Tancher Transformer concept phone – impressively flexible

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The interesting looking device to the left is Transformer, a multi-functional concept phone designed by Shkinder Maxim, third-place finisher in the 2008 TANCHER design awards.

Apart from standard voice and photo capabilities, the Transformer can be physically configured to perform a number of functions, including holographic and video projection, 3-D object scanning, and it’ll even double as a lie detector.

Greenpeace accuses Nintendo of not playing eco-friendly ball, in Greener Guide to Electronics report

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It might be top of class in the hardware stakes, but Nintendo is apparently flunking its environmental responsibilities. After scoring a whopping 0/10 last year for company policy on handling toxic waste, the big N has been accused by Greenpeace of still not making enough effort to prove its ‘environmental credentials’ by openly presenting eco-friendly solutions.

Corbis offering free pinhole cameras for download

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Time to chuck out your DSLR, here’s a blast from the past. File alongside homemade kaleidoscopes and tin-can/string communications systems. Corbis are offering pinhole cameras available to download for free from their website and build yourself, in classic Blue Peter style.

Designed by New York agency, Fwis, the flat-pack cameras are durable and will add a little bit of character to your poorly framed, out of focus shots – perfect for festival season.

Radiohead's response to Trent Reznor's 'insincere' taunt? Copy his UGC idea for In Rainbows videos

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Yesterday we told you about NIN front man Trent Reznor’s creative call to arms, giving fans the opportunity to create their own videos for the band’s new album ‘Ghosts I-IV’.

Well, less than a week after Reznor called them ‘insincere’ for the ‘bait and switch’ tactics used in the release of their own record, In Rainbows, Radiohead have taken a leaf out of his book, photocopied it, and started their own UGC competition.