Design Concepts Category - Page 8

Concept Nokia Phone Jumps To On Incoming Calls [The Nokia Kinetic Concept Rises Up On Its Base With Incoming Calls]

By on Tuesday, 20. July 2010

Sometimes the strangest phones are the ones that don’t even exist yet, and in the case of the Nokia Kinetic, we may be able to actually get our hands on these at some point, regardless of the sheer strangeness of it all.

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ArkHippo Offers More Portability for the iPhone [ArkHippo Unveils a New Flexible Type of Casing to Make your iPhone More Portable]

By on Tuesday, 13. July 2010

Flexibility and portability finally comes to iPhone owners in the form of the ArkHippo casings. These casings offer a comfortable solution for people who want an accessory to provide an array of flexible options.

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Renault DeZir Brings Whole New Credibility to Electric Car [Renault's DeZir Brings Style, Electric Power and Quick-Charging]

By on Tuesday, 13. July 2010

Renault’s big auto show comes this fall, and as such, there’s lots of word coming out about the new models emerging. But the Parisian automaker has a real winner up its sleeve, the concept car known as the Renault DeZir.

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Kompott Robotic Agent Keeps People In Touch [A Robotic Contact Agent Designed For the Elderly, Kompott Keeps In Touch With Simple Controls]

By on Monday, 12. July 2010

Let’s face it, folks: the older folks among us generally have the hardest time getting the hang of new technology. So the idea of using new technology to keep in touch with family members is a daunting one at best. Thus, Zurich University of the Arts put together the Kompott, [...]

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Carnegie-Mellon Makes 3D Screen Out of Waterfall [Falling Water Makes a 3D Screen At Carnegie-Mellon]

By on Wednesday, 7. July 2010

If you’ve been on the revamped Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World, you know from firsthand experience that it’s possible to project an image onto a screen of water. The folks at Carnegie-Mellon, meanwhile, took that one step farther to make a 3D screen with water.

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Virginia Tech Prototype Allows the Blind to Drive A Car [A Combination of Tactile Feedback and Audio Cues Might Let Blind Drive by 2011]

By on Monday, 5. July 2010

I think we’ve all screamed at our windshields at least once about the sight capabilities of other drivers, but now, we may be able to literally, instead of derogatorily, ask drivers if they are blind thanks to the folks at Virginia Tech.

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Scottevest Carry-On Coat: iPhone, BlackBerry, iPad, Camera & Other Gadgets Fit In Special Pockets [Special Scottecest Coat Can House Your Beloved Gadgets & More; Doesn’t Come with License to Kill]

By on Sunday, 4. July 2010

It’s not every day that we look at clothing items here at TFTS but every once in a while some designer decides to come up with an interesting and very gadget-friendly wardrobe item. Today we have a special coat from Scottevest, the Carry-On Coat that comes with plenty of pockets [...]

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The Top Ten Real Gadgets Every Evil Genius Should Have [Top Ten List of Gadgets That Every Supervillain Should Have, From Lasers to Lair. iPhone Included.]

By on Friday, 2. July 2010

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the movie listings coming up, you know that Despicable Me will be hitting theaters in a matter of days, and a big part of that is a topic near and dear to our hearts–gadgetry. Every evil genius needs a load of quality hardware, [...]

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Chevrolet to Produce 10,000 Volts in 2011, More in 2012 [Chevy Volt To Hit Dealerships in 2011 Thanks To Limited Production Run, Additional Units Coming 2012]

By on Friday, 2. July 2010

Slowly but surely, gas prices are rising and it won’t be long until they reach what they were a few years ago when all of America was going broke just by filling up their tank. Lucky for us, car manufacturers are taking note of these rising gas prices and are [...]

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Terrafugia Transition Gets Greenlight From FAA [First Ever Flying Car Already Has Buyers]

By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

For those of you who, like me, are vaguely annoyed that the future has utterly crapped out so far on delivering things like jet packs, death rays and flying cars, take heart–at least one of those is now available.

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