External HDDs are about as varied as cloned sheep when it comes to their blocky form factor. Despite the fact that the IVY doesn’t do much for changing the all around shape of a HDD device, the concept does add in a really cool OLED display which creates a visualization of how the data on the device is being used.
Every time you add more data to the device, the display changes to update the visual partitioning of the IVY drive. — Andrew Dobrow
The Tiwe Watch by Lv Zhongfang was designed with the memory of starry nights. When the watch isn’t in use, dots move freely across the OLED display, resembling some sort of bizarre night sky.
When you need to see the time, just tap the surface or shake the watch, and the “stars” will align, creating the arms and the designated digit spots. No word on if this watch can actually move the stars to your liking. — Andrew Dobrow
The game is called Go, but you might know it better as Chinese Chess. This design concept creates a foldable Go board which rolls up like a scroll, and is played through a OLED display.
The Go board uses the traditional Chinese calligraphy along with a painted open-book system of playing. Go and impress your friends (no pun intended) at the old chess tables in the park. They will envy you. — Andrew Dobrow
This new 2.2-inch active matrix OLED screen by Samsung is being touted as the thinnest OLED display ever created for commercial use. Hell, the thinnest period. At an anorexic 0.53 mm thick, a piece of paper is barely competition for this screen.
Samsung plans to roll out the new screens over the next few months, providing them to mobile phone companies and other gadget producers. Samsung hopes for the OLED’s to be used in high-end mobile phones and media players. — Andrew Dobrow
The announcement of the Apple iPhone was perhaps the biggest story that bloggers have latched onto like a suckling calf. It’s almost guaranteed to be the biggest story of 2007, and we’re not even half a month through it yet. So, it’s understandable that other companies are jumping on the band wagon of integration.
Haier announced its Y-MP3190 to an eager audience at CES 2007. The MP3 phone is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. With a sleek black design and a miniscule measurement of 3.5×1.25×0.75-inches of compact technical glee.
The Haier phone supports MP3 playback, OLED display options, an FM stereo tuner, a Bluetooth stereo transmitter, a USB memory drive, a voice recorder, an internal memory of 128MB, and a trans-flash memory expansion slot to cater to data hounds and MP3 pirates.
