Design Concepts Category - Page 7

Stringing together certain words can make most anybody nervous, but it’s even worse when the resulting phrases become true–try, for example, “babies” and “driving robotic cars”. You’ve heard of road rage, now brace yourself for road crankiness as the infant drivers come about thanks to a combination of robotics and [...]

We are always showing you hot products here folks, and plenty of smartphones, and today is no different. Only this time around we’re focusing our smartphone needs on a concept device, so this particular creation won’t be available in stores for a while now. The Philips Fluid smartphone in the [...]

Yeah, I know…I died a little inside too when I called the Dreamcast “retro gaming”, but the thing had its heyday almost a decade ago. Yes, I too feel old. But still, if you’ve got a stack of Dreamcast games in your basement (guilty!) we may well be able to [...]

If you’re a sports car buff, then you’re already likely familiar with the concept of negative camber, or tipping the top of a wheel slightly inward to increase grip. But there are plenty of problems with this approach, something that inventor John Scott is looking to counter.

After spending one particularly frustrating afternoon behind a bus, choking on diesel fumes and unable to switch lanes and get around the stupid thing, I can certainly understand why someone would think this was a good idea. You see, in China, they’ve developed a kind of bus that you can [...]

For those of you who can’t help but sigh and wish your computer could get up to 50 Gbps transfer rates, you needn’t carry your ennui any longer! No sir, or ma’am as the case may be, Intel’s already getting up in the gigabit range thanks to light pulses.

Global warming and rising gas prices are forever a concern, especially to those who pride themselves in being extremely environmentally friendly. Fortunately, as gas prices continue to creep skywards, car manufacturers are coming frth to release extremely efficient models with high gas mileage ratings. However, just getting better MPG doesn’t [...]

So no doubt you’ve seen the ads so far, and you know that they’re all asking “Who Is Salt?” down at your local multiplex. Salt is a big-deal spy thriller that would have featured Tom Cruise, but the whole thing got quickly revamped for Angelina Jolie. Why does that mean [...]

Steam cleaning of clothes isn’t really anything new, but with this exciting concept, it’s about to get a whole lot easier. It’s called the Washing Box, and it’ll make short work out of your clothes.

When you actually call a boat manufacturer “Epic Boats”, it’s a pretty fair sign that you’re making some really awesome boats. But when you expand the name to Epic Electric Vehicles, well, now you’ve just opened the floodgates on the awesome level.