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With Samsung and company outing 3D televisions for home viewers and China loving 3D newspapers, it’s not too farfetched to picture the technology being used in laptops and mobile phones. Focusing on the use of 3D in cellphones, Petr Kubik has designed this all-in-one-piece that includes the glasses, intuitive stylus and expandable screens. The 3D apps support 3D movies and camera plus allow you to make surreal calls with family and friends that pop outta the screen!

Here are some of the specs envisioned for the 3D Mobile Phone:

* Photovoltic screen at the rear for instant recharging
* Dimensions: 66×133x14mm
* Expandable Touch Display size: 177×104mm
* Interactive stylus
* 3D Glasses
* Adjustable Leg Support

Designer: Petr Kubik



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Flutter: applying a deflection in the middle of the display screen, reveals a debt parted like the design Tweet

LG Electronics North American mobile phone company (LGEMU) the 'Be the future design (Design the Future)' in the subject conducted six weeks from March 15 to mobile phone design competition winners announced one day.

This tournament is the third since 2008 last 18 years or older was conducted by Americans. ▲ originality of a total of more than 400 points gongmojak (Creativity / Originality) ▲ feasible (Feasibility) ▲ requirements fulfilled (Need Fulfillment) and three kinds of items Rate choewoosujak a total of 40 points, including the winning points were selected.

A place of honor at Virginia Tech (Virginia Tech) Industrial Design, students teamed up four men squads 'AL-i' the accounting $ 20,000 (about 24 million won), won the prize.

'AL-i' on the phone with one hand, can use the various functions of the various UI (User Interface: User Experience) implement usability Smartphones raised one step. 1, 2 and 3 on the design, the more likely the commercialization of the design were not disclosed.

In addition, a hand-holder and the connection with the projector to recognize the behavior of a variety of applications to control smartphones to see at a glance 'Atlas (Atlas)', Braille keypad for the visually impaired with a unique design of the 'surface (Surface)' also attracted attention, and other winners.

Meanwhile, the film 'Iron Man' of the accessories team president Bouvet Russell (Russell Bobbitt) selected by applying a special prize of the bending part of the display screen is split apart, like debt reveals 'flutter (Flutter)' that were selected. 'Flutter' in the future Hollywood blockbusters got a chance to emerge.

2 and 3 above $ 10,000 each crab (about 12 million won) and $ 5,000 (about 6 million won), winning a $ 1,000 (about 120 million) were awarded. LG Electronics to all the winners of the target market decide whether to review the possibility of the commercialization plans.

MC Business Division, LG Electronics vice president, North American Division hwanggyeongju, "Competition was more and more innovative with a high interest level is high design offers a massive," said, "LG Electronics is expanding communication channels with our customers, continually gained a variety of product ideas reflected in plans, "he said.

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Android Based Coffee Brewery Tweet

This thing makes coffee and spits out music. What more do you want? What more COULD you want? More? Alright well you’re in luck because this “Appresso” device does all that you want. It’s Android based. That means it’s amazing by itself. Then it makes coffee. Delicious coffee mmmm. It uses the Android technology to tell you info about the taste and scent of the coffee, then also reads QR-codes* from each coffee capsule, playing a specific song based on which pack you’ve scanned! My triple caffeinated cap plays Yanni in the morning.

*QR code is a gridlike system of black and white spaces, very often used in tangent with cellphone camera technology, very similar to a BAR code in most respects. Take a peek at the pictures below, you’ll know what you’re looking for right away.

Not only then can you read and play music from the packs (opening a whole new door for sound/taste collaboration), you can dock your own music player in the top as well. All of your little music devices, hooray.

Not for those who splash coffee all over the counter every morning.

Beware!

Love it.

Designer: In-oh Yoo & Bong-yup Song for Metatrend Institute




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LG Mobile Phones Announces Winners of 3rd Annual Design the Future Competition Tweet

$20,000 Winning Design Selected From More Than 400 Entries.

SAN DIEGO -- LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Design the Future Competition. The ideation competition challenged participants to create a mobile phone concept to define the future of mobile communication. By partnering with crowdSPRING, more than 400 designs were submitted during the six-week competition in a battle for more than $80,000 in awards. LG awarded $20,000 plus a Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet to the first place winner, $10,000 to second place, and $5,000 to third place. Each of the top three winners will also receive professional design and sketching software from sponsor Autodesk, Inc. LG also presented 37 honorable mentions with $1,000 each!

