Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone

http://www.ted.com At TEDxBerlin, Fabian Hemmert demos one future of the mobile phone -- a shape-shifting and weight-shifting handset that "displays" information nonvisually, offering a delightfully intuitive way to communicate.

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[jamaq]

If my computer was "living" it would get frequent erections.

[gulllars]

This guy should shave a bit with Occam's Razor.

I feel there is a serious vacuum for high quality minimalist mobile phones out there today. I see the upside of having a combined divice acting as a PDA with phone, clock, internet, camera, music player, GPS, etc. But it would be nice to have the option to get a mobile phone that just has great battery life, signal capability, and can do calls and SMS, and can survive hitting the gound/wall or falling in water.

The weight thing was interresting.

[Dam262a]

"i wanna feel that harry potter buuok"...

[000blueboy]

Wavey

[andreeaweed]

really interesting demonstration ..grate job

[Zareste]

guess whose propaganda channel is getting more thumb-downs every day

[jamestakeshi]

Apple just filed a patent for its screen, possibly implementing this technology. I wish I could post the link here. Just search in google "apple patent application shows second display"

[angularsofty]

It's young Dr Strangelove!

[leonidasx666]

I think this could replace the walking stick on blind people.

A sensor to detect incoming people/obstacles + weight for directions + size for distances (small-far, big-close) = no more walking stick!

It would be even cooler if it was put into a pair of glasses or cellphone earset.

[kablamo9999]

It's fun to see someone think outside the box. Those things may not become true, but it's a good thing someone tries to come up with new things.

[Seagerash]

im a PHD student. oh are you? thats nice