Samsung Jot Brings The Old-fashioned Rotary Dial To The Future

Developed as a concept for Samsung, the “Jot” by designer Raymond Bessemer is a mobile communication device that uses a capacitive OLED display, removable stylus and physical rotary dial to allow mobile communication in a fun and intuitive way. Developed for the year 2015, the new communication device replaces the keypad with a rotary dial for making calls.

The device saves all contacts that the user can access with the menu button, while the stylus is used for scribbling text messages, as opposed to typing or texting with your thumbs.

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Concept future innovation – Google Magnify

Google Magnify is the latest conceptto be created by Anh Nguyen. Thisconcept began with a funny email that he had been going around the office at his work. He went up to their intern, who just happened to be from France, before realizing that he would have a tough time reading it. After a little bit of confusion, the intern just copy and pasted the entire email into Google Translate and was cracking up just like everyone else after reading it.

Then the idea started to percolate in his mind; what if there was a device which was basically a window to the world, where everything would be translated into the language of your choosing? A modern take on the magnifying glass, which hasn’t been updated much in its 800 years of existence. With a flip out handle, triple cameras, and text recognition software running through the Google Translate engine, the device just needs to be held in front of any text to be translated on the spot.

Just think how helpful this would be for tourists, students abroad, even our parents; the world wouldn’t seem like such a scary place with help from Google Magnify.

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Future LED Chess

Chess isn’t perhaps everyone’s favourite game and it doesn’t have to be either. What with all the pawns, the rules and the “intellectual” sounding players who go on about all the moves and strategies like it were the World War III! Well, if you are a chess lover, here is a geeky version of the immaculately boring chess board and this one comes with LED lights.

The WU& a Chess Set or the LED Chess Set by Guan Yi Quan is not only funny to look at but it actually looks good. Even if you hate chess as much as I do, you could get one of these to put your chess loving friends down, and show them how downmarket they really
are with their old-fashioned chess board. Apart from that I really don’t know what is so great about this design.

Oh yeah, if you don’t like losing to your human-partners, you could ask the computer to play against you. I would say, go ahead and get a 6-pack beer and get a guy with you and get busy! There is no point in wasting time over board games when you have a hottie with surfboard abs next to you!

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Exoskeleton the farmers

RoboCop and Iron Man can dodge bullets and crush villains, a new powered suit from Japan promises its elderly users more modest powers, such as pulling up radishes without getting a backache.

Unlike its heavily armed Hollywood counterparts, the Power Assist Suit aims to make life easier for Japan’s army of greying farmers.

The metal-and-plastic exoskeleton boasts eight electric motors that amplify the strength of the wearer’s arms and legs, as well as sensors that can detect movements and respond to commands through a voice-
recognition system.

Prof. Shigeki Toyama and his team developed the power-enhancing suit at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Toyama plans to set up a company to start producing the futuristic outfit by the end of the year.

“If the farmer bends over to grasp a radish, his back will be firmly supported,” said Gohei Yamamoto, a student working on the team.

“A brief vocal instruction will instantly straighten the rods along his legs, giving him the power he needs to pull the vegetable without effort.”

Fifteen years in the making, the robo-suit can reduce the user’s physical effort by 62 per cent on average.

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Vertical parking system

Take your car to play in the parking lot. Meanwhile it can go power supplied and you can go greener. All this works using only solar energy. Parking vertically is the best way to increase the number of vacancies in a parking lot. The relationship is 3 cars to 1. This means that where formerly 1 car parked horizontally, now permit 3 cars vertically. Just be careful not to leave your things loose inside. The rear of the engine is covered with photovoltaic panels which give total autonomy of operation and enough power to supply electric cars.In this area there is also a space for advertisement.

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Solar lawn lamp

Had enough of planting fake crops in Farmville, but not quite ready to go totally Martha Stewart in your garden? Well designer “Sexin” has created “THE RIPE RADISH” just for you. This solar lawn lamp serves many a purpose. First, it’s a solar powered lawn lamp that is white during the day as it collects solar power-ups, then at night it glows red to light your way…cute! Second, it’s a house for your soon to be born radish buddies…still cute! And lastly, it’s a neat way to play the new Super 3D Mario Garden! (No Batteries Required. Yoshi and Daisy not included)

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Cube Browser

Cube Browser is designed with six functional screens to provide a playful way of viewing image collections online. This innovative device combines the digital technology with the easiness of conventional analog photosets that can be shown or shared easily. Cube browser diminishes the limitation of sitting in front of a computer screen and operating through mouse or keyboard, rather it gives the convenience of turning page by turning thecube itself onto space in a more interactive way. With Cube Browser, viewing images from sites like flickr.com will become easier than ever through its intuitive digital screens and easy operating.

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