The Optimus Tactus was the keyboard that Maximus Meridius used in the movie Gladiator.  Ok, maybe not, but it sounds like he should have.
I guess if you’re going to use a touch screen keyboard this would be it.  Oh, except for the fact that it’s only a concept at the moment.  According to the Art Lebedev Studio, here’s the plan: any part of the keyboard surface can be programmed to perform any function or display any image.  Optimus Tactus does not have physical keys, which means there are no restrictions on their shape or size.  As per the image above, there is a video mode as well as a typing mode (shown below). 
Initially this keyboard could prove costly to the consumer, considering it’s a full length touch-display.  The big question is, would you really use it?  There’s no question that it’s uber cool and could be extremely useful on specialized tasks, but I’m not sure I’d like typing on a smooth surface; my fingers need a little somethin-somethin to know their doing a good job. 
By the time this thing gets to market, Apple will probably have created a shape-morphing tactile multi-display video membrane touch screen, that walks the dog on it’s spare time; or they’ll at least have the patent for one.

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Tempo was designed for all those retards that can’t operate a computer without deleting some imperative piece of data. Surprisingly these are the same individuals that don’t understand rollback or recovery features. Cagnina Design fashioned a hard drive to look like a little trash can, though the intended users may still get confused and pour coffee into it. Since this is still a concept, the idea goes as follows: as you delete files, they are automatically copied to the TEMPO. LED lights illuminate from the bottom up as the wireless hard drive begins to fill. I guess it couldn’t hurt to have this thing as a backup, especially for those people that can’t follow directions.  Of course now you’re going to be required to delete your daily porn twice.

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The Volitan is a Star Wars-esque sail boat design by Designnobis Studio that utilizes solid wind sails and solar energy at the same time. The energy that’s harnessed from the solar panels and wind turbine are stored in a battery that can be utilized throughout the day and night. The wings actually track the sun and wind for optimal performance and in extreme whether conditions they fold up against the side of the boat. Since the Volitan is engineered to operate in winds of up to 60 knots, you’re pretty much screwed if the wings run and hide.  But if you do need to move without the sails the motors on both sides of the boat allow the Volitan to maneuver like Bryan Boitano on a cold day.

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Why does everything that’s marked for the future have to be ostentatious and bubble like? The projections for the Seoul Commune 2026 buildings look as though they were constructed by giant honey bee’s as shelter for their larvae. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a proponent for novel design, but is that grass growing on the sides of the buildings; how does that work?
Korean society continues to grow rapidly in both technological and socio-cultural terms, therefore, the Seoul Commune 2026 has investigated the viability of an alternative and sustainable community structure in the overpopulated metropolises of the not too distant future. The imagined community is integrated within the developments of the digital and social age; which apparently suggests that humans will soon wish to live like insects.

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A vibrating ring you wear to bed, how can this not be good? Before you get ahead of yourself, Ring is a concept design by Meng Fandi, and I desperately hope a manufacture puts it into production soon.  Here’s the idea: the charging cradle allows you to set two separate alarms, one for each of the two rings.  Before you go to sleep, just slip a ring onto your finger and a silent vibrating alarm awakens you in the morning; perfect for the hearing impaired. 
The concept is also great for couples that have varying work schedules, or people like myself that don’t appreciate my girlfriend’s alarm blasting 3 hours early so that she can unconsciously slap snooze, which incidentally affords me one minute of sleep every nine minutes for the following 4 hours.  Of course, it’s then my fault I let her oversleep because that I didn’t realize she wasn’t conscious the 25 times she hit snooze; or when she yelled, “don’t touch me, I’m not in the mood!” Hopefully (for my sake) when someone does manufacture this incredibly awesome alarm clock, they’ll add a shock option for those stubborn sleepers. Unfortunately this device doesn’t work well for those punctual paraplegics; but what do they have that’s so pressing anyway?

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Don’t you just hate that cumbersome human-leg/table-leg interference that affects everyone on the corner spots during Thanksgiving dinner? This year, with the Levitation table by Alexandre Boucher you can alleviate three of those mildly annoying problems while severely screwing over just one person; maybe the uncle that used to touch you. Of course if you have a 40lb turkey you may not want to put it on the southwest edge of the table, or Thanksgiving might turn into Christmas for the dog. We also wouldn’t suggest kinky afternoon shenanigans on the Levitation table, a.k.a. a chicka-chicka-bow-bow on the dining surface; some forms of eating should stay in the bedroom.

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