Flip phones have gone out of vogue in favor of the sleeker, flatter smartphone, but designer Kristian Ulrich Larsen has a new take on the whole concept of a phone that flips. The Flip Phone is a revolution in the arena of mobile phone design. Instead of the ubiquitous flat rectangle that seems to represent [...]
Golf may be a good walk spoiled, but these gadgets will help you recover some of your good karma on the greens. GolfSense The GolfSense sensor clips to a golf glove and connects to an Apple or Android tablet. You’ll see a precise rendering of your swing that shows finer details such as the twist [...]
Within five years or less, we could be chatting with the three-dimensional holograms of faraway friends, controlling our computers with mental commands, charging our phones with energy harvested from wasted ambient energy and logging into our bank accounts with facial recognition scans. These are among the technology innovations that computer giant IBM has predicted within [...]
Invisible speakers, wireless electricity and games you can control with your brain: all of these things may sound like science fiction, but thanks to recent technological innovation, they’re officially within the realm of possibility – or even already available. Some improve quality of life while others are just plain fun, but all of these futuristic [...]
Then: Battery Park (1922) Now: Then: Lower Manhattan Now: Then: 34th Street & Fifth Avenue (1922) Now: Then: Times Square (1922) Now: Then: Times Square (1922) Now: Then: Times Square (1923) Now: Then: The Lowell Fountain at Bryant Park Now: Then: Fifth Ave & 53rd Street (1922) Now: Then: Columbus Circle (1924) Now: Then: Manhattan [...]
Finally, the lost Egyptian city of Heracleion has been revealed after spending 1,200-years under sea. Researchers discovered amazingly well-preserved artifacts 30-feet under the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria that tell the story of a vibrant classical-era port. According to the Telegraph: “Leading research now suggests that Thonis-Heracleion served [...]
While I really enjoy the occasional ATV or Jet-Ski ride, and regularly ride my bicycle, I have to say I’ve never been all that comfortable riding a motorcycle. Maybe it’s because the first time I rode on one, I was riding on the back of the seat with a crazy person behind the handlebars, holding [...]
BoatPack is a a car roof box and boat in-one! It is a 650-liter car roof box that flips over and becomes an ultra portable boat. Cool design! “BoatPackThe lightweight 20 kg design means anybody can simply flip it over and start boating. With an added wheel you simply roll it to the water.” [...]
We’ve gotten accustomed to the idea of vehicles having two or four wheels. However, not all vehicle designers are so restrained in their ideas. All of these conveyances are unique because of their lack of the conventional wheel count, making do (and even making a scene) with just one or three. The Leanster Motorcycle What’s [...]
High-rise office workers could soon have another option for escaping in the event of a fire or disaster – an ‘SOS parachute’. Inventor Morris Shahbazi says his emergency chute can open in 100 feet, far faster than conventional parachutes. He hopes it could soon become commonplace in high rise blocks around the world. Inventor Morris [...]
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