'integral cord' 'FUJITSU design award 2011' life design category
‘integral cord’ by raphael lang, yu-lin hou and stephen chan win tak
the ‘integral cord’ by germany based design trio raphael lang, yu-lin hou and stephen chan win tak has received the runner-up prize from the lifebook category in our recent designboom competition ‘a life with future computing‘, organized in collaboration with FUJITSU and DA – design association japan.
designer’s own words: what if the display of your future lifebook was as flexible as possible? with ‘integral cord’ you can easily manipulate your computer screen to your desired size and shape, making it adaptable to any working or social situation. if you want to see your favorite movie on a small screen in the subway, or present your pictures to a large audience or if you need multiple screens at the same time, coil it! the technology involves beams of several LEDs overlap at a cross point and create a visible pixel.
an interface can be created by a multicolor laser LED array located on the inner side of the computer, and camera array can detect the position of the user’s fingers.
create multiple screens
detail of the connecting interface
large scale presentation
how it works
user scenarios
jury members (from left to right): ross lovegrove, birgit lohmann of designboom, gwenael nicolas (curiosity), toshiyuki inoko, ma yansong (MAD architects) and nobuo otani, corporate senior vice resident Fujitsu, kimitaka kato, Fujitsu design president (without photo).
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more commentscould be the new mac !!!!
very nice technology behind.
utter sphincter, a 3 year old could come up with better. what a waste of time.
Wow ! Cool
Very iconic ! Nice Concept!
I agree with pity do a google search b4 u start a project and select a winner.
Conceptual enough ! I like bring the PC into flexible shape! Hope can see it realize in future
… This is so amateurish and ridiculous, I’m speechless…
user friendly and interesting scenario. Wonderful job! Where can buy it?