Beyond is a research project by Jinha Lee (and Hiroshi Ishii) from the MIT Media Lab.
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/person.php?recid=81
The full title of the project is Beyond - A collapsible Input device for Direct 3D Manipulation beyond the Screen.
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/project.php?recid=139
It explores a technique for drawing in 3D on a 2D surface using an input device which collapses onto itself, giving the impression of being pushed into the screen – watch the enclosed video to get a better idea of what’s happening.
It will be interesting to see whether this technique will be of any use in 3D CAD software. Towards the end of the video ( 1:41 ) is a demonstration of how to create simple extruded shapes.
With the current burgeoning interest in everything 3D – Films, TV, Ar, Immersive VR etc. how about this application for sketching in 3D?
Put on your red-blue 3D glasses and go to the website provided at Neave.com and try it out for yourself.
http://www.neave.com/anaglyph/
Morph is a concept that explores how nanotechnology might be used in the future for next generation mobile devices – utilising features such as flexible materials, transparent electronics, self-cleaning surfaces and more.
The concept has been developed by the Nokia Research Center (NRC) in partnership with the Nanoscience Center at the University of Cambridge, and demonstrates how a future mobile device can be transformed into completely different shapes.
Nanotechnology enables the creation of materials that are flexible, can be stretched, made transparent and are very strong. A device made out of a material like this could be folded to fit into a pocket or opened out to present a larger working suruface area.
The material could be self-cleaning and the surface could even incoporate a covering of “nanograss” structures which would allow it to harvest solar enery and be self-powered.
Read more about this concept at
http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia/research/demos/the-morph-concept
Nokia Research is at
http://research.nokia.com/
and the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre can be found at
http://www.nanoscience.cam.ac.uk/
The Gadget Show – a TV program on Channel 5 in the UK – recently collaborated with Curventa a design and development consultancy also in the UK, to create a new design concept for a compact digital camera.
Using emerging techology including a flexible OLED screen, wireless (induction) charging and DLP projector the resultant design represents a unique and practical solution.
(Check out all the details of the design from Curventa at: http://www.curventadesignworks.com/what/gadget-show/)
Currently only a concept. Will we ever see something like this available in the marketplace?
Possibly, when the cost of the individual components required reaches an acceptable (low) unit cost.
References:
http://gadgetshow.five.tv/
http://www.curventadesignworks.com/
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