11 Superb Concept Phone Designs

Ever wondered how the phone of the future will look like? Phone producers show us every year some really superb concept phones and even if 99% of those phones never see the production line they give us a small glimpse of what the phones may look like in a not so distant future. In this post, we will present you with 11 Superb Concept Phones, they all have something special here and there, like some incredible flipping feature, awesome social networking function, see through design and our creative designers also think about some special but useful designs for blind and deaf.

1. Bio – A Incredible Flip Phone

Here’s a flip phone that could put the “cool” back into clam shells. When a phone call or an email comes to you, “bio” informs you by lifting the edge of its cover. And if you touch it lightly, the cover automatically opens to “B” position. Its movement is not strong, but it helps your action gently. The cover is made of elastomer that is inserted with actuators like artificial muscles. When you enjoy web browsing or movies, the cover is turned to the backside, like a magazine held by one hand. You can hold “bio” tight with the rounded cover as a grap and operate it with buttons that appear on the cover.

2. Trypoxy Phone

Looks like a smooth pebble but for the ultimate web browsing experience, the rear has a soft-gel-like grab extension that can pulled out. It fits snugly in one hand and has built-in controls to pinch and squeeze your way through the internet with simulated buttons for scrolling and moving back/forth through pages.

3. Voim – Smartphone Concept for the Blind

It features route navigation, word recognition and object identification, which are displayed as braille on a silicon screen or transmitted as audio cues via the detachable blue tooth headset. Although smart phone applications & braille cell phones do exists, a full-fledged concept like this is a ways away.

4. Transparent Concept Phone

The Second Life Mobile Phone Concept works on the premise that we often forget about the battery life of our mobile phones, hence run out of juice, just at the wrong time. As a remedy (rather power-saver-option) the phone incorporates a double display. When in active use the AMOLED screen powers up in all glory and in standby mode the E-ink display gets active. This essentially means that the E-ink uses very little energy and the degree of transparency of the display shows how much battery is remaining. The more transparent the display, the less battery remaining.

5. Blackberry Empathy Phone

The phone is used in conjunction with a biometrics ring that is worn by the user to collect “emotional data”. Spec-wise it features a transparent OLED screen that becomes transparent when not in use and opaque during interaction. The front is all touch surface, while on the back there is a physical keyboard.

It is touch based and all the user’s connections are shown graphically so you can see who is connected to whom. Each contact has an avatar that is encompassed by two colored rings. The inner colored ring shows the contact’s previous emotional state, and the outer ring represents the contact’s current emotional state. It is important to show the shift in emotions in order to see how an event has affected that contact. Another important feature that was the “Emotional Health Chart”. This chart would monitor the user’s emotional health through an indefinite period of time. 

6. Sony Ericsson FH Mobile

Sony Ericsson FH Mobile Phone has a pivotal point to it. It flips vertical on a pivot to mimic a phone and rotates sideways to become a viewing screen for the media functions and web browsing. The phone even becomes an intercom of sorts when split into two, allowing easy communication between the two parties holding each end.

7. 3D Mobile Phone

Focusing on the use of 3D in cellphones, Petr Kubik has designed this all-in-one-piece that includes the glasses, intuitive stylus and expandable screens. The 3D apps support 3D movies and camera plus allow you to make surreal calls with family and friends that pop outta the screen!

Here are some of the specs envisioned for the 3D Mobile Phone:

* Photovoltic screen at the rear for instant recharging
* Dimensions: 66×133x14mm
* Expandable Touch Display size: 177×104mm
* Interactive stylus
* 3D Glasses
* Adjustable Leg Support

8. Concept Phone for Deaf

Pratt student Suhyun Kim is quite concerned about the deaf folks and wants them to enjoy technology as much as we do. Her Visual Sound is a mobile phone for the hearing impaired that converts voice input to text and text input to voice. The design features two handy pillars that scroll sideways to expose the roll-out display. To communicate, the impaired person feeds in the text onto the touchscreen display, which gets converted to voice simulation for the person on the other end of the phone and vice verse.

