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Tuesday 30 April 2013

LAPTOUCH: A CONCEPTUAL LAPTOP FOR CREATIVE MINDS


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LapTouch: a conceptual laptop for creative minds
By Donna Taylor,
Gizmag, 29 April 2013.

Einstein famously maintained that a cluttered desk is a sign of a brilliant mind. However, for many modern designers the desk is not just messy but is also jammed with a mandatory array of PCs, laptops, screens, tablets, and more. French designer Amir Labidi has developed a laptop concept dubbed the “LapTouch” for the creative community, with the specific aim of consolidating design functions and reducing desktop congestion.

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The LapTouch concept is targeted at the creative community.

As a daily user of a graphics tablet and computer, Labidi says the concept was derived from the difficulty he found positioning a tablet and PC together to be able to press keys while using the pen. These issues, coupled with carrying a separate laptop and graphics tablet on the move, formed the notion of designing a laptop with a built-in graphics tablet.

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The large touchpad would also serve as a graphics tablet that features specific touch-sensitive scroll
and zoom buttons, to save moving to the keyboard to activate commands.

Though hybrid touchpad laptop models are already available, Labidi’s concept for the LapTouch is aimed at a specific market. The large touchpad also serves as a graphics tablet that features specific touch-sensitive scroll and zoom buttons, to save moving to the keyboard to activate commands. In addition, the touch pad is designed as a removable shell that can be turned to the preferred side.

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The concept includes a rotating screen that you can draw on directly in tablet fashion.

Labidi hopes that if the new Panasonic tablet or Wacom Cintiq prove to be beyond your price range, then his idea may meet tactile drawing requirements in a cost-effective manner should the concept be realized.

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The LapTouch concept has been successfully shared on the social networks and is currently under
application to obtain a patent.

With its good looks and bundled features, the LapTouch concept has been shared on social networks and is currently undergoing a patent application. There is still much to resolve, and the concept’s multiple components alongside the significant processing power to run the design software may prove costly to manufacture.

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The concept was derived from difficulties found positioning a tablet and PC together to facilitate
continually moving to press keys whilst using the pen.

For the time being at least, the creative world will have to stick to a cluttered desk and its suggestion of a brilliant mind.

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The touch pad is designed as a removable shell that can be turned to the preferred side.

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The screen can flip in a similar manner to hybrid laptop touchpads currently on the market.

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The concept's sleek looks should appeal to the design community.

All images: Amir Labidi

Article Source: Amir Labidi via Iam Architect

Top image: The LapTouch concept. Image: Amir Labidi.

[Post Source: Gizmag. Edited. Top image added.]



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