Avery Holleman has developed a PC design that can turn out to be a very useful tool on your conference tables. Named as Napkin PC, the design resembles a Napkin holder, which combines multiple touch screen devices within a collaborative network. The digital pens which are a part of the device allow the users to draw on the touch screens what you would do with a pen on a napkin. As per the designer, the reason for creating the concept was to enable users to interact with any number of interfaces connected in the same network. Of course this is one napkin wherein one won’t feel embarrassed keeping notes. We already discussed some of Next Gen PC Design finalists, such as : Siafu PC Design, Zen PC, Yuno, Momenta Neck PC, The Cup, CLEF and TRVL, and the winner goes to Napkin PC Concept, congratulation Avery!
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Parasolar is a revolutionary new green gadget which seems to change the way people view the public seating and thus setting a high standard pertaining to the green future gadgets which shall be subjected to public use. It uses solar energy thus making it a sustainable product and environmentally friendly. Many interactive & educational elements are also incorporated into this design, like, the OLED visual display projecting information to the masses which relates to sustainability issues. The structure design and execution look unique and cool. With natural resources surrounding the structures, Parasolar is sure a breath of fresh air in this concrete jungle.
Designer : Parth Sharma via EcoFriend
Today in any conventional cell phone instrument users can listen to music, use it as a camera (both video and still), see time, set reminders, use as a diary, use as a calendar, play games, check mails, phew! And yes you can use it as phone to make calls too! Well, “Need” is just that – a phone, no mp3 player no camera just phone plain and simple.
The phone has 2 screens of which one is touch screen while the other is OLED; though users can customize the OLED. The phone also has sliding scroll which can be moved up and down, with the phone being in lock mode if the scroll is on top and while scrolling down the screen, users can see the signal and battery strength, and when the scroll is below one can access the phonebook as well. Thus Need Cell Phone is surely a device for the purists.
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One of the old time keeping devices has been the good old pocket watch with a chain and flap. But the advent of wrist watch and the comfortability of the same led to the former being lost in the oblivion. With the discerning public need for next convergence device which blends elegance with portability and simplicity. Well in comes the Cobalt as response to that. Its round OLED touch screen allows an easy access to the features with just a simple flick of the thumb. The screen shows time, date, and temperature along with updates on text, email and voicemail. It can be completely customized on every level, with the default settings on the screen that can be changed to suit user needs be it a minimal analog hands to full on digital display.
It is designed with the style conscious in mind as in when the Bluetooth technology can be integrated with earrings and other accessories. There’s a hidden spot on the back for house keys, along with state-of-the-art voice recognition software, it sure is one thing you can take to places.
Designer: Adam Huffman via yankodesign
Reading a book at night can really bother your sleeping partner, I bet they keep complaining about the light. MARK is trying to give you the solution of this dilemma, you can place it on the book’s page and MARK will provide you the light. You can also place it between pages as ordinary book mark. Mark is a thin and flexible sheet made out of embedded FOLEDs (flexible organic LEDs) which can glow to help you read each pages in the book in the dark. The light intensity can be controlled according to the user requirement. Pretty handy isn’t it ? No wonder this MARK concept has won the Red Dot award 2007, In illumination category.
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