There are countless building toys that are perfect for furnishing a doll house or action figure command center. But full-scale furniture that doesn’t look like it belongs in a frat house? Those are few and far between, which is why we hope Joscha Weiand is able to make his Loose Joints concept a reality. More »
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene
Graphene is a very strong, thin and light material used in various applications such as integrated circuits, solar cells and ultracapacitors. Composed of pure carbon, the atoms are arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern in sheet form similar to graphite with thickness of one-atom. According to Nokia, graphene is 300 times stronger than steel.
Due to its thin, light and strong nature, researchers from University of California Berkeley, Qin Zhou and Alex Zettl found graphene to be the ideal material for constructing speaker diaphragms.
Ideal speaker diaphragms are thin and light so that air itself damps its motion to produce sound. In essence, the thinner the diaphragm material, the better the sound quality. Due to the fact that most thin materials are fragile, it is a delicate balancing act between producing good sound quality and constructing a durable diaphragm. This is where graphene shines.
In a test, the researchers used a graphene film that is 30nm thick to construct a diaphragm measuring 5mm in diameter. Using the graphene diaphragm, they created a speaker and compared its performance to a Sennheiser MX-400 earphone. The result is promising. “Even without optimization, the speaker is able to produce excellent frequency response across the whole audible region (20 Hz~20 KHz), comparable or superior to performance of conventional-design commercial counterparts,” they say.
With a promising results like this, it will be a matter of time before graphene becomes the dominant material in the earphones market.
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The Apple iWatch rumor has been circulating for a while now as it’s rumored Apple will unveil the device by the end of this year. Regardless if they do or not, concepts are the next best thing to an actual product launch as their creators share their vision of the rumored product, and sometimes, they look better and offer cooler features than the product.
A new concept for the Apple iWatch has surfaced from designer Martin Hajek in collaboration with MacUser. Hajek’s iWatch is probably one of the best examples we’ve seen yet as it successfully combines the look of a watch with a smaller iOS device as its face. (more…)
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We’ve been hearing about a mythical Apple “iWatch” for a while now, to varying degrees of credibility, but this one from the April issue of MacUser magazine is probably the prettiest—and most plausibly Apple—interpretation we’ve seen. More »
A British luxury car rental company is looking to make a bigger name for itself by creating what could be the world’s first Lamborghini Aventador stretch limo. For the moment Cars For Stars’ bold creation is only in the concept stages, but with a deep-pocketed sponsor the company is optimistic about making it a reality. More »
One of the ways to reduce carbon emissions is to capture the carbon that we generate in a number activities such as energy production. Most electricity is generated by coal-burning plant which produces the bulk of today’s carbon emissions.
However, until recently, the methods used to capture carbon emissions are far from efficient as a great deal of energy is required to transfer the captured carbon from the capture material to the final storage location. The chemists at University of South Florida and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology are working on a reusable way that is more cost-effective and efficient in capturing and separating carbon dioxide: metal organic material (“organic” means that its molecules contain Carbon). (more…)
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Google’s Project Glass seems like it won’t be the only clothing accessory the company plans to improve through technology as they’ve announced another product called Google Shoes.
Google Shoes won’t become an actual product at this time, instead, Google hacked a pair of Adidas sneakers in order to show its new advertising platform called Art, Copy and Code. The purpose of the product demo was to show “how you can use objects to tell stories on the web today, said Google’s head of its advertising team Aman Govil. (more…)
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For those of you who take the subway to work and back each day, chances are you would find that most folks have their noses and thumbs buried in a smartphone or tablet, as it seems to get more and more rare these days to see someone reading a book instead. These smartphones and tablets will most probably rely on a pre-loaded game or movie, since the New York City metro system lacks an Internet connection on most of its routes.
The New York Public Library’s “Underground Library” concept intends to make life more “palatable” for their passengers, especially for those who are involved in long commutes, as they intend to offer a virtual library on the train that relies on near-field communication (NFC) that will send a sample of the current best seller to your handset when you swipe your NFC compatible smartphone against. The first 10 pages would be free for you to read, and you can check out directions to the nearest local library branch in order to continue reading a hard copy of the book, pretty neat, no?
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When he’s not designing products for the likes of Blackberry, BMW, and Lenovo, Di Tao is re-imagining commonplace items with his amazing concepts. Take this electric cordless water kettle—nothing but right angles in austere black and white. A perfect contrast to the formless water it’s meant to hold. More »
If the rumors are to be believed, Apple could be working on several new devices. This includes a low-end iPhone made from plastic, a new iPhone that could sport a whopping 4.5” display and at one point in time, there was even rumblings of an iPhone mini. Safe to say all those rumors should be taken with a grain of salt, but if you were ever curious as to what those devices could look like, designer Peter Zigich has come up with a host of conceptual designs of what he thinks future iDevices might look like.
As you might be able to tell at first glance, these photos are based heavily on the design of the iPhone 5. Some of the designs are missing a home button but fret not, it’s still there albeit at the side of the phone instead of at the bottom. It’s quite an odd placement but since these are his designs, we guess he can do as he pleases. There’s even a concept where he imagines that future iPhones could be large enough to support seven rows of icons (last row not withstanding), although we have to say that looks a little odd. We have to say that the excessive amount of rows is a bit ridiculous and we’re glad Apple thought about that with larger devices like the iPad and iPad mini, but what do you guys think?
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