Gizmodo: jin woo han

White Stick for the Blind Gets Sensor Upgrade with "Tactile Wand"

Kit Eaton — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:08:48 EST

Designer Jin Woo Han has created the "Tactile Wand" as a 21st-century conceptual white stick for the blind. The rechargeable gadget uses some sort of distance sensor and communicates by buzzing, letting the user know of upcoming obstacles: the stronger the buzz, the nearer the object. Neat design, Jin, but can it detect doggy doo like the old-fashioned stick could? What happens if the batteries die when you're mid-street crossing? We reckon it would take some re-education of cops too: pointing a strange looking stick at people in public these days is probably a big no-no. [Coroflot via Gadget lab]

Portable Home Theater PC Concept Lets You Spill Buttered Popcorn on Your Keyboard

AddyDugdale — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:59:01 EST

Jin Woo Han's design for a Home Theater PC concept is certainly innovative. Somehow reminiscent of R2-D2, it has a built-in projector flanked by speakers that you can detach for optimum positioning. The slimline unit has retractable cords and a collapsible keyboard. Gallery is after the jump.

I'm particularly keen on the Harry Porrter DVDs stacked up next to the unit. [Yanko]

Digital Picture Frame Doubles as a Camera

Charlie White — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:47:45 EDT

Designer Jin Woo Han figured if you want both a digital camera and a digital picture frame, why not put them together and display the pictures with the same device you used to capture them? In this design concept Han calls the Samsung SS 700, he determined a happy medium size where the point-and-shoot camera is not too large and the picture frame isn't too small.

Created by the same designer who conceived the roller printer we told you about yesterday, this combination camera/picture frame has one attribute we've wanted for a long time: a relatively gigantic display on the back of a point-and-shoot camera. There's no indication about the exact size of this display, but it's probably bigger than the largest 3-inch point-and-shoot displays available now.

Point-and-shoot digital cameras and digital picture frames are both getting to be such copycats lately, it's refreshing to see a truly original idea, one that might just become practical as prices for these low-end camera and screen components continue their freefall. [Yanko Design]