"Scroll" concept device packs everything but a sense of reality
By Donald Melanson 
posted Apr 16th 2008 8:06PM
posted Apr 16th 2008 8:06PM
Sure, there's plenty of far fetched concept devices from big players like Nokia, but it's nice to see that folks without millions of dollars in research funding can also come up with equally unrealistic devices, as evidenced by this so-called "Scroll" contraption created by 13 Tech Design. What's more, this one doesn't get by on looks alone, with it packing a touchscreen-based cellphone, a 10 megapixel camera and 1080p camcorder, various media-playing features, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, and a full-fledged computer that runs on Vista or XP. That's right, it seems that even fantasyland gadgets need to fall back on XP.
That looks like Vista on the screen there.
Check out their website. It is Vista.
Have you read the article?
Ahh I see now. I didn't read the or part. My bad.
GREAT !
Now I just need another set of arms and hands so I can touch the buttons in the center while I'm holding it up.
Vaporware much? kthxbai.
what the hell is on the bottom right, a toilette paper dispenser?
who ever came up with this mock-up design needs to look into a new career path. The thing with concept devices is that they should still be feasible...
Exactly Flashpoint. Thats why this design is much better.
http://www.eternal-champions.com/images/efc_device.jpg
"That's right, it seems that even fantasyland gadgets need to fall back on XP."
I see what you did there!
its gonna cost an arm and a leg? or do i gotta give one of my kidneys too?
And your left lung plus half your brain and one eye.
None of the above matter to me...
I'll take two please. :-)
jeez, it even has a toilet roll dispenser on the right.
what more could a man want?
And a camera to take pictures too!
It looks more like a lint brush than a toilet dispenser haha.
Now that you mention it, there is a vague similarity. Major props for mentioning one of the best episodes :D Gate Golf FTW
Never in need in the wilderness again
Me thinks some Nokia engineer is a huge Stargate fan. That looks just like the device the evil archaeologist uses in "Window of Opportunity".
http://www.scifithemes.com/sg1screencaps/sg1windowcap34.jpg
It also reminds me of the handhelds they had in Earth Final Conflict
I'm sure a nokia engineer is. What does that have to do with this concept from 13 Tech Design?
And it also looks like an iPhone ripoff.
;)
Yeah it was called the global communicator. ( cant find a picture)
But here is a rendering. ( the one on the show was much smaller).
http://www.ohgizmo.com/images/DreamphoneCalledit12988_01.jpg
Doubles as personal defense weapon - knock out a couple of teeth from that guy...
And... With a screen that thin, it can double as a katana!
With the screen that thin, I don't want to break it.
So brittle...
I don't think the title could be put any better.
Reality is something the designers merely see as a fleeting thought.
Devs: This pushes the limits of reality and physics!
Consumers: VAAAPPORRWWAAARREEE!!!
Indeed. But what do you expect? They're _designers_...
enough with you blatant fanboyism engadget, you no longer need to profess your undying goal in life to swallow jobsies' load, okay?
Way to bring Apple into the discuss when they made no mention of it whatsoever, and with a perverted comment too! Way to add to the discussion, meatypie.
Seriously dude, why bring Apple into this? And the whole Steve Jobs thing, that's just plain 'ol immature. Come on, how old are you? -3?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2sa1nyv&s=3
not spam i promise. completely relevant to comment.
the only thing apple related in this entire article is that the device has a iPhone dialer in black & white
XP, Vista, who needs legitimate reporting when you've got snark?
Who needs legitimate comments when you've got snark?
the idea looks cool, but it's obvious they are using a rigid panel, not flexible and packing in too many features.
I've had a similar idea for very large format (C size) "scrolls" for engineering work. But it would require real digital paper. The idea being add some touch capability then engineers or designers could wrap C-size drawings up and store how many thousands on a SD card instead of carting around paper tubes. A smaller B-size version might be to replace libraries of books. Roll into a small tube for storage and protection, touch the edges to scroll the pages.... after all people have been reading scrolls a good deal longer than stacked paper books. Some languages don't "read" right in book form.
While that design certainly wouldn't be practical, a scroll is actually a neat concept.
so what I see here, is a thin screen no bigger than any umpc, yet the device is so large, it defeats the whole purpose.
