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NEC Shows Off Crazy Leather Belt Phone and Other Weirdo Concepts

This week, the center of the cell-phone world is the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, where the Wireless Japan 2007 Expo is taking place. Akihabara News was on the scene to catch some new concept designs from NEC. Some of the designs are so familiar I'm forced to label them "so last year," while others are so future-forward I'm branding them "What the hey?" How exactly does one use a crazy leather belt phone? Will my pants fall down every time I take a call? And I get the concept of a phone for babies, but why does the phone get a matching pacifier? Don't believe me? See for yourself in the gallery below. [Akihabara News]

7:20 PM on Thu Jul 19 2007
By Wilson Rothman
2,241 views, 10 comments

Latest by noahx: Another fan like myself of "Get Smart" finally gets his wish to design a phone not in a shoe but in a belt. I suppose agents from CTU will run to this invention. It is hard to believe but would more »

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It's Raining ... RFID?

The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication is developing a system that will allow information to be gathered about disaster areas with the help of RFID. The system would distribute RFID tags from the sky upon the disaster area and allow for all kinds of information to be gathered wirelessly. Most importantly, the RFID tags would include heat and vibration sensors to aid in finding survivors. It's estimated that 10,000 tags would be required to cover the area the size of a large airport. More »

11:45 AM on Mon Mar 20 2006
By Travis Hudson
88 views, 1 comment

Latest by Xzavier: Who thinks of this stuff??? It's just plane STUPID! more »