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WVIL Camera Separates the Point of View from the Point of Control

The WVIL camera concept that has just showed up on the net may be the future of photo and video cameras. Since the performance and image quality that such devices can attain is already very high, companies may have to start searching for new product assets. It so happens that Artefact came up with a way to provide...

10 January 2012
10:54 GMT

Volvo Ready to Unveil XC60 Plug-in Hybrid

Since green cars emitting less or no harmful emission are considered a must-have nowadays, Volvo will follow the trend by showcasing its new XC60 Plug-in Hybrid concept during the 2012 North American International Auto Show organized in Detroit.The new green car displays an electric motor generating 70 horsepower, po...

5 January 2012
11:15 GMT

PumPing Tap Outlet Pushes Out Plugs

The new idea that showed up on Yanko Design may not be the best there ever was and will probably become obsolete by the time it becomes eligible for adoption. Over the years, various strange devices have been invented or at least envisioned, most of which, for better or worse, never became more than an idea. What ...

28 December 2011
10:07 GMT

Sanden Vending Machine Has 65-Inch Transparent Touchscreen

We've seen many sorts of product concepts, most of which never made it past the stage of ideas and drawings, but Sanden's vending machine might just become an actual product.There are quite a few things that Sanden thinks vending machines could benefit from.The 65-inch touchscreen stands out the most, under...

19 December 2011
04:57 GMT

Soon, You Might Be Able to Smell Your Games and Movies

Smellit is probably one of the weirdest computing concepts to ever come in being in man's mind, but it might just add that last bit of immersion that even 3D can't give to films and games. Right now, people can see and hear virtual realities and, in some cases, feel it (thanks to steering wheels in race...

10 October 2011
05:54 GMT

Steampunk Wooden NERF Gun Actually Works

This might not be the most awesome thing I've seen, but it comes really close since I don't remember the last time I set eyes on a gun that works despite being made of wood. One wouldn't expect a NERF N-Strike Barricade gun to go through a major design overhaul and actually preserve its primary func...

28 September 2011
09:23 GMT

Solar-Powered Bonsai Charges Gadgets

That an echo of nature can be seen everywhere may be more than a metaphor in the case of the Electree, the latest concept that French designer Vivien Muller came up with. One doesn't just see mother nature in every brick on the wall or the concrete that makes up most of the cities around the world. Grante...

19 September 2011
09:50 GMT

Tablet Device Has a Keyboard Sleeve, Is Not Real

Product concepts come out from time to time, painting an image of what the future might but probably won;t hold, and it looks like Roni Mergolin came up with something of this very sort.Whenever some new product type appears and is popular enough in the eyes of consumers, designers begin to mess around with ideas.Mo...

10 August 2011
03:36 GMT

New Concept Is Both Laptop and Tablet

Hybrid tablets are not common but neither are they unheard of, although a certain concept of this sort definitely wouldn't fit into the 'common' hybrid category if such a thing actually existed.That the tablet market is only set to grow in sales is something that isn't really in doubt at the mome...

17 June 2011
11:10 GMT

Teague's 20/20 Headphones Feature Impressive Industrial Design and Tensegrity Technology

When it comes to over-the-ear headphones design there isn't much that can surprise me since, over the years, I have seen all sort of crazy contraptions that were meant to improve the fit and sound, but few are actually more lunatic then Teague's own 20/20 concept headphones.So what's so different about...

25 October 2010
04:45 GMT

ASUS Waveface Design Concept Showcased

As we mentioned in some of our previous articles, ASUS had one of the most impressive booths at this year's CeBIT computer show in Hanover, Germany. The Taiwanese company managed to steal the show by introducing a couple of new products that combined designed with functionality. The e-book reader was one of the ...

10 March 2010
11:36 GMT

ASUS Shows Off 3D All-in-One Concept at CeBIT

We have already managed to get a few close-up shots at ASUS' RoG Crosshair IV motherboards, the company's Bamboo notebooks and even the possible introduction of an e-reader. Now, closing the circle is its latest all-in-one desktop computer concept, known as the EeeTop MUSE. This device is the representation...

2 March 2010
04:56 GMT

Nano-Chromatic, Unibody iPhones Seem Plausible (Concepts)

Softpedia has come across a couple of next-generation iPhone concepts, one of which is arguably the boldest yet. Knowing how Apple likes to throw in a bit of color every now and then, as well as surprise the fans, the iPhone Nano Chromatic Concept may not be that far-fetched, actually. French website Nowhere Else ha...

