A Shape-Shifting Cellphone That Changes the Center of Gravity For Different Uses

ideate looking at Google Maps on your tablet , and feeling one corner develop large where your destination is located . Or reading an ebook on your phone , and being aware of the fatter side of the script .

This innovational purpose by Fabian Hemmert does just that , by using a propel battery on an axis vertebra to change not only the center of gravity , but also the frame of the gadget . Watch his TED public lecture in the TV above to get a better good sense of his prototype , which he work on for his PhD at the Institution TU in Berlin , and then begin envisage uses for his purpose — mayhap a Weight Watchers app that expands or lessen the phone ’s size , dependant on how much weight you ’ve lost that week ? Or perhaps a medicine - playing app that sees the battery move around inside the headphone , to the beat of the song ?

It ’s only two weeksuntil the James Dyson Award closesand the shortlist is drawn up , so if you ’re a student with a bright idea for a product , firstly listen to the valet de chambre himselftalk about the competition here , and then enterover here . [ Fabian HemmertviaJames Dyson Award ]