Of all the emotions we go through when playing games, frustration is probably the dominant one. Here, we have a psycological profile of the gamecube come to life. In the fall of 2003, Kathryn Elliot was asked to pick up a product, analyze the intricacies of color involved, then redesign it based on a dominant emotion associated with it. She chose Nintendo’s GameCube, so it was naturally going to depict frustration. She named it the Frustration Game Cube. Or Frube. It’s designed to aggravate, portray and possibly even relieve a player’s frustration, with Frube’s many changes.

To highlight an element of frustration in the color scheme of the gaming device, she colored the GameCube purple and yellow, which are aggressive colors. The shape of Frube further irritates as it will no longer sit on a shelf easily. Some other design changes are asymmetrical position of the front plug-in panel and a jagged cut lid, which makes it difficult to figure out which side opens and how.

Remember when you were a kid and you played with fake phones? Or maybe you played with an imaginary phone, holding two fingers to the side of your head. I have news for you, you didn’t look as ridiculous as this guy.

The Handphone concept makes you look like a borg taking a business call. It sits on your hand, with a few wires and fingers leads, and turns your fingers into a portable cellphone device. You navigate and control the phone using natural gestures and voice commands. For Borg technology, the LCD on this thing is pretty lacking. No wonder Picard kicked their butts.

New phones have all the bells and whistles, but they leave a lot to be desired as far as design and feel. The S-series is just the opposite, combining sleek styling with quality materials in a compact package. Materials like bamboo and black acrylic with Brushed Aluminium Buttons. It makes owning and viewing the phone a joy. That much is obvious from the images alone.

The idea of this phone is to stand out and make a statement. And to do so without cutting out all of the features. All the key features are easily used without having to go out of your way and waste time.

This cell phone concept seems to be imitating the Wii, as it’s all about attachments. Which makes for a very interesting device. Cuusoo has produced a concept that’s practical and well designed. Japan-based designer Marimo-san created the concept.

It’s a cell phone that would allow the user to remove the screen of the phone, allowing video phone calls on the go. Marimo-san has several versions of what various attachments might look like, including a widescreen PC-style to dual screen video viewer. It’s an idea that might speed up the convergence of the PC and the cell phone, so who knows, we may actually see this one in the marketplace.

I’d like to officially say that this device is the last egg straw. There seems to be an overabundance of egg themed gadgets lately, and I think we might be abusing the whole egg thing. There’s the egg phone, wobbly egg speakers, even the egg mouse to name just a few. You gadget creators are driving me crazy with the eggs already!

Now for the latest…egg. The Egg Speaker Charger Concept device functions as a pair of satellite speakers when ‘hatched’ open, with its base functioning as a subwoofer. The base will also double as a dock for a compatible MP3 player, charging your device through induction.

I just found myself back in 1984, but in an alternate reality. If I can I’m gonna stay awhile, cause this redesigned NES kicks all kinds of ass. Look at those curves. The controllers look like delicious and super sexy candy bars.

You can thank Javier Segovia, a digital artist from Spain, for this magnificent bit of eye candy. This is his vision of an updated, redesigned Nintendo Entertainment System. Appropriately, he calls it reNESED. Oh yeah. Several geeks have just wet themselves and have become drooling vegetables.

The Cerva MC08 is an oval-shaped concept transport vehicle that almost looks like it sports an evil laughing face in front. It’s designed for use as a car, motorcycle, a jet plane and even a submarine. It was designed by a team of designers including Michal Cerva, Jiri Bicik, Jana Kunstova, Marketa Schindlerova, and Jan Zof.

Of course, it’s in the conceptual stage, but you have to admire their ambition. The Cerva MC08 is somewhat modular and can be fitted with a variety of extensions: three wheel axles can be fixed to use it on road. It can carry either one or two people at a time. On the road, it’s middle wheel slips forward for stability at higher speeds. In slow speed the stability is established by gyroscopes hidden in the axle. This is a perfect toy for those rich adventurers out there.

