Intended toward medical professionals, the “Dbrain” by Portuguese designer Catia Caeiro is a portable computer that users can carry with them all the time as an auxiliary to access multimedia and expand their business. Weighing about 400g, the Dbrain essentially works as a tablet that unfolds a keyboard to transform into a notebook to ensure comfort while enhancing work efficiency of the user. With a thickness of 1.2 cm, the sleek and lightweight system can adapt to different daily situations, becoming highly practical and versatile for the users on the go.
Personal systems, such as a notebook, netbook or tablet, may allow portability and ease of use on the go, but they too have their limitations, especially when it comes to joint ventures or teamwork. Providing a solution, Danish designer Ivar Moltke has developed an innovative device named the “WorkPAD” that turns a personal computer into a giant iPad-like touch interactive surface, so more people could work simultaneously on it from several directions. When spread, the new system becomes a 42″ display to support teamwork, enhancing work efficiency of the employees. And, when not in use, you can close the lid to store it neatly and safely.
Love the portability that your netbook offers but feel cheated on keyboard? Well, here’s a conceptual laptop that provides effective solution to small keyboard problem. The Folding Laptop has been conceptualize by Yang Yongchang, and is a nice alternative for people who are always on-the-go. The device boast of a 6.5-inch multi-touch display and an extra large folding keyboard.
You didn’t think Microsoft was just going to sit there and let Apple take all the tabletmania glory today, did you? New pics have surfaced of Microsoft’s dual-screen Courier, and the book-like device seems to be dolled up a bit to compete directly against the iPad.
There are new details coming along with these pictures. It’s less than inch thick, weighs slightly more than a pound, and its two screens are about the size of a 5 x 7 photo. There’s supposedly a built-in camera. The best news? Its powerful NVIDIA Tegra 2 graphics processor will be driving a version of those gorgeous Zune HD and Windows Phone 7 interfaces of which we are so fond.
Acer hopes to mesmerize the electronic world by introducing ultra-thin frameless notebooks that would feature touchscreen keyboards using back of the panel’s glass substrate. Scheduled to make their debut in the second half of the year, the notebooks in development would display frames by printing colors onto the back of the notebook’s reinforced glass substrate by Corning. This design idea would reduce the notebook’s size to an amazingly thin size and would also reduce material costs.