18 May 2009
09:28 GMT

Behold, the Apple NetBook (Mockup)

A 3D artist's renderings posted over at MacFormat look very close to what Apple may be working on, Softpedia believes. The “Apple NetBook,” as the mockup is named, would boast a portable home directory (cloud-based), use an uplifted version of the iPhone OS, sit in a docking station, connect to a key...

30 April 2009
05:32 GMT

2nd Next-Gen iPhone Concept Today – More Realistic

As reported earlier today, next-gen iPhone mockups and concept designs are simmering in fanboys' anticipation of WWDC '09 and the possible certain release of new iPhone models. The latest such mockups come via Modmyi, whose posters have hopped on the iPhone-concept train to offer mighty realistic and exciti...

14 April 2009
09:04 GMT

Unibody iPhone is Made of Glass and Aluminum (Mockup)

With WWDC '09 approaching fast, Apple fanboys are relentlessly photoshopping in an attempt to predict what the new iPhone will look like, and how it will work. The latest iPhone mockups seem highly unlikely, considering Apple's hate for user-removable batteries on small devices, as well as bulky designs, bu...

14 April 2009
03:09 GMT

iPhone 3 Concept Is 100% Wireless

While some may have grown tired of seeing iPhone fanboy concepts, this thing here is just too gorgeous to miss out on. Based on the thinness of the device at its upper and lower sides, no cables of any sort would go into this iPhone model, except perhaps for the charger's.“Could this be the next iPhone?&rd...

30 March 2009
09:21 GMT

New Apple Netbook Mock-Ups Hit the Web

Following the uncovering of new evidence that Apple may be working on a new portable product, the Internet was on fire with Apple-netbook rumors and tablet mock-ups. Two of the latest such concepts have recently been posted by Cult of Mac readers. Courtesy of the site, we are able to share them with you today.Reader ...

11 March 2009
06:53 GMT

CeBIT 2009: ASUS to Showcase the Marine Cool Concept Motherboard

ASUS appears to have remembered one of the main reasons it has become famous among computer enthusiasts, namely its capability of creating high-end motherboards. Just days away from the CeBIT 2009 computer show in Hanover, Germany, ASUS has unveiled a new concept for a high-end motherboard, dubbed Marine Cool. Design...

26 February 2009
09:27 GMT

iPhone Air, Apple's Next Best Thing - Concept

Another cool concept emerging this week is the MacBook Air-styled iPhone 4G. The surreal device not only boasts the design particularities of the world's thinnest notebook, but also functionality currently only available with Mac OS X. Here's a hint: it uses your iSight camera. That's right, the 4G iP...

19 February 2009
11:21 GMT

Touch Pad + Mac Mini Concept

We've just come across another Mac mini mod, but this time it's only a concept. San Francisco artist Benjamin Harvey has thought up a Touch Pad that would make great friends with a Mac mini, eliminating the need of buying peripherals for the mini desktop computer.The TouchPad + Mac mini concept was posted b...

18 February 2009
04:34 GMT

The All New Mac Pro – Concept

The Mac Pro is a workstation computer manufactured by Apple Inc. Originally announced on August 7, 2006 at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), the system is known as the most powerful in Apple's line of desktop computers, boasting an impressive capacity for expansion.Like the Mac mini, the Mac Pro hasn&...

9 February 2009
09:08 GMT

Mac Keyboard with Programmable OLED Keys - Concept

Speaking of out-of-the-ordinary keyboards, Cosmo Scharf has a design of himself, but it's not a tangible one. Still, it looks interesting and useful enough to share with the likes of you. “I've been planning this for a while now, and I've finally finished,” Scharf says. “My Apple key...

19 January 2009
07:05 GMT

The Mac Tower Is the Most 'Sound' Mac Ever

Some Mac fanatics may know Sait Alanyali for his incredible Mac mini concept. Probably the same relentless fans were the ones who prompted the talented designer to come up with a new, more ambitious concept – the Mac Tower. “This is my second mac design,” Sait Alanyali wrote on his web site. &ldquo...

14 January 2009
09:36 GMT

Sony Ericsson G910 and a New Bravia: Concepts That Don't Look Like SE Handsets

While Sony Ericsson is busy with the release of Xperia X1, the company's fans are still trying to design phone concepts exactly the way they would want them to be. The latest emerged SE concepts are (as in most cases of fan-made concepts) two eye candies that would most likely be bound for success if ever built ...

