super awesome russian dolls by UK-based designer Kyle Bean to demonstrate the evolution of the mobile phone.
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The iTwinge is sympathetic towards those with “two left hands” - a terminology we just made up to describe those of us who are never comfortable with the idea of using a touchscreen to its fullest extent and long for the luxury of a real, tactile keyboard. This QWERTY keypad attaches itself to the bottom of your iPhone and works like it came along with the device when you bought it.
Via Chip Chick.
“Given the option to choose between fashion and technology, women barring those few exceptions will definitely stumble on the former, until the latter provide them an opportunity to flaunt their style. Keeping the contemporary trend in mind, Chinese designer Fandi Meng has come up with a stylish sound headset only for women, which looks more like a fashionable pearl earbob than a gadget. Hailed as ‘Volution,’ the headphone features a pearl that shines aureole, after you receive a call, and needs to be tapped or touched to start your chatter.”
“A research team from Ben Gurion University in Beer-Sheba, Israel, found that talking on a cellular phone harms the mental abilities of the user. This research may serve as a warning against one of the gadgets most of us use daily.” study details
Researchers at Washington University in St Louis are working on a mobile phone based ultrasound machine which could radically improve medical diagnosis in remote and inaccessible areas. The USB device can be used to scan internal body organs, eyes, and veins and arteries for IVs.
David Zar and William Richard are pricing the device at $500 (super cheap, compared to current portable imaging products.) Two thumbs up for making expensive technology gadgets accessible to more people!!
Mostly promotional, this “designer QR code” supposedly works just like the regular bar-code looking QR codes that are all over certain parts of the world and with the occasional appearances in the States.
(collaboration between Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton)
The concept of advertising has evolved over time to encompass many different voices: it is the brand; it is the zeitgeist; it is many things.
Today, advertising exists in this space driven by consumer voices and product expectations. The world of selling ideals and promises has been transformed into an open conversation between brands and consumers, propelled by increasing brand transparency.
So I’m wondering if Apple will respond to this. I think they should be like, “Sorry guys. We TOTALLY time-lapsed that sh!#. Its actually sooooper slow. How can we make it better for you?”
The ad was pulled in the UK b/c it was a demo of the iPhone running unrealistically fast. Its actually a good thing they pulled it b/c the response from bloggers would’ve been immense.
This is super cool. (yea, I know… OF COURSE I think that!!)
Only thing is, you need to log in to check out the card designs. So if ur not actually having a baby, just make a pretend due date and ur in!
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