A computer you can carry under your arm like a stylish, rolled-up yoga
mat? Why not, says the Rolltop design company, currently in the process
of obtaining partners, investors and manufacturers for its new computing
innovation.
Form and function both seem to be on display with the Rolltop 2.0
concept, an improvement on earlier work by the same company and one that
seems poised to take the ever-shrinking laptop market by storm. The
idea here is that the Rolltop can be - you saw this coming - rolled up
and carried around using a shoulder strap just as if you were on your
way to the gym or were pretending to be so that everyone in the park
could see how "fit" you were.
When you want to use the Rolltop, the
plan is for it to simply be rolled out, each segmented section giving
enough strength and with enough room for electronic components that the
flattened version resembles an actual laptop. The center tube of the
roll itself is then used as a charging cable dock and has an AC adapter
at the top so that it can take advantage of any local outlet source of
power. In addition, the "base", as it is known, contains a web camera,
speaker, an Internet connection port and USB ports.
Using full touchscreen technology, the Rolltop itself is actually one
large screen that can be made to function as a keyboard with monitor or
as a 17" flatscreen for watching movies or as a drawing tablet.
The back
of the Rolltop also features a stand to use when the fullscreen aspect
of the device is being used, with the overall aim of the making the
Rolltop the ultimate all-in-one laptop system.
As mentioned above, the company is
currently seeking partners and investors and if they get the right
people with the right money, this thing could easily take off. The size
of components currently on the market means that designing a segmented
laptop as described should not pose a challenge and so long as it can be
made to work seamlessly as shown, the Rolltop could be a massive hit.
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