Concept Gadgets

Shade – a Concept that Creates Shadows

Let’s say you enjoy the light and you like the shadows. You would like to “play” with them. Then, you have the imagination; you have Olivier Butstraen and the concept that allows you to create whatever you have in mind. What would you do then? Well, you can do this:

Shade is a concept that allows you to control shadows by manipulating the light by touching and stroking the surface in different ways. It also has behavioral automation that detects the way you move and where you place yourself in the room and it adjusts the shadows based on your habits.

Oh…I know some things that you could do with this concept and a few people that would love it.

[via YankoDesign]

Tags: behavioral automation, Olivier Butstraen, Shade, shadow concept, shadows manipulator

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The Stress Watch, The Path To a Calm and Relaxed Life

As if our body language doesn’t betray us enough when we are nervous or stressed, seems like we need a watch that makes the stress level even more obvious.

Or at least, this is what Michael Mathis and Gerda Hopfgartner were thinking when they designed The Stress Watch.

How does it work? Well, in addition to keeping the time, it reports the Biofeedback of several body functions. Its role is to warn you when your stress level is too high. As you slow down your breathing and find your optimal breathing rate, you will literally see a change of the graphic chart. So the alarming well-being waves transform into smooth one with cool colors and the stress line decreases back to the relaxing indication.

They “guarantee” that this concept will make you a “cool relaxed person in every situation”. Personally I know that, with or without this watch, if I want to scream, I’ll scream.

[via Yankodesign]

Tags: Gerda Hopfgartner, Michael Mathis, stress level, The Stress Watch, watch concept

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The Ivy Chair – Seduction Everywhere Around You

Well…this is perfection. The Ivy Chair, designed by Satoshi Itasaka, appears to have been taken from heaven. The white leaves, looking like feathers, gives the chair a pure and angelic look, making this concept being perfect for any type of room.

So, if you have a bad day and you have a beautiful woman waiting for you in that chair, you can consider yourself a happy man.

[via Yankodesign]

Tags: chair design, feather concept, heavenly looking chair, Satoshi Itasaka, The Ivy Chair

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Water Catcher Concept, New Generation of Water Purifier

Do you remember the song “I’m only happy when it rains?” Looks like the small flying ball shaped concept designed by Penghao Shan knows best how to “enjoy” the rain.

The Water Catcher concept is a flying rain catcher and water purifier. The device dispatches small flying balls in te air to catch the raindrops that will be purified.  Once purified, the balls take the drinking water directly to a person, that’ll appease the thirst. The homing tray (the place from where the balls are launched) can read fingerprints to  determine what additives should be added to the water to ensure the drinker optimizes their health.

[via Tuvie]

Tags: Penghao Shan, rain catcher, Water Catcher, water purifier concept, water supply concept

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Ocean Rescue Concept Could Get You Out of the Water Alive

The Ocean Rescue is a concept gadget designed by Seol-Hee Son, Cheol-yeon Jo and Seung-hyun Yoon and intended to provide emergency support to those who are lost at sea by transmitting a radio frequency signal.

In addition to this, it can offer the necessary supply of pure drinking water, it can produce colourful smoke during the day and emit light during the night. The process is easy: Ocean Rescue will boil the salty water, thus separating the salt from the water.

It can generate electricity through a chemical reaction. This energy is used to boil the water, to produce the smoke during the day and to emit the light during the night. I wonder what would have happened if the characters from Lost had the Ocean Rescue with them.

[via Tuvie]

Tags: boil water, concept gadget, emergency support, Ocean Rescue concept, water supply

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Squidolin is a Squid-Like Violin and Music Teacher

Carlos Mendez’s Squidolin is the easiest way to learn how to play the violin. Although it sounds like an regular instrument, the Squidolin teaches you to play through a series of simple exercises.

The squid-like shape, the proportions aesthetically and functionally right, the colours, the Maple wood and the shapes make this violin seem like the embodiment of perfection. The concept violin uses digital strings, reducing the learning pain and being much easier to setup.

You’ll use a ball as a bow grip and you should know that this violin breaks down the notes of a song and shows you how to play the tune of choice.

[via Tuvie]

Tags: Carlos Mendez, concept musical instrument, digital strings, Squidolin, violin concept

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The Coolest Mouse for Creepy Guys is a Steampunk Concept

I suppose Ivan Mavrovic had a bad day or an ugly nightmare when he designed this concept. It looks like a sheep’s head. Actually it is a real sheep’s skull, but don’t worry, as the he sheep died a natural death.  Or, at least, this is what they say…

Obviously, you might have guessed by now that this is a steampunk mouse concept we’re dealing with and it’s not every day that you get to see a piece of a possible post-apocalyptic culture. This would go perfectly with a steampunk iPhone design we’ve seen a while back…

[via Dvice]

Tags: concept mouse, Ivan Mavrovic, steampunk concept, steampunk mouse

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The Gorillatorch is the New Must-Have in Your House

How many times you wished to have a third hand to help you hold the flashlight? Now, thanks to Gorillatorch, everything looks easier. The hands-free flashlight concept designed by Joby, is a portable flashlight, with strong magnetic feet and flexible legs that grip onto any surface.

It is water resistant and the dimmer switch allows you to dictate the level of brightness. It’s perfect for auto repair, home improvement, camping  and…more!

[via Dvice]

Tags: concept flashlight, gorillatorch, joby, portable flashlight, torch concept

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The VIU Contact Lens, Feelings Delivered Through Sight

For those who can’t take the reality, VIU Contact Lens may be the solution. This concept changes your sight depending on your feelings and emotions, by measuring your pupil dilatation, blood pressure, eye movements and even hormones in your tear fluid.

VIU overemphasizes important things and brings unimportant things down, so that no undesired feelings or emotions are revealed. I wonder what happens when you cry and you have those lenses on. You see yourself smiling?

This concept was created by Christofer Kümmerer.

[via Yanko Design]

Tags: change of sight, Christofer Kümmerer, contact lens concept, tear fluid, VIU contact lens

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Leaf Bracelet Phone is a Fashionable Gadget, Powered by Solar Energy

When it comes to fashion, you may say that we can do everything. By combining technology with elegance and utility, designers Seungkyun Woo and Junyi Heo created “The Leaf”. It is a wearable bracelet phone that uses solar energy to recharge its battery. And if it is a cloudy day, you can use the old fashioned way: electricity.

Although it looks like a complicated gadget, it is a pretty basic phone, with calls and messages functions only. But who wouldn’t like to wear an elegant bracelet-phone? I know I would!

[via Concept Phones]

Tags: concept phone, Junyi Heo, Leaf bracelet phone, Seungkyun Woo, solar energy

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