MINI KITCHEN

Having just celebrated my second wedding anniversary, my single days are (touch wood) behind me. As such, the Electrolux Personal Mini Kitchen isn't the most practical gadget for me, but it sure is damn cool–in a high-tech lunchbox sorta way.

The concept all-in-one mini kitchen, designed by Kai Yu for the "young Chinese generation who live alone", features everything you'd expect to find in such a device: A heater, a cooler and a tablet PC with Webcam.No joke–with the Personal Mini Kitchen, you never need to eat alone again. Just cook up your food on the rollaway electric-heated silicon mat (specific areas and controls for boiling, steaming, stir-frying, shallow frying or just a quick water boil for a hot bev.), grab your drink from one of the three cooler compartments, load up MSN and chat with other lonely eaters while stuffing your face on the integrated Webcam.
Not sure what to cook or out of groceries? Not a problem. Hit up a recipe or online supermarket site, and with a few smudges on the touchscreen you'll be sorted.

 

 

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satheesh

A music to another level

Here's a wild idea that takes creating music to another level! Imagine having a DAP that instinctively registers the beats of your finger-drumming, or translates your air-guitar antics to pleasurable music? Frostie, a concept by none other than Mac Funamizu, could be a revolutionary tool in making melodies from your hands. Listen to music or fashion your own remixes from your favorite artists and bands. Björk, Kanye, where y'all at!

 

  

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satheesh

palm devices

Palm Pad, by Brent Downey

We weren't able to get many details on the Pad, but as these renders show, the new device comes with a kickstand, wireless physical keypad, and a slide-down back with gaming controls and a touch-sensitive input area.

Palm Twist, by Adam Wrigley

With concave sides for easy grip the Twist stands as both a portrait slider phone, but when up you can give the screen a twist to turn it sideways for gaming with exposed joystick controls.

 

Palm R1, by David Rhyne

Running a totally overhauled webOS 2.0, the new slate-style R1 packs a 1.33GHz processor, a 960×480 3.5 inch super-black screen, a textured magnesium body, and a 6MP rear camera with 1.3MP up front.

 

Palm C40, by David Vogt

A nice big 4.3 inch screen over a BlackBerry-style portrait slider keyboard mark the stand-out features of the C40. Inside you'll find a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 32GB for storage, and webOS 2.0, all wrapped up in a magnesium shell.

 

Unnamed Palm Phone, by Jamie Myer

This phone slides vertically and rotates, allowing keyboard use with portrait and landscape oriented screens. Rotating exposes a front-facing camera and speaker, and the whole package is nerd-friendly translucent.

 

Unnamed Palm Watch, by Jesus Valenzuela

Details are sparse on this webOS-powered watch, but what is clear is that it packs a projector to take your webOS experience from the super-small screen to however big you'd like.

Palm HD2, by LCGuy

Spec'd out would be an apt description for the HD2, which packs a 1GHz processor, a full GB for RAM, 16GB of Micro SD-expandable storage, a 2250mAh battery, an 8MP camera on back with 4MP up front, all faced by a 3.8" AMOLED 960×640 screen.

 

Palm Pre 2, Palm Pad, and Palm Watch, by Virox

The next generation in personal computing, the Pre 2, Pad, and Watch, all from Palm conspire to take you to the next level of connectivity. All move up to modern standards and then take a leap past, with the Watch in particular pushing the edge of modern consumer technologies with a flexible LED screen for notifications, reminders, and media controls.

 

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satheesh

Weather Phone

The Windows Weather Phone is a refresh from bad weather predictions and inconvenient phone interfaces. The Windows Weather Phone is not only able to predict weather accurately, but also make its completely transparent body mimic the weather. If it's snowing outside, it would appear as if it's realistically snowing inside the phone itself- creating an astounding illusion.

The Windows Weather Phone uses OLED technology- this allows its transparency without sacrificing technological power. Much like other phones, this phone is able to perform a variety of features such as calling, texting, videos, music and others. Additional to these features, its transparency allows it to perform a unique feature- it can completely mimic weather outside. On a rainy day, the phone would appear to be filled with raindrops, while on a sunny day the phone would appear bright. Although not a particularly useful feature, it's enjoyable to experiment around with. The Weather Phone also contains text recognition software. To initiate text recognition simply blow onto the screen- the phone recognizes the change in air pressure and responds.

The Windows Weather Phone has no buttons- all functions are controlled through the touch screen. It also allows interaction with the actual weather- for example it allows writing and drawing on a foggy screen- much like how you would draw on a misty window. Although not planned to be commercially sold soon, its sleek design and unique features promises a bright future.

-Guest Post by www.n-eutronic.blogspot.com
Thanks Farhad Yusufali Neutronic

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satheesh