Among other things, Josep Rubau has designed cars for Volkswagen, and was the creator of the Tramontana supercar. Now, the Spanish industrial designer is CEO of RedShark Bikes, a company that sells a pedal-powered prop-driven trimaran which he invented. There are actually three versions of the RedShark trimaran – the recreation-oriented Fun, the rough-and-ready Adventure and the high-performance Sport. The […]
Cycling On Water?
Drone Catcher
There are various places – such as airports, prisons and military bases – where people aren’t allowed to fly consumer drones. If someone does so anyway, it’s always possible to shoot the thing down or remotely disable it. Another option, however, is to net it in mid-air, using the new-and-improved DroneCatcher. Made by Dutch startup Delft Dynamics, the DroneCatcher quadcopter […]
Facebook Adds Trivia Gameplay To Live Video
Game shows may conjure up images of lounge chairs and a TV with rabbit ears featuring Vanna White or perhaps Regis. But that definition could be breaking out of the box as Facebook pushes online video interaction into gameplay. On Tuesday, June 20, Facebook launched several new tools for video creators, including the option to add game-show-like interaction to Live […]
Aquaponics Facility In Kansas Food Desert
Nonprofit Nile Valley Aquaponics is raising fish in a Kansas City food desert—and they’re creating jobs, providing healthy food and promoting sustainable urban farming in the process. To help the nonprofit lead the community to greener and healthier living, American architecture and engineering firm HOKdesigned the Nile Valley Aquaponics Facility, which could double the annual harvest to 50,000 pounds of […]
Rethinking About Poo Treatment
As anyone who’s been to a community meeting knows, the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) syndrome is often a frustrating roadblock. So when Vancouver-based firm PUBLIC: Architecture + Communicationwas approached to build a wastewater treatment center in the middle of a residential neighborhood in British Columbia, the project predictably ran up against some challenges. Fortunately, the architects turned widely held […]
Reading Your Messages By Touch?
As part of Facebook’s ongoing quest to be first to capitalize on The Next Big Thing in Technology (whatever it turns out to be), the social media juggernaut has written a check for some Purdue College research into haptic technology that can not only alert you to new messages through your skin, but read them too. “I’m excited about this,” […]
Blood Based Biomaker Make Predict If You Will Get Flu
A team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine has discovered a blood-based genetic biomarker that could predict how likely a person is to become ill when exposed to the flu virus. If verified through further research this discovery could not only pinpoint individuals who should be vaccinated in the case of a flu epidemic, but also help investigations […]
Eco Restaurant Run By Robots
Robots, once a distant sci-fi dream, have become more and more immersed in our daily lives. While smart vacuums like the Roomba are helping people clean their homes, other technologies like Nest are also helping the environment by minimizing wasted energy in thousands of houses. Then there are technologies outside of homes, like Makr Shakr’s Robotic Bar System, which are […]
Uber May Know Ur State Of Condition Before A Car Picks You Up
Uber is looking at the idea of using artificial intelligence (A.I.) to determine if riders have had one beer too many, and then tailor its service accordingly. A patent application filed by the ridesharing company this week details how A.I. could be used to detect small changes in a rider’s behavior as they use the app to request an Uber. […]
Homeluv Gets Homebuyers With Builders
Wherever you keep your dream home vision board — Houzz, Pinterest, a shoebox full of magazine clippings — it probably doesn’t represent a single, cohesive home that actually exists in real life. You might have a dining room from a ranch-style home in California, a farmhouse kitchen from New York, and a bathroom that rarely exists outside a spa. HomLuv.com, […]