The Segway and General Motors have redesigned the PUMA or Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility project and the outcome is a more unique and functional urban commuting vehicle with great outlook and features. It features an innovative horizontal design that provides complete comfort and safety to the rider. Several bone lines forming of the vehicle leads the eye from front to back instead of top to bottom and runs smoothly closer to the ground. The distinctive details of this two-seater vehicle connect with the passengers more emotionally and the compactness of the car will allow it to run through busy urban traffic.
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The TFL Bikeshare network concept outlines an efficient and healthy way to realize the ultimate solution for commuters. This concept comprises a foldable e-bike that can be rode from the home and deposited to modular mobile hub, and board a bus. Upon arrival at destination, another hub will be there to rent another bike through using the unique Oystercard which can be availed by leasing the service on a per trip or monthly basis.
The E-bike has been designed with airless tires, robust tubular construction and shaft drive, ensuring durability, while the luminated front bar and dazzling graphics increase the visibility and safety for the rider. E-bikes have designed to be folded quickly and intuitively by the user and deposit it into the storage modules after arriving to a transit hub. RFID technology has been utilized to charge the users on their Oystercard according to the amount of E-bike rental time. When docked, E-bikes act as hub seating and get charged for the next renter.
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LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING and Autodesk® to announce a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication. If you are a U.S. resident age 18 and older, you can have a chance to design your vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards. Exercise your creative imagination and let your ideas be heard!
Awards:
- First Place: $20,000
- Second Place: $10,000
- Third Place: $5,000
- 40 Honorable Mentions: $1,000 + 1 LG U.S. Phone (A.R.V. of $300)
Start and End Dates: April 20, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PST – June 7, 2009 @ 11:59 p.m. PST
Submit your idea here!
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With the advancement of the recent mobile technology, we have encountered some superb useful gadgets with various handy features. Among them, Bluetooth device is being considered the most popular tool for its wireless feature. With simple and exceptional design, the Transparent Fragility is a supreme quality Bluetooth device that is being operated by a one touch key. This device comprises a minimum of details, smooth lines and bionic design that has made it an unavoidable stuff. According to IIshat Garipov, the founder of the Bluetooth device, he has tried to transfer plasticity and elegance of a drop of water to the headset design.
Designer : Ilshat Garipov
Many times one of the most common complaints that the pet owners have is their pets being lost. The innovative pet holder by South Korean Industrial designer Ji-Hoon Chung can be said to be a tool that is a very helpful for all the pet owners. The device though looks like any ordinary pet holder but on closer examination one can see that it’s more than just that. Tucked away in this normal pet collar is the USB pen drive on which the user can feed in the data about his contact details which will facilitate in the tracking of the pet in case it is lost. We can save info like dog’s name, blood type, address and phone number, then people can find a lost pet’s owner very quickly. So, it is quite a handy solution for the pet owners.
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