While on the move, what if any of your gadgets, such as a phone, laptop or iPod, run out of energy? Since it’s not always possible to carry a charger everywhere you go, what one can do wait for a power supply nearby. So, if such a situation arises, you can’t do much but wait till you get back home to pump life into your gadgets. But Revolution designed by Carl McGreavy is here to change this theory. Revolution is a self recharging digital camera which will get all the powers to function by a Dynamo.
Cellphones connecting people with each other have already turned the world into a global village. But we need more and more features to keep up pace with the rise in technology, which further needs a burst of processing power and storage capacity. Designers at Bounthavong Designs have come up with a concept that could revolutionize the mobile phone market forever.
In offices all over the world printed paper sheets are often discarded when the printed document is no longer being used or needs some change. Industrial designers Chengzhu Ruan, Yuanyuan Liu, Xinwei Yuan and Chao Chen are trying to give these sheets of paper a second, more productive life, by converting them into pencil sticks. The team has conceptualized an office waste paper processor that does the task.
Sony has demonstrated its new flexible e-paper display at the 2010 Dealer Convention, which carries a plastic substrate rather than the usual glass panel for flexibility. Details on the product are scant, but the display could help save some trees that are cut down for our morning dose of news. Sony also states that this flexible display features increased resilience to breakage, which comes courtesy its flexible but strong plastic substrate.
The Hydrogen Kettle by industrial designer Matthew Smith is what camping enthusiasts might be looking for. This domestic kettle has been designed for use in the year 2100 and is powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The hydrogen cartridges are slotted into the center and the base of the kettle, where hydrogen is converted into electricity by fuel cells.
