Archive for October, 2006

analogue extension 3: the safety vest

Monday, October 30th, 2006

safety vest

never get hit by a car again when changing a tyre or helping at the site of a car accident: the laptop has a safety vest attached to it, you can wear it as usual, but with the screen on your back showing a flashing warning triangle.

plus, the vest could also serve as a water protection for the laptop when wrapped around it

vest simulation

analogue extension 2: the laptop as a tent light

Monday, October 30th, 2006

tentlight-laptop

this is for all the web-addicted who even dont go on a camping holiday
without their laptops. the laptop showing just a white screen is attached to the tent roof by some custom construction and brightens up the tent at night.

analogue extension 1: the timed switch

Monday, October 30th, 2006

laptop timera switch is positioned facing towards the CD-Rom drive of the computer
. after burning a CD, it is ejected and triggers the switch, which then siwtches something on or off, or sounds an alarm or you name it. the duration of the timer is determined by the amount of data on the CD and the defined writing speed.

brand new semester

Friday, October 27th, 2006

the new semester starts, as always, with a short-time project: the assignment is to create an analogue extension for a laptop, which adds a new function to it. allowed are the creation of a new software and any materials that are needed for the extension. what is not allowed is to connect the extension digitally to the computer. fun.