30 September 2008
06:30 GMT

Motorola Z12 Eclipse Concept Spotted

While other manufacturers have come up with super-high-end devices like HTC Touch HD, LG KC910, Samsung Innov8, Sony Ericsson C905, Nokia N96 and iPhone 3G, Motorola doesn't seem to have a handset that can really wow customers. We are not going to look now for the reasons why this is happening, but we will prese...

18 September 2008
08:03 GMT

Teddy Bear Phone – from Japan with Love

Teddy bears can hardly be associated with high-end technology, but Japan – the country where almost anything has to do with the T-word – thinks otherwise. The proof is a teddy bear phone concept that was presented during the 2008 Good Design Expo. Dubbed Kuma Phone, the "teddy bear device" is made by...

2 September 2008
08:53 GMT

Nokia Touchscreen Phone Concept Made in Brazil

Amidst the hype created by the official presentation of Nokia's latest N85 and N79 Nseries handsets, few might have noticed a newly-appeared concept phone that comes as one of the most interesting "unreal Nokias" seen so far. Designed by Ulisses Gardim from Sao Paolo, Brazil, the new Nokia concept (which wa...

28 August 2008
03:08 GMT

Motorola Sparrow - An All-in-One Touchscreen Concept

Motorola is surely no stranger to touchscreen technology, despite the fact that most of its touch-enabled mobile devices are being commercialized in China only. Still, the once-glorious Moto is said to be preparing several new touchscreen handsets to conquer the US and European markets, but no official details about ...

9 August 2008
06:45 GMT

Luxury Sony Ericsson Concept - An Eiffel Tower in Miniature

We've recently spotted a Sony Ericsson concept that can surely be categorized as one of the most extravagant potential mobile phones ever designed. This new virtual handset is named Sony Ericsson French Luxury, or Sony Ericsson FL, and is made to celebrate the July 14 French National Day, also known as Bastille ...

19 July 2008
07:57 GMT

Sony Ericsson Video Phone Concept is Weird

We've seen lots of Sony Ericsson phone concepts until today, and we'll surely see many others from now on, but one of the weirdest and at the same time nicest SE concept is the so-called Sony Ericsson Video Phone. Like most of the Sony Ericsson concepts, the Video Phone does not come from the Swedish-Japa...

4 July 2008
11:47 GMT

New Nokia ShapeShift Concept Phone

After the amazing Morph handset, presented by Nokia at the beginning of the year, we now have another shape-shifting concept to bear the Finnish giant manufacturer's logo. Named exactly Nokia ShapeShift, the new concept is not presented by Nokia, as it was the case with Morph, but by Rune Larsen, a designer who ...

26 June 2008
08:26 GMT

Intuit - Dual Touchscreen Multimedia Phone Concept

Intuit is the name of a new and unique mobile phone concept that proposes not one, but two full touchscreen displays packed into a multimedia-center device. Before presenting the new concept, we must say that it was conceived by Eddie Goh, who has also designed the E-Ten Glofiish X800 Pocket PC that was released on t...

5 June 2008
12:42 GMT

Pokemon MMO Popped

We don't really know whether you have ever heard about independent game developers Nnooo - they are the folks currently working on a WiiWare title called Pop where you have to... pop bubble balloons in order to score points. Yes, not exactly the funniest thing to do on your spare time, but nobody is perfect. Any...

19 May 2008
15:06 GMT

Mimique Phone Concept, Touchscreen for Kids

"Mimique" is the name of a recently unveiled mobile phone concept that should be a response to the all-serious PDA-like devices that conquered the market in the last years. Viewed from the back, the Mimique looks like a toy with an external antenna and rounded edges. Viewed from the front, the handset still looks lik...

19 May 2008
05:55 GMT

The First Touchscreen Egg Phone

A young designer from Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, recently came up with a fresh and good looking mobile phone concept, called the Egg Phone. Far from being bulky like an egg, the new handset has an oval-shaped, curved case that seems to be quite slim and, more important, it can probably fit well in users&...

10 May 2008
06:16 GMT

People First - New Nokia Phone Concept

Nokia is continuously thinking about new ways of creating and designing mobile phones and one of the latest concepts unveiled by the Finnish giant is a handset named "People First". Part of the so-called "Homegrown" research project, the new concept is devoted to "time, lists, and people" and its purpose is to make t...

8 May 2008
05:46 GMT

The Lightest Mobile Phone in the World is Officially modu

The lightest mobile phone ever created by mankind was officially declared modu, as a group of Guinness World Records judges found the device to only weigh exactly 40.1 grams (or 1.41 ounces, for the US citizens that don't really know what a gram is). The modu phone was first announced during MWC 2008, in Feb...

