Monthly Archives: March 2007

Lazer Scissors

It’s amazing just what’s out there for the spazzed out, disorganized or OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) types, including this, ah, cutting-edge device. The Lazer Scissors which could almost be called the Lazy Scissors uses a built-in laser pointer that shows you just where to cut in a straight line. Goodbye to markings, creases and crooked [...]

Disposable Video Camera concept

Disposable vidcams? Remember the CVS One-Time-Use Video Shooter? Well, been there, done that. Ah, but designer Jennifer Murphy’s take on a throwaway camcorder, now that’s quite something else. In fact, her concept looks simply too yummilicious to toss onto the garbage heap. Aesthetics aside, it’s pretty thrifty, too. Murphy’s idea to use the DVD as [...]

LiteOn Bracelet Phone

Nokia’s been there, done that with concept phones that wrap around the wrist. So has BenQ-Siemens. Even DoCoMo’s has had its Wristomo, a wristwatch that unfolds into a cell phone. Bearing that in mind, Hong Kong designer Tao Ma’s Bracelet Phone isn’t all that novel. However, he does get brownie points for an idea that’s [...]

Electronic Wind Instrument with USB

Talk about taking the idea of plug-and-play into a whole new realm. We’ve already seen USB drum kits, guitars and keyboards. Now there’s a USB wind instrument that lets the PC do the playing. Looking like the old school recorder we kids used to huff on in saliva-induced musicality, crossed with a clarinet, the bundled [...]

Digital Sound Feeling System

An acoustic soother by any name sounds just as good? Well, SegaToys’ Digital Sound Feeling System works along the same principles of dampening unwanted ambient noise to promote relaxation. Once powered on, the device will bath the user in the three-dimensional sounds of nature, from birds chirping to wind bells chiming, to water running…. Original [...]