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  • A concept ambidextrous mouse, for your perusal

    A concept ambidextrous mouse, for your perusal

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Do you like computer mice? Do you like ambidexterity? Do you like looking at renderings of concept products that are not yet real? Today, my friend, is your lucky day. Gaze upon the Nink wireless optical mouse. Imagine the feel of that corrugated shell under either your right or your left palm. Visualize the sensation of using either index finger to tenderly scroll that wheel up and down, up and down. You can almost feel the mild resistance as the Nink lovingly caresses your desk, gliding back and forth at your slightest bidding...

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  • Nikon D4x concept looks boxy, unlikely

    Nikon D4x concept looks boxy, unlikely

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Nikon's next generation D4x should be arriving in the next year or so, and it's always fun to speculate what it will look like. I doubt this is even close, honestly. It is fun to see what industrial designers can come up with when they play though. Keep in mind this is not a actual Nikon design, but rather a speculation on what direction they could go in.

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  • DIYer combines iPhone 3GS with Show WX for pico projected gaming bliss (video)

    DIYer combines iPhone 3GS with Show WX for pico projected gaming bliss (video)

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Worlds_First_Pico_Projector_iPhone_Camera'; The Moject project proved that smartphones and pico projectors do indeed have a thing for one another, but Ethan Janson has taken things one step further with an unnamed contraption that holds his iPhone 3GS, a Microvision Show WX and an "ancient" point-and-shoot camera. Put simply, the handmade thingamajig allows him to play his iPhone games on a far larger screen, and since the Show WX continually autofocuses regardless of distance from walls, there's never a blurring issue when flailing about in order to control the gameplay. The full skinny is down there in the source, but shortcut takers can head straight past the break for a video.

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  • VW rolls out folding electric bicycle

    VW rolls out folding electric bicycle

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Volkswagen just announced their latest gadget, the Bik.e - a folding electric bicycle designed to fit in the trunk of your car, in the space currently taken up by your spare tire. With a maximum range of 12.5 miles, I question whether it would be a good spare tire replacement, but I still like it. It is interesting to see a company like Volkswagen get into the electric bicycle concept though.

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  • “Universal Packaging System” concept misses the point

    “Universal Packaging System” concept misses the point

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    In theory Patrick Sung's new design concept sounds good. A sheet of cardboard, perforated in such a way to make it easy to wrap around an item, all the time protecting it from damage during shipment. But that's where the good idea fails. Plus, I doubt the United Parcel Service will let him use their logo.

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  • CrunchRender: The Microsoft Method All-In-One

    CrunchRender: The Microsoft Method All-In-One

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    There's a video up on YouTube right now, and while it's probably completely fake, it pretends to be a possible product coming from Microsoft. The concept is interesting, but not really feasible (or at least not affordable).

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  • Laser beam clock tells time with mirrors

    Laser beam clock tells time with mirrors

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Those wacky artists at Art Lebedev are at it again. This time, they've created a concept clock that uses a single laser beam directed by 60 rotating mirrors to tell us what time it is.

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  • Yanko’s camera concept protects the delicate bits

    Yanko’s camera concept protects the delicate bits

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Yanko is known for their off the wall concept products that never actually materialize. Why do we tell you about them? Because my boss tells me to write them up. Maybe he hopes that someday, one of these products will actually exist. Because you know, dreams can come true.

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  • Aspiral Clock makes telling time a ball

    Aspiral Clock makes telling time a ball

    Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Most concept clocks are high on art, and low on functionality. That's not the case with the Aspiral Clock, designed by Will Aspinall and Neil Lambath. Instead of using the standard hands, this clock uses a small ball to tell the time.

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  • Sony shows off the Alpha concept camera menus and screenshots

    Sony shows off the Alpha concept camera menus and screenshots

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    We told you about Sony's new concept cameras that were announced during PMA, and now that things have calmed down a bit, we're starting to see some details. Specifically, what's going on with the menu system, and what exactly is going to make these cameras so interesting.

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  • Desktop lamp powered by hamster cells

    Desktop lamp powered by hamster cells

    Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments
    This seems a bit odd, but here's another take on alternative power; Dutch designer Joris Laarman came up with a concept for a desktop lamp that glows from bio-luminescent hamster ovaries. Seriously, I'm not making this stuff up.

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  • Concept art: the iPhone 4G

    Concept art: the iPhone 4G

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Who doesn’t love a good concept piece? Spaziocellulare forum user “Seraphan” just posted his render of what the iPhone 4G could look like, and his ideas aren’t too shabby. Of course, it’s one man’s idea of what the phone of the future should look like, including an expanded color pallet, built in microSD slot, and [...]

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  • Concept watch tells time with frikkin’ lasers

    Concept watch tells time with frikkin’ lasers

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    One look at what this watch does will tell you that it's just a concept, and will most likely never see the light of day (no pun intended). The Aurora Watch was designed by Jihun Yeom, and features a hollow face that makes it look like you lost part of your wristwatch, until you push a button and two lasers come out of the bezel to show you the time.

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  • Combination lock USB drive doomed to stay as a concept

    Combination lock USB drive doomed to stay as a concept

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    When I first saw the picture of this USB drive, I immediately thought, "Why am I being assigned to write about a pregnancy test?" Then I actually realized that it's not a pee test, but rather a really bad idea for a secure USB drive.

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  • The Timex Thumbnail Watch: Decidedly not real

    The Timex Thumbnail Watch: Decidedly not real

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Look at this thing: it’s supposed to be a concept watch by Napoleon Merana, Steffen Schubert and David Takacs for a series called Timex 2154: The Future of Time. First, I doubt we’ll all survive until 2154 and if we do we’ll all be living in skin huts out on the tundra and second what [...]

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