Added 16 April, 2013
FlightCar lets people parking at the airport rent their vehicles out to other travelers. Every rental is insured up to $1 million, and every renter is pre-screened. The company's founders, former students from Harvard, Princeton, and MIT, started FlightCar with a goal to improve both the airport parking and rental experiences for ordinary...
Added 14 April, 2013
It seem as though companies can sell almost anything related to Star Wars these days. We've seen Star Wars slippers, baby hats, ice cream.... Utilizing molds created by the original Star Wars sculptors, these accurate Storm Trooper head cufflinks are constructed of a polished, palladium-plated metal.
Added 13 April, 2013
All that’s required is a transit pass showing you’re a registered Tallinner, and the city’s buses, streetcars and trams are yours for free. The free-ride scheme is the brainchild of the capital's mayor, Edgar Savisaar, who wants to reduce congestion and pollution while alleviating expenses for the city’s poor. A recent opinion poll commissioned by...
Added 13 April, 2013
Cosco in Europe is now selling full size high end race car simulators, made to order in the color of your choice. Specs include carbon fiber details, high grade metal brake disks, and a quick release steering wheel that is designed to match those in an F1 cars. It costs 90,000 euros, but includes delivery, set up and training.
Added 12 April, 2013
Fuel cell engines are not a new concept, in fact the first fuel cell vehicle came about in 1959. However, the technology has always been too expensive to develop for the mass market, hindering its advancement for the past fifty years. However, today Hyundai announced they are mass producing a car that runs completely on hydrogen, a zero emissions...
Added 12 April, 2013
In the largest ever install of their unique technology, Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, captured the kinetic energy from runners and spectators at this year's Paris Marathon. Pavegen Systems installed over 25 meters of their energy harvesting tiles on the runner's course, spectator-viewing platforms, and at other key...
Added 12 April, 2013
As high end hotels fall all over each other trying to one-up the next with the latest cool accessories, The Mark in New York City is debuting a hotel-branded MacLaren baby stroller designed in the hotel's signature black and white stripes for high rollers with tots in tow. The sell to guests is that they can leave their strollers at home, and not...
Added 11 April, 2013
Craft distilling is the new craft brewing. Small new distilleries seem to be opening all the time, and each is producing small batches of unique offerings, some with unusual flavors, and others made from unlikely materials, like cow's milk. Shouchuu, from Japan is wasp-infused vodka, purportedly made from live wasps to give drinkers an alcoholic...
Added 10 April, 2013
A few months ago, the music identification app Shazam started to also identify TV shows. Flipping through the channels, you can now record a snippet of almost any show and the app will return a host of information about it. Next up? Shazam is extending its capabilities to let users identify and by the fashions that are worn by start of the shows.
Added 9 April, 2013
US-based Bank of America is rolling out new ATMs that offer human interaction. The new ATMs, which allow real-time video chat with a live teller if assistance is needed, are making their debut this month in Boston and Atlanta. Could this become a trend? Will they eventually replace tellers located in banks? Will customers be concerned about...