Fast forward to the future and you get the concept of painting your entire body with a specially formulated ink, where your gestures, movements and touch will enable you to communicate with various electronic devices directly. This technology enables such special paint to be applied to one's body using a brush, stamp or spray, where said paint functions as a medium that sends information from a person to another, and even transmit data from a person to a computer or power small LEDs if you prefer. Too bad it is limited to just simple applications like switching and data transfer that do not sip as much power as you'd expect. Guess this is some sort of whacked out electronic tattoo, so to speak.

As more and more countries start to outlaw smoking in public, those who love lighting up tend to find it harder and harder to enjoy a smoke apart from their own homes. The FRESH concept sides with the smokers as it is an open smoking booth, where this "bubble" will target airport terminals by filtering smoke air and releasing fresh air instead. A cylindrical glass ash bin with a metal top is located in the middle to keep things neat and tidy. All smoke will be filtered by the arm top where low-pressure air is generated, and the “air wall” will help retain smoke within. The purified fresh air is a result of the FRESH concept, where it will be sent out to the center of the booth from the lower part of the arm.

Who doesn't like to knock back a drink or two, especially after a long drawn day at the office? Well, there's a new phone concept known as Cheers that is shaped after a bottle or flask that normally contains some strong alcoholic beverage, and works on the basis of alcohol fuel cell. According to the concept description, "The cork not only keeps the battery inside the device, but also works as a button and the navigation wheel." As with many other modern devices these days, the Cheers' surface is made up of a continuous touchscreen display, and hopefully it will be made out of some fingerprint resistant material. This definitely won't materialize into a real device anytime soon though.

Respirator masks that we see on airplanes and in hospitals won't hold a candle to anything where design is concerned, but Elijah Stillson has made an art form out of it with the Respirator Mask Design. This design will take into account the contours around the human head, where it is inspired by natural forms such as fish gills (minus the slime, of course). Filters have been cleverly repositioned to make sure they do not get in the way of the user's field of vision, while safety levels have been improved by playing around and re-balancing the weights. The mask itself comes with an integrated filter cartridge which is closed whenever the respirator is not being worn to further extend the filter’s life.

Most coaches do carry their trademark clipboard with a whistle slung around their neck as they discuss plays and strategy with the rest of the team, but why not bring that clipboard to the 21st century as with the E-Ink Electronic Coach Playboard concept? It relies on E-Ink technology for superior battery life, and it works equally well with strategies for multiple games like baseball, basketball, football and soccer among others. You will find pre-loaded templates of the field/court, letting you draw with just your pinky once it is loaded up. All instructions can be reviewed and replayed as long as you want to, till the athletes get the big picture ingrained in their heads for that winning masterstroke.

There is just something magical about seeing something levitate as us humans are often fascinated by the unusual, and this levitating projector will definitely elicit plenty of gasps and wonder from whoever looks at it, but too bad that won't happen anytime soon since it is but a concept. We guess the floating ball will be able to rise or fall in space, letting your projection be even more flexible. In addition, it actually comprises of a series of microprojectors, letting multiple images to be displayed to and from multiple angles.

Water consumption can be quite tricky when it comes to different households that have their own priorities. Some people can't be bothered to fix a leaking faucet, while others will look for every opportunity to recycle water. The Measuring Consumption water sprayer targets those who love spending their time in the garden, as it will keep a reading of just how much water you have consumed each time the water sprayer is used in order to toe the line when you've passed the average 80 gallon mark for each day. Hopefully designer Tobin Spann will be able to turn his idea into reality in due time.

Now here's a design that will definitely go down well with those who are less able-bodied in getting around - the Elevating Wheelchair concept that is smart enough to alternate between sitting and standing modes. This electric-powered wheelchair could also turn into a vehicular concept in the far future, but in the meantime we hope that some medical firm will take a look into its schematics and conjure a real-life prototype, giving greater mobility and freedom of movement to the physically disabled.

What looks like tall vases that flank the TV are actually Altec Lansing OMNI speakers which boasts heavy construction to ensure lesser vibrations and superior sound quality. Each of these speakers will hold a woofer, a mid-range speaker and a tweeter located on the top. They'll co-exist peacefully with one another since they're shielded via a ceramic plate, while the cone that sits atop each speaker will help distribute any sound that comes out from it in an equal manner. Now, to get the folks at Altec Lansing interested in Nuno Teixeira's design...

Note that this is a concept, not an actual product.

Telecom giant Orange has come up with a concept solar tent that will debut at this year's Glastonbury music festival in the UK. Needless to say, this is pretty much a self-explanatory concept that helps juice up devices plugged within the solar tent without the need for any power generators apart from a generally sunny day. Just in time for summer too, if you ask us. Hopefully this is one concept that will be mass produced.

Never mind that this concept does not need a piece of the Allspark to come alive as you can always take the Oven Re-Constructed and whip up a delicious meal of your own. The cooktop surface comprises of a series of plates, where you can cook on them just like any other induction surface although they can also be arranged into a cube. We don't know when Ciprian Frunzeanu's will ever make it to the real world, but it is good thinking if one wants to maximize space and energy efficiency.

Designer Wilson Song has come up with a new way for portable gaming with this new wristwatch-style device that is also capable of holding a pen and a pair of earbuds that are clipped intuitively into the back panel, featuring a giant display up front with a durability equal to those slap-bracelets from the 1980s, since you can also do the same thing with this. Controls are achieved via motion-capture capability, while a camera behind will gauge where your thumbs and feet are. Guess it will take a gazillion years before this becomes reality.

Nice to see the power of imagination is still alive - frequent travelers do grapple with fitting in their power supplies and plugs into limited luggage space, and those who use UK plugs tend to suffer more than others due to the sheer size (relatively speaking). One designer decided to take matter into his own hands, reimagining them into the folding plug concept that measures a mere 1cm thin when collapsed, although it takes but a moment to fold out for action. There is no word or plans to put this concept into production, although the sheer simplicity and convenience make it an extremely suitable candidate.

Nice to know that designers have yet to run dry of ideas, with the Magnet Liteon phone being the latest design by Tryi Yeh that harnesses the power of the sun thanks to solar panel cells that help convert the sun's energy gathered to electricity in order to keep the generous OLED display and phone powered. We say it is a fair number of years before such technology is perfected - after all, the yields of solar panels these days aren't exactly stellar. The magnet within the handset will allow the user to alter the structure of panel according to their whims and fancies.