Future Laptops To Become More Flexible

HP and ASU Flexible Display Center (FD) have developed e first prototype of what they claim is an "affordable, flexible electronic display".

Done working for the day? Simply roll up your laptop, tie a rubber band around it, stick it under your arm beneath this morning's newspaper and head on home. Well, we're not quite there yet, and HP is only talking about displays and not full laptops, but we are getting close here, people. The new display is flexible like paper but made entirely out of a tough plastic, making it theoretically unbreakable. The technology uses less power and requires far fewer raw materials than traditional LCD displays today. HP and the FDCcrea the displays using a technology called self-aligned imprint lithography (SAIL), which was invented by HP. Initial uses are expected to be in electronic paper and digital signing, but you could see it in phones and notebooks before too long. Via via

Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook

As more people are struggling with effects, computer designers must provide the users with ergonomic options.

The problem is mostly seen in laptop designs to include ergonomic comfort with light weight function.

But, the user is adjusting to the laptops that are designed smaller with QUERTY keyboards.

Keeping the comfort of the user in mind, Ergonomic dual screen split keyboard notebook portable personal computer is designed in which the keyboard splits open to give you more space to fit your hands and a second LCD hidden below it.

The second screen works as an independent window desktop giving you a drag and send capability or act independently as pen based input capability

Laptop Concept Designs for Women by Nikita Buyanov

Nikita Buyanov, an , has uncovered few outstanding concept laptops combining Intel and HP. HP Eco has been designed for echo issued persons. This laptop includes bar-code reader, solar charge cells and a bracelet for controlling blood pressure, pulse, and many more. HP Nobag has touch sensor with hard OLED technology, ideal for those who don’t like to carry big bags for laptops. HP Fitness serves the weight control purpose most, also comprises a similar bracelet to keep record of work out sessions. HP Make-up has a button that changes the screen to a mirror and has an on-nail printing device. HP Mama will allow parents to monitor their children with two Bluetooth cameras. HP Chameleon is a concept laptop with an adaptive microcell coverage enabling the laptop to be transformed in its surround background. Finally, HP Perfume is conceptual laptop where you can change your laptop to a lamp or air freshener with ability to download smell samples and mix it with smell matrix of HP Perfume laptop.

D-Roll Laptop Concept: Inspirational

Laptops of the future have arrived carrying shapes and designs as were never conceived before. No longer is it necessary for laptops to carry the traditional flat and slightly rectangular shape. In some time, it would be passé and almost unfashionable to be seen carrying a laptop of such an ancient design.

Though many cool designs have been offered for the laptops of the future, most are either unrealistic or two far away in terms of production. Some have awesome designs but fall flat when it comes to practicality. The D-Roll laptop concept wins on all accounts. Designed by , the D-Roll or Digital Roll laptop is intended to be the next generation laptop design and completely deviates from the traditional look of today’s laptops. Designed like an artist’s scroll, the D-Roll laptop has an OLED screen which can be rolled up and includes straps at the side for easy portability. The straps also work as places for USB plug-ins. The D-Roll laptop comes with a detachable webcam which can be worn on the body. The keyboard slides out and the laptop includes a mouse as well.

The D-Roll laptop may be a concept currently but the design is inspiring and would definitely catch the eyes of other designers wishing to create a better looking and practical laptop. If this hits the market, it would be swept off the shelves in no time.

Solar Notebook

Solar-power laptop is supposed to save you the trouble of charging batteries by plugging them in. The notebook is powered with the help of powerful batteries that are recharged by wide Solar Panel attached to the computer (currently offline).

Gelfrog

For its annual design issue, The New York Times wanted to include a futuristic laptop for teenagers. The project’s main thrust was to re-think the future of education and then construct a laptop that would best deliver that vision. The end result is The Gelfrog, a dynamic, portable device concept that enables new educational experiences without sacrificing the need for individuality.

Cario

Cario notebook from Anna Lopez can be carried around by its handle, positioned like an easel or placed on a car’s steering wheel. When the car’s not in motion, the Cario can project maps, video conferences and more onto the windshield.

Dual-Touchscreen Notebooks Might Come Out in 2010

In the future, tech analysts might look back at the Nintendo DS as being responsible for kicking off the touch-screen revolution. Since the DS's debut, we've seen take the mobile phone market by storm, Microsoft push its , caught glimpses of touch functionality expected to , and now it appears dual-touchscreen notebooks may be on the horizon too.

OLPC talked about using dual-touchscreens it its next generation . At half the size of the original, former OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen says the XO-2 will employ dual indoor-and-sunlight displays capable of providing "a right and left page in vertical format, a hinged laptop in horizontal format, and flat, two-screen continuous surface for use in tablet mode."

But OLPC isn't the only one working on a dual-touchscreen notebook, and Italian industrial design agency V12 Design actually developed a similar concept as far back as four years ago called the Canova. Valerio Cometti, the founder and managing director of the firm, claims laptop manufacturers showed interest in the original Cometti and his company is now working on a second generation version. While Cometti remained type lipped regarding which U.S. based company is co-developing the dual-touchscreen laptop, he notes the will support multi-touch input with a software keyboard that appears on the screen. Haptic feedbeek might also be included.

Custom Laptop Designs

Former Alienware product development engineer Oscar Zapata launched a new company this week, called NVousPC (very clever!) that customizes laptops with any color paint or image you want. You can choose different colors for each part of the laptop, including bottom, and upload images to their website to be printed on. If you don't buy a new computer from them (starting at $999), you can send in your old piece for a paintjob as well (starting at $186). Or you can just send it to me along with $8 and I'll hook you up with some sweet holographic unicorn stickers, maybe a few garbage pail kids, and top it off with some scratch and sniffs for good measure.