The first place winning entry was a team effort by Zack Filbert, Chris Carpenter, James Connors, and Kees Luyendijk, four second year industrial design students from the same design class in Virginia Tech. Together, they created the AL-i concept around the functionality of a smartphone for one-handed use. The winning concept showcased detailed, innovative examples of form and interface scenarios for one-handed usage inspired by their own research. These four students will receive $20,000 plus Autodesk Alias Sketch software, the newest application from Autodesk for exploring concepts and producing stunning artwork.

The second place winning entry – titled Premium – is a mobile phone with 3D interface that connects the phone and the car together to adjust in-car climate, control the infotainment system, select seat memory, check tire pressure, gauge the fuel amount, etc. It should come as no surprise that the winner, Nouphone Bansasine, is a professional car designer.

This year's competition marked the first-ever Prop Mater's Choice Award which was given to Dua Xiong for his cutting-edge design titled the Flutter. A smartphone that fans open to reveal a beautiful flexible OLED touch screen that scrolls radially, the Flutter has won the opportunity to be featured in future blockbuster film.

Participants submitted a wide range of ideas including accessories and concepts for the disabled. For example, an honorable mention – titled Atlas – is a smartphone that docks into a base which projected the pages, so you can view multiple applications simultaneously. The dock features a tracking system which senses your hand gestures, so you can spin the pages in a loop and zoom in and out. Another honourable mention – titled Surface – is a watch phone for the blind and features a Braille keypad and a unique shape, so you can distinguish orientation of the phone by feel.

"We continue to be impressed with the imagination of the participants," said Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of marketing and innovation for LG Mobile Phones. "Although we listen to our consumers daily, LG's Design the Future Competition invites a different type of conversation."

"We are extremely pleased to partner with LG on this innovative project," said Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founder of crowdSPRING. "We see great potential for the future of this program and tapping into the best talent out there for affordable logos, web designs and writing services."

Judges in this year's competition included 2009 Design the Future Competition participant, Gwen Frederick. Impressed with her talent and creative promise, LG hired Frederick as a full time employee after seeing her innovative design. This year's competition also attracted a record number of submissions from design enthusiasts. Entries were judged on three criteria: creativity/originality, need fulfillment, and feasibility. Any U.S. resident over the age of 18 years (or age of majority in state of residence) and older was eligible to submit a concept. Both seasoned and aspiring designers used their imagination, creativity and 2D and 3D engineering software such as the free trial of Autodesk SketchBook Pro to develop their designs. Ideas were accepted from March 15 to April 26, 2010 and were submitted online through crowdSPRING.

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570.KS) is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 84,000 people working in 115 operations including 84 subsidiaries around the world. With 2009 global sales of USD43.4 billion, LG is comprised of five business units -- Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, Air Conditioning and Business Solutions. LG is the world's leading producer of flat panel TVs, audio and video products, mobile handsets, air conditioners and washing machines. LG has signed a long-term agreement to become both a Global Partner and a Technology Partner of Formula One(tm). As part of this top-level association, LG acquires exclusive designations and marketing rights as the official consumer electronics, mobile phone and data processor of this global sporting event. For more information, please visit www.lgusa.com.

About LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company

The LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is a leading global mobile communications and information company. With its cutting-edge technology and innovative design capabilities, LG creates handsets that provide an optimized mobile experience to customers around the world. LG is pursuing convergence technology and mobile computing products, while continuing its leadership role in mobile communication with stylish designs and smart technology. For more information, please visit www.lgmobilephones.com.

About crowdSPRING

crowdSPRING is an online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. For buyers, crowdSPRING is a place to post a creative project, watch the world contribute ideas and choose the best at an affordable price. For creatives, crowdSPRING is a global stage for creativity where title and experience don't matter. crowdSPRING is a privately held company based in Chicago. For more information, visit www.crowdspring.com.

About Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are built. Fortune 100 companies - as well as the last 15 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects - use Autodesk software tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and money, enhance quality, and foster innovation for competitive advantage. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.

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Iron Man 2 VFX Montage Tweet

Video done by Perception NYC. Amazing visual effects!

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Ironman 2 pda Tweet

Small scene demo-ing Stark's awesome PDA in Ironman 2.

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Microsoft's Latest Concept Smartphone Tweet

How will smartphones work in the future? Microsoft provides a vision of how various futuristic devices and systems will be working seamlessly in the future.

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Nokia's mobile phone of the future (2) Tweet

Another concept animation of how Nokia phones could develop in the future, this time showing off a cool touchscreen user interface.

