MacHappens » Al SiO2 http://machappens.com Mac and apple related articles, product concepts, interesting links, and web tinkering. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:43:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Apple Tablet Right Under our Noses http://machappens.com/2009/12/26/apple-tablet-right-under-our-noses/ http://machappens.com/2009/12/26/apple-tablet-right-under-our-noses/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:10:44 +0000 MacHappens http://machappens.com/?p=316 tablet2.jpg

Apple has a history of subtly introducing design elements in both software and hardware that eventually end up defining cutting edge industrial design.

AlSiO2 (not plastic) MacTouch please.

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This concept drawing is from our 2007 Al SiO2 series.
Also from the series, the Aluminum and Glass MacBook concept.

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The Mac

The Mac (a folding tablet, and an addition to the Apple Al SiO2ification series) uses Apples modern design and Multi-Touch technologies to bring a vision of the 1987 Knowlege Navigator concept to life.

The Mac Folding

Aluminum and glass construction
OLED display (video/photo capture capable)



Apple Knowlege Navigator Concept Video

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An email (including the image below) perks my interest.. as was intended.

WWDC 2008 “A landmark event. In more ways than one… Everything Mac. Everything iPhone. San Francisco, June 9-13, 2008.”

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This leads me to think that either a divergence or synergy is about to happen. Apple, a long proponent of single devices for single purposes, seems to be swaying the way of convergence lately.

I for one think a tablet would be cool, though I’m really in the mood for a Mac version of the Eee PC.

Here it is.

9″ Wider Widescreen
Aluminum and Glass
Built in cellular wireless (AT&T I’m sure)
iChat updated to include VoIP service
Touch screen (optional)
Yadda, Yadda

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]]> http://machappens.com/2008/03/21/everything-mac-everything-iphone/feed/ 0 Aluminum and Glass Apple Stream http://machappens.com/2007/11/25/aluminum-and-glass-apple-stream/ http://machappens.com/2007/11/25/aluminum-and-glass-apple-stream/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:40:03 +0000 MacHappens http://machappens.com/2007/11/25/aluminum-and-glass-apple-stream/ Aluminum and GlassThis inclusion in the Al SiO2 series, isn’t even an existing Apple Product. While it does look exactly like a Photoshoped iPod touch…., in distorted reality it is so much more.

After a fruitless search for a mobile, streamlined way to extend the storage capacity of the iPhone and iPod touch (without nand soldering or time travel skills), the *Apple Stream concept is born.

The Apple Stream is a mobile WiFi content server, the same size as the iPod touch.

You connect to it as you would any wireless network, and navigate the content through a built in website. The advantage is that this battery powered network is in your backpack or pocket.

This solution enables all rich internet devices to extend their capacity.

The Stream has varous storage capacities, and can also connect to an external drive for limitless storage.

*If apple ever did offer a device like this, it would retrieve and integrate the content automatically… with your favorite Apple branded device.

I prefer the open content idea, though I’m not a billionaire either.

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While QuickTime is not a physical product like a Mac or an iPod, I can not think of any Apple software more deserving of Al SiO2ification

Download Aluminum and Glass QuickTime Mac OS X Leopard ready alternate icon.
Aluminum and Glass

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Aluminum and GlassThe renovated Apple tv.

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Glass top
Black anodized aluminum
11mm thin
All in one cable
Portable hard drive

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The Mac mini is by far the simplest Mac in the Apple Al SiO2ification series.

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Aluminum and Glass
Glass top
1″ thin

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to be Al SiO2ized.

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Black anodized aluminum
Glass display
Flip down hidden connectors
Built-in WiMax

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after getting the Al SiO2 treatment.



First up Apples cinema display.

Black anodized aluminum
Glass display
Integrated iSight
Integrated Apple Remote receiver
(bringing front row to every mac)

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