9. Mobile Script Cell Phone Concept

Big screen consists of 2 layers: a soft OLDE – touchscreen and soft nano material hardening in the filing of low-voltage nego. At the time opening screen hard and bouncy, after work on the side of the screen is pressed Eject, and becomes soft and mosey inside. The “Mobile Script” mobile phone does not require a power charge, its case is covered with a nano material, converting the Sun light into the energy for your phone feed. At your phone’s display you can watch how much charge is left at the battery and how strong the power of the light which charges the battery is.

10. Window Phone

The Window Phone is a concept mobile phone that is able to transform its appearance like a window as per the weather. The phone is designed as a thin, clear and transparent plastic sheet, which remains clear during a sunny day, becomes humid during a rainy day and takes a dump outlook during a snowy day. The user can write text messages or draw pictures on the phone in different weather conditions which will later transform and show as SMS characters. The screen features sensitive interaction with the user and comprises the state of a window in different weather conditions.

11. Next Generation iPhone – NOT A Phone

Ambitious designer Samuel Lee Kwon’s concept design of the iPhone shows just what the folks expect out of Apple products in the future. Samuel’s concept iPhone comprises of a small wrist worn projector that has a few icons of its own. When you click on the respective icons, the main body of the phone gets projected on your palm. Yes, it’s that cool! Turning your palm into a touchscreen, you then start interacting with your phone. 

 

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15 Creative and Unusual Umbrella Designs

We need umbrellas for sure during the raining day. While how many of you gusy do enjoy the time holding them? There are so many problem related to an umbrella, like dripping problem, storing problem, can’t handle strong wind… not mention most of them are black boring and plain. But those sorry basic so-called shields can be spectacular as well! Don’t believe me? Take a look at the 15 Creative and Unusual Umbrella Designs here; they vary from structural indulgences to conceptual capabilities.

1. Coffee Loving Umbrella

How many times have you been running down the street in the rain with your umbrella in one hand, coffee in the other, and whatever else you’re carrying awkwardly stuck under your arm? Well, thanks to Jung-Woo Lee’s cup holder umbrella, those days are no more.

Basically, the cup holder umbrella takes the idea of a cup holder from a car and combines it with an umbrella. So, you have a free hand for texting, waving, or whatever else you need it for.

2. Funny Umbrella – Sun Shade Hat

These umbrella hats are awesome! These are actual hats, to be worn on your head and provide shelter from sun, rain, snow, golf balls…These hats are a hoot for funny hat parties, Halloween parties, and other funny occasions. Wear one to your next golf tournament and let us know the reaction you get!

3. Goggles umbrella

The GOGGLES umbrella from 25togo is a playful parasol that is undeniably inspired by snorkeling equipment. The main feature is the see-through portion of the umbrella that is in the shape of goggles, hence the aptly titled GOGGLES umbrella

4. Knight’s Sword Handle Umbrella

A little chivalry can go a long way to make a dreary day a better one and the Knight’s Sword Handle Umbrella makes the battle a stylish one. The deceptively dangerous rain protector can be worn at the belt-line for the look of a classic rainy knight, or on the back for a more intimidating and battle-ready appearance.

No meteorological challenge is too much when you’re equipped with the Knight’s Sword Handle Umbrella. It is up to the dampening task whether that task be an irritating drizzle or a dangerous downpour.

5. Brass-Knuckle Umbrella

According to the designer, this brass knuckle inspired, Umbuster, has been “classified a Class 5 weapon by good and upright men and women of the Victorian Police. To have and to hold this accessory requires a weapons license and, or gun license.”

6. Heart Shaped Umbrella

Heart Umbrella Fill rainy days with love thanks to this funky umbrella! The Heart Umbrella is a must have for any romantic. Whilst closed, it looks like almost any other stylish brolly but once opened it takes the shape of a huge heart! Choose between a red, hot pink and candy pink umbrella to give you a lift on a cloudy day. Get noticed in any crowd and show everyone what a big softy you are with this Heart Umbrella.

