Posts Tagged conceptual gadgets
Ecocoon blocks out noise
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 16th, 2010
There are times that it feels like all you really need is just a little quiet. If only you had it for an hour or two your worries would start to melt away and maybe that headache would subside finally. Well someone decided to create a gadget that will help block out certain types of noise or all of it altogether. Sure, it’s probably expensive, but it might be cheaper than an all out vacation every time you’re ready to snap.
The Ecocoon has a few different modes that it uses. There’s the traffic mode that will filter out the peak frequencies. Then there’s office mode that takes out the mid-range and the offline which just kills all noise. The mid-range takes care of things like people talking away at their respective desks. It’s basically a really expensive version of earplugs. Well, it probably would be were it not still in the concept stage of its life.
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Infectious Lamp with removable lights
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 16th, 2010
Instead of leaving these balls of light attached to their tree-like fixture, you can pop them off of the tree. Then just lay them about the house wherever you could use a little bit of a soft glow to go along with your usual décor. You can turn all of the squishy balls on or just a couple at a time, just depending on how much light you need.
It appears that the tree will give them a charge and when they’re fully charged can be plucked off and used elsewhere. They’re made out of soft silicone, so they’ll probably be alright if they roll off the table on occasion. The design was done for Julien Bergignat and have actually been picked up by a French manufacturer, but there’s no word on availability or pricing just yet.
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Wind Up Socket Concept Timer
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 16th, 2010
Here is an interesting concept that allows the user to save energy, the easy way.
Think of it as a power strip made up of egg timers. Even if you’re too young to know what an egg timer is, you can still figure out how to use it. Just turn it to the proper setting, and it will tick down until the bell goes off. It’s technology that has been almost completely replaced with digital clocks. My children have never seen one, I’m sure.
The Wind up Socket is designed to save energy by plugging in your device, and then turning it to the time that you want it to run. It’s perfect for devices that don’t need to be always plugged in.
The Wind Up Socket is so easy that even your grandmother can use it. I realize that this could come across as a slam to most senior citizens, but hey, just watch her try to program a VCR. She still hasn’t figured out that the VCR has been replaced by DVR. She probably still uses egg timers, though.
Of course, this looks like an easy way to get your cords tangled up, doesn’t it? That seems like an obvious design flaw in an otherwise good-intentioned idea from designers Dongwon Joo and Jieun Choi. Perhaps that figure out another way of doing this idea by simply putting dials near the plugs, not as the plugs.
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Intersection Signaletique gives you signs from above
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 16th, 2010
This concept project is one that I would love to see on any city street at night. The Intersection Signaletique uses special projectors from above to create messages on the streets, and its use is three-fold: advertisement, direction, and decoration.
As advertisement, it could be quite effective. Just imagine walking home, and you are wicked thirsty. Then imagine the Coca-Cola logo under your feet. I don’t know about you, but I would probably stop by the nearest store and get a Coke for the way home. Granted, the streets would get pretty gaudy with multiple advertisements, but advertisers could boost the town’s economy by paying for “street space”.
As for the directions, I would rather follow the signs from above than a map any day. Of course, these directions would be tough to see during the day. For cities that never sleep, like Las Vegas, this would be the next cool thing. I wonder if you could get it so the lights above could sync with your GPS or mobile phone, to give individual people the directions that they need.
I guess the last usage, decoration, would be perfect for any holiday. Just picture boughs of holly being projected during Christmastime, turkeys at Thanksgiving, pumpkins on Halloween, and so on.
Too bad this is only a concept for now. However, to implement this, you would have to affix these special lights to where the streetlights are, and the streetlights could outshine these Intersection Signaletique lights. Let’s work that out.
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Universal Drying Appartus for shoes and more
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 12th, 2010
Boot and shoe dryers are definitely convenient, but they only work for your shoes. It seems like a waste of money to spend your hard earned money on a gadget with only one function. Instead you need something like this Universal Drying Apparatus. Instead of just drying just your shoes it can handle other things like your clothing or even your umbrella. It’s definitely a must have gadget for the rain filled season we’re about to begin.
The device has adjustable arms that allow for it to work in more ways than one. Adjust the arms and it holds your umbrella, move them around again and the dryer will hover over your shoes. Not only does it dry off your clothing, umbrellas and accessories, but it also can dry out seeds and berries. It’s definitely a more useful gadget to have around. This design by Olga Kalugina is unfortunately still in the concept phase though.
Source: Ubergizmo
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This is your life and its ending one leaf at a time
Posted by admin in Clock Gadgets on March 11th, 2010
Normally I don’t report on anything that STIHL does, as I’m not big on leaf blowers. However, the ad department came up with a very interesting ad campaign: a calendar that peels itself off.
