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Honey I fixed the Airpods

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You know, you’d expect Apple of all companies to design something with foresight. The Airpods became a meme on the internet for being by far the most functionally inferior products to leave the Apple headquarters. Headphones without wires? It didn’t take the smartest of us to think, what if they fell off? Even one of the Airpods going missing would render the $150 product useless. Spigen came to the rescue with their $10 Airpod tethers and the internet laughed a little more… but here I am, with by far the most simple and ingenious solution to your Airpod woes. Designed by Ben Ingignieri, the Airpod Securers are the facepalmingly obvious solution we all were looking for. If your headphones are wireless, at least secure them around you ear, right? Thanks, Ben. These Airpod Securers are everything that’s right with today’s world. Tim Cook, give this man a cookie!

Designer: Ben Ingignieri

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When Nature Calls (Differently)

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I’ve noticed a terrible tendency in me of late. I’m in front of my laptop. I’ve got Facebook open. Just then, my hand reaches for my phone, and I habitually unlock it and open Facebook on my mobile. Literally while Facebook is running on my computer in front of me. When this act of absolute obsession dawned on me, I realized what a sucker for gadgetry I had become. The Disconnect alarm is something people like me need. Periodically, it’ll open up and give you a message telling you to put away that slab of electronics and connect with the material world. Strangely enough, it even comes with an app (kinda goes against what it says, doesn’t it?), that allows you to customize Disconnect’s salient features. Well, as long as it gets me to stop taking quizzes on which Hogwarts House is suited for me based on my Starbucks Order… Sheesh!

Designer: Ben Ingignieri

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Less phone, More Touchscreen!

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What’s better than a phone with a curved screen? A phone with screens everywhere! What’s better than having to wear a fitness tracking device to check your medical stats? Having a phone who’s camera can perform a pretty decent bio-scan to check up on your health!

I love conceptual designs. They’re wild, outlandish, and sometimes unrealistic, given today’s tech capabilities. But that’s what pushes technology, to be honest. Nothing gives science a direction more than conceptual designs. If it hadn’t been for Back to the Future, we wouldn’t have spent our lives creating actual working hoverboards! The Touch-Sense is a phone that replaces all conventional modes of interaction one has with a phone… with touchscreens. The volume rocker is a touch screen, the standby button is a touch screen. There’s even a screen on the back, around the camera. The designer’s motive here was to create a phone that uses technology to simplify the phone’s visual design. I’ll be honest, the phone looks like a slab of polished granite now. I am impressed, truth be told.

Remember the fitness tracker simile I used earlier? Well the Touch-Sense has a rear surface that uses appropriate sensors to detect anything from heart-problems, to even skin ailments. The dedicated back screen displays diagnostics, making the phone not just a communication device, but also your own personal doctor of sorts. Now ain’t that just cool?

Designer: Ben Ingignieri

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