Micro Luggage, luggage that moves you – Video

April 15, 2012 |  by  |  Concepts  |  No Comments

Micro spent 3 years developing Micro Luggage in cooperation with Samsonite and the result is dazzling! A lightweight, hard shell, cabin-sized case with a built-in kickboard scooter. It can be used as a trolley or as a scooter with a case. Fly past the other passengers and always make it to the gate on time! Weight: 5kg Age: 18+ Capacity: 26 litres Permitted as cabin baggage Case has a non-removable built in Kickboard scooter Developed by Micro and Samsonite

Hangover Heaven a hangover cure on wheels in Las Vegas

April 15, 2012 |  by  |  Concepts  |  No Comments

Hangover Heaven is a hangover cure on wheels developed by Dr. Jason Burke are based on his own research and real-life experience in treating patients during and after surgery. Their bus continuously make loops up and down the Las Vegas. Most of the larger casinos have a “Tour Bus” pick up area, that’s where you’ll want to crawl and wait for them to pick you up. After having an epic night, the human body breaks alcohol down into toxic compounds know as aldehydes. Hangovers occur when the body is overwhelmed with these compounds. Unfortunately, the human body does not get rid

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Shop your clothes online with augmented reality technology from Bodymetrics

January 10, 2012 |  by  |  Concepts, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

Of course we are skeptical when we are buying clothes online cuz we never know just how well those purchases will actually fit. When you walk into a clothing retailer or browse an online fashion site, they have no idea of your body size, shape or style. So online shoppers, please welcome breakthrough piece of augmented reality technology from Bodymetrics. Bodymetrics body-maps you within a few seconds and gets hundreds of accurate measurements and analytics of your shape. Then, it matches data to the exact dimensions of a garment and allow you to virtually try it on your own body

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The city car of the future can revolutionize transportation – Video

January 5, 2012 |  by  |  Concepts, Video  |  No Comments

MIT is working on a smart car that can reduce congestion on the highway and solve the many parking problems our country faces! To accomplish this, the car is designed to fold in half! William Lark Jr., an African-American PhD candidate at MIT, is the chief designer of CityCar, a stackable small car that folds. The cars, which are smaller than Smart Cars, are battery-electric, so they don’t cause tailpipe emissions. They also weigh less than a 1,000 pounds and are intended to “meet the demand for enclosed personal mobility.” It does not have a central engine and traditional power

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Bridgestone rolls with air-free tire concept – Video

December 7, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts  |  No Comments

Similar to Michelin's tweels, Bridgestone has cooked up some air-free concept tires that use a tough but flexible thermoplastic structure that behaves like a normal tire with nary any horizontal force produced. Each wheel is able to support around 150kg, although on a typical electric mobility scooter the load is more likely to approach 50kg. Bridgestone is looking to show off those curved, hypnotic spokes on the retail model, but is still researching how to protect against objects getting lodged inside. "Because there's no air in these tires, there's no worry about punctures. Also, there's no need to check the pressure

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Now use Siri to take control of your TV

December 1, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts, Video  |  No Comments

Siri hasn't been caught cooking dinner yet, but hackers worldwide have boldly taken Apple's personal assistant to a whole new level by incorporating its functionality with a plethora of different devices. But this assistant's evolution towards greater heights isn't over yet. Vimeo user toddtreece has whipped up a slick demo of the iPhone 4S' right hand gal (or guy) taking command of his television set. From changing channels to turning off devices, with the help of a proxy and a few parts, you can get your own home setup running on voice activation. Siri Universal Remote Siri Proxy is a proxy server

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Norwegian bookseller sells e-books on memory cards

November 22, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts, Video  |  No Comments

In Norway one bookstore is looking to drastically revamp the e-book medium. Norwegian retailer Norli Libris announced that it would begin selling books on small plastic memory cards that can be inserted into the backs of e-readers. Each card, known as the Digi Short, would contain a single file, allowing users to devour one publication at a time on their customized, Android 2.1-laced Kibano Digi Readers. Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of an e-reader? It certainly seems like it, though Norli Libris' Caroline Heitmann says the idea is to simply convert e-books into physical commodities. Because of this,

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BestVendor is social business directory for web services, cloud apps and business tools

November 13, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

Brainchild of Jeff Giesea, Ben Zhuk and Magnus von Koeller a New York City startup, BestVendor is a new social recommendations service for small businesses, is a free, online directory of Web services, online applications and software specially designed for startups or other small businesses. The site wants to become the go-to resource to find everything you need for your company. All you need to do is sign in with your LinkedIn and share your 3 favorite “work apps”, hence it automatically knows who’s in your network. In near future, it will add support for Facebook and Twitter, too. BestVendor

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MovableInk breathes life into e-mail, embedding real time content into open email messages

November 13, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

Real-time email marketing company founded by Vivek Sharma and Michael Nutt, Movable Ink recently launched a service that could dynamically change emails after they have been sent out. The technology can change emails based on time of open, recipient’s current location, social cues, fast-moving inventory, and more, and works across all email clients (Gmail, Outlook, iPhone, Yahoo, etc) says Leena Rao Movable Ink creates a live container that can live inside emails, letting companies share current and relevant information from their websites with users based on time, location, social context and what kind of device they’re using. That allows emails

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iSpy software can read texts and steal passwords on any touchscreen displays

November 5, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts  |  No Comments

Developed by Jan-Michael Frahm and Fabian Monrose of the UNC-Chapel Hill, iSpy a new piece of software that could make it dramatically easier to steal personal data which can remotely identify and read text typed on touchscreen displays. Frahm and Fabian Monrose, also of UNC-Chapel Hill, have built a program, dubbed iSpy, that can identify text typed on a touchscreen from video footage of the screen or even its reflection in windows or sunglasses. This program, like those before it, takes advantage of the magnified keys found on most touchscreens. Letters on a virtual Android or iPhone keyboard pop up in

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