Archive for the “Concept Gadgets” Category

Is Sony the new Prada? Well, not really. But they are behind this interesting prototype dress that lights up when the wearer receives a phone call on their cellular. Tennis ace Maria Sharapova was on hand to promote the knee-length, short-cap dress at a London Liberty boutique this month.

The concept was designed by British fashion student Georgie Davies as part of a school project with cellular giant Sony Ericsson. The goal was to find new ways of fusing fashion and technology.

The summery frock is designed to eventually integrate with the wearer’s cell phone via Bluetooth wireless technology. The right shoulder is adorned with translucent white scales that illuminate and move when their phone rings. How fun!

Perfect for places where it’s so loud a girl can barely hear herself talk, let alone know that her cellular needs attention!

via Reuters

If your like me and your tired of spending money on batteries for yet another remote control, then the “Shake Control” is the device for you.

As indicated by its name, this remote control is powered by simply shaking the remote control. When the remote control is shaken, electromagnetic induction generates a 20-30mA current. Shaking the controller not only generates electricity but also controls the channels, on/off switch, the volume and other menus.

I am well known as the “zapper” in my house because of my rapid channel changing. Based on the amount of shaking I will have to do to change the channels, I expect that this device will add a lot of muscle to my arms.
Specifications

• Eco friendly, green concept
• Batteries: none
• Power: generated by a moving magnet within a coil
• Designers: Lee Sung Hoon, Kang Sooyeon, Cho Eun Bee, Lee Junehwa and Kim Jean
• Availability: unknown, concept design
• Size: Unknown
• Weight: Unknown

Shake Remote control

This weekend I went to a festival and had the horrible experience of having to use one of the portable toilets. The smell and lack of hygiene almost knocked me unconscious.

Designer Young Sang Eun from Milan Italy has put together a high tech “ultimate clean toilet” that will have us saying bye bye to dirty public washrooms.

The “ultimate clean toilet” has two-way system. The one is urinal part and the another one is toilet part which is great for males and females. Simply press a button to select the configuration that meets your needs.

It also has an inbuilt hot system and UV light system inside which will help with the sterilization once it has been used.

Specifications

• Designer Young Sang Eun
• Status: Concept design
• Two Way system: Urlinal for men and toilet for females
• inbuilt hot system
• UV light system
• Availability: Unknown

The Ultimate clean Toilet

Once again as summer approaches, the prices of gas are starting to sky rocket up. One day, we will all be able to laugh at the gas gouging companies that seem to take advantage of the population.

Guy Negre, president of “MDI group”, a company that has the first car to run on compressed air. It is anticipated that it will go on sale in France next year, boasting “zero pollution” and a cheaper alternative to today’s gas consuming vehicles.

The car’s engine uses pressurized air to turn the pistons. The engine only emits fresh air out of the “frozen” exhaust pipe. Monsieur Negre and the MDI group have also created other vehicles including the CityCAT and OneCAT’s. The only thing I can add to this is, I can’t wait the day.

Specifications

• Dimensions Length 2.65 m x Width 1.62 M x Height 1.66 m
• Weight 730 pounds
• Travel 93 miles/hour
• Number of Seats 3
• Inventor Guy Negre
• Airbag, air conditioning, ABS, 3 seats
• Max speed 110km/h; Dual-energy2 125km/h; Dual-energy4 140 km/h
• Co2 emission in urban use 0 g/km
• Approximate price 9200 Euros

MiniCAT

Creator Kayla Kromer takes her love of hamburgers to the next level with this custom-made Hamburger Bed. Had it not been for the little tomato swatch, I’d swear this functional piece of furniture was a spot-on ode to the Big Mac!

The designer purchased a round mattress from the 1970s to create this mouthwatering masterpiece. The bed stands about 3 feet tall, is 8′ in diameter, and would cost approximately $2,000 to recreate.

The bed itself is not for sale, but instructions on how you can make your own burger oasis can be found at hamburgerbed.com.

Now all that’s needed is a side table shaped like a milkshake and you’d have the makings of a perfect combo.

Via Toxel