One look at the photo above and you can see that Zinc Chan’s Icono Finger phone concept is both intriguing and dorky at the same time. The phone has you plugging your thumb and little finger into a mic and speaker so as to become the perfect half-man/half-phone beast. The hand gesture you are forced to adopt while using the phone makes it a sure hit amongst the surfing and skateboarding set. Totally gnarley!

The dialpad also attempts to reinvent the wheel, turning phone numbers into a series of sequential shapes. All of this oddness places the phone squarely into the "curiosity" department. However, the design certainly is top notch. Cute girl not included.

Just how lazy are we getting? As it is, we cannot get off out butts to change channels – we must have that remote. Well, now, some brainiacs have come up with a hand signal control system for your TV.

It reacts to a set of seven hand motions like clenching your fist ("start"), thumbs-up ("up"), and a sideways peace-sign ("channel"). It supposedly also can distinguish between your gestures and the movement of pets or small children.

The only useful application I can see is for the disabled and there it is a good thing.