This concept design piece from Sony is being considered for production by 2020, the Nextep computer is based on a flexible OLED touchscreen and will have such innovative properties as a holographic projector to be used in Lew with a pull out keyboard which is integrated into the bracelet as well as a hud for use as a watch while in bracelet form which also alerts the user to social networking messages.

Photograph taken from yanko design .yankodesign.com/2010/05/25/in-2020-we-can-wear-sony-computers-on-our-wrist/

While personally i find this design to be intriguing, aesthetically pleasing and technologically appeasing towards the implementation of advanced materials, In my opinion i don’t see this design as something which will be adopted by the mass’s in the near future. With as time marches on the depletion of the common consumers use of watch’s and the continued aggressive development of the hand held social media device as well as telecommunications products being designed to fit snugly inside your pocket.

I believe that the idea of a bracelet computer might be a non starter in the common consumer arena. However i do believe that this idea may well become part of the working world for instance its adoption by the likes of couriers, delivery men or integration into the world of police or military use. However apart from its design in relation to how it will be carried i can see its other technological faculty’s such as the screen projector, flexible material and the integration of a keyboard to be something that the consumer will be highly interested in attaining when it reaches the market. So roll on 2020.

Learn more about OLED technology here .cdtltd.co.uk

Learn more about sony computers http://www.sony.com/

Technology vs paper!

With the advent of the electronic reader the piece of technology at the forefront is the kindle from amazon, These sleekly designed pieces come in a range of sizes and picture quality’s from basic back lit grey scale to flash capable full colour displays, as well as the soon to be released kindle fire hdx which spans the gap even further for the amazon company between e reader and market competitor tablet.

It seems that the use of  actual books will soon be a thing of the past with high powered products like the new kindle with faster processors and improved graphics with every update and the ability to access nearly every book in the world through a singular thinner and as light as most regular sized hardbacks but with the introduction of new technology comes the destruction of an old way of life and with many books today being recycled into new books what would we do with our paper if its most practical need the written word was taken away by the mass adoption of the ereader

there are many innovative ways in which paper is re purposed such as these ballet flats made entirely by recycled chinese language newspapers

These Eco friendly shoes where designed by Colin Lin by weaving the newspaper into a lattice pattern and then being dipped in plastic for weather protection.

this functional and stylish kitchen scape designed by Alessio Bassan is made entirely from paperstone a relatively new material processed from 100% recycled paper dipped in petrol free phenolic resins creating a aesthetically pleasing and extremely hard wearing architectural solid that helps to clean up the enviroment.