Haptic Phone Design Has Physical Buttons Occasionally

Jason Chen — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:50:13 EDT

The iPhone may have a dynamic UI that changes to suit whatever program's currently running, but it doesn't physically change. This All in One haptics phone designed by Lukas Koh does (on paper), and creates raised buttons depending on what mode you're currently in. Example: phone mode has the dial pad, and text entry mode presumably has a keyboard. Looks great, but impossible to make. [Yanko Design]

M.C. Escher's Waterfall Now in a 3D Sculpture and LEGO, Too

Charlie White — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:30:00 EDT

If you're a fan of artist M.C. Escher and his "Waterfall" woodcut, here's a scale model that somehow replicates that physically impossible structure. The $59.99 sculpture is six inches high, and will only be made in a limited edition of 500 units. At first we were hoping this was a working fountain, but the laws of physics wouldn't permit that. Take the jump for a look at the original Escher woodcut, and another Escher Waterfall made of LEGO.

This LEGO waterfall is from way back in 2003, but we thought it was quite clever nonetheless.

For reference, here's the artwork both these replicas are mocking:

[Andrew Lipson, Escher waterfall sculpture: Think Geek]

Gizmodo: Impossible

Haptic Phone Design Has Physical Buttons Occasionally

M.C. Escher's Waterfall Now in a 3D Sculpture and LEGO, Too