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Elevated Bus Drives Over Traffic, Will Not Be Stopped

You think you know traffic jams? You have no idea what one is until you’ve experienced China’s infamous traffic jams. The country has some epic gridlock problems, but this cool elevated bus might help if they go ahead with their plans for it.

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The Nimble Urban Is a Business Scooter

So you want a cool personal transporter that can carry your stuff. Bikes take up too much space. Segways are too slow and expensive. A group of industrial design students at California State University in Long Beach wanted to tackle these problems, so they invented the Nimble Urban: a human-powered scooter with a built-in cargo platform.

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Avengers x Gillette Razors: The Best a Geek Can Get

In what seems like a belated April Fools’ cross-promotion, Marvel and Gillette made four concepts for funny super-powered razors based on Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Thor. Iron Man’s razor is the only one that you can arguably call practical, but all of them will probably kill you.

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Giant Interactive Pinwheel Concept: Reverse Windmills

George Zisiadis – one of the designers behind the sweet mistletoe drone – shares with us one of his latest concepts: a public art installation on the facade of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History filled with large pinwheels.

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NASA Experiments with Oculus Rift & Virtuix Omni: One Small Step for VR

Gamers and game developers alike are excited about the potential of the Oculus Rift headset and the Virtuix Omni walking surface. But these virtual reality devices have applications beyond gaming. The Human Interfaces Group of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used both devices to make simulations of space environments.

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Meta Wearable AR Computer Dev Kits: How Many Glasses Are We Supposed to Wear in the Future?

Earlier this year we heard about the Meta, an augmented reality computer in the shape of a pair of glasses. The company behind the computer took a page from the Oculus Rift team and also launched a Kickstarter for the Meta developer’s kit.

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Google Glass Concept Apps: The Eyes Have It

We’ve already seen a handful of concept videos – some legit, some humorous – about the real world use cases of Google Glass. Digital creative agency Playground Inc. illustrates more practical applications of the much hyped augmented reality headset in its own concept video.

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LEGO Adventure Time Tree Fort Concept: Architectural!

Cuusoo member Jazlecraz wants LEGO to make a set based on the happiest post-apocalyptic cartoon ever made: Adventure Time. The set consists of two versions of the Tree Fort, home to lead characters Jake the Dog and Finn the ~~Human~~ Minifigure.

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Meta Wearable Augmented Reality Computer: Project Glass Meets Leap

Google made a lot of people excited about the future when the company showed off a concept video for the Project Glass computer. A month after that, a some of us wet our already wet pants some more when the Leap controller was unveiled.

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GE Scientists Unveil High-Tech Sleigh for Santa

For generations, Santa has been cruising around Christmas Eve in his red sleigh pulled by his flying reindeer. Scientists at GE think it’s time for Santa Claus to update his ride with some new high-tech materials.

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YotaPhone Has Both Touchscreen & E-Ink Display, Hastens the Death of E-Book Readers

We saw a couple of dual-screen smartphones from major electronics companies last year, but neither are as practical as the YotaPhone, a prototype smartphone from Russian company Yota Devices. Instead of having two colored touchscreens, the Android phone has an LCD touchscreen on front and an E-ink display at the back.

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Virtual Mobile Keyboard Reads Vibrations, Tests Your Touch Typing

It’s impossible to truly master typing on a tiny touch screen, hence the existence of peripherals like laser keyboards or this iPhone case. But what if your smartphone could use any surface as a keyboard without the help of additional devices?

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AdTrap: Adblock in a Box

Whether we like it or not, advertisements are a vital part of our Web browsing experience. It’s what enables us to read, watch or listen to most online content for free, like the website you’re on right now.

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Pinch Interface Links Mobile Device Screens Together: Hold on to that iPad 1

There are times when our mobile devices reduce our face-to-face interaction with people. A new mobile interface called ‘Pinch’ could change that. It lets multiple mobile devices link their screens together to form a larger display.

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Coyote Case Protects Both Your iPhone & You

A few days ago we saw an iPhone case with a built-in pepper spray. The Coyote Case isn’t as aggressive, but it was invented with the same idea in mind: to protect the owner of the phone as well as it protects the phone itself.

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Tag: Concepts

Elevated Bus Drives Over Traffic, Will Not Be Stopped

The Nimble Urban Is a Business Scooter

Avengers x Gillette Razors: The Best a Geek Can Get

Giant Interactive Pinwheel Concept: Reverse Windmills

NASA Experiments with Oculus Rift & Virtuix Omni: One Small Step for VR

Meta Wearable AR Computer Dev Kits: How Many Glasses Are We Supposed to Wear in the Future?

Google Glass Concept Apps: The Eyes Have It

LEGO Adventure Time Tree Fort Concept: Architectural!

Meta Wearable Augmented Reality Computer: Project Glass Meets Leap

GE Scientists Unveil High-Tech Sleigh for Santa

YotaPhone Has Both Touchscreen & E-Ink Display, Hastens the Death of E-Book Readers

Virtual Mobile Keyboard Reads Vibrations, Tests Your Touch Typing

AdTrap: Adblock in a Box

Pinch Interface Links Mobile Device Screens Together: Hold on to that iPad 1

Coyote Case Protects Both Your iPhone & You

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