Amazing Contemporary Sculptures

Black Whole Conference: made of 72 chairs
The Black Whole Conference chair sculpture was made out of 72 chairs by Michel de Broin on 2006. It was part of the Québec Triennial "Nothing is Lost, Nothing is Created, Everything is Transformed" exhibition at the Musée d’Art in Montreal.



Sound Wave: made of melted vinyl records

On 2007, korean artist Jean Shin created Sound Wave out of melted vinyl records. The sculpture was part of The Museum of Art and Design’s exhibit "Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary." The artist explained the sculpture shows "the inevitable waves of technology that render each successive generation of recordable media obsolete."

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Wireless Router Vase

The new wireless internet router designed by Saudi Arabia based telecom company STC is a device that can be said to follow the latest ground rule for all conceptual designs – multi tasking. The router apart from being used for its normal purpose can also be used as a flower vase to adorn your table! This can be a perfect product that can reduce the gap of lifestyle and technology. On the back of the vase, are the slots wherein requisite connections like LAN, phone etc can be plugged into. Additionally, its connectivity via VOIP and landline telephony is awesome. It surely is a value for money product!





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Transparent Gadgets and Creative Designs

Transparent gadgets and creative concept designs from all over the world.

Transparent Nikon D80

Transparent model of Nikon D80 DSLR camera. [link]

Transparent Refrigerator and Clothes Dryer

Transparent household electronics from Japan. The dryer uses natural dry air instead of loads of energy to do its job, and the fridge has a special "low waist line" to facilitate the transport of heavy items. [link]

Transparent Chair

Calligaris Irony chair with structure in metal and transparent plastic. [link]

Transparent Mirror

The series of "fiction" mirrors designed by Jean-Marie Massaud are made in extralight glass with degrading shaded silvering. [link]

Transparent iPod Case

Getting sick of your black or white color iPod? Get this iVue Crystal case, it is a transparent casing for your iPod. [link]

Transparent Canoe

This hard shell transparent canoe provides 100% visability. It weighs only 40 lbs and is lighter than most aluminum or wood canoes. [link]

Transparent Xbox 360 Case

Swap that eyesore Xbox 360 white case for a Clear Ghost Case. This is the only case in the world that comes with a clear DVD drive lid, which actually lets you see the DVD game disc spinning while you play. [link]

Transparent PSTwo Slim Case [link]

Transparent Iron

The transparent B-IRON 725 iron allows you to see the clothes that you are ironing. The soleplate is made out of tempered glass and heat conduction works via a network of electro-thermal wires. [link]

Transparent Toaster

Creative concept design of a transparent toaster lets you see the bread while it is toasting. [link]

Transparent Chess Set

A Chess Set inspired by the novel 'Alice through the Looking Glass' where the pieces magically turn transparent when they touch the board. [link]

Transparent Concrete

Translucent concrete blocks - the future of architecture? [link]

Transparent Dice [link]

Transparent Bath

The transparent bath displays the number of drinkable water bottles you are using when taking a bath. It is just a concept right now, but a sobering idea none the less. [link]

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Cool Laptops

Nice laptop do you wanna buy one ? But cost a lot



MacTab
Being portable, MacTab is the complement to My Book in the high-end. The thin wireless keyboard is used as a protection cover for transportation. On the back of the computer a hinge allows it to be put in a vertical position so you can use it on your desk.



Siafu

The Siafu concept notebook, designed for the blind by Jonathan Lucas, omits a display altogether. Images from applications and Web sites are converted into corresponding 3-D shapes on Siafu's surface." [ via PCWorld ]

Sungjut TangoX

Sungjut TangoX Nano UMPC has a DVI output and a detachable, integrated Skype phone. Weight: under 1kg. Unbelievable. [ via Gizmodo ]



Dialogue's Flybook V33
Dialogue is going to release the Flybook V33i series with a laptop screen which can be moved across its axis. A nice alternative to a static laptop screen we've seen over the last years.




