Map Projecting Gadget Takes Silver at Design Competition
I’ve learned that when a device wins a design competition, there’s a good reason: elegant design. That does not mean the device is practical or in demand.
Take the Maptor, designed by Jinsun Park and Seonkeun Park of South Korea’s Samsung Art & Design Institute, which received a silver award at the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards organized by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
The not-yet-available tubular device fits in your hand (or hangs around your neck) and projects a map image on any flat surface. The device is battery powered and downloads maps via Bluetooth. And there’s a GPS inside so there’s a “you are here” pin on the map.
- Crave
by Adena Schutzberg on 08/25 at 06:59 AM |
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