Archive for the ‘Eco Friendly’ Category
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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Face it, we’re living in an eco-trendy era! No longer we see stars getting criticized by environmental organisations, as they donate everything they have to them, drive hybrid cars, use ecological phones and gadgets and become vegetarians. Well, here’s a phone for those people, the Vertu Essence, an eco-friendly device of 2015.
Vertu Essence was created by Wen-Sheng Hong and it comes with a toughened ceramic and titanium case plus a sapphire crystal screen that will probably last forever. Notice that cool farmed bamboo exterior granting the phone the eco-look plus the option of switching parts of the handset in the following years, as the technology evolves.
[found on Flickr and gif83]
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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The Eclipse Intuit handset below reminds me of the concept phone with incorporated Bluetooth headset, that resembled the Sony PSP. This time, we’re treated with a better-than-average device, with a 5 megapixel camera, photo editing software, slide out touch keyboard (with tactile feedback) and a decent touchscreen.
Eclipse Intuit was designed by Eddie Goh and it uses a thin solar layer that charges using solar energy and not only that, relying on each and every source of light to keep the battery going. Apple had a similar concept, showing up on the Web a couple of weeks ago, so the solar phone is pretty doable, if you ask me.
[via Yanko Design]
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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The modu device has taught us that nothing beats customization, as has a previous concept, the Tile phone, if I’m not mistaking. bUILD-a-pHONE is pretty tough to spell, but still a nice idea, allowing the user to constantly personalise and customize his handset. It seems to rely on environmentally-friendly technology and the do-it-yourself concept.
You can add or remove features to your handset now, just by purchasing parts… much like a LEGO or puzzle game.
[via Coroflot]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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iPhone who? Just look at the P-Per concept phone below, designed by the Chocolate Agency and you’ll why we can consider the iPhone to be outdated. It’s only 7mm thin and includes a 3 megapixel camera plus it can recharge its batteries in 2 minutes. How? It may be solar energy or just another “alien” technology.
The design of this device is based on layers, 4 of them to be more precise: extruded polycarbonate, titanium (recycled), a printed circuit board and a flexible LED touchscreen that wraps around the phone and comes with haptic feedback.
This original display redefines the interface concept and enhances multimedia abilities thus guaranteeing an unique user experience.
[via Yanko Design]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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We’re in the environmentally friendly phones universe again, checking out the SLIQ concept, made out of recycled aluminium, a brilliant way of saving Mother Earth, by replacing plastics. Also, it keeps the handset light, but let’s talk about the features of this phone designed by Mike Serafin.
SLIQ comes with an organic LED display, that uses 40% less power than standard LCD screens.
Also, the phone is user-powered so it’s brilliant when travelling abroad and lacking chargers. After it’s ready to be thrown out, the SLIQ can be disassembled and reused. The phone also comes with a pretty neat interface, Sleep mode and a GPS.
[via Tuvie and Yanko Design]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
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What you can see below is the Packet concept phone, the winner of the Istanbul Design Week 2007, created by Emir Rifat ISIK. It’s a surprising device measuring only 5 x 5 cm (folded), which opens up to show its user 5 surfaces which include a keypad, 2 mini keyboards and touch sensitive buttons.
The handset is made out of some sort of e-paper, that’s touch-sensitive and makes the device extremely light and thin. It may also be made of environmentally friendly materials, so we’ll be high tech and “green” at the same time, in case this design turns into a real phone.
[via Cameraphonesplaza]
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
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It’s been a while since the last eco friendly handset, hasn’t it? Formwelt design studio is ready to introduce us to its newest concept phones, designed for Siemens, the Solar and Leaf projects. They’re part of the Gigaset Eco Visions series and can be considered the greenest handsets we’ve seen lately.
Solar is the concept phone you can see above, a solar powered device that comes with a thin and sleek design. It’s made out of light materials (light metal, eco plastic and glass) and it features a touch-sensitive OLED display.
Leaf is available below, as you might have guessed, in green colour and it comes with the same features and form factor as the Solar handset. Also, the phone uses haptic technology and these 2 “green” goodies will probably make it to the winners’ list at the Red Dot Design Awards 2008.
[via Cameraphonesplaza]
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Well, portable PCs are one thing, but wearable devices are another, as the concept of carrying your beloved portable computing system around is evolving. Meet the Flux PC, that features a wearable bracelet, which acts as a hub for this new system.
The concept also includes a portable display that interfaces with the bracelet with the aid of a wireless connection.
It seems that the bracelet also acts as a storage device, while the whole system can easily connect wirelessly to other computers. The Flux PC’s display is a touchscreen made out of environmentally friendly materials and the bracelet is customizable.
[via SlipperyBrick]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Want a fashion cameraphone that’s also eco-friendly? Add a wavy design to that and we’ve got an inspirational device, designed by xin FAN and shown on Coroflot. It’s got a Lenovo branding on it and a slightly uncomfortable keypad, that’s also wavy.
All of these design waves are inspired by the Ocean, according to the creator of the handset, while the camera’s coloured lens is embedded in the white housing and looks like a crystal block. The concept phone seems to be using some sort of “raw material” keeping it really environmentally friendly by reducing pollution.
Back to the phone’s lens, it would be produced with the aid of IMD technology that involves the use of the GE special plastic and attached to the device together with the speaker decoration. They’ll be attached to the housing through a heating procedure. In case you’re good at such technical stuff, maybe you got the whole process. I know I didn’t…
[via Coroflot]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
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We’ve seen a lot of wood-based phones lately, either using wood panelling, made out of bamboo, or old-fashioned wood. This time we’re dealing with a Wood smartphone, designed by Gernot Oberfell, from the UK. This concept took part in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008 and it uses WPC (Wood Plastic Composite) made out of 80% natural fibres.
The smartphone’s buttons and caps are made of biodegradable plastic, so it’s extremely easy to save the Planet and stay high-tech on the go. Also, it seems that as time goes by, the phone will look and feel nicer, since the wood will start biodegrading (in a good way). This phone’s so eco-friendly that beavers could buy dams out of it!
[via Core77]
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