http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:24:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/atm-turns-used-mobile-phones-into-cash.html Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:46:40 +0000 Recycle your mobile phones at an ecoATM kiosk to receive an instant payback.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/shop-from-shipping-containers-minus-the-store-clerk.html Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:14:06 +0000 SHOPBOX are salvaged shipping containers converted into pop-up stores where hoppers use their phones to checkout.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/charge-your-smartphone-while-you-walk.html Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:56:37 +0000 New technology allows your steps to create an electrical current that could be used to power your mobile devices.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/an-autobiography-of-sms-messages-by-tracey-moberly.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:41:42 +0000 Tracey Molbert's latest work is a glimpse into her life through the various texts she's sent and received.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/monocolumn-forget-your-mobile-phone-in-libya.html Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +0000 In the daily column from Monocle magazine we learn that as a result of the large part that social networks and cell phones played in Egypt's revolution, Libya shut down the internet and mobile networks early on, and the advantage that provided them.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/a-map-of-america-drawn-by-cellphone-connections-video.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:32:45 +0000 MIT's latest project creates an image of the United States based on how people make contact with one another.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/cellphones-kill-bees-headlines.html Fri, 13 May 2011 13:59:14 +0000 Confused by cellphone signals, bees react erratically and die.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/a-multimedia-911-emergency-service-in-chicago.html Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:46:07 +0000 Residents can now submit added media to the dispatch and crime prevention center, with relevant clips and images held and possibly used as evidence.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/the-elfoid-handset-provides-telepresence-in-unconventional-formats-pics.html Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:49:20 +0000 A Japanese humanoid cellphone presents an alternative vision of how our conversations will be mediated in the future.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/securing-postage-by-sms-in-sweden.html Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:57:49 +0000 A curious hybrid of communication methods takes the hassle out of snail mail correspondence. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/two-hundred-trillion-text-messages-infographic.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:39:21 +0000 Online IT Degree presents a useful infographic that explains some of the numbers behind current mobile phone usage.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/cellphone-carriers-create-ways-to-curb-phone-distractions-while-driving.html Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:22:24 +0000 A new service automatically disables rings and alerts and diverts calls to voice mail when a user's phone is in a moving car.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/lekki-vintage-upcycled-mobile-phones.html Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:02:23 +0000 A French mobile phone company reconditions classic cellphone models for modern usage.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/finding-an-open-parking-space-by-cell-phone.html Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:35:19 +0000 Toulouse is testing a new system that could help cut down traffic and pollution as well as the frustration of finding an open place to park.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/human-a-simple-body-area-network.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:35:53 +0000 A biomedical electronic device has the potential to offer remote health monitoring to patients.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/pics-what-if-gadgets-could-time-travel.html Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:02:50 +0000 Illustrator and designer Alex Varanese takes today’s popular gadgets back in time.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/petr-kubiks-lg-3d-cellphone-concept.html Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:53:29 +0000 A designer's visualization of a 3D multi-purpose cellphone. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/poker-application-uses-multi-touch-table-and-cellphones-to-play.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:33:49 +0000 Poker Surface is a game application that lets users play poker with a multi-touch table and cell phone.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/using-mobile-phones-to-broadcast-news.html Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:26:40 +0000 A novel project in India uses cell phones to broadcast news to villages.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/pic-phone-network-antennae-shielded-by-faux-walls.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:25:12 +0000 Telephone networks have been redesigning telecom masts as trees for a while now but we were curious to notice the urban version of this camouflage strategy in New York's Murray Hill a few days ago.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/lip-reading-technology-allows-communication-without-speaking.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:37:44 +0000 A professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has invented a device which allows people to have phone conversations without actually speaking anything out loud.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/44630.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:06:47 +0000 The problem with online shopping is that its, well, online. Until we have photorealistic 3D avatars of ourselves, it will always be better to try things on IRL. But the truth is, we dress for other people, and we often need outside opinions when deciding what to buy. So we shop with friends or, more often, end up returning half of our purchases. Though perhaps you have snapped a photo of an item with your cellphone and sent it to a friend. This is what Brooke Moreland and Joe Weisenthal noticed people doing, which gave them an idea: “Wouldn't it be cool if you got a personalized review about how something looked on you “in real life”, before you made the purchase?”]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/burning-man-tune-in-turn-on-text.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:12:34 +0000 It appears the act of dropping out is truly getting hard indeed, following news that post-apocalyptic, counterculture mainstay Burning Man will be connected to the outside world during this year’s festival with cellphone service. While some posit that the emergence of service is merely a result of increased coverage being provided to the nearby town of Gerlach, NV (Pop. 499), the fact remains that an event defined by its manifestations of authenticity, progressivism and escapism, has just gotten a little more, well, conventional. The SFist imagines the impact from a constant stream of desert tweets and Facebook updates to be the finalRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/pay-for-content-secrets-to-the-cellphones-success.html Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:14:33 +0000 When we look at the discussion happening around monetizing content on the web, payment models from the likes of the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports and Apple’s iTunes are the successes that are most often held aloft as potential saviors for an entire industry of producers. But no one seems to be talking about the quiet successes of cellphone providers and mobile content creators. Consumers are increasingly using their mobile devices to download everything from games to ringtones and often for a price, yet no one seems to be complaining about not being able to get them for free. WhyRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/new-bar-codes-can-hold-videos-music-and-more.html Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:35:01 +0000 A team of scientists at Edith Cowan University have developed an amazing new kind of color bar code that can hold large amounts of data. It’s called  the Mobile Multi-Colour Composite 2D-Barcode, and they are apparently able to hold images, video or any other kind of data which can be literally “downloaded” by camera phones. Uses with appropriate software could take a picture of the MMCC code with their phone, and the embedded digital content would be transferred to the device. And since the codes don’t connect to the internet, they will work even where there is no kind ofRead more...]]>