Vaio Zoom

The Vaio Zoom notebook takes everything we know about holographic technology and squeezes it inside a thin glass form factor. When off, the screen is completely transparent and the keyboard goes opaque. Turn it on and the touchscreen holographic festivities begin. Even the mouse buttons are holographic! [via Gizmodo]




Music Stand Laptop
Use the pedal to turn digital sheet music or just touch the screen. It also throws in some computer functions by allowing on the fly scoring, note taking, and collaborative writing. When you need a real computer, a keyboard slides out from underneath the screen and use the foot pedal as a stereo to enjoy the music you just played. Designed by Sungho Lee.




LG e-Book Laptop

LG e-Book Laptop Concept
LG introduced e-Book, an ecological laptop concept that uses fuel cell batteries and features organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology. This concept notebook received a Red Dot Award nomination for "Best Concept Design ".


Compenion

Felix Schmidberger' s Compenion laptop has a OLED touch screen. The computer itself has an OLED touchscreen, where you can directly work on, much like with a umpc or PDA. The whole screen is a slider, as it can be moved forward to reveal a second OLED touchscreen underneath, where you can have a keyboard or working controls, similar to a setup with 2 monitors.



Purity Notebook

Purity Notebook: right now the in thing with notebook computers are clean lines, and minimal design features. The Purity Notebook takes that to the extreme but manages to throw in a few of its own unique touches like the high lacquer finish




MacBook 0801

MacBook 0801 is a laptop concept by Isamu Sanada. The keyboard is transparent and ultra-thin




Wood Laptop

"Laptop Made Of Wood. Yes, that's right, wood. Nevermind the weight and horrible heat insulation characteristics of the material, it's supposed to look refined, at which it does."



DesCom
Sung-kyu Nam's DesCom laptop integrates into the desktop surface. And what do you have to do once the laptop is dead or should be repaired?
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ThinkPad Reserve Edition
Lenovo/IBM's Thinkpad is coming back, in a new outfit: Thinkpad reserve edition. The laptop's components are separated; dual-monitor can be placed on the surface allowing multiple people to observe what's happening on it.


Satellite Navigation Laptop

Satellite Navigation Laptop is Nikita Golovlev's concept for travelers. Using an e-ink display, the 'Traveller' is a GPS enabled navigation system for pedestrians. The design incorporates an internal drive for storing any photos you take along the way and will tag the with GPS data, so you know just where you took them.



Solar Notebook

Solar-power laptop is supposed to save you the trouble of charging batteries by plugging them in. The notebook is powered with the help of powerful batteries that are recharged by wide Solar Panel attached to the computer (currently offline).



Haier's Laptop/Tablet PC
Haier has announced a laptop/tablet PC which folds down into a tablet, replete with handwriting recognition and has a 8.6-inch widescreen tablet display. Price: $4,790.



Folding Multi-Display

This laptop has a folding multi display which is supposed to be used as a server. Expected to be available in 2008 .



Axiotron's Tablet Mac
Axiotron's Modbook, the MacBook-based, Wacom-modified laptop is the world's first OS X tablet. Price: $2,290.



Gelfrog
For its annual design issue, The New York Times wanted to include a futuristic laptop for teenagers. The project's main thrust was to re-think the future of education and then construct a laptop that would best deliver that vision. The end result is The Gelfrog , a dynamic, portable device concept that enables new educational experiences without sacrificing the need for individuality.



myBook

myBook might be the lightest portable Mac ever. Small, light and semi-rugged, It roots deeply in Alan Kay Dynabook's dream. The touch-sensitive screen is readable in bright daylight thanks to the use of a new transflective generation of LCD screen. The screen rotates 180‹. In that position, keyboard and trackpad are inoperative and the screen goes in portrait mode.




Last Click

Handle-it for Black 13 MacBookc
That's such a simple design, but so useful and nice. This Mac-handle is constructed of aircraft aluminum, so it will make sure the laptop doesn't fall down when you carry it around. Price: $49.99.


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