I have two kids and when they were sick as babies, I usually didn’t get any sleep. The lack of sleep was typically more from my wife waking me up every five minutes asking me to go check on the baby to be sure he was still breathing. Typically I would say “of course he is breathing” and try to go back to sleep. It never worked because her paranoia is contagious and I would end up thinking OMG! What if he isn’t breathing and run to his room.
What I wish I had was something like this Sikker concept from Thanko Design. The thing has a bracelet that the mom wears and a similar one for the baby to wear. The idea is that some sort of tech synchronizes the bracelets with a base station.
The mom can look down at the bracelet and see important things like the baby’s temperature and the fact that the baby is breathing and stuff. The bracelet can also play music to lull the kid back to sleep and apparently it works like a baby monitor too. Judging by the Bluetooth logo on the base station, I am guessing that’s the tech in use here.
Written by shane m. on March 19th, 2010 with no comments.
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Washing machines use a lot of water; all you have to do is open the lid of your machine while it’s filling up to see that. The good news is all that dirty water leftover from removing the skid marks from your skivvies goes down the drain.
A new concept washing machine over on Yanko Design called Mr. Klein promises to save water by reusing the same old water to clean multiple loads. If a washing machine used for cleaning your underwear uses the same water repeatedly, it seems more brown than green to me.
The concept apparently uses some sort of filtration system to remove the contaminants from the water before it reuses it. I hope the thing uses the same sort of filter than NASA uses to filter urine before astronauts drink it. I am also highly disappointed that a concept named Mr. Klein in no way resembles a bald, ripped, pirate.
Written by shane m. on March 16th, 2010 with no comments.
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Nokia has announced a new project called Design by Community, which asks phone users to help the company create a “smartphone concept device of the future.”
The idea behind Design by Community is that anyone can choose how a future Nokia smartphone could look like. You can choose the screen size, the OS (Symbian or MeeGo), materials, connectivity, camera features, and the handset’s overall size and shape.
You can start by visiting this page.
I think the options that Nokia offers for this smartphone concept are somewhat limited. Not to mention funny things like: if you choose a 4 inch resistive display, QWERTY keyboard, hot key only, and a 16:9 screen ratio, you get a “perfect mix”, but if you change the display to capacitive and keep the other specs, you’re “too way out there” – and thus you can not submit the design idea.
Based on collective design choices, the Nokia Design team will make a 3D render of the final smartphone in May. Nokia says that this will only be a concept device, but, who knows, depending on how things go, it might transform it into a real device.
Via Nokia Conversations
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Written by Ilinca Nita on March 15th, 2010 with no comments.
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I went through a phase where I loved Japanese watches. I still do, but for now, I use my cell phone as a watch. That being said, those guys over at TokyoFlash continue to come up with some great ideas. This time, they’ve created this cool curved E-ink display watch, which might become a reality.
The E Clock can tell the time using normal numbers, or through patterns of dashes and lines that you have to decipher. That’s not all. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth, and will alert you via vibration to tell you when you’ve got incoming calls or text messages.
The band is made from flexible stainless steel, which forms a neat-looking bracelet. This is the part I really like. If this design gets enough votes, TokyoFlash will actually produce this thing. Now that’s cool. So head on over there to vote for it!
[TokyoFlash via DVice]
Written by range on March 15th, 2010 with no comments.
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Every male on the planet has at least one memory of crushing his gonads on the cross tube of their bike as a kid. We all go through that stage where we aren’t quite tall enough for the big bike, but the small bike is just too short. Enviably one parent or the other just buys the tall bike because they don’t want to have to replace your bike in a few months. The result is you end up getting racked.
A new bike concept has turned up on Yanko Design that may well be the best thing to happen to gonad protection since the protective cup was invented. The concept has a frame that can be stretched to a length that is perfect for the rider.
The best part of the design is that the entire tube and seat moves up and down. That means your kid won’t crush the family jewels. The concept is called the Bike 10 to 15 and even has disc brakes. Where was this when I was a kid?
[Via Yanko Design]
Written by shane m. on March 12th, 2010 with no comments.
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While mobile technology has made leaps and bounds this decade for anyone who is unable to speak, it’s just the beginning. It turns out some new technology is being developed which will enable people to talk on the phone without having to talk, simply by mouthing the words they want to speak.
At Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, researchers are working on a way that would take the motions of your mouth and convert them into synthesized speech. It’s made possible through something called electromyography, which is the process of recording electrical activity that’s produced by our muscles. This method enables the researchers to detect facial movements that are made during conversation. These movements are essentially transmitted to a laptop, which can then convert these facial movements into actual text. From there, text can easily be vocalized by a synthesizer.
Not only can it be used for anyone who is unable to speak, it can also be used for anyone trying to talk in a noisy environment or even keep quiet in a library and yet keep up a full conversation.
The lip-reading setup currently requires no less than 9 electrodes be attached to the person’s face, but with additional research and likely several years of development, this technology may one day be integrated into modern cell phones or similar mobile devices. Not too shabby, especially when we compare it to the phones Google is developing that can instantly translate languages over the phone.
via CNet Crave
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Written by Brad Molen on March 9th, 2010 with no comments.
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I long ago gave up wearing a wrist watch for several reasons. I was always getting my watch wet washing my hands and a watch gives you crazy tan marks on your arm in the 465-degree Texas summer heat. I saw this cool design concept on Yanko Design website that I would wear though.
The watch looks very hard to read at first glance, so you could impress your friends by being able to read the thing at all. Once you look closely at the design the watch is deceivingly easy to read. The yellow lines make the number for the first hours digit, the blue is for the second hour digit, red is for the first minute digit, and the green is for the last minute digit. You can see in the image above exactly how the numbers are displayed.
It’s cool and easy to read once you get the hang of it with the hours on the outside and the minutes going to the inside. The Maze of Time watch is a concept now, but I bet something like it turns up eventually since it’s pretty cool.
Written by shane m. on March 8th, 2010 with no comments.
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Here are two Nokia concept phones that are at least interesting: Nokia Stealth and Nokia 82 Dragonfly.
The Nokia Stealth should be a mid-end phone. It has a design inspired by stealth aircraft and it reminds me a bit of the Vertu Boucheron 150 (that’s not a compliment).
The designer of Nokia Stealth says the phone has an “ergonomically sculpted keypad, easy to navigate by touch sensations.” Moreover, a “rubberized matte texture surface absorbs light”, while a “pearlescent matte coloring” provides a dark red hue effect.
The Nokia 82 Dragonfly should be an entry-level phone, but it looks better than the Stealth:
So what do you think, should Nokia make some phones like the ones seen above? They’d be different from what the company has launched until now, but I’m not sure how many users would like them.
Via Concept-phones
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Written by Ilinca Nita on March 8th, 2010 with no comments.
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