Whether you’re a frequent flier who takes dozens of business trips, or you only occasionally jet off on vacation to get away from the 9-to-5 grind, stressful experiences at the airport can easily turn your much-needed travels into a nightmare. And while many travel-related events are not in our control — like weather-related delays and cancellations, buildup at the TSA checkpoint, […]
Smart Luggage Is All You Need When You Travel
Bubble-Electric Taxi
Raising boats out of the water on hydrofoils makes them much more comfortable and efficient – and this French design uses electric propulsion and an automatic self-stabilizing system to give you clean, quiet and sexy water transport. Making its US debut in Miami this week, the Seabubbles Bubble Taxi is a five-seat design about the size of a family car, […]
Autonomous Tram To Be Ready For Moscow Debut
A Russian urban electric vehicle manufacturer and developers of artificial intelligence for autonomous driving systems are working on a city tram that will trundle itself around the streets of Moscow in the near future. The fully autonomous tram is due to start closed facility testing shortly, ahead of street tests along Moscow’s tram routes. The aim of the joint project […]
The New Engine Driving Chinese Abroad
After surveying more than 2,800 Chinese travellers and over 1,200 overseas hospitality and retail organisations, the mobile payment firm revealed that 38% of tourists from these second-tier cities travelled to Europe in 2018, surpassing the proportion of respondents from first-tier cities for the first time. Furthermore, 22% of those from second-tier cities also visited North America, a number on par […]
Vegan Meal Request Increases
The people have spoken — and they’ve made it abundantly clear that plant-based diets are here to stay, no matter where in the world you are. While the United States has seen a shift towards more people following plant-based diets, it’s clear that the trend is international — and doesn’t stop when people are in transit! Live Kindly reported that […]
Jet Capsule Motorboat
Purveyor of pint-sized motorboats Jet Capsule recently put the finishing touches to its latest model, the Royal Version 001. The watercraft boasts significant upgrades over the firm’s previous offerings and is bigger, faster, and more luxurious than before. The Jet Capsule was originally unveiled back in 2013 and the standard model was launched for US$150,000 in 2015. The new Royal […]
Camping Trailer For Six
Back in 2015, we took a look at one of the most awe-inspiring camping trailers we’ve ever seen, the Beauer 3X. This French-designed pod tows like any teardrop or small trailer, but at camp it automatically expands to three times its size. It aims to be the best of both worlds: small and easy to tow but roomy and comfy […]
Autonomous Robot Valet Parking
Airport parking sucks, but a little French robot parking valet wants to make it better for everyone. After successful trials in Paris and Lyon, the Stan autonomous parking system is on its way to Gatwick, London – and it looks like a terrific idea. There are very few places in modern life where people regularly need to park a car […]
Overcoming The “On-The-Go”Waste In Airports
Airports are complex arenas with thousands of people filtering through them each day. Not only are they a space for efficient transportation of passengers and cargo, but they also employ thousands of local people and are the landlord to retailers and restaurants that serve millions of consumers each year. However, with the majority of people frequenting airports for only a short […]
Aircraft Inspecting Robot
Around five years after its founding, the pieces appear to be falling into place for HyperloopTT, one of the ambitious startups vying to get a futuristic hyperloop transport system up and running. The company has just welcomed its first full-scale passenger capsule to its dedicated test facility in France, with the CEO indicating that the first commercial customers could hop […]