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E-ink concept phone from Microsoft designer

October 24, 2008, 1:30 pm by Caramel Quin Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: Anthoney Reed, black and white, concept, designer, e-ink, Microsoft, monochrome

What do Microsoft product designers do on their day off? Why, they dream up concepts like this sleek mobile phone with an E-ink display.

New Nokia mobile phone concepts use water and wood

October 14, 2008, 10:59 am by Simon Munk Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: cellphone, concept, ecological, green, Mobile, Nokia, phone, Touchscreen, wood

Not one, but two mentalist designs from Nokia’s future phone labs have surfaced. One’s an eight megapixel flat phone designed for treehuggers, the other’s a touchscreen phone with a tactile difference.

Exclusive: SteamPunk phone designer working on iPhone app

October 9, 2008, 1:30 pm by Caramel Quin Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones, Retro Tags: clockwork, concept, design, exclusive, iPhone, O2, punch card, Retro, steampunk

The designer of the SteamPunk concept mobile that’s heating up designer blogs has confirmed he’s now working on an iPhone application to match his lunatic phone design.

The ultimate retro handset, the SteamPunk uses punch cards, not SIM cards. There is no screen, just a clockwork display. And it’s powered (sadly not by steam but) by winding a brass key.

Experience Recorder captures everything we say and do

August 29, 2008, 1:30 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Prototypes Tags: clothing, concept, Experience Recorder, glove, Valeria Fuso

You’ll never forget where you put your keys, or how you got home again when you’re wearing the Experience Recorder, which videos, photographs and listens to everything around you. It’s for research really, but it could also be useful if you’re a bit forgetful.

Top 10 concept gadgets of 2008

August 22, 2008, 12:00 pm by Staff Leave your comment

Filed under Gadgets Tags: concept, feature, Gadgets, top 10

The quest to stay on the cutting edge of gadgetry never ends, and the concepts of today are tomorrow’s iPhone. Or HD-DVD.

From kitchen kit to military espionage, we’ve rounded up the best ideas of the year so far.

Fancy a peek into the future? This list of wild, wacky and downright clever concept gizmos is exactly what you need!

Electrolux micro cookers put food on the table

August 11, 2008, 1:00 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Gadgets Tags: concept, Cooking, Electrolux, home, kitchen, micro cookers

Each one of these mini hot plates has its own heating coil, so you can daisy-chain them together on the table and grill, boil or fry the food right in front of your dinner guests.

Miele concept kitchen uses Apple’s multi-touch interface

August 8, 2008, 2:30 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Prototypes Tags: concept, Cooking, home, kitchen, Miele, multi-touch

Just like Apple, Miele has deemed buttons and switches yesterday’s technology and plumped for an iPhone 3G-style multi-touchscreen interface instead. Slide into the gesture-controlled kitchen of tomorrow…

Motor Show: Suzuki Kizashi concept sighted

July 23, 2008, 11:00 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Auto Tags: concept, motor show, suzuki kizashi

This loony new motor isn’t just any concept car. Suzuki says it’s a glimpse of the future, without showy features that’ll never make it to reality, but with a proper focus on a new car destined for production.