We have seen many iPod docking stations and portable speakers, but none stand apart like the concept SRS-V500IP concept design from Sony. A unique blend of a docking station and portable speaker, the SRS-V500IP is a unique iPod dock which houses a cylindrical speaker that is equipped with a "diffuser panel" that spreads the sound in 360 degrees. What is more, the portable speaker is detachable ad can also fit easily in your cars cup holder. This is a great option if your cars stereo doesn’t work. The speaker needs to be recharged by being placed in the docking station or through the car's cigarette lighter.

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So you’ve had a laboriously difficult day at work with your annoying boss doing his usual job of bossing around and yelling down your neck. Relaxation is the need of the hour and all you wish for is to settle into your comfortable sofa at home and listen to some soothing music. Well, the next time you need some relaxation, simply use the Senses, a concept device by designer Raquelly Dias. The Senses basically appeals to your senses like touch, smell and hearing. It works as a massager to soothe your nerves, plays some pretty soft soothing music and lets out an aroma that’s bound to make you relax and rewind. Also, being ergonomically designed, it can easily be adjusted to fit on to your head or nape.

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Ever wondered how senselessly stupid the game your cat plays with that woolen ball is? Your cat can now create some humidity for you playing silly games too! Designer Yuan Gu came up with the Wool Ball Hybrid Humidifier, an eco-friendly energy-saving device, a concept humidifier. The device has two operational modes, one of which is the standard mode wherein you connect the humidifier to a power output to work. The hybrid mode is a lot more fun though. The humidifier also recharges by simply rolling it around. Emitting a sound as it rolls, this one generates energy which in turn is used to create the required humidity. So, just leave the Wool Ball Hybrid Humidifier to your pet, and watch while kitty plays around with it and creates some humidity!

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Is it too hot out there? Have you been wiping the sweat off your brow every few minutes? Is the weather hot enough to bake a cake in? Well, you don’t need to look for a place with a cool interior or simply stay home on a hot summer’s day anymore. This Active Cooling System by designer Jean-Marc Sheitoyan will make sure you stay cool, on the move. The system in short reduces the human body temperature to make the temperature of the environment a bit more bearable. It was developed with a design team at Mawashi Protective Clothing Inc. Besides just being a cooling agent to keep us cool in hot environments, this one could work well in keeping soldiers cool in hot arid desert areas where they are required to wear heavy camouflages that tend to heat up.

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Increasing population and shortage of space is causing designers to give up their conventional thinking and come up with space saving and space efficient designs. This need for utilizing space especially in compact homes is reflected from designer Nicolas Hubert’s entry for the Electrolux Design Lab 2010 contest. His entry is dubbed the External Refrigerator. He was inspired to come up with this concept design after spending two years in northern China where food is kept on balconies in the winter to save space and energy. The External Refrigerator can be directly fixed on the outside wall of residential buildings. During cold seasons and at night, the low external temperatures provide the right climate for items in the fridge while during warmer weather; the sun is used to transform light into energy through solar panels. The designer says this concept will not only help save space but also energy making it must have creation. The external structure of the fridge is made from Polycarbonate plastic and the door features a capacitive-sensing touch screen.

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Chess is a game of skill and strategy. While many designers have given this game of skill an aesthetic makeover, designer Samantha Oliveria has given this game a high-tech touch. By developing the concept Touchscreen Chess Board, the designer has beautifully given the game a futuristic feel. Just use the board like any touch interface to move your various players. Since the designer has not provided us any information, we can only guess the features of this board from the various images.

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The revolution in portable music systems is here. Although just a concept, the Eco Ball is sure to start a new trend in the music systems manufacturing industry. As its name suggests the unique Eco Ball is designed in shape of a ball. Brainchild of designer Pedro Gomes, it rolls into our hearts with its fun design. A sustainable solution for portable sound system, the Eco Ball is easily charged by solar energy. A beautiful creation, the Eco Ball is a symbol of our relation with music; the Eco Ball conveys the designer’s message that music is a part of everyone’s life from childhood to old age. Just like music has accompanied us everywhere through the ages, this Eco ball will be our constant companion playing tunes whenever we want.

