Hammacher Schlemmer just got something new in its catalog, Self Balancing Electric Unicycle which you can actually buy. We’ve seen many concepts about unicycle but most of them are just concept or still at prototype stage, but if you are willing to spend $2,700, you can get a real one from Hammacher. It’s a cool briefcase-sized electric unicycle powered by 500-watt electric motor, perfect for 2 hours ride at 13 miles/hour after 3-hour battery charge (but it also depends on your weight). If y...
Posted in » Bike, Scooter, Transportation
Carrying wheelchair when traveling by car requires some extra space, but this folding wheel concept offers an easy way to travel with a wheelchair. You can fold away the wheel for easy storage, it will revolutionize the world of foldable wheelchairs, perhaps for the first time, wheelchair wheels can easily fit into a small car, airplane cabin, or trunk. We’ve seen folding wheel concept in a bicycle before, but this design seems like already has the working prototype. When packing a manual whee...
Posted in » Designs and Concepts, Life Science and Medical, Wheelchair
At first impression, this Logitech LS21 2.1 stereo speaker system looks really cool. The modern design will brighten your desktop, and not only that, the full balanced acoustics offer nice full sound. The main volume control is accessible a long with a nice knob on the sub woofer to allow you to adjust the bass.
Designed for the year 2040 this vehicle solves a mayor problem for every city in the future, space. Only 30% longer than a standard bicycle, P.F.U.V (Personal Folding Urban Vehicle) has the ability of folding itself when not in use for reducing space to a minimum. When folded, this vehicle can be stacked in front of one another for parking.
Most people use a big car for transporting only themselves from point A to B, and cars spend most of the day parked, wasting a lot of space. Utilizing ele...
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SSIKE folding bike is trying to ditch the assumption that an electric bike is expensive. This concept is an easy to handle single person folding bike with affordable price, thus, making it available for anyone. It works with your own balance, you’ll get similar sensation as if you’re skiing, but you would need practice to manage the direction of the rear wheel since both front wheel drives and rear wheel are directional.
The original design of this bike makes it stands out among other ele...
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For the first time, Logitech has equipped its Logitech G19 programmable gaming keyboard with a color GamePanel LCD. If you take your gaming experience seriously, this gadget should be in your collection. The 320x240-pixel display LCD is tiltable to provide you with in-game information for more than 60 games.
Futuristic TriMove motorbike is a three-wheel concept vehicle that utilizes electromechanical technology to support any complex movement in any part of its body and wheel. As you can see here, the three wheels are arranged in triangle shape to keep the balance while not on-the-move. Its 3 disc braking system means it requires less braking space. Equipped with 2 LCD display, driver can easily see any information about the bike such as current speed, battery life and time.
There are many 3-whee...
Posted in » Designs and Concepts, Motorcycle
Hot Wheels Urban Shredder 24-Volt Battery-Powered Ride-On looks like going to be a hot toy this Christmas. It offers young riders exciting ride, it’s a combination of skateboard and motorcycle with precision-tuned handling for easy maneuvering. It’s 250-watt electric motor is able to boost this toy a top speed of 10 miles per hour, on a single charge, you can ride it for about an hour. We highly recommend the rider to use protection such as helmet and knee pads since rider has to kneeling do...
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The name MOOBY Bike was born out of the idea of shortening the word mobility. With the increasing in traffic, it would be more comfortable and healthier to ride a bike to reach your destination. MOOBY bike won't formally revolutionize the category of bikes, but conceptually, considering the vehicle as fashionable object or gadget that reflects the owner's style or mood, just like clothes. Thank you to the side plates, you can change the look, color, graphics and material quickly to customize the...
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Green Pass turnstile concept turns mechanical energy to electric one. It’s a simple idea actually, putting creative thinking into our simple daily objects. Turnstiles are usually located in various public locations, by utilizing mechanical energy to support its own consumption, the goal is to reach zero pollution and zero discharge product. Turnstile’s wheel and axle spin around the same axis everytime people pass through the gate, the movement of the wheel transmits power to a generator. Th...
Posted in » Designs and Concepts, Green, Outdoor
At first look, you might think this is a bottle opener, well you are right but Budnitz Titanium Beer Wrench Titanium is also a wrench on the other side. You can mount this tool using two titanium thumb-screws and attach it securely on your bike. During emergency when you need to remove a wheel on the road, this 15mm spanner becomes really handy. This wrench removes rear axle bolts, Alfine internal hub bolts and Pitlock keys, and don’t forget, it opens a bottle of beer when you need one during ...
Posted in » Bike, Domestic Aid
Zimaro Racer was a personal project from Papp Tiberiu Armand because he wanted to show a friend how to work in Maya 3D animation software. The result was not just tacky or awkward vehicle, it’s pretty cool racing car, don’t you think? Zimaro Racer is a three-wheel racing car that utilizes two giant rear wheels and a small front wheel.
A personal Project i started working on because i wanted to show a friend the ropes in Maya 2008. It has 89500 polys. Initially I wanted to keep it low poly b...
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Apparently this bike doesn’t die for nothing, from the hand of a product designer, some parts from the bike can be transformed into useful coat hangers. Called Cycle Hangers, this set of hangers utilizes unused bike’s wheel, handlebar and frame and finished in quality wood. The hooks are created from spokes taken from the wheels and most parts are held together purely by the tight fit as they slot together, reducing resources as a recycled product.
Designer : Oliver Staiano
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The automobile is a closed environment and throughout the history, constant efforts were made to increase comfort and speed. Outside our natural context, inside the automobile we have to rely mostly on our vision sense and with the increasing speeds, we reached and even exceeded its limits. Thus in some cases we are not able to correctly perceive and relate distance and speeds of other objects, having possible dramatic consequences.
Safety behind the steering wheel depends on our behavior, ha...
Posted in » Cars, Designs and Concepts, Protection
Designed for single person, this futuristic transportation concept is a round shaped vehicle that uses two wheels with unique angle to balance and support the main body. It certainly provides unique experience to its driver. There’s no steering wheel, user will drive this car using a joystick, we bet your kids can drive this vehicle easily. Due to its body design, this futuristic electric car will not take much space on the road.
Designer : Sanu K R
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Posted in » Designs and Concepts, Futuristic Car, Transportation
Anoop M has shared his latest futuristic flying transportation concept with us. Designed for two people, this vehicle looks like a flying kite to us with its unique tail although according to the designer, it was inspired by a “moving shark”. The tail of this flying machine can move upward and act as propeller when flying, it moves downward in order to use the wheel for the landing purpose, just like an aircraft.
However, we’re not really sure if the tail is strong enough to sustain the...
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Honda has announced its new concept automobiles for the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011 and one of them is Honda Micro Commuter concept. This vehicle is a micro-sized futuristic electric city commuter to provide high accessible form of mobility in the future. Honda booth at this motor show will boast the concept of “What makes people feel good?”. Through their phenomenal transportation designs, they’ll propose an exciting and fun personal mobility life to people all around the world.
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