Aren’t you tired of your PC? By his ugly shape and the way that it looks? Well, this is exactly what designer Apostol Tnokovski was feeling when he decided to create the smallest PC ever made. It’s not going to be like a PDA, it’s going to be a PC with all conventional components (mouse, keyboard, normal screen).
The concept PC is called E-Ball and it’s shaped like a sphere because in Tnokovski’s opinion this is the best shape in nature and it draws everybody’s attention.
E-Ball will feature a dual core processor, 250-500GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, integrated graphic card and sound card, 2 x 50W speakers, HD-DVD recorder, wireless optical mouse and laser keyboard, LAN and WLAN card, modem, Web cam and integrated LCD projector.
Also, the E-Ball PC supports a paper holder and the paper sheet on the holder could act like a screen where you can watch movies or something. This concept PC will measure 160mm in diameter and it was designed for Microsoft Windows OS, sorry about the others. For the moment there is no word on pricing or when it’s going to be available, however, I am sure that everybody would like to see a small spherical PC like this one.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Paper Shit.. hilarious.. xD
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July 22nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Sheet. Not shit.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Cool, but quite impractical. Very lovely to look at, but I doubt that the virtual keyboard would pay off in the end. I hear those things suck on a lot of surfaces, and can be difficult to see in bright rooms.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
lol@ paper shit.. anyone? rofol… don’t think it will evar get built, if so it would be cool to see if it can live up to the expectations
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Hi,
I’m Apostol Tnokovski from Macedonia. I want to thank you about published story about my design concept, and if you want to see more of my work please visit http://poce.deviantart.com/gallery/#Industrial-design
Thank you again.
PS. Sorry about the spelling mistake in the explanation. My bad.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
the paper shit holder? LMAO
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I think you meant paper sheet in the illustrations… not paper shit… lmao. Otherwise, very interesting article. I’ve seen the laser keyboard before, but haven’t thought about such a portable desktop. However, it’s round shape would limit its portability… Not many cases designed for it, putting it in a backpack would take up too much space. Round isn’t a very efficient shape. Too much area is wasted because most components and carrying cases are square or rectangular. A video card, for example, would have a hard time fitting in that case, whereas a case of the same volume but a square shape would easily hold it.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
What in the world is ‘paper shit folder’ ????
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
i like the ones entitled, “the paper shit holder” and, “working on paper shit”, the latter being my favorite! i wonder how much a paper shit will cost in the future, probably as much as the computer. “paper shit my ass, son! you’re usin’ the wall!
thanks, ill be here all week.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I don’t know about you guys but I won’t be buying a PC with a paper “sh!t” holder. No matter how cool it may look.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Why does it always say “shit” instead of “sheet”?
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm
cool
but
paper “shit” holder? haahah
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
“The paper shit holder”…
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Love the paper shit holder
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Seba reply on July 23, 2008 2:27 pm:
No more shit on my sheets
Epic Fail …
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Paper WHAT?!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Looks pretty damn cool, but not too sure I ever want to work on “paper shit”.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Come on… paper SHIT? He had to know that wasn’t right…
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
I like the paper shit holder the best
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I need a place to hold ALL my paper SHIT!! This thing has a paper SHIT HOLDER!!
I think I’m in love!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Explain to me why it’s a sphere? Wouldn’t a cube be better, since it then wouldn’t need the highly breakable legs displayed, as well as having more internal space for the same package dimensions? Are we trying to save plastic here?
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Apostol Tnokovski reply on July 23, 2008 1:14 am:
The sphere shape makes the design special, if I’ve designed it as cube probably it wouldn’t get in to the best 80 at the Microsoft’s next gen pc design competition. As for the plastics, I wouldn’t agree with you because it should be produced from aluminum as eco-friendly material.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Excuse me, WTF is a paper shit?
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July 23rd, 2008 at 12:19 am
paper…
shit….
“The concept PC is called E-Ball and it’s shaped like a sphere because in Tnokovski’s opinion this is the best shape in nature and it draws everybody’s attention.”
well, it’s safe to assume it won’t be used much in nature as relying on two projectors will give it a battery life of say 20 mins. max. how about *not* designing it for nature, but rather civilisation? maybe make it small enough for your pocket, or a shape that would make it fit a briefcase?
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Apostol Tnokovski reply on July 23, 2008 1:33 am:
Can you tell me why all the people witch claim that they have seen an UFO, they always say that it was shaped as sphere or dish….? Because they are afraid of the most perfect form. The cube is pure geometrical form, produced by human. The sphere is more natural form. As for the briefcase, I’ve designed a briefcase too.
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GC reply on July 25, 2008 7:02 am:
I once saw a square UFO, what do you think about that?
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bill reply on August 3, 2008 9:15 pm:
What about the Borg? I’m more afraid of the Borg than a Grey in a saucer.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
PAPER SHIT? AWESOME!!!
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July 23rd, 2008 at 12:26 am
one of your images says paper shit.
you do know what the word shit means don’t you?
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July 23rd, 2008 at 1:05 am
HI EVERYONE,
I know about the spelling mistake but it’s too late to repair it now.