You can watch a video of it after the jump, and it works by simply ripping out the book binding thread that mounts the pages together. As you can see, the pages fall like leaves. I’m guessing that you probably want to keep a garbage can, recycling bin, or compost pit underneath this wall calendar.
So far as my sources reveal, this looks like it is purely a concept. I’m guessing that it probably wouldn’t be economically feasible to market a calendar that is only good for the fall with some sort of battery-powered motor to do the whole leaf-falling thing.
There would have to be some kind of timer thing to control the falling of leaves, right? What happens if this malfunctions? I would hate to get up and find that my three-month calendar is scattered all over the floor and needs to be raked up.
That, or perhaps the timer starts dropping the leaves in fast motion, like it shows at the end of the video. That just reminds me of montage scenes in movies to show the passage of time, or the last few seconds of the Bangles “Manic Monday” video.
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Pixel-bots will rock your world
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 11th, 2010
Curious Displays from Julia Tsao on Vimeo.
Okay, I usually like to have a still shot of what I’m reporting, but could only find this video. However, a picture wouldn’t say a thousand words on this, and this video speaks volumes.
These are the pixel-bots, which remind me of that supposedly top secret MIT project with the swarming robots that I reported on a while ago. Granted, the individual units here don’t exactly fly, but the designers create what is clearly the next best thing. I’m certain that these Pixel-bots are just as conceptual as that MIT one, but since they made this cool video, you might as well watch it.
As you can see, the group of ants come in from somewhere and gather together on the wall to form a screen. I think it is fitting that the screen is showing Finding Nemo, which depicts a school of fish working together to form shapes, just like the Pixel-bots.
What really makes it weird is how the Pixel-bots branch off to give reminders of who to call, what meetings to attend, and even where the lost keys are. You’ll notice how the screen goes off like puzzle pieces with each task. Then they show the screen splitting into two smaller screens. Um, if it can split into smaller screens, why doesn’t the screen just become smaller when it branches off?
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Corner’s Communication prevents collisions with strangers
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 11th, 2010
For some reason strange mishaps tend to happen around me. I stumble over invisible objects and usually if someone is casually tossing anything, it will definitely come in contact with my head when I’m not looking. Which means I’m also one of those people that collides with others as I round the corners of buildings. Thankfully, it actually appears that I’m not the only one. Especially since someone designed a gadget that is made to alert people of someone else’s presence before they collide.
It does this by lighting up and beeping on the other side of the corner as you’re going around it. Then if you hear the beep you can slow down or somehow attempt to avert running into a complete stranger. Unfortunately, it’s a concept design. Plus, it’s unlikely that cities will spend the amount of cash it would take to get these installed on every single corner.
Source: OhGizmo
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The Water-Scraper: I would live on it without a huge eco-disaster
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 10th, 2010
In case you don’t want to live in this Gyre Floating city, you might want to live in this building here, which has been known as “waterscraper” or “seascraper”. I believe that the formal name is the hO2+ scraper.
It is an attempt at making a skyscraper underwater, but I think we can emphasize the word “scrape”. After all, those weird tentacles that come out of this structure look like they are “scraping” the water. From what I have read, it sounds like these tentacle things are there to harness the power of wave energy as well as balancing out the structure itself.
Not only does it have a self-contained energy source, but this structure could probably get food from fish and gardens. In short, I could live here, and that whole Waterworld scenerio wouldn’t have to happen. And if it did, then my home would slowly float up, and I probably would not notice if the ice caps melted slowly enough.
This Water-Scraper is the recipient of a Special Mention from the 2010 Skyscraper Competition from eVolo. If nothing else, then I think the creator of this deserves the Grand Prize, and some company who is willing to build this superstructure. I don’t know when we would possibly see this in real life, but I’m thinking sometime way in the future, hopefully not out of necessity.
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Waterpebble tracks water used
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on March 10th, 2010
I’m one of the many who’s a bit notorious for just letting too much water go down the drain. It’s not that I mean to, it’s just when I’m half awake in the morning, I’m not that worried about water consumption. If you’re not ready for a device that just shuts off the water when you’ve used too much, then this Waterpebble is a nice happy medium. Instead it goes for a subtle approach.
It has 3 different shades of lights, one is green, then there is red and yellow. You can pretty much guess which colors mean what. The red means you need to get your tail out of the shower, the yellow means you should speed things up a bit and the green means you’re in the clear. It sits right next to your drain and just keeps track of how much water goes down it. Right now this is a concept design by Paul Priestman.
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