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Plastic money, the credit and debit cards we’ve been using since the last decade, might soon go outdated, making way for digital money instead. For now, digital money exists in external bank accounts, and to access it, we use plastic cards. Shortly in future, problems of connectivity and accessibility using plastic cards as identification will be a thing of the past. In today’s world, the fastest transaction is through cash. In the future, digital money will be used with digital wallets, like the one designed by Fredrik Palmblad. And unlike plastic cards, just incase you run short of money, you can connect these electronic wallets to others, to transfer funds.

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With his unique creation, the Loopy, designer Phillip Grass from Denmark has shown just what contemporary furniture is all about. Defying all conventional norms of seating furniture pieces, the Loopy is a unique chair that is whose shape resembles a loop. Flaunting a striking yellow color, this looping seat is made from styrene foam and fiberglass. The finishing touches are provided by a sleek yellow paintjob. Overall a striking piece of furniture, it will definitely be the showstopper no matter where it is placed.

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I am fan of wristwatches, so every time I come across a new concept for a wristwatch, I have to stop to watch. The latest concept wristwatch design to have stopped me in my tracks is dubbed the Nike+ Amp Remote Watch and has been designed by Scott Wilson. The unique watch like its name suggests, features various controls that allow you to operate the entertainment system in your home. A unique, high-tech watch, since no information is provided we are left to assume its features. From the images its features seem to be controlling and operating the entertainment system. The LED grid shows playback control feedback in the picture, and also displays the time.

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You certainly don’t need to hold the camera at your hip anymore, if you’re spying on a moving target or simply love photographing moving subjects who’re unaware of your presence. Holding a camera to our hip and precalculating the focusing distance while snapping away is the task of a professional. Not if you use designer Yaniv Berg's DSLR camera concept though, designed specifically for shots like these. The camera uses a periscope-like form factor that forgoes the usual brick-and-cylinder body of the DSLRs we come across today. The only issue with this design is, old time camera professionals who’ve been using their cameras designed to confirmed standards, will find the ruling out of eye-level photography annoying and intimidating.

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Davy Jones from the Pirates of the Caribbean would probably love sticking his tentacles into this organ, and would probably dump his old five tired one into the sea! The instrument, called a hydraulophone, requires a user to put his fingers on tiny water jets and produces a soothing, organ-like music, is shaped like a fish. You don’t need to pass the grades of a music school to play this one. It requires no amount of skill or practice whatsoever, though the results, in the form of music, are indeed gratifying. So what if the guitar’s just too difficult and the drumsticks keep flying from your hands! The hydraulophone could be your instrument of choice after all! Resembling a large flute with water flowing thru it instead of air, this instrument has 12 holes, each spewing a jet of water, while users block each hole to play a chord.

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Giving an out of this world look to your regular planters are Tend Living and Jason Xavier Lane of Bells & Whistles who have collaborated on the unique project dubbed, the Golly Pods. These unique pots for plants have defied the conventional rules of design for planters and appeal to buyers with their unique space age designs. These modern sculptural planters and terrariums are definitely a class apart. The prototypes are made in wood after which they are cast in ceramic.

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Alzheimer's patients need the constant love, care and attention from those around them, especially the person they are most attached to, a caring partner. And for this, communication is necessary. It is a known fact that those affected by Alzheimer's don't lose their memories, but just their capacity to reach them. And communicating with a person stricken with this ailment doesn’t get any better than with the use of music. With Transcendental Tunes, you can do just that, picking up a piece of music that connects the patient with you, storing it in a jewelry type digital device that connects to a vintage-looking audio devise with an RFID antenna. The memory device is basically a translucent gem like piece while the audio device uses no knobs, screens or any other sci-fi gadgetry whatsoever, keeping it simple and clean.

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Iceland's pylon design competition has been known to astonish the world with their creative overdoses and mind-boggling imagination. This year too the entry that’s created waves in the competition but unfortunately isn’t the winning entry is "Land of Giants" project. This project did emerge as a winner in 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award. The idea of the design competition was a new typology for Iceland's high voltage power lines and pylons. Their designer version of pylons transforms those humdrum pylons into larger-than-life pieces of art.

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