If Sony were to partner with Apple for their next portable, all-in-one gaming device, the result might look something like this beautiful and sexy droolworthy beast called iWish.

Mat Brady made this mockup, and says that he calls this the iWish because he wishes Sony would get it’s act together and improve the PSP. He makes a good point about many companies doing amazing and innovative things these days, yet sadly, the only innovative thing to happen to the PSP since 2005 was that it got a little slimmer. Can’t argue with that.

Technologies are being developed right now that will one day replace the paper news dynamic completely. One such concept device is called the Ori-Ori Moshi-Moshi and it is basically origami. Some hope that it will offer the ultimate fold-up multi-media solution.

It was developed by Antenna Design, and they are calling it the “super gadget for the year 2014.” The concept device would have a flexible OLED screen with utilities for gaming, phone, and video viewing. As flexible displays get better, this will be the norm in no time.

An egg shaped mobile phone seems to have surfaced sunny-side up from designer Roman Tubl, though it looks more like a mini-surf board. For some reason it’s referred to as an egg. It is an eye catcher with it’s soft rounded body surrounded by an illuminated red strip.

Like an egg, it’s surface is smooth with a flexi true color display. It also sports a touch screen, so you can interact with it easier. The device has standard ports like Bluetooth, USB and WifFi, while it’s 3.2 MP camera will let you take pics. Nothing on a release date or price. At the moment, it’s probably still in the concept stage.

These are some excellent renders, but unfortunately this is just a concept Sony Cybershot camera called ‘Snap’. It was obviously inspired by a man’s wallet, the surface is even covered in leather. Like some other ultra compact Cybershot cameras, you slide the cover to activate, only it pivots from a corner for easy one handed operation. But aside from that, it’s just another typical Cybershot.

Some users would really love the compact design as you won’t stand out as an obvious tourist while using it, while you take pictures inconspicuously. Others might find it a bit too fragile and wouldn’t be able to resist the urge to actually put it in their back pocket and break it.

The Flux PC concept is one possible evolution of today’s portable computing systems. The PC becomes a whole new entity as the input and storage devices are more compact, adaptable and…Wearable .

A wearable bracelet acts as a hub for this new system. It interfaces wirelessly with a portable display and holds the users digital information while the display is used for a larger viewing area and multimedia devices. The display is used in those instances when larger viewing and interfacing is needed. The system can interface wirelessly with a portable display as well as other computers. This touch screen display is made with environmentally friendly materials. The bracelet itself would be highly customizable.

Plant murderers everywhere will appreciate this concept. If you can’t keep a potted plant alive to save your own life, you’ll want to check this out. That is, if QianJun Gao’s concept ever makes it past the drawing board and into your home.

It’s called the Practice Plant and features a trio of “flowers” that display barometric readings and turn colors depending on their status. Hopefully this baby will give you enough trial runs so that you care for a plant without killing it. It’s no secret that in the plant world, your name is “Death Waterer”. But it’s never too late to learn.

Here’s another entry from Microsoft’s Next-Gen PC Design Competition. The AlphaGrip Handheld Computer (or AlphaGrip HC, for short), features full-size rocker keys on the front with a flip-up display and a keypad for thumb-typing. It also has a trackball for mousing and some buttons for “sophisticated PC games”.

Thing is, you may have noticed two things, both unappealing: It’s bulky and the top is shaped somewhat like a heart. I can’t imagine ever using this in public, but despite that fact, I like it. It took some imagination and looks a lot like the Atari Jaguar.

This little device will sit on your wrist and actually sense your happiness levels through your skin and let you know just how happy you are. It has an accelerator that senses your movement when you work or do other activities. A GSR lead is attached to your fingers and detects galvanic skin response so it can judge how tense or how happy you are. A voice sensor will also detect repetitive phrases when you say them. The sensors work with Bluetooth technology.

The result is that Robometer displays various colors and a voice prompt to remind you about the things that make you happy. I can only assume that some of us for whatever reason, don’t actually know when we’re happy. For those dim-witted souls, this device will bring a smile.