25 March 2008
10:11 GMT

Motorola Unique Concept With Stereo Camera

We recently came across a new Motorola phone concept that looks really good and has some considerable chances, which is to be built sometime in the future by the American company. Maybe not exactly in the way it looks now, but in a similar mode. The most interesting aspect of the new concept is the fact that it has ...

15 March 2008
08:17 GMT

New Sony Ericsson Gaming Phone Concept - a PSP Phone?

Sony Ericsson sure filed a lot of patent applications in the last period/year, and among the most recent applications there's a very interesting one that might become the much talked-about PSP phone, or at least a handset that resembles it. The patent application talks about a touchscreen enabled device (wit...

10 March 2008
14:32 GMT

Mooon+ Cell Phone Concept With Detachable Bluetooth Headset

Mobile phone concepts come and go all the time, many of them being far from what you'd call "doable". This is not the case with a newly spotted concept named Mooon+ (yes, three o's and not two). Mooon+ was imagined by the Korean designer Sunman Kwon and offers a wide touchscreen display, no hardware keypad ...

7 March 2008
06:55 GMT

Tattoo Cell Phone Concept - Fueled by Your Own Blood!

One of the weirdest cell phone concepts ever is the "Digital Tattoo Interface" imagined by Jim Mielke, and I'm not sure under what category should it be classified: funny, creepy or innovative? The concept entered the "Greener Gadgets Design Competition" initiated by Core77 and Greener Gadgets, and although it d...

1 March 2008
08:06 GMT

Atlas Kinetic Cell Phone Concept - No Battery Required

As years go by, more and more cell phone concepts appear, some from important manufacturers and other from simple users that believe they have a great idea and want to share it with the whole world. One of the latest concepts unveiled is the Atlas Kinetic cell phone, a handset that doesn't have a battery, bec...

27 February 2008
15:41 GMT

The World's First Modular Mobile Phone is Here and Seems Awesome

modu Ltd., an Israeli company, announced the release of the first modular mobile phone, named simply modu. Smaller than an iPod Nano, the modu phone weighs only 42 grams (1.5 ounces), it's sleek, easy to use, and can be integrated into a variety of so called "modu jackets" or "modu mates", which are actually dif...

8 February 2008
05:32 GMT

New Sony Ericsson Phone Concept Reveals Detachable Display

Sony Ericsson filed lately several patent applications, showing clear intentions to innovate its future line-up of mobile phones with different technologies, from touchscreen to motion control. A new patent application surfaced recently, this time for a phone with a detachable display. Called "Detachable Housings fo...

4 February 2008
08:47 GMT

Sony Ericsson C1i Concept With Multi-touch UIQ Interface

Sony Ericsson is probably the mobile manufacturer that benefits from the highest number of concept phones imagined by its fans. Or at least this is how it seems, as unofficial Sony Ericsson concepts keep on appearing one after another, bringing phones that many of us would want to become real. In the past two months,...

28 January 2008
03:43 GMT

New Virtual Keyboard Imagined by Nokia

Nokia keeps on filing patent applications with the clear intention to make future improvements in the way users interact with mobile phones. After a patent filed in December 2007 for a 2 in 1 keypad idea, now the Finnish company has another keyboard-related idea, but this time we are talking about a virtual one (the ...

25 January 2008
13:31 GMT

Sony Ericsson W520i Concept: Touchscreen and Music

A new Sony Ericsson concept phone appeared these days, Sony Ericsson W520i, a handset that should integrate into the Walkman series if the Swedish-Japanese manufacturer will ever decide to produce it. If not, we'll be left with just a concept, but at least it's a very nice one, as all the latest Sony Ericss...

21 January 2008
07:24 GMT

Nokia N96, Myth or Reality?

Evolution is something we all aim for, right? Well, Nokia is a company that always evolved, so if we think logically, a Nokia N96 mobile phone should come somewhere in the near future, since the N95 model is released. But until now there has been no official information or announcement about this, all we have is rumo...

18 December 2007
05:35 GMT

Nokia Develops Revolutionary Phone Software Concept

It was a warm morning of May 2014 when I went out shopping with my old 10 Megapixel Nokia cell phone. I took pictures of almost anything I wanted to buy and then headed towards a library to buy "The Masterpiece", a classic novel by mile Zola that I wanted for some time. While photographing the book through the librar...

17 December 2007
07:29 GMT


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