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Walkman Android concept Tweet

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Walkman Android concept by sunrise from esato.


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Samsung Wearable Mobile Device Makes Communication Easier For An Active Lifestyle Tweet

The Samsung wearable mobile device concept, by designer Erik Campbell, is a next generation smart phone that can be worn in style. The mobile features innovative technology along with futuristic imagination, aimed for athletes, adventure lovers and tech savvy consumers. This device includes a touch screen OLED display with a tactile keypad and memory alloy articulation, offering the user convenience when riding a mountain bike or surfing the sea. This compact device with stylish split pad design allows for increased airflow, preventing sweat build up. The smart mobile eliminates the need of carrying bulky communication devices, while offering an all-in-one solution for taking and making calls, capturing wildlife, and making tweets.






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Design by Community – creating the ultimate concept device Tweet

Design by Community is capturing the collective thoughts of Conversations readers to define the ultimate concept mobile device. To avoid creating some kind of unwieldy beast, we’ve created a series of steps and every week, we’ll put new variables to the public vote. Once the product specs have been defined, we’ll get Nokia’s design team to turn them into a series of concept sketches which you can vote for. The winner will be turned into a design concept render and revealed exclusively on Conversations in May.

And no, the plan isn’t to actually make the product, this is more an exercise in collaboration sprinkled with some future thinking. More than anything, it’s a bit of fun. Want to get involved? Follow the steps below.

Want to help name our concept device? Submit your suggestions and join the discussion.

http://conversations.nokia.com/design-by-community/

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Sliding iPhone Concept Packs a Keyboard, Looks Neat Tweet

Olivier Demangel is a 3D artist from the UK and you absolutely have to check out his work. Aside from the beautiful iPhone concept pictured below, the man also created the Nintendo 3DS, a possible follow-up to the current portable console. However, the gaming iPhone design steals the show, through its cool looks.

This futuristic iPhone features a small sliding QWERTY keyboard, plus an iPod-like scroll wheel and it still manages to keep that cool touchscreen. We have no info on the specs of this device, but in case you’re wondering, you can check out the Nintendo 3DS concept at the end of the article, since it’s pictured there, in all its splendour.

Let’s just hope that Apple, Nintendo or maybe a third party will adopt these designs…





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Messenger Dog Tweet

Messenger dog is an informal messaging system for disastered cities.

Soon after a disaster happens, such as an hearthquake, family members and beloved ones could get displaced in the city and in different refugees camps, being not able either to reconnect physically due to the collapsed roads or to phone each other due to the network not working.

In those very first hours of fear and displacement, people may just want to send a message to their beloved ones only saying that they are alive and safe, hoping the same for them as well.

Messanger Dogs can help in recording those messages as video message and delivering them to the refugee camp they are assigned to.

Messanger Dogs wear a particular uniform to identify them, equipped with a device that can record messages, store geolocation of where each message was taken and the time as well. Messanger dogs are trained to sit when in front of a person, so as soon as one of them meets a person, it sits, allowing the accelerometer inside the recording device to trigger the interface software to start. In our prototype we used an IPod running Nada Mobile from Tellart to simulate the device.

The Messanger Dogs are divided into team, assigned to different refugee camp. At the end of their work, they can come back to the camp, where volunteers will download the video and make them available to the people to browse among and watch. In this way people could get to know a familiar is fine before the formal communication would be restored.

This concept was developed by me, Mary and Li during Matt Cottam GUI course at CIID.
The video for this project was developed during Timo Arnall, Jack Schulze and Matt Cottam workshop called "very Short Stories" soon after the concept and graphical interfaces development during a very intense weekend.
Special thanks for the shooting to Timo Arnall and props movements and acting Matt Cottam.

Messenger Dog from laura boffi on Vimeo.

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Nokia Morph Concept (long) Tweet

Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can sense its environment, is energy harvesting and self cleaning .
Morph is a flexible two-piece device that can adapt its shape to different use modes. Nanotechnology enables to have adaptive materials yet rigid forms on demand.
It is also featured in the MoMA online exhibition "Design and the Elastic Mind". It has been a collaboration project of Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center.

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CES 2008: Nokia Eco Sensor Project Tweet

Alex chats to Jarkko from Nokia about their concepts for eco-friendly and environmentally sensitive products.

