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Snowcorn: Another Sixth Sense Device Concept

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It took a few days to render these images and while I was rendering them, I was surprised to see this demo at TED. The concept is almost identical! How nice!

Mine’s a bracelet like flexible device with a camera, a projector and Wifi installed. You can also put it on anywhere on your cloth around your chest or neck.

The transparent part is a screen to show basic function or the time. Customize it with the colors and style you like.
Complicated controls can be done in the projected UI.

Scan a business card to add the person’s name and other information to your address book through wifi.

Translate a word/phrase you’re not familiar with in a book.

Look for a way to get to a station on a train map.

There could be a lot more ways to use this device, so I’ll make the posts later.

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Train Ceiling as Info Screen?

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I want a navigation screen on a train that shows the exact location where the train is, not just “It’s now between station A and station B”.
It should also be seen clearly from almost everywhere even if the train is crowded. (In Tokyo it’s almost impossible for a stranger to know where she is on a crowded train if she misses one announcement.)
Is it the ceiling that is the most visible?

By the way, I’m now designing the calendar wallpaper for this month. Sorry for being late!

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Sign Language Interpreter

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The camera captures the motion image of the speaker’s hand gesture. It translates it into an oral language and gives out the translated words.

(the camera capturing the image)

You can pre-choose what kind of voice you’d like it to speak in. I’ll pick up tat of George Clooney’s. 🙂

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Speech Balloons for the Hearing-Impaired

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Speech balloons in comic books show very well how the characters speak. If we could instantly visualize how people speak, wouldn’t it be nice for the hearing-impaired? It means they can SEE our voices.

Stressed words are rendered larger than those spoken less loudly.

Arrows of the balloons show from where it’s spoken (of course).

A scream is shown in a balloon with jags.

Imitation sounds are also rendered, but with other colors than spoken words.

When spoken to from out of the screen, it shows the words with the direction the voice is from.

A pair of glasses with the same functions could replace the device if we could figure out a good way not to block visual information.

Also visit the other series of this gadget.

Part1:”Future of Internet Search: Mobile version”

Part2:”Future of Mobile Internet Search: Applications”

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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Horizon

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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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Future Mobile Music Concept

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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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Lupa

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Lupa
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“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

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With Samsung Flexible OLED, how we fold a mobile phone could be limitless especially if it could work as a touch screen.

pen-like folded phone?

slanted fold phone?

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Glassy Glassy

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The previous mobile phone concept seems popular, so I made a few more designs with double glassy layers. Your fingerprints would have to be cleaned off so often, but I want to have one like these.