Tag Archives: concepts

These NERF cannons can not be

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Weston Boege created these concept NERF N-Force guns for an upcoming NERF-branded game for the Nintendo Wii. They’ll never be real, but we can still dream about a NERF bazooka that shoots a single, giant round into the faces of … Continue reading →

The Isophone: Conference calls meet sensory deprivation

Posted on February 10, 2009 by John Brownlee

AT&T goes Altered States. Verizon goes pre-cog Minority Report. Sprint goes Pyramidhead. Designed by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, the Isophone allows you to make calls with total sensory deprivation… because listening to your mother complain about her latest bowel … Continue reading →

The Key Thing is a wall-mountable keyhole orb

Posted on February 3, 2009 by John Brownlee

House keys tend to naturally gravitate towards the place they want to be. In the front pocket, beneath the radiator, gurgling in the u-bend of the toilet after a night drinking. But like the penis, it prefers to be ensconced, … Continue reading →

ThisWay recumbent bicycle concept

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Joel Johnson

The latest example of “beautiful spindly things that will never be built”, the “ThisWay” bike by designer Torkel Dohmers, is imagined to be built of flax fiber and carbon fiber with a clip-on battery charged by rooftop solar panel for … Continue reading →

LightLane concept paints laser bike lane for drivers to ignore

Posted on January 16, 2009 by John Brownlee

American bicyclists are a wistful lot. With the encroachment of an Obama presidency, rising gas prices and a recognized recession, they imagine that America’s city streets will be reforged with dedicated bicycle lanes… and, as a bicyclist myself, I certainly … Continue reading →

Toyota joining electric car race by 2012

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Reuters reports from the Detroit Auto Show about Toyota’s FT-EV concept vehicle, an all-electric commuter car based on the iQ super-compact. Toyota says to expect sales of the FT-EV (which will surely be rebranded) in 2012, joining Nissan and GM … Continue reading →

The Waterbirth Vessel: the miracle of life meets the jacuzzi

Posted on November 4, 2008 by John Brownlee

Gentlemen, behold, my latest invention: the Waterbirth Hot Tub! The miracle of life… now in frappe form! Simply dump your pregnant wife in and add water. Let flow, the juices of creation! The blood and amniotic fluid! The evacuated bowels! … Continue reading →

Hanging notebook hard drive concept wouldn’t work, but one can dream

Posted on October 3, 2008 by John Brownlee

I love this concept spotted by Yanko Designer for an external hard drive enclosure designed to hang off the lids of notebooks. I know it wouldn’t work nearly as well in real life, causing the laptop to either slam closed … Continue reading →

Eolos: Ceci n’est pas une pipe

Posted on September 10, 2008 by John Brownlee

Yanko Design — enthusiastic posters of all things pie-in-the-sky conceptual — have dampened their seats and filled the air with squeeing over this concept pipe by designer Hakan Bogazpinar. Says Yanko: When I think of pipe smoking, I imagine an … Continue reading →

Dyson Sphere lighting: Chris Natt’s Stimuli 3.0 lamp

Posted on September 5, 2008 by John Brownlee

Conceptual sci-fi cocktease though it certainly is, the Stimuli 3.0 lamp is the desk lamp of Darth Vader, the pulsating hyperdrive core of reality-skipping aliens, the unfolding lantern of the Autobot Leadership Matrix, the outer coating of a Dyson Sphere … Continue reading →