An aircraft that resembles a Sports Car! Thanks to ICON for unveiling A5 Folding Plane that would cost you a sum equivalent to a Maserati ($139,000). Expected to be commercialized by 2010, the two-seater lightweight airplane comes with folding wings (making it easing for you to install in your garage) and seat belt-like parachutes (offering you the accessibility to keep the whole thing down to the ground). It sports a high-strength, lightweight carbon fiber airframe and is motorized by a steadfast, 100-hp Rotax 912 and can fly at a speed of 120 mph.

Other specks detail an innate, sports car-like arena with MP3 port, and an amphibious design with retractable hallway gear for flying off land. It is inviting pre-orders at a refundable amount of $5,000 deposit.

Via LikeCool/ Deluxe

Japan is known for production of gadgets especially robots but lately I realized that the country cannot sit at rest when it comes to luxury bathing. Whilst beginning this year, I introduced you to the Bandai bubble bath for a rich douse and today enhancing the experience comes LED starry bath in a Jupiter-shaped planetarium. This luxury bathtub coming from Sega Toys gets to its job the minute you dim the lights and the HomeStar projects features underwater scenes, or even roses all over you, the walls, and any bath time companion. The bathtub is retailed at 7,000 yen and I warn you before you assume that the bathtub is complemented with a Japanese Chic.

Via Gizmodo/ImpressWatch/ TokyoMango

As conveyed we are here with our first set of “Elite Scan: Top 11″ series targeted at concept-based products. With the surging number of concepts demanding visibility here, it seems logical to call my blog conceptblog.org at times but in the interest of consistency we prefer to stay with elitechoice.org. After spending minutes at the coverage done for concept-based products, we chose to initiate with the same and bring forth the futuristic concepts that may be a dream for many but has a potential to touch reality if provided with blood and flesh.

Here we go:

11) No-Key Keyboard Concept by Kong Fanwen
They say lights, camera, action but I realized the need of amendment in this idiom. It should be Lights, Camera, Glass…Action. Called “No-key Keyboard,” is a revolutionary creation by Kong Fanwen that features glass surface camera and lighting. Seemingly perfect substitute, the QWERTY keyboard is currently a concept now, which if happens to access the latest motion capture technology would allow your fingers fretfully pick just the ideal smiley for your online teasing.

10) The Piano Computer Concept
The designer concept of the Piano Computer by Adam Huffman aims at featuring a built-in computer table that appeals no less than a piano figure. With wiring veiled proficiently, one wonders if it comes equipped with folding display.

9) Lipstick-Shaped Camera Concept by Curventa
For fashionistas, an established design studio named Curventa has designed a compressed Fashion Camera concept that if happens to turn reality would be capable of reskining the easily available digicams by overhauling the technology. Compact like a lipstick, the camera can easily be accommodated in your designer handbag and sports flexible OLED touch screen display, wireless charging and incorporated DLP projector

Revolutionary Cannondale Urban Bikes
Now bikes may also now get an iPod Dock upgrade. News isunderstanding the expectations of the geeks’ to ride on a vehicle that generates geeky vibes, Cannondale bikes has associated with D-TANK Design Development firm to develop bikes that come equipped with features detailing rear-view camera, an I-Pod connector and others. As a result, three concepts formed by D-Tank include MetroPolite, Trend and Radical.

7) Cobalt Pocketwatch Concept
Creating a hullabaloo is a cobalt pocket watch gadget concept that even shuns the need of a cell phone. Whilst today, wristwatches are replaced by mobile phones and within no time you might see the existence of cell phones marred by a watch again with a difference. Presently a concept, it features a default screen with small computer inside reflecting time, date, warmth, and updates on voicemail, email and SMS.

