If we can build flexible OLED like this, we won’t have to worry about what size of a monitor you’ll buy any more.
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Lifenote Personal Tablet
Now I can tell one of the announcements I mentioned at the end of 2008.
Lifenote is an innovative technology development company based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 2008 by two UCLA graduates who dreamed of a world free from paper clutter, and a learning environment that is more intuitive, productive, and collaborative.
They approached me for help in 3D molding last year, and I helped out mainly with the 3D mock designs, initial modeling and rendering of the Lifenote Personal Tablet, which is specialized for digital writing and viewing electronic documents. They were in CES 2009 to introduce this tablet as well as other great products, so some of you who visited CES might have known it already.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun creating mock designs of a REAL gadget. I hope I can do it again.
Please note that the copyright belongs to Lifenote, not me. So if you want to use the above image/s, please contact Lifenote.
Glass Pencil Sharpner
It’s a small pencil sharpner made of glass.
The converging lens at the top gives you a good look at how much the pencil has been sharpened.
And wouldn’t it be fun if the pencil crumbs looked floating in the air? Some people make even art out of pencil crumbs, so I think keeping them nicely would be much better than disposing right after the pencil is sharpened.
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Future Mobile Music Concept
Connect yourself with the outside world
Perfect music on the perfect spot at the perfect time
Body
Wear it around your wrist, just like a watch. It also works as a watch.
By default, it’s transparent, but when you want to make it stand out, just change the colors/patterns or use your favorite photo on the background.
The lucent screens are flexible to be transformed to a device you can put in your pocket.
Earphones
It changes your ears a concert hall.
Built-in microphone detects your voice (and humming).
Hear beat can also be detected with the built-in censor.
Sync with your mobile phone when you talk to someone on the phone
(Humming search technology is already available, I guess.)
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Teko
Happy new year! Sorry for the slow update. I’ve been really sick for more than a week.
Teko is a Japanese word for “lever”. A small lever on the chopstick works as a chopstick stand so that the front end doesn’t touch the table. Also, it helps the chopsticks stick to each other. (Is this already used somewhere?)
Next one will be a wallpaper calendar for January.
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Lupa
“Lupa” is loupe in Spanish, Czech, etc.
It’s fun to design a mobile phone based on a certain concept.
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Wild Fold
With Samsung Flexible OLED, how we fold a mobile phone could be limitless especially if it could work as a touch screen.
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Some News
Some might have already noticed, but I started writing for Johnny Holland. There I’ll write about the concepts of some of the items I introduce in this blog. I’ll also show some sketch in my Moleskine. So check out JOHNNYHOLLAND MAGAZINE. (Thanks, Jeroen!)
Also, Ashley at Fixdit contacted me. Now I can have my ideas rendered in 3D in their site. By clicking and dragging the item, you can rotate it to see what it really looks from any angle! I got also interviewed.
I have lots of stuff to do these days, so I still can’t finish another calendar wallpaper for December that I actually wanted to send to a Smashing Magazine’s Wallpaper Calendar post (but I couldn’t make it). I have several new mobile phone concepts in my Moleskine I really want to show.
Also, though I’m trying to reply to all the image requests I get, it sometimes takes time to reply. Sorry!
Oh, one more. Design Tavern is a blog based website; dedicated to supplying readers with interviews, news and reviews. Henry had an interview for me and made a post about me and my ideas. Thanks, Henry!
Hot Topic Or Not
Is the post you’re reading hot? Then, there must be lots of people watching it.
If not, there are few.
It would be more fun if the characters are pointing at the often clicked areas in the browser.
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Tired of Numbers?
Fun, interactive desktop hygrometer and thermometer just for fun.
Red circles become blue when the temperature becomes negative.
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