Another innovative design concept from Nokia, the morph concept. Featured in The Museum of Modern Art ?Design and The Elastic Mind? exhibition, the Morph concept device is a bridge between highly advanced technologies and their potential benefits to end-users. Developed by NRC (Nokia Research Center) in collaboration with the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre (United Kingdom), Morph is a concept phone that using nanotechnology which enables materials and components that are flexible, stretchable, transparent and remarkably strong. Users should be able to transform their cell phone into different shapes.
From the website : “Morph concept technologies might create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices: * Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live
* Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving
* Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension
* Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge
* Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us, empowering us to make better choices”
We probably see this technology another 5-7 years in the future, by using nanotechnology, hopefully can lead to low cost manufacturing solutions and the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.
Great innovation from Chris Owens for fashion design oriented people. Edge concept phone is dedicated its style to fashionitas, look at how the glass keyboard sliding out when you want to answer an incoming call, when this black beauty in stand by mode, you won’t see any keyboard, just a sleek? pocket phone. Stylist and futuristic.
Everyone was designing a watch phone with hope we already used it by now. Well, one of designs might come true and we can wear it soon, CellWatch M500, the world’s smallest mobile watch. The initial release took place in November last year and hopefully, the product will be available again in March 2008 (according to mymobilewatch). Designed by SMS Technology Australia, CellWatch M500 has features like sms functionality, OLED touchscreen, bluetooth, mp3, video playback, 128 MB Memory. Will we reach the future ? Let’s wait Marc 2008.
XPERIA X1 marks the launch of a new brand for Sony Ericsson company, this product is hoped can gain attention from slider phone lovers. Featuring 3 inch wide VGA display, 3.2 mega-pixel camera, slider-design body, touch screen, and full wide-pitch QWERTY keyboard. This probably the next iphone rival. No one mention about any price just yet, we can hope to see XPERIA X1 in the market around second half of 2008. Let’s hope so !
—– Update —–
It’s here now with the price $800, phew…more expensive than iPhone. [Buy it here]
Scentsory is a mobile communication device that works with the senses of smell, sight, hearing and touch, giving users the ability to experience remote communication on multi-sensory levels. With the development of Scentsory, remote interfacing will become more biologically natural. The future of mobile communication is ready to take part in rich, multi-layered, multi-sensory experiences. In addition to basic audiovisual features, Scentsory is able to detect, transmit and emit smells. It can also radiate colours, lighting, and temperature from the caller?s environment.