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Remade concept Tweet

Nokia has released a short video showing a new concept from our design team exploring how recycled materials could be used to make mobiles in the future.
The idea behind the "remade" concept was to see if it was possible to create a device made from nothing new. It has been designed using recycled materials that avoid the need for natural resources, reduce landfill, and allow for more energy efficient production.
It is made out of metals from upcycled aluminum cans, plastics from drink bottles form the chassis, and its rubber key mats are provided by old car tyres. Inside the phone are new more environmentally friendly technologies such as printed electronics, and the graphics used on the displa y save energy without compromising on style.
Remade is a concept that explores potential new ideas for the future, and is part of Nokia's ongoing work looking at how it can help people make more sustainable choices. It is designed to help inspire and stimulate discussion on how mobile devices might be made in the future.

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Mobiado CPT001: the concept of cell phone… from the marble Tweet

The producer of the [premium]- telephones Of mobiado represented the concept of the model by the name OF CPT001. He is called to combine contemporary technologies and design of the epoch of revival in himself. It preferred thus far to not be extended on the characteristics of the apparatus Of mobiado: this can be common for contemporary cell phones functionality. “The raisin” Of mobiado CPT001 - design and materials is, and, selected the very uncommon solution even taking into account the fact that in the segment of the telephones of the class of luxes by something to astonish is already very complicated.

The housing Of mobiado CPT001 must be made… from the one-piece piece of marble, and sensory screen is covered with sapphire glass. Judging by the represented image, in marble telephone they will be uneven of edge, which will create the effect of natural marble chunk. True, there remains only surmise, how much will weigh this device. Designations it is planned to apply with gold, and under the display to place clockwork. Thus far nothing it communicates about the plans with respect to the release of this solution for the market, but it is not difficult to surmise, that it will be far from cheap.

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Nokia X9 concept, the cell as it would like Tweet

he Nokia X9 exists only in my imagination and talent @ kalevgr. It all started 2 years ago in Barcelona, in a coach with bloggers who were invited to Nokia. Then we discussed the Nokia N99, a fantastic cell phone we would like to see the giant Finn. At that time the N96 was presented but many dreams were left on the shelf.

The Nokia X9 is a concept, based X6, but on steroids. The main features are a large capacitive display, camera can record video and HD 720p after quad LED Xeon module requires a lot of space to get into a delicate mobile. Support for memory cards microSD, mini HDMI output for connection to a TV. All known and technologically feasible right now.

The differences begin with the integration of dual micro USB on the X9. In this way the cell can function as a USB hub for various devices but also as a charger, a feature especially useful after the adoption of a standard mini USB for charging of smartphones.

Unfortunately, the batteries are left behind in development and large screens consume much energy but need 24 / 7 internet connection is necessary. For that integrates Nokia X9 AMOLED screen just below the large multi touch screen. Consider an Optimus Maximus keyboard minified to serve the basic needs for informing the user without having to check the display constantly. The surface can be configured for notification of new messages from Facebook, DM on Twitter, SMS, missed calls, etc.

In the middle is the key, touch sensitive home button with multiple functions. Single touch for transfer to the home screen. Single touch and wipe down to unlock the device. Single touch and wipe up for instant control of social status on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc. without having to operate the mobile screen, without additional energy consumption. Practically, the user need not deal with the mobile phone because the cause to be alert to what happens (push notifications) but gives the possibility to check on demand. When the user decides to see what happens in Facebook, Twitter and your inbox operating undertakes to show the avatar of the contact list and do assign to each of these respective event. The AMOLED screen automatically updates via the news ticker on major event Foursquare eg if a friend is nearby.

Because we are in 2010, the music can be stream and share. Nokia is already using FM transmitters for this purpose but can go one step further and allow OTA (Over The Air) sharing a playlist or the entire album with the requirement that those who will receive the album will pay at a discount say 10%. The Finns have already shown such a technology on an experimental level with the Nokia Explore and Share Technology Concept.





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Sony-Ericsson 3G creates synergy between humans and technology Tweet

Creating synergy between human beings and communication technology, Singapore-based designer Sonny Lim has devised a cellphone concept dubbed “Sony-Ericsson 3G” that allows communication in a more natural manner. The 3G concept phone features large touchscreen wherein text and numbers are drawn with your thumb on a nine-dot matrix, which resembles children’s finger-painting. The idea is easy as it is visual and resembles natural writing. Moreover, drawing a character is faster and more natural than searching for the letter on a small keypad. This visual writing principle could also be applied to non-Western alphabets, which could be a major advantage for non-English users.




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What the hell is uPad? Tweet

What the hell is uPad?

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