The biodegradable Bamboo Phone

One billion handsets produced globally each year and only 10% recycled. Average mobile phone user replaces their handset every 18 months. This has a big impact on the environment; 36kg of CO2 is used to make one 90g phone. To reduce the impact of the mobile phone it's time to rethink the materials mobile phone are made of and the manner we recharge...

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Speaker designing competition entries - C4D

The team over at the C4D Cafe forum recently had a challenge to create a rendering of loudspeakers and some of the entries are just jaw dropping. All of them are impressive.All images are from C4DCafe....

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Illumination water taps

Water Ball Ripple SinkThe Ripple faucet creates a new, fun way to interact with water. Drawing inspiration from surface ripples, the faucet creates a strong visual relationship between the two. On top of the frosted ripple surface sits a metal ball. An array of electromagnetic sensors detects that ball’s position. Moving the ball in or out from the...

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Sony PFR-V1 Headset simulates ''Speaker in near your ear''

FeaturesSony redefines the world of sound with its new 2007 PFR-V1 Personal Field Speaker that mimics audiophile grade front-facing speakers. First in the industry (and the world) to separate bass from mid and treble frequencies so that users can hear even better sound. Bass sounds are reproduced through a new "extended bass reflex duct" which extends...

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Toaster Phone - Concept

It's the work of Renata Quintela, an industrial design student in Brazil. From that, you can ascertain that this is a concept - but certainly one with potential. How does it work? Well, that's not clear from the product page, but we can guess that the 'toast' phone goes into the toaster unit for charging, popping up when a call comes though. The toast...

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Nokia Morph - a concept phone with the use of nanotechnology

Nokia Research Centre (NRC) and the University of Cambridge have developed a nanotechnology concept device, called the Morph, which was introduced today. The new device will be on display in The Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA) in New York, from February 24 to May 12, 2008.The Morph is intended to demonstrate the flexibility of future mobile devices, in...

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Cassette MP3 Player - Stand Alone or Car Cassette Player

The Cassette MP3 Player plays even in a car cassette player but not only 12 hits but a lot more as it uses a built-in SD/MMC card slot for up to 2GB of songs in MP3 format at a bit rate of 32-256 Kbps. It doesn’t have its own memory and that’s why it is available at only $22.45.It features a standard 3.5 mm earphone jack, USB connectivity, repeat playback...

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Edge - Concept Phone

Concept phone by Chris Owens...

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