November 18, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Technology
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Here’s a shortened list of in my opinion - 5 of the coolest looking concepts ideas and styles for a modern laptop. Some of these laptops have many shapes and sizes. Thanks to list phobia.
1. Vaio Zoom
This concept includes a holographic glass monitor that appears to be transparent and a keyboard that turns opaque when its turned off.
2. DesCom
This laptop integrates itself into the users desk - when screen is folded down the desk looks normal.
3. Compenion
This concept was created by Felis Schmidberger. It consists of two sliding OLED screens, and can be used as a keyboard.
4. Samsung Amoled
A unique design by Samsung which includes a sleep touch-sensitive keyboard. Where’s the mouse pad I wonder?
5. Canvas
Canvas is a laptop concept that is supposed to provide a better quality experience for the designer. It would include a very thin touchscreen.
November 17, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Technology
Many new and great things are coming out of Intel’s research department. This cool new innovation is called “Witriciy”. It basically transmits electricity through thin air to power a selected device. This great innovation will hopefully be implemented into tables and work surfaces so that as soon as a device is placed on a surface it will be able to receive power.
The technology uses magnetic fields to transfer up to 60 watts of power. With a distance of up to around two to three feet away, but it loses around 25% of power during the transmission phase. The new technology would initially be used to charge the battery of devices such as laptops, cameras, and cell phones, but Intel hopes to eventually eliminate the use of batteries altogether.
However Witricity is still in the early stages of development and a lot more research is required before the technology goes to the market. Witricity is something I would like to see working some time soon and I think it has a lot potential.
November 16, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Software, Videos
If you havn’t already seen Minority Report - The movie, you should probably go and see it now. This new operating system mimics the one in the actual movie. One of the science advisers from the film and along with some other “visionaries” has created a real-life and working example of the computer system used in the film. It is called G-Speak and was created by Oblong.
This fancy piece of software combines “hand gestures, recombinant networking, and real world pixels. The creators dub it as “the first major step in computer interface since 1984.” This video pretty much sums the whole thing up. Imagine using Google Earth with this! Wouldn’t that be fun?
