Filed under: Wearables, Storage

USB finger drive concept attempts to keep up with reality originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MP3 players with screens that show pretty colors are certainly nothing new, but Rhea Jeong’s Colorsonic concept is something rather different. It’s a little donut-shaped device that lacks a proper display, instead lighting its sections up to represent different types of music tagged using software at home — think Shuffle meets mood ring. You could drop all your Sabbath and miscellaneous metal on black, Green Day and various faux-punk on green, and your Clannad and other soothing tunes on a nice dreamy blue. Then, just touch that section of the player and let the music flow. The thing even has storage for two impossibly small Bluetooth earbuds (shown below) that can nestle within the center (aka the Munchkin/Timbit zone). While we generally hate being teased by fanciful concepts as much as you, but this one was developed as part of an internship at Samsung, meaning there might just be a chance it could come to fruition. Sorry, colorblind folks, you’ll have to stick with other oddly shaped ways to play your tunes.

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Filed under: Portable Audio

Colorsonic concept MP3 player turns your tunes into groovy colors, man originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MP3 players with screens that show pretty colors are certainly nothing new, but Rhea Jeong’s Colorsonic concept is something rather different. It’s a little donut-shaped device that lacks a proper display, instead lighting its sections up to represent different types of music tagged using software at home — think Shuffle meets mood ring. You could drop all your Sabbath and miscellaneous metal on black, Green Day and various faux-punk on green, and your Clannad and other soothing tunes on a nice dreamy blue. Then, just touch that section of the player and let the music flow. The thing even has storage for two impossibly small Bluetooth earbuds (shown below) that can nestle within the center (aka the Munchkin/Timbit zone). While we generally hate being teased by fanciful concepts as much as you, but this one was developed as part of an internship at Samsung, meaning there might just be a chance it could come to fruition. Sorry, colorblind folks, you’ll have to stick with other oddly shaped ways to play your tunes.

Continue reading Colorsonic concept MP3 player turns your tunes into groovy colors, man

Filed under: Portable Audio

Colorsonic concept MP3 player turns your tunes into groovy colors, man originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Peripherals

We have little choice but to take Joey Roth’s word for it, but we’ve got our reservations about this one. The so-called Felt Mouse forgoes the typical dome shape that most mice made this millennium share in favor of a totally blockish — and likely uncomfortable — design. Conceptually, at least, the critter is indeed wireless, and while you will notice a right and left click, you can forget about finding one of those fancy “scroll wheel” contraptions. The unit is said to be constructed primarily from “natural wool felt and laminated bamboo ply,” and the former will apparently conform to your hand when you grab hold. Check out the underbelly after the jump — we promise carpal tunnel syndrome can’t be contracted visually.

[Via YankoDesign]

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Filed under: Household

Let’s face it, not everyone can get relocated to the corner office, but if designer Marcus Ward Curran has anything to do with it, even the newbies can look forward to a certain level of privacy in the office. The Eclipse Office Partitioning System enables desk dwellers to cover up their space with panels in varying degrees, and it even touts the ability to change colors throughout the day to liven up the mood. Furthermore, the unit includes an RFID sensor (hey, The Man has to hold you down somehow, right?), a wireless charging mat, pillar-based speakers, an internal projection system and a built-in lighting system to boot. Throw in a teleportation feature to get us home on the double and we’d be sold. Check out the video after the break.

[Via YankoDesign]

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