If you were at the opening of Design and the Elastic Mind at the Moma last weekend, you may have caught a glimpse of new Nokia “Morph” concept phone. Developed by Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge, the device is part of Nokia’s vision to “reinvent the form and function of mobile devices.” Something like a cross between a Slap Rap bracelet and a Rubber band, the Morph is made of flexible nanotechnology that can be bent, folded, and twisted into radically different shapes, allowing for new applications, such as being worn around the wrist. On top of that, the concept device is self-cleaning and transparent throughout.
But don’t rush to your nearest Nokia Concept Store just yet. It’s going to be at least another 7 years before we see elements of the technology behind the Morph in new mobile devices. And even then, it will initially only be in the highest end of the market.
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very nice. very hi-tech.too bad it’ll be 7 years b4 i can buy it. but it’s a waste of research and technology. all this time and effort could be useful to the world. people are starving in africa,and there are wars and conflicts around the globe and you’re building cellphones?shame on you.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
This is the most awesome phone in the world…. i am getting it for my next cell phone.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:10 am
Good to here that, how will it sound if before the time another technoly came-up and at extreme higher, yours will be useless and your market can not reveal your effort. I mean it should be set out now!
November 5th, 2008 at 10:09 am
fady eid you are an imbecile. if they don’t build new technology then how do you expect people to move forward in the world? we would be living in the middle ages if that were so. your comment is a year old but so is your wit.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:34 pm