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Tech objects that stand and deliver

By Rain Noe - October 5, 2010

in Tech | Object Culture

Two examples is not enough to call it a trend, but we've recently spotted a pair of designs, both from London, with simple but interesting kinetic abilities.

Jeremy Innes-Hopkins' Nokia Kinetic concept is for a cell phone with a weighted electromagnet in the rounded base. When a call comes in, the phone, if laying flat on a surface, rises up to a standing position.

Creative agency Chalmers Judd's Floppy Legs uses one technology that's obsolete--a 3.5-inch floppy disc drive--and one that is not: Spill a drink near it and watch what happens.

Floppy Legs Portable Hard Drive from James Chambers on Vimeo.

What we'd like to see next: Combining the two technologies to make a phone that, when on your person and ringing, demands attention by physically fighting its way out of your pocket or purse.

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M4RK

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What happens when the phone rings in your pocket? Does it have an erection-like effect lol!?
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christofay

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there's also the lacie xtremekey for technology that stands up
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