7. Drip-Sealing Umbrellas – Yuento Magic Umbrella

If there is one thing I can’t stand about umbrellas (aside from the fact that I always lose mine) it’s that they get unbearably soggy after they’re useful. The Yuento Magic Umbrella solves this little problem. Instead of relying on those pointless fabric cases, it features a plastic case that converts into a handle when opened.

Although the Yuento Magic Umbrella won’t dry properly in its plastic encasement, it will certainly keep those drips away from your clothing. I mean, sometimes there’s no point of shielding yourself from the rain when you have to lug around a wet umbrella afterward.

8. Bamboo Umbrella

This rather strange looking invention is the world’s first biodegradable umbrella. The frame looks gorgeous and it is made from bamboo, which is of course, is a renewable resource. The clear canopy is a unique bio-plastic, biodegradable in less than five years.

This umbrella is called ‘The Brelli’, a 100% biodegradable umbrella. Good riddance to deflated black umbrellas littering city streets or piling up in landfills and neighborhood refuse bins. The Brelli aims to introduce us to a new era of rain gear – one where the life cycle of an umbrella is something that we can finally rely on and also factor into the seasons ahead with a clear, eco-friendly solution.

9. Helpful Umbrellas – ‘The Guide’ Shows Tourists the Way 

If you are a tourist exploring a rainy city, The Guide umbrella might be a cool alternative to GPS devices to show your around and keep you dry (or away from the scorching sun) at the same time. The creative umbrella design serves as a guide of sorts with a map of the city with highlighted cafes, restaurants and hot spots printed on the outside of the umbrella.

This particular design by Cansu Cender features a map of Istanbul, Turkey, but it can be easily adopted to any area and sold at tourism shops and bookstores in these places. 

10. Anti-Theft Umbrellas

Many offices and buildings do not allow bringing in wet umbrellas, and leaving them on the outside rack is just an invitation for someone to steal them. Mr. Funamizu solves this problem with his concept design, the Shacklie. It’s an umbrella with a handle that could be transformed into cuffs. Once you lock it, your umbrella will be a prisoner till you come back.

11. X-Ray Umbrellas

These carefully made umbrellas rock a seriously unique design (they are pictures of human bones) that is sure to grab a little extra attention. This cool umbrella concep is designed by Anastacia Spada. Composed of water-repellent sheets of skeletal film, her brilliant diy project is sure to cast rainy nights under a different shade.

12. wheel + seal umbrella

Terrible weather can make anyone easily depressed. For this reason, Taiwanese designers yu-ting cheng, yu-hsun chung and shaw-chen chen have created ‘wheel umbrella’ for children. Here the design features wheels that leave impressions of smiley faces on the floor using puddles left over from the rain.

13. Rain Brush Umbrella – Umbrella For Graffiti

Designer Liu Hsiang-Ling quite poetically brings out the relationship between an umbrella and the rain. Simple pleasures from the past that we have long forgotten; jumping into puddles or using a stick to draw in the sand! Her take is this Rain Brush Umbrella designed with a paint-brush (silicon) like tip, so that you can dip it into the nearest rain puddle and start drawing water graffiti on the sidewalk. A nice past-time if you’re waiting for a bus or something.

14. SENZ Umbrella

It is windproof in wind speeds up to 70 MPH! That means even in 70 mile an hour wind gusts this umbrella will not flip inside out! The unique patented construction and powerful, straight shapes of this umbrella will give you a new cutting edge style while effectively protecting you from the rain. SENZ umbrellas also feature Eye Savers – a tough connection between the fabric canopy and the frame specially designed with the front slanted down to protect your eyes from any possible harm.

