Backpacker’s Diary
Published by Sierra Monica B., on Mar 06 2008, in the categories: NextGen PC Design Competition
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The 31 finalists you will read about have met the basic requirements imposed by Microsoft in collaboration with IDSA and these include the innovation grade, user interface, the emotional appeal enhanced by the general product’s appearance, technical abilities, the user experience with the Windows software, market viability and manufacturability taking into consideration the thermal cooling, noise reduction and the environmental responsibility.
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Imagine you are a person that loves travelling and to discover new things in the nature.
While walking through a large forest into the mountains you are amazed by the beauty of the flora and fauna diversity and you can’t help yourself to take some nice detailed pictures to show them to your friends after coming back home.
But why to wait until you are back, and not share these while you are still in the middle of the nature?
The Backpacker’s Diary concept is the right tool for this, and more than that it allows you to do many other things with the help of next-generation technologies, making your trip the most perfect and full of discoveries.
It is called the Backpacker’s Diary because it has the form of a traveling diary measuring 10x12x2 inches and is carried in your backpack, together with the other stuff required for your comfort, like the sleeping bag.
But it is not an ordinary book because each page has different functions based on different technologies.
For example, one of the pages is the media recorder, then comes the EL illumination, other page is a keyboard and the next one is an LCD display.
The EL illumination, also called Electroluminescence, is an optical and electrical phenomenon where a material emits light in response o an electric current passed through it, or to a strong electric field.
It is used in lighting applications or information displays, but in our forest, it would light the small area where we are sleeping during the night.
This diary concept is created using flexible materials in a large number to add easy of use and durability in the outside conditions.
It needs to be powered by something and as in the nature you don’t have plugs, and besides that, you love the environment and want to keep it green, the solar charging is the best solution adopted by its designers, and it is done via the flexible solar panel during walking.
If you have such a computer with you during the trip, you can get in touch with the other Backpackers’ holders and share all the information you have wirelessly, including route, weather, location coordinates provided by the built-in GPS system, as well as pictures, videos or sounds of the nature recorded with the digital bookmark worn in your chest pocket and transferred into the diary.
As for the hardware part, the main components like battery, processor and other electronics are kept into the backpack which is made of high-intensity plastic.
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Cinch Digital Home said on 03/07/2008:
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Bloom said on 03/07/2008:
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CLEF Electronic Music Note Stand said on 03/08/2008:
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Coach’s Clipboard said on 03/10/2008:
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Everyones Computer said on 03/12/2008:
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I grow Concept said on 03/22/2008:
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Sungho Lee Interview said on 03/29/2008:
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MARRO PC Concept said on 04/05/2008:
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Siafu PC said on 04/25/2008:
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Smartchef Concept said on 04/30/2008:
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AlphaGrip Handheld Computer said on 05/01/2008:
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The Cup said on 05/03/2008:
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TRVL PC Concept said on 05/05/2008:
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Yuno Concept said on 05/08/2008:
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carpool guy said on 05/24/2008:
thats a cool concept. however, the fun with all this electronic gadgets usually stops if you leave the city go for some real outdoor activity in the woods, beaches etc...
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Next Gen PC Design Competition Winners said on 06/02/2008:
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ZEN said on 06/21/2008:
[...] media playing, file sharing and so on, all done wirelessly and with eyes closed. ZEN is the last PC concept from the NextGen PC Design Competition 2007-2008, in the alphabetical order, featured during the [...]
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Solar Powered Laptop said on 06/23/2008:
[...] Solar Laptop PC from the Next-Gen PC Design Competition wasn’t a winner nor a finalist but the concept is pretty …let’s say useful. It comes from [...]
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NOMAD said on 06/26/2008:
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Teachermate said on 07/03/2008:
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Mind Apart from Body said on 04/11/2009:
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Amazing Designs said on 04/11/2009:
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