MacBook Touch concept
This study aim to offer new design and functionality to a touch screen laptop thanks to a flexible semi-rigid hinge.
This touch screen laptop looks like common laptop. It has a screen, a keyboard placed in top position of the base to form a hand rest, a battery, a hinge and communication devices (USB, charging jack...). It is therefore possible to use it as a traditional laptop with the touchpad or mouse. We can also use the touch screen. However, the use of a vertical touch screen is tiring during prolonged use. The wrists are not in a natural position, facing a vertical screen.
It is then possible to continue the rotation of the screen beyond a normal angle, to an almost 360°, so that the laptop become a touch pad. In this configuration, the screen forms an angle of 3° to the base (the slope of a traditional keyboard).
When in tablet configuration, the screen can also be raised a few degrees. Usage is almost the same, the screen is just slightly tilted, which makes the use of the tablet better in certain circumstances.
The base, the hinge and the screen have a equal thickness at the periphery (between 3.5 and 4.5 mm). The thickness required for the disposal of all elements of a laptop (keyboard, hard drive, processor, motherboard, screen ...) is achieved through a curve. In this way, in typical use, based on a table, only a 4.5 mm thickness is perceived.
Designer
olijf.fr
Program
Design a touch screen laptop
Industrial property
Design protected (INPI)
Time-table
Project : october 2011