Concept: LOP
Atila Rossito’s LOP concept is a 21st century version of the disco ball: it not only serves as a party-sized iPod speaker and dock, but streams movies and images along its surface.
Atila Rossito’s LOP concept is a 21st century version of the disco ball: it not only serves as a party-sized iPod speaker and dock, but streams movies and images along its surface.
No, your phone is not haunted: Mac Funamizu’s Floater Phone concept features a curved bottom that lets it sit up by itself or wobble whenever it receives a call or text message.
Lenovo’s Multimedia Remote may not look like much, but that’s the point: it’s a 2.4 GHz Windows-compatible wireless remote that includes a track ball, mini keyboard, and USB dongle.
Pedal Brain is like Nike+ but for pro cyclers; it uses ANT+ to link sensors with your iPhone or iPod Touch, resulting in real-time position and performance data for riders and coaches.
Part tablet PC, part e-book reader, the enTourage eDGe weighs just 2.75 lbs yet packs a 9.7″ e-Ink screen, 10.1″ color touchscreen, Wi-Fi, media playback, and Linux with Google Android.
Literally listen to ear-splitting music with these Japanese-made in-ear Crazy Earphones, which are available in painful (katana, arrows) and quirky (mushrooms, ears) flavors.
Samsung’s 14.1 MP CL80 is a Wi-fi enabled camera, with Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube uploading; it also features a 3.7″ AMOLED touchscreen, 7x optical zoom, and 720p videos.
For $192k you could buy a real car, but the Hexatech F1 Sim is made for hardcore racers; it sports three 42″ monitors, 6 degrees of freedom, and the same KERS tech found in F1 cars.
Ideal for pro-users, Acer’s Travelmate Timeline 13.3″, 14.1″ and 15.6″ notebooks each pack a CULV Core 2 Duo and 8 hrs. of battery but weigh at most 3.5 lbs and measure 1.1″ thick.
Boldly chat where no geek has gone before with the Star Trek Webcam; the 300k USB camera is shaped like the original Enterprise with red LED nacelles and a gooseneck mount.
The road to hell is paved with 300mm video cards: NZXT’s Hades Chassis is a 9-bay gaming midtower with up to 5 fans, a 3-temperature display, water cooling holes, and wire routing.
Available 1/2010, Dell’s 10.1″ Inspiron Mini 10 gets a full makeover with a streamlined case, Atom N450 CPU, optional HD accelerator, HDTV tuner, GPS, Wi-fi, and 6-cell battery.
Workwear maker Carhartt teams up with Vestax for a special edition Handy Trax; the portable turntable includes a dynamic balanced tone arm, built-in speaker, and tough plastic casing.
Magico’s Ultimate II speakers are impossible to miss, visually or aurally: the 5-way horn-loaded system stands 7.5 feet tall, weighs 800 lbs, and sports woofers with 2000 watt amps.
Ivan Poupyrev’s Lumen gives new meaning (and feeling) to multi-touch: the device features tactile pixels that not only light up but move up and down, letting it “display” 3D shapes.
Belkin’s Bluetooth Music Receiver may not be the first, but we’re digging the small size; it supports A2DP and will pair with any BT-capable cellphone or media player up to 33 feet away.
Audi’s new creme-de-la-creme A8 also gets Mountain View’s best of breed: drivers will be able to navigate in 3D using Google Earth on an 8″ LCD screen thanks to a built-in UMTS modem.
The Mag+ digital magazine is only a concept, but it’s very well thought-out; ideas include vertical reading, text/imagery focus shifting, view neutrality, and contextual radial menus.
The Beat Thang Machine is a fully mobile music production system, able to go 6 hours on a charge; it features a 3.5″ LC, 3,000+ sounds, onboard sampling/resampling, and USB in/out.
Neato’s XV-11 makes other robot vacuums a-la the Roomba suck: instead of bumping around, it uses lasers to detect and map out objects up to 4 meters away; it’s due out 2/2010.
It may not be the smallest portable hard drive, but LaCie’s Rikiki is one of the sleekest; it sports a brushed aluminum housing with up to 640 GB, weighs 5.6 oz, and measures 1/2″ thick.
Preorder now: the Peregrine Glove mixes Minority Report and button mashing, letting you frag via your fingers with 18 touch points and 3 pads, good for 30 programmable actions.
It’s only able to swivel slightly, but for less than $15 it’s tough to beat this DIY Dual Monitor Stand; it’s mounted to a desk and made with galvanized steel pipe, PVC pipe, and wood.
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