15 Offbeat Computer Designs
These creative prototypes take advantage of flexible, foldable screens, unusual designs, and materials that can mold themselves into new shapes.
Mark Sullivan, PC World
Braille Meets the Digital Age
Odds: 3 to 1
Get hands-on with Siafu, a PC designed to give sight-challenged people a more intuitive computing experience. It lays flat like a tablet and allows the user to interact with it by touch. The surface of Siafu utilizes a "conceptual material" called magneclay, which can morph upward into any shape. This means that Siafu can generate infinitely refreshable Braille and then display it in a book format. Siafu also has the ability to display images as a three-dimensional relief, allowing blind computer users to experience digital images and graphic layouts for the first time.
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