![]() ![]() ![]() The Bookshelf operates with add-on hard drive attachments that are supplied by digital service providers so they can protect copyrights while still accommodating user convenience and portability. The foundation of the computer is its central processing unit, which is a 7-inch cube. The personal computer physically resembles a bookshelf and functions like a bookshelf as books and magazines or in this case, hardware are placed on it. "Up until now, personal computer designs seemed to be based on the issues of processing speed or performance rather than the user's convenience." The physical configuration of the unit permits users to visually navigate the categories of content as they do with books on a bookshelf. "Digital contents are downloaded through subscriptions, then arranged in each hardware attachment, which are provided by the subscription's service. "How this computer is used closely resembles the traditional use of a bookshelf," says Son, a second-year graduate student from Seoul, South Korea. The competition was sponsored by Microsoft and the Industrial Designers Society of America, and the winners were announced at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. He teamed with Scott Shim, a professor of visual and performing arts, to design a new personal computer that won the $50,000 Judge's Award at Microsoft's Next Generation Windows PC Design Competition. The concept computer, called Bookshelf, eliminates the most common problems digital copyrights and inconvenient accessibility in the multimedia entertainment business today, says graduate student Sungho "Oho" Son. for a new personal computer design that may change the way people watch movies, listen to music, play games and read magazines. Two Purdue University industrial designers won a grand prize at an international competition co-sponsored by Microsoft Corp. JanuNew personal computer design wins Microsoft competition
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