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
This external touch screen can be used as a substitute for your keyboard especially when complicating control is needed.? For designers as PC beginners, graphical guide of external touch screen would be a great help. You can also change this external touch screen into keyboard and make it the way you want it or turn it into a Macbook cover tells you how many new e-mails and RSS feeds you’ve got, time, schedule, new flickr photos of your bookmarked photographer. No need dealing with computer ? Change it as photo/movie stand, randomly pick YouTube movies, etc.
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E-paper makes a flexible display that consumes power only when updated. The design is inspired by a regular tourist map where you get good overview, good level of detail, and quick access combined with the advantages of GPS navigation. Store your images from your digital camera on the internal drive and sync them to the GPS log. Now you can see exactly where your photos were taken. Share this information directly by using WiFi or piggyback your phone with Bluetooth.
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Now you can have digital camera that shoot when it’s thrown, although I don’t see what’s the point then because we might lose the focus of the object, but the German designer Fraziska Faoro said that the concept of this digital camera is to give users a new level experiences in photography. This robust digital camera is equipped with three protected fisheye lenses. You can make this digital camera to take the photos by throwing, located in unusual places, or even in suspended mode.
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