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capsule train will let you ride in a mini fortress of solitude

future tech | strange and wonderful

This “capsule train” concept will give each person their own little train compartment fiefdom to rule on their way to work. Their are individual capsules that fit one person, or larger 4-person capsules.

The concept was designed by Hamit Kanuni Kuralkan from Melbourne, Australia. There’s no word as to whether or not this thing will ever get made…

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August 3rd, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: karen

trains that pick you up without stopping

future tech | strange and wonderful

Singapore Concept Train

This is a concept for Singapore’s Metro Rail Line so that trains can pick people up without ever stopping. That sounds impossible, right?

The idea is that people who want to board the train get into a smaller car that piggybacks onto the moving train as it passes through the station. To get off, you get into the smaller upper car while on the train and it unhitches at the station…

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June 17th, 2008 6 comments stumble it! author: karen

cisco unveils star wars-esque hologram communication

future tech | strange and wonderful | technology

Leia Hologram

Cisco has unveiled and demonstrated their new On-Stage TelePresence Holographic Video Conferencing. In layman’s terms, it means that now you can actually do that thing they do in Star Wars when they talk to a Princess Leia hologram, and I have to say, it looks quite convincing…

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May 30th, 2008 12 comments stumble it! author: karen

bandai mirai scope: the digital fortune teller

gadgets | strange and wonderful

Bandai Mirai Scope Virtual Fortune Teller

Think of the latest contraption from Japan’s Bandai as a virtual soothsayer. The pocket-sized device uses a digital personality assessment, along with a dash hocus pocus and other less-than-scientific gibberish to predict your future…

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February 22nd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

weta workshop handmade rayguns

design | just plain fun | retro

Weta Originals Rayguns

These prop guns, designed and hand-built by WETA Workshop master model maker David Tremont feature a unique design sensibility inspired by turn of the century science fiction…

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March 22nd, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

own the car of the future

future tech | just plain fun

Minority Report Red Lexus 2054

If you thought the technology in the 2002 flick, Minority Report was impressive, you can now own one of the very cool futuristic cars that Tom Cruise drove in that film.

One of the three custom-built Lexus 2054 concept cars made for the Cameron Crowe film will be put up for auction next month…

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February 26th, 2007 8 comments stumble it! author: technabob

asus aura: iphone clone plus

design | future tech | mobile tech

Asus Aura Concept Phone

This cool phone from Asus channels many of its good looks from Apple’s iPhone. The Asus Aura has a 3.9-inch touchscreen LCD, a 2 megapixel digital camera and a slim 6.9mm thick case design.

The Aura does one up the iPhone in a few significant ways by offering UMTS and HSDPA (3G) high-speed connectivity, expandable storage via an SD slot and a slide-out keyboard. The bad news?..

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February 6th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! author: technabob

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