All About Design
When it comes to pointing out flaws in the layout of a laptop keyboard, the missing Number Keys on the side is one of the biggest. Since it’s a laptop we are talking about, the solution obviously has to be a compact, portable one. So how about the Key Mouse? A Bluetooth mouse that hides a number pad underneath a retractable hood! Hood down and it’s a curvy grip for the mouse; hood up and you can crunch the numbers; simple!
Designer: Sun Lihui
Flattery is going to get you everywhere Mr Marcial Ahsayane, and I love the way you describe this concept project as a standard mouse that can be used as pen sensor for specific design works Hugs! Shifting focus to the “eVouse”, this one is meant for your laptops and iPads and flits effortlessly between being a mouse and a pen sensor for specific design works.
“The design of the mouse is a mix between a classic mouse and a tablet pc. The actions buttons and the scroll are tactile. It becomes illuminated by green light in every action movement as a feedback for its use. In fact, eVouse is, like the Minotaur, a design with body of a mouse and the head and tail of an optical pen.”
Designer: Marcial Ahsayane
Stylish, smart and elegant, the 12″ x 6″ wireless keyboard is a latest product of Microsoft. It features some arched keys to ensure you an easier typing. The Arc Keyboard uses the 2.4GHz wireless band instead of Bluetooth, and therefore allows the users to control their computers within a long distance of up to 30 feet. It is expected to be on the market next month for $59.95.
USB 3.0 is the latest and greatest of the USB specs that is becoming available at the moment. However, Intel have some other ideas that include fibre optics for transferring data from device to device.
The new technology displayed by Intel last week at the developer forum is called Light Peak and it allows you to connect many devices to a PC with fibre optic lines. The technology might just seem like an idea for now, but Intel have managed to get endorsement from Sony and are looking to make the technology mainstream.
Intel wont be able to make this happen alone, so rather than trying it alone they are wanting to work with USB to see if they can come up with a fibre optic based USB system.
The new “SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 has 5 gigabit-per-second data transfer rate, more than 10 times that of the USB 2.0 version that prevails today, and the first USB 3.0 device achieved certification last week. A separate new USB feature increases the amount of power that USB devices can use from 0.5 amps to 0.9 amps while adding another 1.5 amps specifically for charging batteries, making USB for tasks besides just transferring data.
“At some point the industry is going to have to transition,” Jeff Ravencraft, the USB-IF’s president and chairman, said in an interview, because copper wires such as those in the current USB 2 and new USB 3 standards have limits on how fast they can transmit signals. “I think the next transition is going to be to optics.”
Light Peak already is in use on pre-production chips and it could be ready to ship next year. As it works not it is capable of transferring data at 10Gbps in both directions. However, Intel have said that in the next decade we could easily see 100Gbps being transferred over Light Peak.
More details including tests of the prototype can be found over at CNET.
FIXED BEHIND OR ON THE DESKTOP, EVEN ONTO A FACING WALL
Anywhere in fact where you wish to have cables temporarily held yet easily removeable or extended. CableDrop gently grasps your power and peripheral cords so they do not fall off your desk every time you unplug your laptop.
Cabledrop’s unique design makes cable management fun and can also be used as a general purpose clip in a multitude of creative ways.
Cabledrop can really blend in with your decor, use them hidden under ledges with the muted colors to match your furniture or bring them to light by using the bright ones. Beyond just preventing cables from falling off a desk, they make great cable clips on furniture legs or walls to control unruly cords.
