After deciding to spend a full year living in a 33-foot square dumpster, Harvard Engineer Jeff Wilson has designed the Kasita home – a tiny living space for those who embrace minimalism. With overpopulation in major urban areas becoming a widespread epidemic, Wilson’s pre-fabricated 352 Sq. Ft home can be stacked, combined, or strategically positioned […]
The era of sustainable living is upon us and modern day architectural firms are taking notice. The Autonomous Tent Company has unveiled a revolutionary design concept called Cocoon – a state-of-the-art eco-tent that can be used as a guest suite, yoga studio, or office space. Engineered as “the world’s first transportable 5-star boutique hotel,” Cocoon […]
Wearable Technology has seen its fair share of disruptive innovation over the past year. Whether it’s Ralph Lauren’s PoloTech Shirt that measures performance during workouts or the Bluetooth-enabled GPS navigating Lechal Mach Insoles, the ability to seamlessly thread sensors into the fabric of garments has completely revolutionized the wearables industry.
The newest VTOL concept just hit the Heli-Expo in Dallas and it’s impressive. For the first time ever, Textron’s subsidiary company Bell Helicopter is developing a rotorcraft called the FCX-001. With a hybrid propulsion system and an airframe built from sustainable materials, the Bell FCX-001 is poised to revolutionize the aeronautics industry.
With Silicon Valley appearing to be the epicenter for electric vehicle innovation, it’s not too surprising that only 50 miles north, an EasyMile EZ10 self-driving bus is conducting its first demonstration at Bishop Ranch office park in San Ramon. On the heels of California’s new law allowing “slow-speed testing of fully autonomous vehicles without steering […]
Hoversurf – a Russian drone company – has unveiled its human carrying single-seat hoverbike designed specifically for “amateur and professional navigators.” In other words, Hoversurf may be finalizing its revolutionary quadcopter aircraft just in time for the Summer 2017 X-Games – just imagine that obstacle course for a second. Yes, flying hoverbikes at this summer’s […]
According to the American Community Survey, “76% of people in the U.S. currently travel alone using their personal vehicle.” Transportation, as we know it, is about to change drastically. With carbon emissions hitting dangerous levels in our most populated cities, socially-responsible startups are looking at alternative transportation innovation to reduce highway congestion. Part of their […]
The development team at nanoFlowcell Holdings could have easily touted the zero to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds off-the-line performance of its newest electric sports car; but instead, they’d prefer to focus on what really matters: The QUANT 48VOLT’s drive system. Considered to be the “safest, most powerful, environmentally compatible and economical drive system for […]
According to the most recent INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, which analyses and ranks the impact of traffic congestion in 1,064 cities across 38 countries worldwide, “Motorists in Europe’s cities spent up to 91 hours sitting in congested traffic during 2016.” Ford Motor Company employees, whose vision for a sustainable future mirrors that of their employers, […]