Design Concepts Category - Page 6

In the wake of the Haiti earthquakes, drinking water was the prime commodity that the survivors had been clamoring for, which is quite ironic, given that Haiti is surrounded by ocean on three sides. While desalination systems are often bulky, large-scale installations, an MIT team has come up with a [...]

European cities are said to be bike-friendly, especially those that have pleasant weather almost all-year round like Copenhagen in Denmark. You can, therefore, count on designers to find the setting a perfect opportunity for marrying eco-friendliness with utility.

By themselves, motorbikes are considered to be more energy-efficient than four-wheeled vehicles. However, Abarth plans to up the ante with its zero-emissions design using a hubless construction. What’s interesting is that the motorcycle, dubbed the next-generation racer (NGR) is designed for acceleration, speed and performance. All that in an energy-efficient [...]

Manufactures and, in particular, cell phone manufactures embracing eco friendly technologies is nothing new, after all we’ve already seen phones with embedded solar panel and, specifically with respect to Nokia, we’ve seen patents that pave the way for the use of kinetic derived power (aka their Piezoelectric Kinetic Energy Harvester) [...]

It’s always sort of a letdown to read about electric cars. They’re either horrendously expensive, slated to go into production about twenty minutes after Hell freezes over, or either look or perform (sometimes both) like glorified golf carts. But the Jaguar C-X75 (yes, I said Jaguar) is getting some face [...]

We’re talking about iPhone-killers every day and very few phones have managed to get near that status. In fact, judging only by sales performance and profit it’s safe to say that no manufacturer out there can match Apple when it comes to selling just one particular device.

If you live in an area that gets seriously staticy in winter (like, for instance, most of the upper Midwest; it’s always a smart move to touch the wall before turning on a lamp from November until about April) then you know and love the humidifier. But they’re power hogs, [...]

Since Apple makes such hot products, and by hot we mean they’re always flying off the shelves, not that they’re perfect or not flawed, the company has a growing number of fans, but there are also plenty of folks that don’t appreciate Apple and their ways. This following gadget is [...]

Where do I sign up for the civilian version of one of these? As long as I can afford the payments, I totally want to get my hands on a Transformer, once whoever DARPA gets the contracts to manages to make them.

This is at once a huge success and a huge disappointment for everyone who grew up with the Back to the Future series–the current word is that Nike has filed patent documents for shoes that can tie their own laces.