Somebody has to be the first post, looks like my lucky day... This is my concept for "Green Music" MP3 player. This MP3 player is powered by the heat produced from the human body. This is possible thanks to the scientific advancements in thermoelectric generators.
The fact that the device is powered by your body heat promotes the idea of getting into a physically active lifestyle. Also, the fact that most people use their MP3 player primarily for such physical activities makes a perfect fit for this technology.
Along with music capabilities, this unit will incorporate a 2 way radio feature for activities involving more than one person. Such as snowboarding, bicycling, paint ball, etc... I can also see these features being useful for many other fields such as construction and bicycle patrol police.
The "Green Music" MP3 player consists of two reverse able ear pieces. One ear unit would handle the interface of the music while the other would control the two way radio feature as well as serve as the housing for the system memory and upload (USB) technology. The two headsets would communicate with each other via Bluetooth technology. A possible expansion of this product may be a use for wireless headset for cell phones.
Personalization and establishing an emotional connection with the consumer is important. Therefore an easily customizable part to this product could be the buttons (plastic plates that depresses to push the button sensors underneath). Such as the wood button look shown above. This would allow the consumer to "sport" the gear that lets them express a little something about themselves.
Any suggestions????? PLEASE???
2 comments:
I like the idea of how it powers itself since I've seen this technology placed into watches but not anything that our generation really uses today. The one thing that isn't really a design issue would be how you upload your songs to your device, I've uploaded songs to my RAZR and it's a pain because WMP converts all my MP3s to WMAs and it just takes forever. I'm not to familiar with how iTunes does it but if you try to Udrive it like a flash drive you'll get dummies that wouldn't understand how to do it. Just a thought anyway. Plus I'm wondering how the 2-way will work as to where it's not like a walkie talkie where everyone is on your channel.
Thanks for the feedback Craig. I dont think I will be paying to much attenetion to stating what file types it plays and all that wonderful stuff that usually is a pain. I think iTunes has done a great job with how they sync from PC/Mac to iPod. This device could be iTunes compatable, or have a similar program. As far as the walkie talkie goes, I was thinking that when your group decides to sync their walkie talkies together on one channel, it could be a task where everybody should be near eachother. I have some concept sketches for how this could work. incorporating a touch technology where two devices can touch(or tap) one another and swap information. also im not sure exactly how this works but i kow there are secured radio wave radios. i dont know if it encrypts the channel or what, i will have to find out. Its all good food for thought, thanks Craig!
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