2020 was a tumultuous year, we all went through ups and downs, with COVID-19 completely shaking our world. However, we have also seen immense creativity and innovation in the design industry. Designers are coming up with creative and innovative designs that have taken our breath away. These tech gadgets are some examples of designers who level their design game and provide unexpected solutions to real-world problems. So dive in and explore the best that 2020 has to offer in the field of technology!
A portable, usable air conditioner is no longer a thing for futuristic TV shows. The Reon Pocket is a personal smartphone-controlled gadget that was designed to be compact and modern. It works using thermoelectric cooling and can cool the user’s body temperature by 13 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit) and increase its temperature by about 8 degrees Celsius (about 14 degrees Fahrenheit). Reon sits at the base of his neck in a special T-shirt designed for him. It uses the Peltier effect, which means that a temperature difference is created by apply a voltage between two electrodes connected to a sample of semiconductor material.
Incorporating the serious and fun aesthetic of Google, the Pixel Smartwatch concept comes in a traditional round shape and in a variety of peculiar colors. The Android Wear OS logo is clearly displayed on the watch’s always-on screen, turning into a colorful set of clock hands whenever you look at it to read the time. The watch comes with Google’s top-of-the-line voice AI, all of Google’s native apps, and a heart rate monitor on the back, which fits in well with Google’s plan to acquire Fitbit and its entire data technology ecosystem. fitness.
Not convinced by the design of the new PS5 like many others out there, Alexandre Touguet took the responsibility of bringing one to the team and doing the players a quick favor by redesigning and creating a new console concept! “I wanted to bring an organic touch following the artistic direction initiated by the controller revealed a few months earlier, but I wanted to keep the PlayStation’s DNA in a much more rational way and directed to its function,” says Touget.
Desklab helps make this world a better place to live. Think of everything you would like your laptop to have and put it in a laptop accessory, and you will get something like Desklab. A combination of a 15-inch 4K touchscreen, a hub with many ports and an external pair of speakers with high-fidelity audio, this light and thin computing accessory is compatible with all platforms. It connects directly to your machine, drawing energy from it while giving you much more in return.
Meet Pixel Vector, a smartphone concept that challenges the notion that phones need to have thick bezels, holes or notches to have front-facing cameras. Pixel Vector skillfully uses the negative space between the phone and the corner of the screen to insert not one, but two front cameras. The sharp edges of the phone and the rounded corners of the screen provide the perfect negative triangular spacing for cameras, spacing them out too, so they can perform the 3D scanning required for facial recognition.
The Magic Mouse Mini has the look and feel of your normal outlet. It is attached to the back of the phone, offering a grip that you can hold tightly between your index and middle finger while using the phone or clicking selfies. Given how big and slippery smartphones are today (taking into account the curved edges of the iPhone). However, a side switch turns the pop-out handle into something much more functional. Turn on the device and the optical sensor above the Apple logo will be turned on, turning your iPhone into a magical mouse!
The iPhone 12 maintains the fearsome notch that was established with the iPhone X – and while looking for changes to the phone’s screen, the Furkan concept makes us look at the camera notch in a whole new way and how! First of all, the camera comes with 4 lenses now (maybe the macro lens is finally reaching the iPhone!) And it works like an instant notification panel. The UI for this notification panel is heavily based on the well-established and tested UI that the Apple Watch carries – showing everything from app notifications, widgets and even health statistics.
VOIXATCH is basically a very sensible amalgamation of the three products for which we were deceived and paid loads of money. It’s a smartwatch that does just about everything your phone does … and guess what. It has a Bluetooth headset attached directly to it that you can disconnect and use to make calls and possibly even listen to music. VOIXATCH is basically what happens when good technology finds good intentions.
The most unique feature of Amazon Halo is the fact that it creates a 3D model of your body and tracks the emotional tone of your voice for an even more personalized wellness journey. Technology with EQ (emotional quotient) features are rare and seen mainly in experimental robots. Existing trackers can probably get an idea of your feelings through heart rate, but assessing your emotions through your voice is new to wearables
The shape of the LG Wing is undeniably unique when opened, but what’s great about it is that it’s still a normal smartphone when closed. It does not come with a thick body or an unusual gap (like the Galaxy Fold). When closed, you have all the benefits of an ordinary smartphone, but open it and the rotating shape really reveals a new side of smartphone computing to you. With two screens (or a screen and a half, if you compare the surface area), the Wing looks refreshing and in a good way.
The Lenovo Awan is a conceptual hard drive that basically allows you to carry your dedicated cloud server with you. Instead of being an external hard drive or SSD, the Lenovo Awan is basically a plug-and-use device that connects you to a cloud drive. Buy Awan and you will have access to cloud storage with a one-time payment. When you connect Awan to a machine like a laptop or computer, you actually connect it to the cloud. Lenovo’s Awan, in theory, brings cloud storage to something that is a piece of hardware that you can carry with you and connect to devices
The AirBolt tracker was built as a successor to the 2015 AirBolt TSA Smart Lock. Designed to track just about anything from your personal belongings to your pets, AirBolt is based on technology that allows it to work with a combination of incredible range and battery life, packed in a device that is small enough to literally be mistaken for a guitar pick. The AirBolt tracker can clip around your keys, sit in the folds of your wallet, slip in your backpack or luggage, or even on your pet’s collar or in your child’s pocket. The AirBolt smartphone app allows you to locate the tracker no matter where it is on the planet (allowing you to access your location history as well) and even share your location with others in real time.
The Pixel 5, based on rumors, comes with a design almost the same as 4, except for that camera (which I will address, obviously). Its front still has that small forehead to accommodate the headset and the front camera, and the phone still has its stained-glass back, a USB-C port and no headphone connector. Some articles on technology sites have delved deeper into the phone and, by far, the most noticeable difference between Pixel 4 and Pixel 5, at least as far as its strategy is concerned, is that Pixel 5 will not be The top phone Google line service.
Designed in two parts, a transmitter and a receiver, MOKiN allows you to connect a device to a screen without running an awkward, ugly and tangled cable between the two. The transmitter and receiver allow you to extend your screen wirelessly and seamlessly, offering high definition images with zero latency. It’s basically an HDMI cable without the cable … or even HDMI, because the MOKiN transmitter works on a USB-C port! This means that you can easily connect your laptop, tablet or smartphone to an external monitor or projector in an instant, without worrying about dongles and such.
Lune, a holistic training and monitoring system for people with sleep apnea problems, stimulates deep sleep by stimulating the oral muscles around the throat using pulsating electrodes. Inspired by the so-called male frog partner technique, which is when the male frog raises its head to produce powerful ribbits, Lune incorporates an airbag integrated with the sleeping aid device to keep the head in an upright position, which in turn promotes a flow of open and constant air.
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