Imprint Text Messages on Flesh with SkinDisplay Concept

This is very weird. I didn't really know how to title this entry so I just copied Simon's article from intomobile.com............

A project sponsored by BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion in the UK proposes a bold new use for your battery door. By using piezoelectric technology (which stiffens materials based on electrical current), SkinDisplay is a concept which lets you press your finger into raised text messages on the back of your phone, and read the impression. The idea here is that you could see what’s going on in a discreet way, without pulling out your phone. The actual implementation sounds mostly crazy, but the concept was introduced alongside some software, SmartCall, that actually sounds pretty good; using their app, you would be able to set your current status as busy or otherwise unavailable, as well as request calls back from others within varying time frames and levels of urgency.

The inspiration for both of these ideas is to enable more sensitive communicating over mobile, which is noble indeed given the bad rap BlackBerry gets for continually distracting users from the immediate world around them. BlackBerry in particular is so speedy with delivering text messages that it has set a new level of etiquette when it comes to the time it takes to respond; it’s not uncommon in some circles to be put off if a BBM message isn’t replied to within five minutes. With the right tools though, we might be able to relax a little bit, and put our phone away once in awhile without feeling utterly and completely disconnected. I’m not quite sure the answer is subtle skin-printing, or a biometric ring that senses my mood and shares it online, but they’re both directions to consider. The SmartCall software seems most viable at this point, but depends on everybody using the same app or service; maybe it’ll be a manufacturer’s job to start baking these kinds of etiquette options right into the native messaging and phone applications.
Anyway, here’s a video demonstrating how SkinDisplay could work. Wacky and far-fetched, maybe, but I wouldn’t have concept projects any other way. - link

SmartCall & SkinDisplay from clara gaggero on Vimeo.

Old-School Joy stick for your Ipad

 Now this makes me feel as though I'm 10 again............. ($25)


  If you’re missing that feeling playing on your iPad, ThinkGeek has a beautifully simple solution. The Joystick-It is a little aluminum joystick that pops right onto your iPad screen and lets you control your game just like in the arcade. http://gajitz.com/



There are no wires, no batteries and it’s removable with no damage to your expensive screen. You pop in on top of the on-screen directional pad controller to play any game with a D-pad, then just pull up on it to take it off.-G

Source Code

This looks dope..........

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.

Filled with mind-boggling twists and heart-pounding suspense, Source Code is a smart action-thriller directed by Duncan Jones (Moon) also starring Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye, Due Date), Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Departed), and Jeffrey Wright (Quantum of Solace, Syriana) - Trailer addicts

Flexible Smartphone stand that makes your life easier

Here is a pretty cool accessory design for the smartphone user who hates holding it up for long periods of time.  The thing I love the most is how adaptable it is to fit your need at the time. Designed by Clint Spencer & Ryan Eder

Vyne is a hands-free viewing accessory for the smartphone. It is designed to be worn sitting down in a stationary position for viewing media content for an extended period of time.  Constructed of a flexible elastomer neck and plastic clip, Vyne allows users to easily watch movies, slideshows, and video calls in a variety of configurations & locations with maximum comfort and minimum fatigue. -Vyne

Great futuristic phone concept

 Here is a very cool phone concept from  Kristian Ulrich Larsen...........

Kristian Ulrich Larsen’s nifty Flip phone concept is a triple display handset running stock Android that pops out like a tent, collapses into a curved slate, and folds out like a little book. -link

 Here is his website. Pictures below..........


What is being creative? from Kristian Larsen on Vimeo.

New super technologies expected in the next five years

IBM has released its annual "Next Five in Five" list predicting five innovations you can expect to see in the next five years. Expand photo at the bottom.  

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New "Curb Your Enthusiasm" coming to NYC

It's about time. Larry David is taking over New York with Season 8 of Curb you Enthusiasm. You don't get too much from the trailer from HBO other than pure joy from the knowing that Larry David will be wrecking havoc on his old stumping ground. A date has not been confirmed yet. -Link