The UVC Dock is one of those crazy ideas that has it all. What I mean is that it’s a wireless Bluetooth enabled charging dock for mobile phones and other devices. It shows trivia like time, weather and calendar but more importantly the UV light within sanitizes your devices as they charge. Now here is something radically different and original that just being a storage or space-saving product. Good job!
Designer: Lin Shu Kai
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Le « eleMMent Palazzo » est le camping-car le plus cher au monde. Mis à la vente pour le prix de 3,1 millions de dollars à Dubai, cet objet incroyable de Marchi Mobile propose une grande chambre, un bar mais aussi une terrasse située sur le toit. Une accumulation d’éléments à découvrir en images dans la suite.
Travel to most countries around the world, and when you arrive at the airport and step into a convenience store, it’s pretty safe to assume that you’ll be able to pick up a SIM card and data plan for a reasonable price. By contrast, the most common business model in the United States is to offer a phone at low or no cost but lock customers into a contract for two years. Customers are often left paying a bill of over 50 dollars a month for the most straightforward data plan. If they’re lucky, they won’t get any surprise charges on their credit card bill. For those who travel internationally, it’s often necessary to purchase a new phone or a pricey world band phone, because the more common wireless technology network in North America, CDMA, is rarely recognized abroad.
SIMPLE Mobile is trying to shake things up. Offering a SIM card and easy-to-understand talk, text and data plans, the company aims to make the process of owning a phone and mobile plan a little more straightforward. A 40 dollar per month prepaid plan gets you 1GB of data at 4G speeds, with unlimited talk, text and even international text. Unless you’re watching a lot of YouTube videos and plan to upload large documents with your phone, that’s probably more than enough for basic use. Expecting a heavier month for calls? Just shift the plan for the next month. It’s easy and flexible, as it should be.
Although SIMPLE Mobile isn’t offered everywhere in the US, it runs on the TracFone Wireless network and is available in most of the country, especially in urban areas. If you have an unlocked phone with a SIM card slot, it will probably work. Even a tablet like a 3G iPad should work on the network, though you might need to purchase a micro SIM instead of a regular SIM. This means you can browse the web on a much larger screen and not have to worry about hunting for wifi all the time. And since phones that support SIMPLE Mobile run on the world-friendly GSM band, you won’t need a new phone abroad; you could even just turn on their international plan for the month you travel.
L’étudiant en architecture Hank Butitta a eu l’excellente idée de réutiliser un bus scolaire américain mis à l’abandon afin d’en faire un mobile home au design soigné et réussi. Une création originale à découvrir en images et vidéo dans la suite qui fera plaisir aux nostalgiques.
As filmmaking becomes more accessible, the need for equally accessible and mobile professional quality equipment is evident. While there are shooting systems available, few seem as comprehensive and innovative as the Rhino Rig, a modular system…
Earlier this year, popular Linux-based operating system Ubuntu announced their mobile OS, leading to speculation about a forthcoming foray into hardware. Last week saw the launch of an ambitious crowdfunding campaign for the very same: Canonical, the company behind the OS, is seeking a whopping $32 million to introduce a “low-volume, high-technology platform,” The new smartphone is expressly designed for “enthusiasts and mobile computing professionals”—Ubuntu draws an analogy to Formula 1 racing, in which performance-oriented R&D “accelerates the adoption of new technologies and drives them down into the mainstream.”
To that end, the first generation of the Ubuntu Edge—available only via presale on IndieGogo—features a clever dual-boot system, such that the device runs Ubuntu mobile OS and Android simultaneously. Moreover, since the Edge runs a full version of Ubuntu desktop OS, it can also serve as a full-fledged PC when connected to an external monitor. Thus, the smartphone also represents “the future of converged computing,” in which a single piece of hardware serves as the brain behind a suite of applications: mobile, desktop and potentially anything in between.
Of course, the rectangular black slab itself has duly impressive specs, with a 4.5-inch, 1280×720 sapphire glass screen, plus 4GB of RAM and a massive 128GB hard drive, as well as Dual LTE, Bluetooth, front- and rear-cameras—in short, the works. Designed in-house at Ubuntu, industrial designer Chee Wong has posted a first look at the “materials, stories and process [behind] the development of the Ubuntu Edge.”
AISIDI, principal revendeur de produit et service mobile en Chine, s’associe avec Coordination Asia, un cabinet de design et d’architecture, pour le lancement d’une nouvelle série de magasins, AER. Slogan publicitaire inscrit sur le chemin noir au sol, comptoir Lego, jeu sur les typographies, le résultat est très réussi.
Antonio Scarponi et Roberto Deluca ont imaginé cette « chambre d’hôtel mobile ». Appelée « Hotello », cette création surprenante et bien pensée permet de mettre tout le nécessaire pour dormir dans une valise. Ce projet à découvrir dans la suite a été présenté en avril dernier durant la Milan Design Week 2013.
The SaY mobile phone was designed quite a while back but somehow the design looks still fresh and in sync with today’s needs. Right from the colors to the angles, the use of a rubberized body in contrasted with a slightly angled glossy keypad that fits perfectly in the talking position; everything is relevant to date. The camera and a pair of stereo speakers are arranged in a graphical and eye-catching fashion. Strikingly modern, yet rustic!
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