15. Hands Free Umbrella for Stroller

My Blue BumbershootTM is the first hands-free umbrella for you, The Stroller Chauffeur.No longer must you suffer soggy strolls in the city. No longer must you sacrifice your hair, flair or footwear. Simply secure My Blue Bumbershoot to your stroller and you’re protected. My Blue Bumbershoot simply clamps onto your stroller. Attach it to virtually any type of stroller. My Blue Bumbershoot gives you the freedom to embrace the rain!

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10 Tallest Bridges In The World

One of the greatest achievements of human beings is the construction of highest bridges in the world. This indicates the greatest engineering work of highly competent experts in the world and also conveys a message that nothing is impossible. These bridges are wonderful and amazing structure that are made to connect to place in very high condition. One of the problems with the height is the gravity itself. Following are the 10 highest bridges of the world.

10. The Verrazano, Narrows Bridge – New York

The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is named after the famous Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano. This bridge has a height of 211.3 meters making it the 10th tallest bridge in the world and has a central span of 4260 feet (1298 m). Built in 1964 until 1981 it was the largest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge connects Brooklyn with Staten Island and has played an important role in the development of the Big Apple area. The construction cost was about $320 million.

9. The Runyang Bridge – China

The Runyang Bridge is a large bridge complex that crosses the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, China, downstream of Nanjing. The bridge is part of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway. This is a suspension bridge with a main span of 1,490 meters (4,888 ft) and a height of 215 meters (705 ft). The width of the deck is 39.2 meters (129 ft), accommodating 6 traffic lanes and a narrow walkway at each outside edge for maintenance.

The total length of the bridge complex is about 35.66 kilometers (22.16 mi). Construction of the bridge complex began in October 2000 with a cost of 5.8 billion Yuan (about US$ 700 million) and opened to traffic on April 30, 2005.

8. The Pont de Normandie – Japan

The Pont de Normandie is cabled-stayed bridge that spans the river Siene to Normandy. Its total length is 2,143.21 meters (7,032 ft) and a height of 215 meters making it the 8th tallest bridge in the world.

The bridge opened on 20 January 1995 and was considered to be the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, and had the record for the longest distance between piers for any cable-stayed bridge. It was more than 250 meter longer between piers than the previous record. Its record for length for a cable-stayed bridge was lost in 2004 to the 2883 meters of the Rio Antirrio. At the end of construction, the bridge had cost $465 million.

7. Tatara Bridge – Japan

The Tatara Bridge links the Japanese islands of Honshu and Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea and is known to have the longest span of any cable-stayed bridge in the world. It has 220 meter steel towers and has a center span of 890 meters. This Japanese marvel opened in 1999 and is part of the famous Mishieto Expressway. The bridge took a mere six years to build and has been made structurally sound enough to withstand big earthquakes. It is Japanese engineering ingenuity at its finest.

6. Golden Gate Bridge – USA

The 227.4 meter high Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. This bridge was considered to be the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed during the year 1937, and become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco and California. It has been declared as one of the modern wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Construction of this began on January 5, 1933 and completed by April 1937 with the cost of more than $35 million.

5. The Great Belt Fixed Link – Denmark

The Great Belt Fixed Link bridge is Europe’s highest and connects the Zealand and Funen islands of Denmark across the Great Belt. Completed in 1998, it has a height of 254 m and consists of a road suspension bridge, a railway tunnel and a box girder bridge. The term “Great Belt Bridge” ordinarily pertains to the suspension bridge (but may also refer to the whole link) and is considered to have the world’s second-longest free span at 1.6 km. As in other cases of major bridges, its construction has paved the way for better businesses in the region. This in the long run may well justify the massive bridge construction cost spent – DKK 21.4 billion, the most costly in the history of Denmark.

4. Stonecutters Bridge – Hong Kong

Stonecutters Bridge is a high level suspension bridge which spans the Rambler Channel in Hong Kong, connecting Nam Wan Kok Island and Stonecutters Island. The bridge has a height of 298 meters making it the 4th tallest bridge in the world. Construction of the bridge started on 27 April 2004 by Hitachi Chong joint venture costing HK 2.76 billion and opened to traffic on 20 December 2009.

