With a top speed of 45 miles per hour and a flying altitude of up to 10 feet off the ground, the Aero-X hoverbike is poised to kick-start an entire industry. Set for commercial release this year, the low altitude hoverbike has unlimited outdoor use – whether it’s surveying, disaster relief, or search and rescue.
George Jetson and his family live (The Jetsons) in the Skypad Apartments high above Orbit City. They live there for one particular reason: to avoid smog. Depicting the American life of the future, all the buildings in the show are strategically constructed high above the ground and resemble Seattle’s Space Needle. Escape from pollution is […]
With 7.28 billion people inhabiting the earth and the ocean level rising anywhere from 8 to 35 inches (20 to 90 cm) during the 21st century, experts need to come up with new, sustainable way to house the displaced. Italian designer Giancarlo Zema and Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut have come up with two separate, but […]
Fresh off their Lexus Design Award, Skipping Rocks Lab – a seaweed-tech start-up – is ready to take its edible water bottle to the consumer marketplace. With a mission to find a waste-free alternative to plastic bottles and cups, London-based Skipping Rocks created Ooho! – a clear, edible membrane that you can pop into your […]
Designed as a long-term solution for future climate refugees, Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is putting together a floating Ecopolis prototype called LILYPAD. According to the GIEC (Intergovernmental Group in the Evolution of the Climate), the ocean level should rise from 8 to 35 inches (20 to 90 cm) during the 21st century. A temperature rise […]
In 2010, Google co-founder Larry Paige funded his secret “flying car” project through start-up named Zee Aero. Only five years later, Paige invested millions into another flying car start up called Kitty Hawk. With the triple technological threat of improved battery technology, more powerful electric motors, and intuitive flying software, Silicon Valley seems to be […]
With four pods already built and database scans growing at approximately 70% per month, Estonia’s Wolfprint 3D wants to commercialize body scanning. Backed by $500K in crowd funding seed money, Wolfprint hopes its egg-shaped 3D scanning pod called Luna penetrates the virtual reality/augmented reality market that is estimated to reach $120 billion by 2020.
iReviews’ Top 5 Disruptive Social Robots Deep learning robots, whether it’s Rokid’s Melody or JIBO, are designed to understand your family’s habits and preferences. Through consistent two-way engagement with each individual family member, the social companions are able to pinpoint specific content and lifestyle patterns. Simply put, they become smarter with more human interaction. This […]
With the Augmented Reality (AR) industry estimated to reach $90 billion in 2020, consumer technology experts are asking, “What’s next?” What happens when we move beyond humanoid robots, like JIBO, that rely on voice recognition and hand gestures to help us turn on our Phillips Hue lights or give us the latest weather report? What’s […]