Again technology at its best. I have never seen such thing before. How about taking whole computer in your pocket all the time. This ball predicts the future of computing. You might have seen many things like this but the unique feature of this ball is that when it is closed, no one can guess that whole computer is hidden inside this ball. When you will open it, you will find a complete set of display screen, virtual keyboard and a mouse.
This ball is known as E-Ball and its design is given by Apostol Tnokovski. He was trying to create the smallest PC in the world when he came across this idea.
It is shaped like a sphere because in Tnokovski’s opinion this is the best shape in nature and it draws everybody’s attention.
E-Ball will feature a dual core processor, 250-500GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, integrated graphic card and sound card, 2 x 50W speakers, HD-DVD recorder, wireless optical mouse and laser keyboard, LAN and WLAN card, modem, Web cam and integrated LCD projector.
Also, the E-Ball PC supports a paper holder and the paper sheet on the holder could act like a screen where you can watch movies or something. This concept PC will measure 160mm in diameter and it was designed for Microsoft Windows OS, sorry about the others. For the moment there is no word on pricing or when it’s going to be available, however, I am sure that everybody would like to see a small spherical PC like this one.
hmmm well the laser keyboard if out
and the mini projector is out
this invention… WHY NOT?!
This is a CONCEPT DESIGN, and yet you talk about it as if it’s in development. These pictures were done by an artist, not an engineer, and not anyone with any affiliation with any computer corporation. The specs don’t mean anything, it would be the same if I drew a picture of a car and told you it could go 500MPH and got 100MPG.
Also, as pretty as it is, this is just an impractical design. Some Macs have used rounded designs, and they have poor heat dissipation and much space is wasted. I believe portable computers will stay flat for quite a while.
I looked into a bit more, and these designs were made for this competition:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/may07/05-15NextGenPC.mspx
In which he did not place.
Spheres fit really nicely into your pocket, and stack very well with things… Oh wait.
Look like a bomb…lolz
Very strange PC I’ve ever seen before!
Thanks for sharing!
I don’t see a problem with the design. There are short throw pocket projectors on the market that could be built into an orb like this. Similarly there are keyboards like the one shown in the prototype examples that are already on the market. If people doubt that a full PC could fit in that then they are sadly behind in the world of eeePC technology.
I think it would work. But the sphere shape isn’t very portable. but just imagine an iphone with a laser keyboard and a projector, and a 5mp camera. Those days are coming.
@Jesse Cluster
The smallest projector in the world (made by Sony) is about the size of that entire design, and has a throw about 20 times as long. Also, if you’ve ever used one of those “laser” keyboard, you would know that they are pretty much just a gimmick, being hard to use and not practical at all.
Funnily enough, I’m using an EEE right now. Besides the projector an probably the DVD drive, this design is definitely achievable, I never said anything to the contrary, it’s just horribly impractical.
This is such a stupid piece of technology (not that it will probably ever be released). It has a projector onto a wall, pretty close, limiting where you can actually have it, and the fact the picture wouldn’t be very clear. Theres also the fact, that due to the fact you cannot feel the keys, most people (specifically people who can touch type) would want a real keyboard. Plus its completely limited to where you could use it. It would have to be on a completely horizontal table (kind of fair enough), but it would have to be the absolute correct distance from a plain wall, otherwise it wouldn’t be bright enough, and the image would get blurry, or it would just be too small. In the end, its clearly flawed, and the fact that it would be so totally unreasonably priced, it would be just as hopeless as the Apple III (if you don’t know about it, google it)
wow…….
Really creative design, so we will call it ballbook or ballcom????
Nice idea though. But as we all now it is easier to accomodate a more linear surface that a spheric one. So thats + 1 for laptops. And -1 for this fella. Also the laser keyboard as input means that you have to use it on a smooth surface. Again +1 for laptops and -1 for this one. Nice idea, and the concept of laptop does need to be reinvented. But not like this.
@phaoloo
no man it can be called as lapball……..
hahaha……..lolz
Wow – That is sooo neat!!!
I want one…LOL
Kimberly
FFS, it’s a CONCEPT. No ‘concept design’ ever gets made, and it pisses me off when it’s reported as if they will. This one is more realistic than most, but that only serves to prove how stupid all the other ones are.
Secondly, the designer is retarded. The sphere is the worst possible shape for something like this (except possibly the tetrahedron, thinking about it). It packs and stacks really badly, is difficult to hold, it’s unstable, and all of the components inside will be flat chips on flat circuit boards, and so they will pack really badly on the inside. It will also make it very difficult to have a decent cooling fan.
The keyboard is out….the mini projector is out (nikon camera has its own projector) and if the globe design was turned into a cube design, this would easily be possible….would have tons of use, and would be very cheap to make, you could prob sell one for 1000 dollars and still make a profit.
That and the fact it shows it in his hand… It’s frickin’ huge… Ain’t no way that’s fittin’ in a pocket… Come back when it’s the size of an I-phone/I-touch and can do just as much as this can
It design must be handy…..how it feels to carry around this round computer like a football..
Your hands would get in the way of the laser beams, so you’d block out the keys as you type.
Sorry, David, laser virtual keyboards have been out for ages and work completely fine. Think before you speak.