Radi Design: A new device is being launched to specifically address a woman’s comfort with a seatbelt. The patent pending Drive ‘n Comfort is an unique device which pinches the seat belt strap at the center of the chest to take the pressure off, and still flares flat above and below to hold the torso securely as intended. It takes […]
Drive In Comfort
Get Your Gas For Free
Springwise: Consumers begin by registering their car with the GottaGetGas site, including license plate, model, colour and type of gas used. If selected, they’re then invited to get an advertiser-provided decal affixed to their car at the nearest Caltex station. In exchange, they’re rewarded with a SGD 50 GottaGetGas card, which can be used to buy gas at any Singapore […]
Sexiest Green Car
Inhabitat: Earlier this year we told you all about the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car and now we get to tell you — as we so rarely get to do — that this concept car is about to become a reality! The Spyder which is surely to become the sexiest green car ever (sorry Tesla!) just got the green […]
Luring the Riches
Bornrich: Luxury air travel has suffered a crisis in the economic downturn, but the business-class passengers are still flying on cloud nine. The luxury airlines too are doing everything to make it even better for their first-class passengers. Singapore Airlines, well-known for its first class cabin with the largest seats in the sky, has now introduced a deluxe cabin, known […]
Easy Packing Cubes
Cool Tools: These nylon zip-up packing cubes vastly simplify travel of all kinds. I’d used ziploc bags, net bags, and many other sub-containers, and couldn’t imagine why anyone would pay $10 or so for a nylon box with a mesh lid. Now I always use them. They aren’t cube shaped, but more of a lunch-box flat rectangle shape. Because of […]
Orange Pedal Power
TrendCentral: They may not be world champions of soccer, but the Dutch are still an authority on bikes. Not only do they produce stylish bikes, but they continue to lead the world – in spirit, if not in the raw numbers of China – at using the bicycle as their primary mode of transport. Thus, we were delighted to learn […]
Flying Car
The Christian Science Monitor: A new flying car successfully took to the skies in its first test flight last year. Developed by Terrafugia, the Transition is a light-sport aircraft able to land at an airport, fold up its wings, and then drive on the road. But priced at nearly $200,000, how many people will actually buy one? Flying car: It […]
Smart Drive Kit
Engadget: Daimler hasn’t had a sales success on its hands lately with its line of Smart cars, with sales festering after an initial boom. To try to re-capture the imagination of we smartphone-loving Americans with short attention spans, Smart unveiled the Smart Drive Kit last month and now, at the NY Auto Show, is giving it a proper demonstration. The […]
Capsule Hotels
The Cool Hunter: In a world where people appreciate good design everywhere, cool mini hotel rooms are the latest ‘it’ trend. In Tokyo, the Capsule Inn exemplifies the bare-essentials hotel rooms for brief use, and similar concepts are popping up at airports, train stations and downtowns around the world, replacing and mimicking the “day rooms” already existing at many airports. […]
Enjoy Privacy at Airports
AirportPrivacyHavens.com contains an extensive collection of the best places to find a private spot to get some work done or simply relax at airports across the U.S. Frequent business travelers and road warriors helped 3M create this website by contributing their insider secrets to help their fellow travelers. 3M Privacy Filters help provide travelers privacy while on the road by […]