Cynthia Breazeal’s group at MIT came up with a freaky little chick that can really show you how she feels. These are amazing times we live in. Nexi is a Mobile, Dexterous and Social robot that reminds us of AI by Spielberg or iRobot with Will Smith... only Nexi is real. What!!!???? Yeah... We'll let her take it from here:

As in Bricks.
BRIX is a phone. Its entirely touchscreen- no buttons, no knobs, no switches.
BRIX has all the bells and whistles- video, sms, web, bluetooth, blah blah blah.
BRIX was designed by Seokwon Hong.

But BRIX are collaborative, you know, in the way the Zune tries to be. Stick 2 BRIX together and a shared folder is created so you can give your homie some clips and pics. The viewscreen then also expands to cover both BRIX so video and games are bigger. Imagine what you could do if 5 or 6 of your friends brought theirs over to watch the game:

That's sharing the way it should be. Quite simple really. Digital Lego's.

Designer Nuno Teixeira gave us something to really think about this design for an iMac. It uses a curved screen like old movie theaters, on the front and on the back as well as dual webcam's. It would also take advantage of the new Apple innovations in interface design that make the iPhone and Touch so fun and easy to use.

File this under 'Yes please'.

Sure the CD is basically dead. If not now, then tomorrow.
But turntables are still around, and perhaps the great CD player designs will survive the switch to a more digital, digital music. The Beo 9000 for example should make the cut. We believe the same will be true of this concept from Antoine Lebrun & Volkan Akbiyik called The Pandora Alcantara... that is, if its ever gets made. It mixes a bit of the new with the old featuring a remote with a touchscreen and that tilt sensing thing that iPhones do. But the real appeal is just how sexy it really is. Its as hot as an iPhone and get this, its covered in Alcantara, that suede like material that's only used in exotic cars and yachts.