Cargo trailers may be handy for hauling stuff around, but the things do take up a lot of room in a driveway or garage. In response to that problem, Quebec-based Apogee Trailers developed its folding Adapt-X. Constructed mainly of lightweight aluminum (with stainless steel hardware), the Adapt-X can reportedly be folded by a single person in less than 90 seconds, […]
Adapt X Trailer
Smart Shoe Washer
Even if you’re not a sneakerhead, you probably have a favorite pair of athletic shoes that you run into the ground. That means they might be grimy or smelly, and you might not clean them as often as you should. Sure, you can toss them in the washing machine, but they’re going to tumble, rattle, and bang around, even on […]
Learning Coding Through Playing
Our near future is going to be packed with cars that can drive us around, robots to help with chores and virtual worlds to escape to when the real world gets a little dull. Teaching kids to speak the languages such technologies are built on is becoming just as vital as reading, writing and math. There are many toys aimed […]
Smart Fridge
Samsung has been sticking touchscreens on fridges since 2016, adding a few new features every year. Right on cue, the company unveiled the latest Family Hub fridges at CES 2019, with the main new addition being a Family Board screen dedicated to posting photos and messages, and support for the latest version of the Bixby voice assistant. The annual updates […]
Catering For Campsites Without Ice
Along with showing smart yachts and luxury glampers, Furrion used this year’s CES to present its new Outdoor Living lineup, a series of smart products designed for tailgating and outdoor entertaining. Chief among those products is the Rova, an iceless cooler that’s essentially an electric fridge-freezer on wheels, offering up to a week of cooling power. It’s a great solution […]
Keeping Moving Subjects In Frame
If you want to capture video footage with yourself in the shot, you can plonk a smartphone on the end of really long selfie stick, instruct your camera drone to follow you around or get someone else to handle the filming. Now China’s Remo Technology has launched a new videocam at CES 2019 in Las Vegas that uses AI to […]
Triangular Cabins Reaches New Heights
This elevated take on a cabin in the woods was influenced by such disparate sources as children’s book regulars the Moomins, A-frame lodges, and electricity towers. Located in a forest in Norway, it’s currently available for rent. The Pan Treetop Cabins project was conceived in 2016 by Kristian Rostad and Christine Mowinckel, who commissioned architect Espen Surnevik, and was completed […]
“Portable” Double Bass For Travelling
String pickers on the road often can’t take their guitars of choice on their travels – due to size or safety concerns – so might carry a more portable flavor to help keep calluses from going soft. We’ve seen many variations on the theme, including a folder from Fender, a strange Strat from Travelerand a novel cross-shaped plank. But what […]
Emergency Floating Shelter
Istanbul-based architecture firm SO? says that its city would be lacking in land suitable for emergency housing in the event of a major earthquake. In response, the firm has conceived a prototype floating shelter that has an interesting folding design. Fold&Float is constructed out of steel and comprises two main parts: a lower pontoon base and an upper A-frame structure […]
Bringing Nature Into The Workplace
Vincent Callebaut Architectures (VCA) brings a taste of the outdoors into the workplace with its proposal for a new headquarters for French company Soprema. Named Semaphore, it will boast sustainable technology, including solar power and greywater recycling, and have a massive amount of greenery, with around 10,000 plants, shrubs and trees. Semaphore is envisioned as a showcase for Soprema’s range […]