We here at Elitechoice owe so much respect to concept-based products and gadgets that for a while I feel like revising my blog name to Conceptblog. And here we have another one to be added to the kit. If you hadn’t had a chance to keep your fingers upon the RScube workstation, DJ workstation or the XYZ Computer Desk concept and now regret their being going out of the trend then keep yourself ultra-updated with the Piano Computer, a concept that has the power to turn reality soon. Once it gets into production, it won’t only turn heads but would end up breaking few. The stylish Piano Computer comes with integrated computer table and offers a feel similar to that of a stylish piano figure.

With wiring is masked efficiently, it makes one wonder if it has folding display. This is one such concept that I wish should materialize and reach commercial stage soon.

Via BornRich

I have heard the availability of smart desktops but if they are turning out beautiful then they need serious attention. Gaming freaks can now consider Voodoo’s Omen desktop that features beyond the standard gaming PC bombast–quad electric fire and liquid cooling with built-in copper pipes to stave thermonuclear condense for intense over clocking. I have never come across such an elite and appealing customized gaming desktop. Seemingly clean and competent killing machine, don’t doubt it as a disco-in-a-box.

It comes equipped with an incorporated seven-inch LCD that enjoys edge over prevailing obscene gaming PCs. But I know little is you aware that 22-inch chassis doesn’t come cheap and hence demands $20,000 for the top of the line model.

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Via Engadget/ CustomPC

With technology experimenting with all imaginable possibilities, existence of tri-screen PCs seems to be a passé and its time to materialize the advantages attached with an exquisite availability of 8-screen professional display with 20.1″ high-resolution screens. Coming from the House of LG, it comprises of super-premium S-IPS LCD panels measuring the total diagonal size of 68.8″ (active pixel area, excluding bezels) with a total screen resolution of 6400 x 2400 pixels.

It also features digital DVI and analog VGA connections, 800:1 contrast ratio + wide color gamut / saturated colors

Price: $6,378
Overall dimensions: 1,636″mm (W) x 419″mm (D)
Adjustable height: 691″mm (min) - 881″mm (max)

Via DigitalTigers

Inviting pro-active geeks’, here is Anthro’s latest offering of eNook Pro that is functional as an absolute wall-mounted workspace. Against its earlier version of the eNook, it has an integrated CPU Holder beneath the workstation and can also be used as a standard computer desk. It sports the LCD monitor model with a screen hanging on a VESA mount rail that can be bent 15 degrees for easy presentation, incorporated keyboard and mouse tray on the main projection and programmable numeric combination lock.

Available in three shares i.e. walnut, cherry and maple, the model is available in two different sizes.

Large: 36″ (W) x 26″ (L) priced at $1,199
Small: 28″ (W) x 20″ (L) priced at $1,129

There is no dearth of intelligent and revolutionary PC mods and the very mention of another one hitting the market makes me wonder about the PC modder behind it. Thanks to their level of creativity and utter enormity of their extravagance in their ardor to overhaul those lackluster rectangular boxes (otherwise called conventional PC cases). The case in point today is The Reflection HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer) by Wolverine. It offers a stable combination of required hardware and other technical specks. Its powerhouse consists of an AMD 4850E dual core processor, 2GB Corsair memory, two Seagate Barracuda ST31000340AS HDDs plus a Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon USB LCD.

Aren’t these features sufficed to categorize it amongst Home Theater PC? Once installed, it would surely rule your living room and mar the sundry thingamajig sporting there.

Via GizmoWatch/ TecheBlog

Acme Portable, an established name in the industry of portable chassis, systems was very much in the news at the ongoing Computex 2008 from June 3-7, 2008. Its latest offering of ‘GTS370,’ a triple-monitor portable PC comes with built-in 3x 17” TFT LCD display with a 1280x 1024 resolution. This all-in-one design rugged portable computer is equipped with a Notebook type 87-key Keyboard and touchpad and a detachable 3x 3.5″ SATA HDD plus 1x Graphic expansion module and anti-reflection tempered strengthen glass protection LCD monitor.

The PC comes with a supplementary carrying bag and did I tell you the PC case is layered with an aluminum alloy with rubber corners. With no information about price, Aving has managed to get few shots of this innovative model that is anticipated to be commercial soon.

Interesting looks:

Lately covered Ego lifestyle’s diamond notebooks created a buzz that their desire to enjoy the monopoly in the luxury market of notebooks became apparent. But little was anyone aware that they sooner they have to face a tough competition. Offering other range of revolutionary models, stands Singulum, the german manufacturer engaged in development and designing of deluxe notebook cases.

With notebooks cases designed using high quality wood and keyboards bathed in 24 carat solid gold, their collection is priceless. Its artistic design matches well with superior tech specs detailing core-2-duo-processor, Windows Vista, Ethernet, DVD recordable plus a 15.4inch screen, thereby exemplifying the perfect blend of design and engineering.

Singulum is designed using a singular block of wood with every piece undergoing a special fabrication tool. Before I happen to skip, the case, ivory and golden keys are all hand-built. For sure, every single model aims at calming down the high-end wishes of hi-tech customers who values design.

Interesting models:

Working from home has its own pros and cons. While it allows you to work at your ease, there is a possibility that you may find yourself bed-stricken may be after carrying on with that routine for couple of months. Not wanting for that situation to arouse, here comes a designer yet functional bedding for your computers/notebooks called Computer Desk that respects your comfort as well. It assures an absolute balancing of your laptop on knees while watching TV or chewing bites at the same time.

Besides this Brain Heater from Gearlog reports that it comes equipped with built-in 2.1 speaker system and cooling fans. Pictured above is a reflection of how you would look while enjoying the company of your notebook in your bed. The desk maker states that it is compatible with Win98 SE, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista, and MAC OS9/OSX.

I wish King Tutankhamen would have been alive today (may be for a while) so that he can take the honor getting buried in this extraordinary PC case mod stimulated by his famed self. Developed and designed using 68 pounds of hand-hewn sandstone tiles, wherein rooted clusters of turquoise, calcite, lapis lazuli, coral and cornelian glitters invite attention. The EgyptMod PC is an offering by Chris Kramer that relies heavily upon the antique Egyptian graphics and is imprinted with obscure hieroglyphs and festooned with phony trinkets to provide it an entire magnificence enjoyed by an ancient ruler.

Folks, it can be seen as the first incursion into the embryonic Egyptpunk DIY association. If you haven’t realized its worth until now, then the fact that 200 hours of manual labor have been invested on its craftsmanship says a lot for the creation of this fine specimen!

Via TechieDiva/ Technabob

We have been covering magnificent to minuscule forms of computer but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have ventured into a different domain to develop a device called ‘mind-reading’ computer. Hoping to be a fully functional mind-reading machine, it aims at predicting the activity prototype a brain tends to create for a specific word, hence offering a better indulgence of how and where brain stores facts. They are also hoping that the mechanism would enable them improve treatments for language chaos and learning disabilities.

Around nine volunteers have taken the initiative to undergo this training process. They were provided with 58 words and were asked to enquire about the connotation and value of the words. As a part of the process, brain scans were done via magnetic resonance imaging, thereby capturing their thinking process amidst different words.

Then the computer was assigned with two new words and images and was anticipated to pair them up correctly, which finally happened. Tom Mitchell, leading then study disclosed the next step is to test brain motion for idioms rather than individual words.

Via ComputerWorld