That's nothing, you should see my concept design. It's basically a nanobio cellphone. You swallow it as a pill, then it dissolves in your stomach and gets absorbed into your bloodstream. Then it makes it's way across the blood-brain barrier into the brain, there it self assembles itself into a nanobot that interfaces with your neurons where you can control it, and in turn, it can project visual and audio information or images directly into your brain (takes a while to get used to I admit). It is also a high energy efficient immersive/imaginative VR gaming, video/mp3 player, PDA, and cell phone "always on the net", and gets its energy to transmit GSM or Wifi from nutrient supply (glucose?) in the body fluid environment (just like any cells or organs in your body do).
In addition to being able to provide instant answers to advanced math problems and make it easier to recollect events, it can also boost analytical abilities using a proprietary "common sense assist" algorithm.
I already had one of those.
...or at least, I think that's where the voices come from...
But what happens if you take two of them?
A cellphone and Vista or XP? I'd love to be able to call 911 after a 2 minute boot, thanks. ... Oh wait... hold on a minute. BSOD. Let me unplug the battery and reboot.
13 tech=it was designed by 13 year olds.
My 13 yr old brother could design something better than this.
Will it play Crysis???
Will it blend?
Will it STFU?
Yes it will play Crysis 6 and Doom 8
sigh... why?? just why???
hey let's cram every device known to man and make it into something AWESOME.
and it would be, except for the fact that it's huge and ugly.
Is it just me or are those Steve Job's turtle necked hands?
Looks pretty cool, if it was real and not a concept I would consider it.
Wow that keyboard is TINY. Look at the finger size vs. the keyboard, or really anything on the screen. Hope you have a microscope.
Here's how I would fix this: Chop off the right side. The flexible back screen rolls into the phone/camera/keyboard on the left, but pulls out rigid (think 80's snap bracelets). You turn it on its side and can type, like a UMPC. You scroll it in and have a smartphone. Still unrealistic (today), but more awesome.
well, you can just specify 'extra small' for those two extra hands you're going to need to implant to even use it
The background in that picture looks like the real-life version of your balcony in Playstation Home.
Anyone who wants a phone with XP or Vista should have his head checked. A desktop UI is much too fussy for use in a phone.
Wow, I see Frankenstein branched into industrial design. Ugly as sin and awkward as hell.
still dont get how your soposed to do anything with both hands holding the scroll apart,it must also have psychic powers to read your mind, cant wait to get one, really i cant, ill be dead before they come out in 2359.
Yeah but it's COOL!
These concepts is what brings innovation in to this world. Concepts are a great way to experiment with designs.
While I agree that this is far-fetched, it is refreshing to see researchers pushing the envelope on what is doable, rather than succumbing to urge to push out a new gadget that will be forgotten in a year.
Honestly, were this device to hit the market, it would sell. It answers the needs (and ridiculous desires) of every gadget geek out there (aside from the OS of course). Bravo to 13 Tech Design for developing a mock up of the device we consumers have been told time and time again is unrealistic.
The Nerd Sea scrolls?
This will be great when they are able to make a film based display that can be rolled up, and streamline the design to fit in your pocket.
I am more interested in what someone is going to do with those mini projectors, a smartphone and some sort of virtual touch technology... carry a full blown PC in your pocket that can project a 24" widescreen on demand!
As a graphic designer, i hope to god the person who made that isn't proud. What an ugly contraption!
Even if it is far more feasible than nokia's offerings (with a number of the big boys having flexible OLED screens currently in alpha), its not very elegant n if you size it up.. is like twice the size of the iphone (which is pretty well endowed as it is!). If you ask me that thing looks like it was drawn and imagined up like 10 years ago.
Hideous
how in the world would you use that for a phone? and imagine trying to hold it up to your right ear...you'd have to position your hands in such a way so as you'd walk around looking like you're about to throw a hadoken fireball.
Blatant ripoff of the 2015 iPhone for three-armed Venusians. Unfortunately this "phoney" copy has very downgraded specs from the Ultra WIMAX 50 megapixel Apple model that runs Siberian Tiger OSXIV.
Wow, is it 1994 again?
so, who needs reality when you have technology.
Nokia's earlier concept design, the morph, was a lot less ugly and much more impressive. Although probably a lot farther off.
http://www.nokia.com/A4852062