The bridge is part of Hong Kong’s Route 8 connecting many parts of Hong Kong. The interesting challenge and extreme difficulty in constructing this bridge, was featured on the Discovery Channel’s Extreme Engineering series on April 27, 2009.

3. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge – Japan

The Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, has the longest central span of any suspension bridge at 1,991 meters (6,532 ft) and a height of 298.3 meters. It is located in Japan and was completed in 1998^. The bridge links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island by crossing the busy Akashi Strait. It carries part of the Honshu Shkoku Highway.

2. Sutong Yantze River Bridge – China

The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge: It is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Yangtze in the China between Nantong and Changshu a city in Jiangsu province. With a span of 1,088 meters (3,570 ft), it is the cable-stayed bridge with the longest main span in the world as of 2010. Its two side spans are 300 meters (980 ft) each, and there are also four small cable spans.

Two towers of the bridge are 306 meters (1,004 ft) high and thus the second tallest in the world. The total bridge length is 8,206 meters (26,923 ft). Its construction began in June 2003, and the bridge was linked up in June 2007. The bridge was opened to traffic on 25 May 2008 and was officially opened on 30 June 2008. The cost of its construction was estimated about US$1.7 billion.

1. Millau Viaduct Bridge – France

The Millau Viaduct, is a cable stayed road bridge that spans the valley of the River Tam near Millau in southern France. It is the tallest bridge in the world with an impressive height of 343.0 meters (1,125 ft) a little shorter then the Empire State building and taller then Eiffel tower. This massive structure has even been featured in the National Geographic show “Megastructures.” The Construction cost was approximately 400 million Euros and it was formally opened to traffic on 16 December 2004. The bridge has received IABSE Outstanding Structure Award in 2006.

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7 Most Amazing Hot Spring in the world

How many of you like bathing in hot spring? How many of you have been to the place listed below. Don’t miss them if you have a chance to see those amazing places.

1. My favorite – Grand Prismatic Spring

The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. It is located in the Midway Geyser Basin.

The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The bacteria produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green. The center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat.

2. Mammoth Hot Springs

Mammoth is a large hill of travertine that has been created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate. Terrace Mountain at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The most famous feature at the springs is the Minerva Terrace, a series of travertine terraces. The terraces have been deposited by the spring over many years, but due to recent minor earthquake activity, the spring vent has shifted, rendering the terraces dry.

3. Blood Pond Hot Spring

Blood Pond Hot Spring is one of the “hells” (jigoku) of Beppu, Japan — nine spectacular natural hot springs that are more for viewing rather than bathing. The “blood pond hell” features a pond of hot, red water, colored as such by iron in the waters. It’s allegedly the most photogenic of the nine hells.

4. Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland.The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis

5.Glenwood Springs

Glenwood Springs, Colorado is home to the world’s largest Hot Springs Swimming Pool

6. Jigokudani Monkey Park

Japan’s Jigokudani Monkey Park is in Yamanouchi, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture. It is part of the Joshinetsu Kogen National Park. The name Jigokudani, meaning “Hell’s Valley”, is due to the steam and boiling water that bubbles out of small crevices in the frozen ground, surrounded by steep cliffs and formidably cold and hostile forests.

It is famous for its large population of wild Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata), more commonly referred to as Snow Monkeys, that go to the valley during the winter, foraging elsewhere in the national park during the warmer months. Starting in 1963, the monkeys descend from the steep cliffs and forest to sit in the warm waters of the onsen (hotsprings), and return to the security of the forests in the evenings.

7. Deildartunguhver

Deildartunguhver is a hotspring in Reykholtsdalur, Iceland. It is characterized by a very high flow rate for a hot spring (180 liters/second) and water emerges at 97 °C. It is the highest-flow hot spring in Europe.

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