If Obama Had a Scooter

In response to growing urban environments, the Fuse electric scooter aims to provide quick, sleek transportation while being spatially efficient. This single-person concept reduces the size of the already compact scooter by auto-collapsing vertically in park mode. For public parking the Fuse charges via electromagnetic induction on it’s shared...

Saved by the Glow

The scene is a fire in a highrise and the ensuing chaos can make it difficult for people to locate exits. In such scenarios, the Light Emitting Door could mean the difference between life or death. A bright LED located at the foot of the door directs people to a hinged shutter, kinda like a doggy door. I think its a neat idea and worth installing.Light...

10 Paradigm Shifting Battery Concepts

The quest to make batteries last longer has led to some interesting concepts. The focus haa narrowed mainly to two areas: capacity and recharge. Here is a look at 10 paradigm shifting battery concepts, many with some added whacky functionality.10) The Wind Up Battery by Qian JiangAs the name suggests, the Wind Up Battery includes a hand crank...

Single Motion Folding

Diamove is yet another folding bicycle concept but with its own innovations. It’s an easy folding bike featuring front wheel drive to support better posture. While riding, the weight of your body is totally on the pelvis rather than your wrists and feet. It sports a wheel-in-wheel folding scheme with a “single- motion” swoop. The awesome...

Call for Submissions: Chicago Clean Air Design Challenge

Chicago-based design organization, Design Makes Change, is sponsoring a regional design competition with one goal in mind: clean air. The Air We Breathe; The Chicago Clean Air Design Challenge is open to designers in graphic design, architecture, interior architecture, product design, and public space design. The goal of the contest is to...

Book Review: CULT-URE: Ideas Can Be Dangerous, by Rian Hughes

Rian Hughes' new book Cult-ure is bound in faux leather and gold trim. The biblical references don't stop there, as the author handily provides a fabric page marker for the reader to keep track of what page/psalm they're on. Interestingly, the yellow and black dust jacket barely covers the front. On the back of that caution-strip, explanatory...

2011 Home + Housewares Preview: Student Design Competition

In its 18th year, the Student Design Competition sponsored by theInternational Home and Housewares Show announced this year's winning product designs from students representing institutions from around the country. The design competition's annual challenge to students is to redesign a current housewares product to meet the needs of the future...

Category Winners Announced for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011

The category winners for the 2011 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Awards were announced today and we were pleased to see the Plumen 001 take out the Product Award which we showcased late last year at ourHand-Eye Supply store. Flipboard deservedly won the Interactive Award and it's always tough comparing a bicycle to the complexity of a...

Rolls-Royce giới thiệu xe 102EX chạy điện

(Dân trí) - Được miêu tả là một trong những dự án quan trọng nhất của Rolls-Royce trong mấy năm gần đây, 102EX là mẫu xe chạy điện phát triển dựa trên Phantom. Rolls-Royce dự kiến tổ chức tour vòng quanh thế giới để các khách hàng, VIP và giới truyền thông có cơ hội lái thử xe 102EX. Qua đó, hãng xe Anh quốc hy vọng nhận được phản hồi về...