6) Pacer Suit Or Mobile Human Musical Workstation
Imagine a crisis situation when all the preparations’ for throwing a gala party are done and during the party there is a major power cut that even your arranged permutations and combinations fail to recover. Huhhh.…..no DJ and imagine a party without music. But within few years you can have a ready solution to this problem as the creative minds are at work and have calculated the possibility of playing music independently even when music stations choose to be off. This could be possible via a pacer suit concept that claims to turn your electrical motions into sound effects. If the team behind it work hard to make it functional then the day is not far away when human beings would be known as mobile musical stations.

5) Mobile Touchscreen Tablet Concept by Mac Funamizu
You must have heard about Touchscreen PC but have you ever dared to add the feel of ‘mobility’ to it? Well, that’s not everybody’s job as well. Japanese concept designer Mac Funamizu took it as a challenge and has urbanized a thin touch screen mechanism that comes with built-in camera, scanner, WiFi, Google Maps and search. All you need to do is to grasp this contemporary gadget to any place and point towards the viewfinder to receive the detailed information about that particular geography or product.

4) Contemporary Kitchen Concept
Here I take the honor of introducing you to the threesome awesome from China i.e. Cheng He, Liu Quang Kui and Zhou Dong for unveiling before us the possibility of ultra-modern kitchen, which is for now just a concept. Featuring a cupboard adaptable to double-deck rotator structure, it is capable of revolving 180° across three major work center of washing, mixing and cooking.

3) WaSnake Shelf Concept Can Tap RSS Feeds, Courtesy Jean Louis Frechin
Good news for bloggers and a bow of respect to Jean Louis Frechin for convincing us with the possibility of developing the WaSnake Shelf that can read News, SMS after picking them from your RSS feeds. So, this clearly kills your worry of logging onto your computer and refreshing your RSS feeds page. Also, it makes you work more on your heels as when offline you can tap the news across the world and can play breaking ones onto your blog within no time.

2) Futuristic Pentouch Desktop Computer
Doing away with all the revolutions in Computer category stands this pen touch desktop computer, a concept that can offer you the privilege to work on a PC that is not only wireless but also doesn’t require any mouse or keyboard. Thanks to input device makers who understands the need of going hi-tech and hence are working on compact tablet PCs with LCD display proficiency to engender more ordinary drafts and writing structure. Also, the enhancement of signal input method and voice recognition software, there is a realistic leeway that you may be happy throwing your dependence upon keyboard and mouse.

1) Digital Kitchen Cutting Board by Nardo
Nardo Design’s a revolutionary digital cutting board for your kitchen aimed at reinventing your stay in kitchen. The built-in yet detachable LCD display, can read the cooking instructions for you, hence enabling you serve a delicious meal and above all allows you o take the entire credit for the skills that you don’t possess. If need be, you can satiate your spontaneous visit of the guests by downloading the recipe of any on-demand dish.

We look forward to your suggestions for our next round of Top11 in Elite Scan series.

Wazz AL by NoDesign. The name may fail to convey anything but this feature-packed bookshelf plays music via interesting control panel. Waaz is a shelf allied to a PC that twofolds as a device for audio dispersion and storing digital music files (MP3). Developed and designed wood, this audio-stereo set sports a 2*30w amplifier, two medium bass loud speakers, a communication system at radio frequency (Wifi) and a detection interface that uses RfiD chips.

Call it a functional device, a piece of furniture, a stereo set or a shelf, Waaz behaves as an interface object that plugs the fissure between irrelevant melody and tracks hoard on physical wires.

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Wazz AL from NoDesign on Vimeo

Via LikeCool

With the word spreading like a virus about the GINA Light Visionary Model, it seems to mark BMWs successful entry in the niche of concept cars. It’s flawless, plastic-coated lycra fabric, can easily be stretched over a metal frame with stirring components, thereby offering shape-shifting properties to the sedan. The outline of the car body can be altered without shredding or slackening the fabric, and the navigation controls, gauges and head support can all be settled into place once you feel comfortable in the car.

