Design Concepts Category - Page 14

iPhone-enabled Wheelchairs Coming Soon [Wheelchair Company to Release iPhone App]

By on Saturday, 21. November 2009

Wheelchair control unit manufacture Dynamic Controls is planning to release an iPhone app that allows wheelchair users to control their wheelchair through the iPhone. The app would display various data like speed and compass headings.

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Toyota Prius Becomes the First LTE Connected Car in the World [Toyota and ng Connect to Deliver 4G LTE Connected Car in 2010?]

By on Saturday, 7. November 2009

Not only is 2010 going to introduce the first commercially available wireless LTE networks but it looks like various cars of the future will be able to offer the same high-speed 4G connectivity.

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Round Trip to Mars: 39 Days or Less [NASA Ion Propulsion Rocket Engine Sends You to Mars and Back in Over a Month; Special Fees May Apply]

By on Tuesday, 20. October 2009

Are you still dreaming about going to Mars one day? Well I can’t promise that you’re actually going to make it as an astronaut but I still have some good news for you. It looks like travelling to Mars is a lot easier nowadays thanks to a new Ion propulsion [...]

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Honda EV-N Concept and U3-X Personal Mobility Device Bundle [EV-N Holds U3-X Segway-like device Inside Door]

By on Wednesday, 30. September 2009

Just a few days ago we’ve seen a new Honda concept, the U3-X personal mobility device, which might just become a Segway serious competitor, and change forever the way we imagine personal mobility. And today we have the pleasure to see another impressive concept from Honda, the EV-N. It might [...]

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Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Device Concept [Uses ASIMO Robot’s Balancing System, Honda Omni Traction Drive System, Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery]

By on Friday, 25. September 2009

What comes to mind when you hear the words “personal mobility device”? Do you get visions of wheelchairs or of George Costanza scooting down the sidewalk being chased by a geriatric biker gang? I, for one, conjure up mental pictures of the Segway. You remember that one, don’t you? Wasn’t [...]

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Kopin Golden-i Wearable Computer Concept [Lightweight Bluetooth Headset, Virtual 15-in Display, Hands-Free Natural Speech Recognition, Microsoft's Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 OS]

By on Tuesday, 22. September 2009

You probably haven’t heard of a company called Kopin Corporation. This could be because they spend most of their time crafting micro-displays for the likes of the military and other highly-secretive, if-you-know-too-much-I’ll-have-to-kill-you type organizations. Either that or you really need to get out from under your rock more often. Anyway, [...]

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Fandi Meng’s Volution Bluetooth Headset [Designer Bluetooth Headset Concept]

By on Monday, 14. September 2009

Whilst Bluetooth headsets have come a long way in terms of design and aesthetics they manage, still, in the main, to reside just out of the cool envelope so this designer concept Bluetooth headset, known as the Volution, conceived of by Chinese designer Fandi Meng certainly caught our eye in [...]

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Rescue Stick Concept [Throwable Stick With Water-Triggered Life Preserver Inside]

By on Thursday, 13. August 2009

If you have ever attempted one of those carnival games where you have to toss the ring around the stick you know how difficult an operation that can prove to be. Imagine now trying that same thing with a life preserver from a hundred yards away with a screaming panicked [...]

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Coca-Cola to Market Test Freestyle Touchscreen Fountain Dispenser [Integrated RFID and Ultra-Concentrated Cartridges Offer Hundreds of Options]

By on Wednesday, 22. July 2009

In what seems to be one of the coolest innovations to hit the beverage industry since New Coke (OK, I’m joking) Coca-Cola has announced that it will begin market testing of an innovative new fountain drink dispensing system called the Coca-Cola Freestyle. The Freestyle will enable users to select from [...]

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Handcrafted Solid Metal EXOvault iPhone Case [Steampunk iPhone Case in Brass, Aluminum and Titanium]

By on Tuesday, 14. July 2009

Talented artists Jonathan Schipper and Amelia Biewald have joined forces to come up with one of the coolest things to adore your iPhone with, the handcrafted solid metal EXOvault iPhone case. Made from solid aluminum, brass or titanium, the EXOvault iPhone case keeps away from the common plastics we see [...]

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