Scroll cellphone goes back in time

Scroll cellphone goes back in time

The Scroll cellphone concept from Yun Liang is pretty interesting, taking inspiration from traditional Chinese paintings that must be unfurled before viewing. Whenever you need to access data within the phone, you will need to roll out the scroll, but numeric key functions can be performed otherwise. The advent of flexible displays are definitely a good sign, since it signifies the fact that devices such as the Scroll cellphone can be a reality sometime in the near future, although the idea might not sound too practical. I mean, nothing beats taking a solid phone in my hand and pressing the "Answer" button, right? I see no point reinventing the wheel here.

Solar motorbike uses snail shell shape for surface area

Solar motorbike uses snail shell shape for surface area

Filed under: Transportation

Powering a car with solar panels is a relatively easy task, but on a motorbike it's a lot harder to find flat surfaces to catch the sun. That means that a solar powered motorbike has got to look rather odd in order to provide enough surface area for the panels: hence the snail shell-like design of SunRed's prototype solar powered bike. When (or if) SunRed completes a real world prototype, the bike's surface area will be 25 square feet, allowing the bike to store enough of the sun's energy to ride for 13 miles at speeds of up to 30 MPH. The motor is integrated into the wheel too, so there's no transmission. Once these "green" bike thinkers sort out the problem of running a bike without oil, we hope they'll move onto making them a little less fugly. It seems like a precedent is being set here.

[Via Autoblog Green]