GLOBAL – Regular readers will only be too aware that we don’t comment on upcoming launches here on Conversations. Which is why we’re perfectly able to comment on this wooden handset, currently gathering news steam on the world’s tech blogs. Pretty much every site worth its salt has run a story on this over the last few days and there’s hot speculation, and anticipation on where it comes from (with the hottest rumours being something knocked up by a couple of Nokia’s designers).
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PALO ALTO, USA - Sure, heaps of mobile devices are designed to let you to manage a pocketful of digital media and keep on top of your daily social networking responsibilities. But with the ever-growing mountain of data we’re all facing is there a better way?
A new team at the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto reckons there is.
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INTERNATIONAL – That’s one hell of a headline, but not as out there as you might think. In a special report for BusinessWeek, Olga Kharif has explored a wide range of biomaterial research which is paving the way for the next generation of device materials.
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NEW YORK, USA – Unveiled last month, the Nokia Morph concept phone has ignited a fresh thread of interest in the possible applications of future phones.
Brainchild of the Nokia Research Center and Cambridge University Nanoscience Center, the Morph pursues visions of shape-shifting devices to suit specific tasks, self-cleaning materials and promotes sustainability via solar power.
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CAMBRIDGE, England – Researchers at the University of Cambridge Nanoscience Centre have been working with the Nokia Research Centre on a form of ’stretchable electronic skin’ which could enable a new breed of multi-plane, multi-touch interfaces and, potentially, prosthetic skin.
According to the Economist however, the potential doesn’t stop there.
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USA – The folks who made the Nokia Remade phone have written a post about the thoughts behind their concept. We heard that two working prototypes were actually made.
We’ll see if we can get our hands on them and show you more of what these brilliant designers have created.
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GLOBAL – Regular readers will only be too aware that we don’t comment on upcoming launches here on Conversations. Which is why we’re perfectly able to comment on this wooden handset, currently gathering news steam on the world’s tech blogs. Pretty much every site worth its salt has run a story on this over the last few days and there’s hot speculation, and anticipation on where it comes from (with the hottest rumours being something knocked up by a couple of Nokia’s designers).
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