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Funny USB Memory Sticks #2

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The first ones seem popular so far, so I’ll introduce a few more.

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Funny USB Memory Sticks #1

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Easy to see how much memory is still available.

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How to control iPod Touch in Your Pocket

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I’ve found so many people look for an easier way to control their iPod Touch/iPhone especially when it’s in the pocket. Then how about an iPod case with the old circle control button on the back side of it?

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Mac Morph?

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What amazed me most about the Morph concept by Nokia is that it came from Nokia itself, not by a daydreaming designer like me, meaning it’s quite promising.
I really like the material that is flexible enough to change its form. If that’s really possible,

first it could be used as a display,

second, fold it half and it could be used as a macbook pro,

and for some more other purposes,

it would be useful to read like a magazine,

and if it could be folded a few times, it could be an ipod.

Oh, am I daydreaming again?

Future of Mobile Internet Search: Applications

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I think the following ideas should enhance the functionality of the device I introduced. Many applications like these will be developed that have never been possible.

Indoor guide
Works in a building, airport, station, hospital, etc.

Automatic simultaneous translation

Search keyword
Helpful when you want to find out a word from a lot of text

Also visit other posts of this gadget.

Part1:”Future of Internet Search: Mobile version”

Part3:”Look at What You Don’t See Through Glass”

Part4:”Future of Mobile Search for Diet”

Part5:”Future of Mobile Search- Search Beyond Time”

Part6:”Future of Mobile Search- Power of Visualization”

Part7:”Future of Mobile Search: Virtual Shopping #1″

See also the iPhone version of this concept.

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iCal Watch

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It’s a half digital version of the idea I posted before. This time, input your schedule in iCal and send it to this watch using bluetooth.

No MP3 player or any other iPod-like functions.

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Bookshelves for Super-Lazy People (like me)

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My desk is always messed with unfinished books and magazines that I think I’ll need soon again, which my wife is always complaining about.
These are for people who feel even bothered just to stand up from your chair, grab the mess and put it away.

This book hanger works as a bookmark, too. When you don’t need the books, just slide them under the desk and everything looks neat!

Slide a tab to the other end and a part of the floor flips up so that the book goes down to a selected shelf.

Throw books in the box and put it back in the bookshelf. Easy!

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Future of Internet Search: Mobile version

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(Followed by a previous post “Future of Internet Search“)
This is what I wish the internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… all in one device. Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot.

Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building.
Well, it doesn’t have to be a building, but it can be any object you see. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. etc. But as a designer myself, I hope it’s able to tell me a name of a font of the type I see, the size, color (in RGB), and so on.

It’s got a scanner built in, so you can use it this way when you want to check the meaning of a word in the newspaper, book, magazine, etc.

It would be much easier to read a real book. You can use the dictionary, wikipedia, thesaurus and anything else available on the web. What do you think?