Asus' dual-screen concept laptop
See me, feel me, touch me.
(Credit: Asus)Spotted at the German CeBit 2009 show was this interesting concept piece from Asus. It's a laptop with two displays, instead of a traditional screen and keyboard. The company calls it "a revolutionary dual-panel concept notebook," and says the design was inspired by "ideas contributed from users from around the world."
Using a Web site called WePC.com, consumers could submit and discuss ideas for innovative laptops, and many of the submitted ideas seem to revolve around multiple displays in a single unit.
These photos represent a stab at bringing one of these crowd-sourced ideas to life, but Asus warns that "the concept is still a work-in-progress which requires continued feedback."
This is how Asus describes the system:
The dual panel offers a flexible working space in which users can adapt to suit their prevailing usage scenarios, for example adjusting the size of the virtual touchpad and keyboard.Through hand gestures, handwriting recognition, and multitouch, users are presented with a control surface that is both flexible and intuitive. Users can use the dual-panel concept in a myriad of usage scenarios, for example as a conventional notebook with multitouch screens, a virtual keyboard and touchpad; a multimedia hub, in which both dual panels could combine to form a larger display for widescreen entertainment; or an E-book mode in which users can hold the dual panel concept notebook just like they would a conventional book while flipping pages through intuitive gestures or by touch.
These concepts aim to bring convenience to the user through technological innovations and user-centric design.
More pics after the break.
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I don't believe this is going to work as eReader unless Eink is incorporated into it's design ,but well have to wait a "little bit" for full color touch version.
Great concept never the less and looks like Asus could become new Apple (how much their stocks are going for?) ;-)
Synchronize it wirelessly with a study group and "Voila" an automatic A+.
Give one free to every student and get a cut of the price for the sale of the textbooks.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/first-look-olpc-xo-generation-20
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by -Minoxide-
March 13, 2009 1:31 PM PDT
- I'm a little curious to feel how its like to type on the "we".
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