The traditional hotel industry worldwide has been suspicious at best and fearful at worst of the impact that Airbnb has had on its share of the market but the tide seems to be turning not only in terms of what consumers want in a rented space but also in what developers are willing to move toward. From Airbnb’s own Niido […]
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Lighter But Tougher Wheelchair?
The “Superstar” is a next-generation wheelchair which uses a futuristic material to create a frame that weighs just 3.3 pounds — making it a massive 30 percent lighter than classic carbon wheelchairs. That’s not all, though. Despite being substantially lighter than its rivals, the wheelchair is also an impressive 20 percent tougher than its compatriots. How does it manage this? Simple (well, […]
Japan’s Next Generation Of Bullet Train
Japan’s bullet trains feature some of the coolest train designs in the world, those sleek front cars maximizing their efficiency as they hurtle between the nation’s major cities. Each new generation of Shinkansen brings with it a design even more dazzling than the one that went before, and the so-called Alfa-X, which stands for “Advanced Labs for Frontline Activity in […]
Double Decker Bus Doubles As Mobile Garden
How do you make pickling, canning, and composting workshops fun? If you’re the Ecology Center, you take them on the road with a brightly colored double decker bus housing a prep kitchen and garden inside. The Ecology Center calls this bus “Road Trip,” and it’s been making appearances all over California. The “mobile ecological experience” hit the streets earlier this […]
World Heritage & Sustainable Travel
For eco-conscious travelers looking to plan their next trip, UNESCO is now offering a new platform dedicated to World Heritage and sustainable travel. Supported by the European Union and in collaboration with National Geographic, the platform features 34 selected World Heritage sites spread across 19 European Union countries. The platform aims to encourage people to travel beyond the typical tourist […]
Cars Can Soon Talk To Each Other
Panasonic’s Network Operations Center in Denver looks ripped straight from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel: Rows of computer workstations encircled by monitors, a wall of high-definition TVs, plush rolling chairs, call-center headsets, and urgently blinking LEDs, all soaked in surreal blue light. But they’re not tracking Soviet spies in here. Instead, the kind of guys who wear shirts […]
Volkswagen & Microsoft Teams For Connected Cars
Your next Bug might have Windows as a feature — Volkswagen and Microsoft are partnering to create cloud services for VW’s entire fleet, the companies announced on Friday, . VW anticipates that starting in 2020, more than 5 million new Volkswagen-brand vehicles per year “will be fully connected and will be part of the Internet of Things (IoT).” VW’s board of […]
Ford’s Vision For Commercial Truck
Ford has unveiled a new concept heavy-duty truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 show in Hannover, Germany. The F-Vision concept is a large commercial truck that combines future propulsion and clean energy with autonomous driving. The F-Vision was designed and prototyped by Ford’s Turkish design center. The F-Vision is a level 4 autonomous truck – meaning it can drive […]
Flying Can Soon Feel More Like Going For The Movies
In-flight entertainment could soon feel more like chilling in a movie theater than trying to pass the time in a cramped seat with hundreds of strangers — not because seats are getting bigger (sorry) but by using virtual reality (VR). On Monday, September 24, Alaska Airlines announced trials for a type of virtual reality entertainment, claiming the spot as the […]
Time To Own Your Eco-Yatch
If you’ve ever wanted to get creative as a means of getting trash out of our oceans, you’re not alone. After all, the amount of pollution that impacts our planet can feel overwhelming. While grassroots efforts to collect trash from our waters are certainly inspiring, one new approach has a lot of people talking. Known as the “Ocean Saviour,” this […]