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The car is based off a 4.4-liter Z8 with a six-speed mechanical diffusion. The body is consists of four panels i.e. hood, sides and rear and did I tell you the material is water defiant. Concerning the shape-shifting properties involved, the car is accessible to alter things like adding or eliminating a spoiler, or broadening fenders.

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Via LeftLaneNews/ Jalopink

The revolutionary creation of ‘Out-of-Box Workstation’ by the Mumbai-based design team Planet 3 Studios emphasis on the possibility that even a compact piece of furniture can unfold offering a roomy environment for an office desk accommodating not only one but two. It is their designer way to install rooms within a box sporting a workstation with integrated 2 desks, a civilized amount of desktop accessories plus a huge storage space with a facility of placing it anywhere, thanks to its wheeled-walk. Still in progress, the anticipated build price of $2350 (Rs.1, 00,000) gives us hopes that it would be soon available for sale.

Other competitive workstation that is worth considering is myP.O.D by Peter.J.Sucy but for this you need to hold a bit as for now it is just a potential concept. And if you happen to be a DJ, free feel to ink a deal with DJ workstation.

Check out the video of the workstation in action after the jump:

Via LikeCool/ TheDesignBlog

Cycle manufacturer Koga Miyata has offered its latest creation of a million dollar bike especially developed for Dutch cyclist Theo Bos and is hopeful to have an edge in the impending Beijing Olympics. The reports claim that it offers the lowest air resistance in juxtaposition to all the bikes available globally but carries no brakes and rides on one speed. Add to it the super rigid frame that makes it the most “difficult bikes to ride.” Truly it would claim to be the superfast bike ever but not worthy of taking a ride.

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Via Reuters

Italian designer JoeVelluto offered a mechanism comprising of a video performance that could be enjoyed in any position. Called M.A.S.T. (Modulo Abilitativo Sensoriale Transitivo), this Transitive Sensory Living Module is a project commissioned by floor coverings brand Novabell. It gives you an access to enjoy the movie whilst standing, sitting, leaning against the wall or hanging off a pole. So, next time during time crunch you wish to go to nearest movie theatre with seriously uncomfortable seats, take along this theater with you.

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Via Dzeen

If you wish to bring your spinning into the 21st century, then it is possible via the touch screen turntable, a prototype by Scott Hobbs. This revolutionary design allows DJ’s to maneuver music like never before with a cool look and style. Scott Hobbs, a student at Dundee University studying pioneering product design produced the ATTIGO TT touch screen turntables as a part of his senior project. This table offers ultra freedom and dynamism to DJ’s for looping, sampling, and scratching wave forms.

In terms of functionality, it offers a complete access to a computer screen, play list, and more from the touch screen itself. At present, Scoot is looking for producers to partner with. So if anyone has some associations and wish to own one soon then can take a step further in hooking up Scott.

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Final Product // ATTIGO TT from Scott Hobbs on Vimeo

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Till date we have been welcoming futuristic creation of homes by various designers. How about lending attention to Microsoft’s reflection of the “Home of the Future”? A software company took it as an opportunity to create a mock home that fits well the title of technology-driven home for tomorrow. The home erected at their campus in Redmond, Washington is now 15 years old but the topical restoration sports Microsoft’s prophecy of how household electronics and amenities should look and can look in coming years.

Through the mock model, it has been clearly conveyed that everything in this home runs on a central network together with cell phones and even home’s doorbell located as nodes on that network. The entry of family members to the home is easily identified by their mobile devices and hence they receive a warm welcome. Equipped with the RFID factor, virtually everything in this home is embedded with radio-frequency-identification technology. There is also a possibility of installing a system, which understands the need for scattered things to go back where it belongs. At kitchen front, while pulling out the needed appliances and ingredients, the “smart kitchen” can sense what they are about to make and hence helps them by enabling the countertop display the recipe.

But this is not all. In order to maintain its exclusivity, Microsoft’s future home does not consist of walls and surfaces covered with PC monitors and screens.

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