life is a big issue for portable pc and a gesture-based touch pad is another attraction. Other main features would be connectivity, operating system, cameras and videos. Undoubtedly the Apple Netbook will be on top of all these requirements. Additionally, quality audio, GPS and accelerometer are some other attractive features.
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Daniel Molloy, a student of Monash University, has designed Boomer, an excellent tool that provides mobility aid to the quickly increasing elderly population. Boomer is emphasizing most on safety and aims to diminish the risk of stair-related falls, which is an identified major public health concern among the elderly community. The design key innovation is the stair compatible function to allow mobility aid by transforming from a simple walker into a gadget that facilitates the user to go up and down on the stairs safely. In fact, the Boomer mobility aid is an exceptional combination of user friendly qualities in a modern form.
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Bathroom accidents are getting a common issue every year with several cases resulting even in death because of being exposed too late. This concept Help Lock will be beneficial for not only the aged or people who are living alone, but also the usual home owners. An alarm and a timer are the key elements that have been used to solve this problem. The timer sets automatically whenever a person locks the door and it will remind the user to cancel the alarm once the set time has passed. If there is no answer after 30 seconds, the lock will unlock the door, sound the alarm and dial an emergency number that was programmed earlier.
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Speakers all-in-one is a concept design by Erick Sakal, which demonstrate a speaker that has everything in just one unit. The extraordinary appearance of this speaker has made it a quite attractive piece which holds a sub-woofer in the center, two tweeters on both sides and a center speaker located on the top. The speaker is offering brilliant sound quality and a superb look with the artistic design that combines smoothly finished wood and strong glossy steel. The key feature of this speaker is it can receive Bluetooth data from your ipod or iphone simply by connecting an additional small device.
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Devices that assess power consumption of a house are very much familiar with us. But how many of you have seen a device that measures your body surrounding power consumption? Worrell is a design firm based on Minnesota has designed such a device named Gruve which is a personal energy-burning monitoring system based on Dr Jim Levine’s research. He discovered that it is possible to lose unnecessary weight by being active all through the day which will shut the metabolism down. Gruve is a tri-axial accelerometer that can indicate the progress of an individual against his or her pre-measured metabolism by monitoring the individual’s every movement all through the day.
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