When it comes to computing power and upgrades, most of us who are handy with a screwdriver as well as have the technical know-how relish performing these upgrades on our own, although sometimes, there is a fair bit of work involved, not to mention the need for steady hands. How about a future where all you need to do in upgrading your computer is as easy as performing a battery change on your remote control? Yes sir, we are referring to this conceptual upgradeable tablet device that lets you swap out its CPU or motherboard just like that, slotting in a newer, faster part as a replacement.
Navarre Bartz is the brains behind this particular idea of an upgradeable tablet which is so easy to upgrade, you do not need to know rocket science to get the job done. To get this idea rolling, the tablet motherboard comprises of just two parts – the main board that has all the necessary ports and components, while the secondary board carries other essentials such as CPU, memory, and storage. A system on a stick, so to speak – do you think it will happen in this lifetime?
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Some people claim they do not like wearing watches because they do not like enjoy the feeling of having something strapped to their wrist, so we can only imagine how they might feel about handcuffs. That being said, it looks like this handcuff inspired watch by Jordan from Canada may very well prove to be one of their worst nightmares. Dubbed the X Con, as you can see in the rendering above, this is a rather unique looking watch in the sense that it has been shaped to look like a handcuff.
Recycling seems to be the buzzword these days and if you’ve got a stack of papers lying around that you’d rather not just throw away, here’s an interesting way to recycle them. Chinese industrial designers Chengzhu Ruan, Yuanyuan Liu, Xinwei Yuan and Chao Chen have come up with an interesting concept that will take your pile of papers (printing errors, memos no longer applicable, etc.) and feed them into the machine pictured above. The machine will then tightly roll up the paper inserted around a piece of lead and there you have it, an instant pencil! Given the digital age we’re living in, pencils might seem a little dated, but reassured as there is still plenty of real world usage left in them. In any case it’s a pretty novel concept but if anything it will let you create some pretty unique looking pencils! So, any takers?
If you’ve ever stared into the night sky and see the stars and the constellations they form, you have to admit that is indeed a sight to behold. Sam F. from the USA has attempted to recreate that beauty with a concept timepiece which he has based on the Cassiopeia constellation. As you can see in the rendering above, the watch features a zig-zag face with a strip of multi-colored LEDs, presumably in the rough shape/form of Cassiopeia.
In my younger years, the violin was one of the many instruments I was made to learn. Unfortunately the lack of frets on a violin made it quite tricky and seeing the fool-proof Violin concept makes me wish that it was a reality back in the day. Designed by Jaewon Hwang, the WAVE electric violin concept has been designed in such a way that it will make learning the violin a piece of cake. It won’t turn you into a master player or a superstar composer, but it should give you the hang of the basics.
There are some of us out there who feel far more comfortable working on a touchpad than with a mouse since we have already gotten used to the idea, but there is also another camp which thinks otherwise, and cannot work on a notebook if there is no mouse accompanying it. The thing is, notebook mice these days tend to be wireless and have gotten rather small in size for the sake of portability, but they are still not exactly tiny enough to pack without taking up no extra net space in your luggage.