Friday, May 8, 2009

LG concept laptop promises a sleeker future


LG, probably best known these days for popularizing chocolate as a gadget category, is extending some of those design chops to laptops. This slick concept notebook, called the "E-Book," uses an OLED screen for the monitor, so on top of being colorfully vibrant, it doesn't even need a frame. Another OLED surface stands in for the keyboard, just like the controls on some recent Samsung MP3 players. The cylinder hinge isn't just a design choice — it also acts as a reservoir for methanol or some other eco-friendly fuel, and it's transparent so you can see when you need to fill 'er up.

It all sounds fantastic until you remember it's just a concept right now, albeit one impressive enough to garner a nod form the guys at Red Dot for the Best Concept Design of 2006. Given that using OLED tech in monitors this size is still in its infancy and the whole powering-laptops-with-fuel thing has yet to actually happen, we probably won't be able to buy this pretty boy for quite some time.

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