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Concept: The Rambler Socket

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The Rambler Socket.  Designed by Meysam Movahedi.

The Rambler Socket is one of those concept ideas you see and think “Oh, I should have thought of that!”  Basically is an extension cord built into a standard wall outlet.  The 1.5 meter long extension cord itself hides behind the wall and can be unfurled when needed with a slight tug.  To access the extension cord, you simply pinch the sides of the outlet and it unravels right out of the wall.  When your ready to store it away, you give it a gentle tug, which activates a spring mechanism, and it wraps itself back in an organized fashion.  This really is the best and most efficient wall socket and should be installed in all places of stay immediately.  It’s actually a concept I can see becoming a reality very soon.

[Via Gizmodo; YankoDesign]

Concept: The cup that knows what you’re drinking

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Cipher Drinking Glass.  Designed by Damjan Stankovic.

While these drinking glasses appear to be decorated with many tiny colorful squares, their function goes far beyond looks.  When liquid is added to the glass, it can decipher (get it?) what you are drinking.  For example, if you pour in some OJ, the side of the glass will read “orange” or if you pour in some Coke it’ll read “coca cola.”  Don’t ask me how it works because I don’t know.  Hell, it’s just a concept.  But one can dream, right?

[Via Gizmodo; OhGizmo!]

Another ‘zine publisher joins the push towards digital media

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The publishers at Popular Magazine have joined the digital revolution in print media with their rendition of a concept tablet device displaying their magazine in a digitized form.  PopSci publisher Bonnier teamed up with design agency BERG to create this mock tablet called Mag+ that does its best to recreate the magazine in a digital environment.  Bonnier joins Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated and Conde Nast’s Wired in the movement towards a digital future for magazines.  If this is indeed the future for magazines and even newspapers, I say bring it on.  Technology and interactivity could be long sought solution for keeping print media alive in a digital age ruled by the Internet.

[Via Gizmodo]

Lamborghini concept car has me drooling at the mouth

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Lamborghini Ankonian concept.  Designed by Slavche Tanevski.

The mid-engined supercar has a narrow and rather complex-looking body, with a garnishing of GT proportions. Thin OLEDs embedded between the surfaces function as headlights, and while all those lines may look weird, the Ankonian supposedly makes the best use of it all. The concept was named after a bull type famous for black hair, and since the designer had some help from professional designers at Lamborghini and Audi, the finished model has impressive looks.

Sure, it looks like a futuristic Bat-mobile, but come on!  Personally, I am a big fan of the Lamborghini Murcielago and Gallardo plus the Audi R8.  From the looks of these images this concept car takes the best of these supercars and manages to create beautifully designed and shaped super-super vehicle of my dreams.  Though it will likely never see the light of day as a real car, one can sit and stare at all its glory, can’t he?

[Via KanyeBlog]

Retro PC design is elegantly rad

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Philco PC.  Designed by Dave Schultze.

Stealing looks from the Philco Predicta (the iconic 1954 television set), this concept PC  features a typewriter keyboard, an edgy mouse, and a minimalist design that I am totally craving right now.  Check out more images below and after the break for a video tour of this retro masterpiece.

[Via Gizmodo; YankoDesign]

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Mirrored shoes are some sort of fashion statement?

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“Invisible Shoes.”  Designed by Andreia Chaves.

The “Invisible Shoes” are low-cut boots covered in asymmetrical mirrors that reflect the wearer’s surroundings and create a different optical effect with every step.

These mirrored shoes are only concept footwear for now.  But can’t you picture someone like Lady Gaga so wanting a pair of these?

[Via Gizmodo; CNET]

Experiment: Public urination bin

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The Wheelie Bin Urinal, designed by Stephan Bischof (from England, obviously).

This “Wheelie Bin Urinal” is a provides a place to go potty in the street, and it’s ingeniously disguised as a trash can.

For now, it’s just an experiment to see if (and when) people would use these trash can-turned-urinal stations when they’re out and about.  In fact, “early prototypes of the bin were installed on busy roads in the Lewisham borough of London, in which people’s frequent interactions with the bins were documented.”  You gotta see this to believe it after the break.

[Via Gizmodo; DesignBoom]

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Concept: Microwave with built-in YouTube player

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The Castoven is designed by researchers at Japan’s Keio University.  Besides being a conventional microwave, the Castoven sports a 10.4 inch LCD screen on the door and internal speakers.  Crunchgear breaks it down for us:

The main idea is to display a YouTube video whose length depends on the time you need to heat up what’s inside the Castoven. Say, you want to prepare a lunch box that takes 3.30 minutes to be ready. The Castoven would then automatically pull a video from YouTube with that length and display it on the screen until the meal is finished.

So the future of microwaving a Poptart is watching YouTube videos, huh?  I’ll take it.  Additional images below and a video of this in action after the break.

[Via Gizmodo; Crunchgear]

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Concept: DJ on the go with this turntable PMP

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Touchtable, designed by Thomas Mascall.

This concept portable media player prominently features a controller wheel that works just like a turnable.  “It’s even sensitive to touch and pressure and when you use it in combo with the surrounding function buttons, it facilitates absolute user control over a track, through precise position, timing and pitch manipulation.”  Not only can you manipulate your favorite songs on the go but you can also attach it to your computer as a MIDI device and create tracks of your own.  Oh, to live in a “concept” world.

[Via Engadget; Yanko Design]

The future of magazines and newspapers?

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Publisher Time Inc. thinks it sees the future of print media.  In essence, publishers will have the option to create digital versions of their magazines and newspapers and offer this format to various device manufacturers.  For example, in the demo above Time Inc. has teamed up with the designers at The Wonder Factory to display a digital version of Sports Illustrated.  And when Apple releases its purported tablet device Time Inc. and other publishers will have the option to flock to that device to share its content.  This is the F-U-T-U-R-E.   Or so they think.

Some features in the demo include multitouch to flick through pages and pinch to zoom, live sports scores, sharing abilities with Facebook and Twitter, and cover pages that really come to life.

[Via Engadget; AllThingsD]

Concept: Customized Band-Aid machine

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Long and Short Plaster, designed by Miyeon Kim & Hoyoung Lee.

Kids these days, running around and scraping themselves.  It forces big people to run to CVS and buy various sizes and assortments of Band-Aids.  This concept Band-Aid machine will rid of this routinized shopping spree by allowing you to cut customized sizes of Band-Aids.  Think of it like a tape dispenser, but for Band-Aids.  Neat-o.

Animated video of the machine at work after the break.  Concept images below.

[Via Gizmodo; Yanko Design]

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