A day will come when computers can be rolled up like newspapers, and concepts like Roll Me will make complete sense. Here’s why, it features e-paper nanotechnology roll-able display, making it light and portable. With minimal components and built-in cooling systems, the computer is highly ergonomic and intuitive. To “round” it off, it’s powered by SolarRoll – a flexible solar panel that can be stowed within the hollow shaft of the computer.
Designer: Omer Sagiv
The Haptic Braille is a mouse-like device that’s capable of translating ordinary text into braille on its surface. This means that the blind can read virtually anything the sighted can. The technology uses optical character recognition. Simply skim it over any text and wait for the haptic feedback. I like how you can pocket and carry it over to the library. Just imagine how many books literally become available at your fingertips. Splendid!
The Haptic Braille is a 2010 Red Dot Concept Design winning entry by Samsung Art & Design Institute student.
Designer: Baek Kil Hyun
Its slick interface has the media gushing so we decided to give it a go. There’s a diverse collection of content already featured in the Flud ecosystem. Each one you subscribe to gets its own panel and regardless of said content’s CSS, the Flud app overrides it with its utilitarian, yet visually engaging interface. Want it? Act fast because it’s free to download both on the iPhone and iPad for a limited time. Android user? Don’t feel left out. Hit the jump and I’ll tell you a secret…
It’s coming to Android! Not only that but expect some awesome updates to the iPhone version like Google Reader syncing and proper categorization. Flud has become our favorite way to keep tabs on our friends already in the ecosystem, e.g. Gizmodo, Notcot and Fubiz. Question is when will Yanko Design get all up in that? Any of you already using Flud?
FLUD for iPhone v1.0 Down and Dirty Demo! from Bobby Ghoshal on Vimeo.
Our present need for internet connectivity is so profound that secondary devices like the Nextep Computer are bound to happen. Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked for the year 2020, features like a holographic projector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social networking compatibility, make the concept plausible. Ten years from now is not too far away, so how many of you think we’d be buying such gadgets?
Designer: Hiromi Kiriki
Nokia phones let you download graphics or Nokia logos and some sites charge for this, but one of the best kept secrets is that you can do it yourself using free Nokia software. This article explains how to do this.
Difficulty Level: Hard Time Required: 15 minutes
| A PC computer | Info/Shop |
| An infrared connection or | Info/Shop |
| A data cable | Info/Shop |
| A Nokia Cell Phone | Info/Shop |
Free Portable Software to Carry with you on a USB Flash Drive
Reviewed and categorized Free Portable Software, Portable Freeware, and Open Source Portable Applications that can be stored and run directly from a USB Flash Drive. Bring your office applications, email, web browser, instant messaging software, games, graphical editors, media player, anti virus software, recovery tools, encryption utilities, P2P file sharing utilities and more with you.
Most, but not all of these third party portable apps were created by their authors with the ability to be run entirely from the portable device, saving your personal settings and changes back to the same device.
More portable software tools, portable games, applications, and utilities can be found in the Portable Software Sidebar to your left!
LinkSpirit is a portable PageRank calculator that allows a webmaster to analyze the internal links on their website. Studying this [...]
RocketDock is a Free Program Launcher that can be stored and run from a Portable Device. The Portable Start Menu [...]
iWisoft Free Video Converter is a Free Tool that can be used to convert videos from one format to another. [...]
Note: Many of these free portable applications are designed to run from Windows. We are expanding our online catalog to include portable apps that can be run from Mac and eventually Linux platforms as well.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/28G54F/www.pendriveapps.com/Do you know of a portable software application that is not listed, but should be? Are you a portable software Author who would like to have your software reviewed and included?
Feel free to contact us with your submissions, information and or suggestions regarding portable applications.
One minor thing that irritates me about Windows 7 is the login screen. I hate that brught blue background image with the swirly patterns. If you feel the same, or you just fancy a change, then there's a useful free utility that allows you to change that login background image to anything you fancy.
The program is called Tweaks Logon and you can get it at http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/
The download is less than 1 MB, and there's nothing to install. Just unzip the application and run it, then choose your .jpg background. Be aware that it only works on Windows 7, though.
Note: The web page mentioned above contains many download links and icons, most of which are for other programs and toolbars that the site is advertising. To ensure that you download the right file, look towards the bottom of the page for the "click here to download from tweaks.com" link.
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