Comments on: NEC Japan’s Future Design http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/ Photography Tips and Digital Camera News from Andrew Ferguson's Photography Blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:57:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Andrew Ferguson http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-1029 Andrew Ferguson Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:18:35 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-1029 <p>Hey Dinesh,</p> <p>Sorry, but these are just design concepts for products. Unfortunately, none of them have been made or will ever be made.</p> Hey Dinesh,

Sorry, but these are just design concepts for products. Unfortunately, none of them have been made or will ever be made.

]]> By: dinesh http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-1015 dinesh Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:19:57 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-1015 hello i will intrested in to buy the gumi player.. so pls give the price list of gumi & many other technology.. thank you.. hello i will intrested in to buy the gumi player..
so pls give the price list of gumi & many other technology..
thank you..

]]> By: Andrew Ferguson http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-775 Andrew Ferguson Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:49:46 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-775 <p>I dismissed the specific concept of the tag, yes. But I'm not dismissing the underlying technology by a long shot.</p> <p>I'm mostly of the opinion that a wearable/bendable cellphone like that simply won't catch on. People aren't accustomed enough to bulky jewelery/accessories enough that such an item would make sense.</p> <p>The concept of a material that can take that much bending and still be durable is fantastic. Same with saved shapes. There are dozens of more practical uses for that, even if restricted only to cellphones.</p> <p>The projected keyboards have been around for a while, but they have one major drawback. They make your fingers hurt. The keys on our keyboards depress for a reason; trying to type on just a flat surface like a table starts to hurt your fingers because there's no give to it.</p> I dismissed the specific concept of the tag, yes. But I’m not dismissing the underlying technology by a long shot.

I’m mostly of the opinion that a wearable/bendable cellphone like that simply won’t catch on. People aren’t accustomed enough to bulky jewelery/accessories enough that such an item would make sense.

The concept of a material that can take that much bending and still be durable is fantastic. Same with saved shapes. There are dozens of more practical uses for that, even if restricted only to cellphones.

The projected keyboards have been around for a while, but they have one major drawback. They make your fingers hurt. The keys on our keyboards depress for a reason; trying to type on just a flat surface like a table starts to hurt your fingers because there’s no give to it.

]]> By: duncan http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-774 duncan Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:21:26 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2006/12/14/nec-japans-future-design/#comment-774 Dude, you dismissed the Tag? I can't get ENOUGH of that thing. I have a hard time imagining technology that would actually take that much bending and survive longer than a week but if it was durable and the picture and sound quality stayed sharp and you could assign certain function to certain saved shapes, I'd be all over that thing. The pen thing in a neat idea but it needs two perpendicular flat clean surfaces to work. It's pretty neat as a utilitarian "compute anywhere" concept but I'm not sure how practical it would be. I remember those projected keyboards have been around for a while but I never used one. I wonder dependable they are. Dude, you dismissed the Tag? I can’t get ENOUGH of that thing. I have a hard time imagining technology that would actually take that much bending and survive longer than a week but if it was durable and the picture and sound quality stayed sharp and you could assign certain function to certain saved shapes, I’d be all over that thing.

The pen thing in a neat idea but it needs two perpendicular flat clean surfaces to work. It’s pretty neat as a utilitarian “compute anywhere” concept but I’m not sure how practical it would be. I remember those projected keyboards have been around for a while but I never used one. I wonder dependable they are.

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