Self-driving and electric cars are already changing how we travel on streets and highways, but flying taxis are aiming to get us off the ground entirely. AirSpaceX, an air mobility company based in Detroit, revealed their flying taxi — dubbed “MOBi-ONE,”— at the North American International Auto Show earlier this month. MOBi-ONE was designed with autonomy in mind. It makes use of these […]

Norway is going to be electrifying all of their short-haul airplane flights by 2040. Avinor, who operates the Scandinavian country’s public air transport, announced the move last week, which would further boost the nation’s clean energy portfolio. What does this mean for Norway? It’s anticipated that they could end up being the first country fully powered by renewable energy in […]

Camping out in the wilderness certainly isn’t for everyone. Sure, there are some beautiful sights, but it can also mean battling extreme temperatures, bugs and uncomfortable sleeping conditions. The recent trend of glampinghas certainly made the outdoors more appealing to some, but these luxury abodes can often entirely disassociate you from your surroundings. The solution? Bubbles. These transparent inflatable domes have […]

Off The Map Travel is known for providing hotel experiences in unusual places; they’re famous in fact for their Treehotel in Sweden’s lapland. Inhabitat reports that the company is expanding into other areas of Sweden with a new idea. Instead of trees, they’re building on water. What will they do when they find out about land? The Arctic Bath Hotel and Spa will be frozen onto […]

This is the oversized backpack that saves one from having to pick and choose which items to pack or leave behind. At 2 1/2?-tall, the backpack features a generous main compartment that measures 6 1/2? cu.—larger than a standard mini-fridge—that fits an average person’s entire wardrobe, overnight accommodations such as an air mattress, comforter, and pillows, or a private library […]

Funicular railways are cable-based train lines that shuttle carriages up steep inclines, and they don’t come any steeper than the Stoosbahn that has just opened in Switzerland. Connecting the mountain village of Stoos to the valley below, it is the steepest railway of its kind and the train that travels on it features self-tilting mechanisms to keep passengers upright as […]

Designed by studio Spacedge, this 46-room boutique hotel is almost entirely black and white, with very few colors in nude tones to accent the space. Situated in the Chinatown neighborhood in Singapore, Hotel Mono used to be a series of six 1900s conservation shophouses that Spacedge refurbished and redesigned into the boutique hotel it is today. By using only black and white, Spacedge is […]

Adding solar technology to electric vehicles is an ideal evolution in theory, but for many in the industry, practicality remains an issue. This skepticism hasn’t stopped a Dutch startup from developing Lightyear One, a vehicle that finally has the ability to be powered by just sunlight. Their revolutionary development earned them the new Climate Change Innovator Award at CES 2018. What does […]