In a model similar to that used by Gogoro, Honda has started rolling out modular battery exchange stations in Japan and India that each hold a dozen Mobile Power Packs for hot-swaps into electric scooters, motorcycles and rickshaws. The basic idea is that instead of e-mobility users having to worry about range and charging time, they would just roll up to […]
Honda Modular Exchange Battery
Family Car Alternative?
In theory, replacing the family car with an ebike for commutes to work, taking a child to school or doing the weekly grocery run could be an attractive option, but the price of entry is often very high. At its core, Arizona’s Lectric eBikes is built around providing “quality, power and comfortability while maintaining affordability.” Such is the case with the flagship […]
Sea Glamping Option In Luxury
When we looked at the Swedish-designed Pol Lux earlier this year, it was still in the rendering stages. We weren’t sure the unconventional vessel would even make it further than that, but half a year later, it’s out touring and testing on the water. The unique RV features a stable catamaran platform, an electric powertrain charged via solar panels, a deployable tent, […]
Rolls Royce Debuts Electric Spectre
As much premonition as apparition, the all-new star-spangled Spectre fulfills a prophecy from Rolls-Royce’s distant past while kicking off its future. The ultra-premium marque’s first EV debuts as one of the world’s most luxurious, fit for what Rolls-Royce identifies as the most demanding customer in all the world. Far from a detriment, electric power will be leveraged toward improving the […]
Apple’s New Ipad
While some new versions of existing devices really just offer a few new features, Apple states that the just-announced 10th-Gen version of the iPad has been completely redesigned. The company has also unveiled a “supercharged” 6th-Gen iPad Pro. First (and maybe foremost?), the new iPad features a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display that extends right to edges of the device. This […]
Orbitkey’s Quick-Release Keyring
Since taking its first product to Kickstarter eight years ago, Australian startup Orbitkey hasn’t been afraid to float some fresh ideas around how we carry our keys, and its latest offering continues on with this theme. The company’s Ring v2 is a regular-enough keyring, but features a quick-release mechanism to prevent fingernail damage due to those dreaded, stubborn coils. Orbitkey’s original key […]
“Smart Glass”
We’ve already seen systems that wirelessly transmit data via patterns of flickering light. A Saudi Arabian team has created a less energy-intensive alternative, that could use modulated sunlight in place of traditional Wi-Fi. Currently in development at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the system utilizes “smart glass” elements known as Dual-cell Liquid Crystal Shutters (DLSs). These rapidly […]
Cleaning Microplastics From Water
Starting as a research project and evolving into a nonprofit research organization, Wasser 3.0 developed a technology that uses a centrifuge and a clumping agent to pull microplastics from the water and recycle the collected material. To understand this solution, we have to first understand the problem. Over the past five decades, plastic has become one of the most ubiquitous materials on the planet. […]
Low-Cost System To Check Newborns Hearing
Checking the hearing of newborns can be challenging, in that the infants can’t tell you which sounds they do or don’t hear. A new system offers an inexpensive solution to that problem, by utilizing a smartphone, earbuds and a simple microphone. In most First World nations, newborn babies are routinely screened for hearing loss using a machine that simultaneously plays […]
Kelp Chairs
Enjoy Bazaar is a new Japanese restaurant in Stockholm that was recently opened by two Michelin-star chefs, Daniel Höglander and Niclas Jönsson. The vision for this restaurant was to launch Sweden’s first recyclable restaurant. This concept includes aspects of the design ranging from cutlery to furniture. One of Enjoy Bazaar’s key circular features is its custom-designed furniture. The Kelp Collection, designed by […]