The new Copenhagen aquarium is expected to be a marvel in the contemporary water front architecture. It has been named as ‘The Blue Planet’ and is scheduled to be opened in 2013. It has been designed by Danish architects 3XN who had given their ‘Whirlpool’ concept wherein the whole concept was inspired by nature and sea. The location of the project is on the island of Amager near Copenhagen Airport and the airline passengers will have a complete aerial view of the structure. This design sure has traffic stopping looks.
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You are about to catch the flight for that weekend get away with your family and it’s a last minute rush to board the plane. You already have the boarding pass and just as you hear the last minute announcements, suddenly you observe that your child is missing! You look everywhere but where to locate in this sea of human faces? Is he safe or what might have happened? This might seem to be a scene taken out of any popular movie flick, but could as well be a scenario in real life too. There are many incidents across airports, amusement parks or shopping malls wherein the Public address system is used to locate the dear ones. Not any more! If the Link Child Locator is anything to go by!
The basic concept that works on is that a parent can use to locate or keep a track of the child in a crowded location. It has 2 components, a bracelet, which is worn by the child containing a transmitter module that works at a range of up to 100 feet, and the other part is a watch style bracelet which is worn by the parent. This part receives the child’s signal and indicates the direction and the estimated distance on a small LCD display.
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Future has always fascinated human mind. How every one wishes to see what life will be like in the future. May be people in the early 20th century might have imagined many things for the 21st century. How far or how close have come to their school of thought is a question that is ponder able. Having said that, we still think how it would be in the future. What kind of gadgets shall be in use and also how the necessary gadgets of today will look in the future? Keeping time is something we all like to do. So one & co in collaboration with Timex have designed of what the watches will be like in the year 2154. A good 150 years ahead!
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InTime is a new way to know the time, kinda weird at first, well the designer said that this is a bracelet watch. Time is running around your hand. Thats why you InTime! You can see your future(up) and past (down), real time is showed at center of hand(marked by line ). OLED display, semi transparent plastic, usb (recharging- or small star battery).
Designer : Ilya Tkach
This TouchMan cellphone turns into a communication furniture when clicked into the main device at home and let you communicate and share emotions permanently with your friends in an visual way. A mixture of screensaver, instant messenger and aquarium. You can watch your contact like fishes in an aquarium on the touchscreen. They could change color and activity to their current moods and availability. Use the camera to share your perspective or chat with several contacts at the same time. When the battery is running out, you can use the docking station to charge the main station and the cellphone at the same time, when the cellphone is disconnected, the main device sleeps. Taking the main device around the house won’t be a problem since there is a acryl cover to protect it.
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