In the competition they considered the fact that there are entries from people around the world witch doesn’t have English as their native language and after all it’s not a spelling bee competition.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 1:23 am
Paper shit holder made my day.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 am
we are the future!!
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July 23rd, 2008 at 3:33 am
you may use shit-paper if you prefer to paper shit.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 7:21 am
After chating I always need a shit of paper…
but i do like the concept of the puter
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July 23rd, 2008 at 7:48 am
maybe in future paper will be made from shit? Who knows
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July 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 am
Can’t carry it around. Too big. Needs a bowling ball bag….
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July 23rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
So he was serious, I was reading it serious, till the paper shit stuff.
Then I thought, someone is messing with me.
But he meant it. Lol. Sry, shouldn’t laugh.
But it’s such a funny mistake.
Nice concept though. What would be really cool if the gizmo would fly with me.
Like some floating PDA thing. So it could read me my email or show it to me.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Everyone who said this is impractical is full of paper shit, this is AWESOME! What’s the deal with the ‘paper shit’ line anyway??
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July 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Paper shit beats me.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Paper shit? is that some kind of Origami or something lol
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July 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am
That is pretty cool. I wonder what the price-tag looks like.
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July 24th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I would hate it if I couldn’t feel the buttons on my keyboard.
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July 24th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
WTF is a paper shit holder. You fucking dumbass mofos.
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July 24th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Fabby design! And goodness me, enough with the “paper shit” joke! We have been told it was a genuine mistake, and everybody read it in the diagram anyway =)
Yes, it was amusing, but there’s no need for everyone to say so! =D
Reminds me of the Toclofane, from Doctor Who…
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July 24th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
How about:
“The software interface is user friendly and easy to use.”
It looks like they had monkeys write the promo material.
Cool looking PC though. As cool as MAC, but MAC’s are gay so this then becomes a ‘green gay ball”
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July 25th, 2008 at 12:59 am
i like it but it might not be legit
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July 25th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Lol, e-ball will NOT have a HD-DVD recordeder.
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July 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
PPL get over the paper Shit, it’s a TYPO. Some of you are acting like you’ve never made a typo before, move on. Another great example of immature opportunists jumping at the chance to ridicule and point out another obvious typo.
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July 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Uh, nevermind the oragami feces, what about the OTHER piece of shit in this article? An HD-DVD player??!! Lolz!
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July 26th, 2008 at 8:59 am
nice technology, thanks for sharing.
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July 29th, 2008 at 4:09 am
amazing & stylish!
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July 31st, 2008 at 6:00 am
that shit is gay wi will never guy one. SUCK!
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August 4th, 2008 at 2:54 am
A sphere isn’t a very good idea for an object that needs to dissipate heat. Spheres have the highest volume/surface area ratio possible (which is why bubbles are spherical) and so would have the hardest time getting rid of waste heat. Look at Apple’s really tiny Mac Mini: it’s a rectangular prism for a good reason.
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August 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Cool. Not everything needs to be a cube. But by HD-DVD did that mean the dead format?
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August 4th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
The Ugheeg M’ktaq!
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August 4th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Okay c’mon you guys. You all laugh so hard at Paper shit and completely pass over all the other ridiculous points. Like first of all…
“E-Ball will feature a dual core processor, 250-500GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, integrated graphic card and sound card, 2 x 50W speakers, HD-DVD recorder, wireless optical mouse and laser keyboard, LAN and WLAN card, modem, Web cam and integrated LCD projector.”
In a 6 inch sphere. 6 inch diameter sphere. This entire concept is so detached from reality that he’s just assuming people will create specific futuristic parts just to fit in his dung-ball computer.
In fact the smallest motherboard I’ve come across is 120×120mm which would still be 169.7 from corner to corner. But i’m sure this guy with his fine grasp of technology would gladly suggest we simply chop off the corners.
Now with our 120×120mm mobo with chopped off corners, we then add the 2gb of RAM. What’s that? they only make 1gb ram for those mo-bos? Well… we just tape two of them together! yeah that’ll work.
Hmm, a HDD would be nice right about now. let’s get a nice 500gb 2.5″ drive. woo starting to get a little packed in here. what with the chopped up motherboard, the space consuming HDD, and the space taken up by stands/mouse/projectors.
Now all we need are:
-Speakers
-A deprecated DVD drive
-A webcam
-A LAN/WLAN Card
And then we’re done. Sure is a good thing this computer doesn’t need a power supply eh?
Anyways, feasibly with over a thousand dollars you could produce this ridiculously horrible product whose form serves no purpose besides ‘looking neato burrito’… or you could buy a laptop.
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soundacious reply on August 20, 2008 7:55 pm:
Don’t dismiss the huge amount of money that can be made just by “looking neato burrito.”
There’s this thing called an “iPod”…
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Will reply on August 22, 2008 8:43 am:
Also, the concept of this computer was stolen from this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280674/
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August 5th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Not thinking I would invest in this shit. And some of you idiots actually buy it
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August 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Why not Ball-E, sounds so much better
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