The Internet at Your Fingertips, Literally

Concept designs are always a lot more exciting than the technology available to us now like this concept by Tokyo-based Mac Funamizu. The see-through tablet pictured here incorporates a camera, a scanner, GPS, and connects to the Internet in order to serve as a handy reference guide to the world.

You simply hold up the tablet to any object you want to know more about, and once the device recognizes it, it displays all the details you need on the screen. The designer says it can be used to learn about a car model, an insect's name, food served at a restaurant, or to find the meaning of a word in the newspaper. It's definitely a great way to learn more about the world around you

In the image here, the designer shows us how the see-through tablet can be used to acquire an address and maybe a phone number simply by highlighting a certain floor in a building. The device acquires such details using Internet-based applications like Google Earth, Wikipedia, and perhaps a business directory combined with an image search. This particular design has definitely captured the blogosphere's imagination, and we hope it's only a matter of time before the Internet is literally at our fingertips.

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