Ideo honors co-founder Bill Moggridge with Galaxy Tab-based Grid laptop

Ideo owners cofounder Bill Moggridge with Galaxy Tabbased GRiD laptop

How to honor your legendary late-co-founder? If you’re Ideo, it involves putting a modern spin on one of his most iconic creations. The design firm is paying tributing to computing pioneer Bill Moggridge with this Grid Compass-based Galaxy Tab dock, which combines the first laptop with Samsung’s slate to add content to a tribute site for the innovator. Like the original Grid, the Tab shows off content with an orange tinge — oh, and the keyboard works and it’ll charge when plugged in. Check out a break down of the Galaxy Grid’s creation in the source link below.

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