Tag: concept
The quite superb Suzuki PIXY single-person electric car
If you fancy tootling around town while being mocked by the local youths and have a skin think enough to cope, the Suzuki PIXY could be the next-generation vehicle for you. It’s a single-person vehicle which may or may not be legally describable as a “car” – and it’s entirely electric so that all you world-saving environmentalists can tootle around feeling quite superior about that.
Shiny Video Preview: Philips' dynamic, eco-friendly mood lighting for the office
Still at the Philips Simplicity event, Hippyshopper Editor Abi checks out their dynamic lighting, which can be adjusted to mimic daylight, create a more intimate, relaxed ambiance or promote concentration. It’s made from eco-friendly technology, as it relies on a modernised…
Toyota's 'RiN' concept hybrid car looks after the environment, the passengers, and pedestrians. Darn over-achievers!
During the Tokyo Motor Show of 2007, car-giant Toyota showed off their eco-friendly hybrid concept car.
Dubbed ‘RiN’, it it not only promotes environmental sustainability, but also looks after its users, with heated seats, an oxygen-level conditioner, pinpoint humidifier and green grass to reduce ultraviolet rays from…
Shiny Preview: The Philips concept bench. Seriously.
If it’s not pinned down, Philips will stick some colour changing LEDs on it. So concludes Katie, who checked out this cardboard concept park that Philips had created at their annual Sense and Simplicity event. Check…
Shiny Preview: Philips cheap/luxurious/confusing hotel rooms
We had to retire Shiny Katie the other day, since she went to the Philips Sense and Simplicity concept show Tuesday morning. It comes round but once a year, but she never fails to be completely mesmerised by the whole experience and end up a quivering wreck at the sheer conceptness of it all.
In this video, she looks at the Philips hotel room, which is actually due to see a real life unveiling at several airports around the world including Schipol in The Netherlands. It’s a kind of European…
Phone Jeremy Clarkson! Mercedes Benz SilverFlow concept car melts to different shapes
Better start rearranging your garage and making room for a new car, as Mercedes-Benz have come up trumps with a model that’s bound to get piston-heads salivating. Heck, even I’m salivating, and the extent of my car-interest revolves around perving on Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson as they perve on the latest cars on Top Gear.
The 2057 Mercedes-Benz SilverFlow concept car has been shown off at the 2007 Design Challenge competition, and the luxury car company is saying due to its micro-metallic materials, it can…
Intel's concept "iPhone clone", and the future of super-powerful mobile devices
Intel has shown off a concept mobile device based on a new processor called Moorestown which is due to go into production in around 2009. From the picture, it looks very much like a narrow iPhone, and in reality…
Triops – a throwable, 3D digital camera, for rough & tumble photography
The bad news is it’s orange and so very ugly that you’ll be more than happy to dispose of it. It’s just a concept piece at the moment, designed by Franziska Faoro and entered into the BraunPrize 2007 design competition.
Forget comfort: geeks can sit, lounge, and lie on this DIY Tetris furniture
For those more into geek culture than comfort, these Tetris-inspired combination furniture could be perfect. By fitting the pieces together in different ways, you can make a table and two chairs, a sofa, or a bed. Firstly, call me…
Tasty Lobster device only a concept…for now
Mmmm…lobster…is it too early for lunch? It’s certainly too early for beer. D’oh!
I’m not dribbling over the thought of lobster for nothing, there is actually a prototype dubbed the Lobster, developed by Danillo Mangini. This LCD screen module appears to be whatever you want it to be, namely an MP3 player, GPS, hard disk, camera and even cardiometer for those who care about their tickers…
