Uno 1 wheel Motorcycle The bike Uno from BPG Motors is a Transformers Segway Motorcycle. The new version Uno III has 3 wheels which when combined together give the impression that this is a motorcycle with one single wheel. Uno 3 can be transformed into a normal bike with a wheel that will put forward its own. A great concept that makes me think of that Ryno Motors 1-wheel electric scooter. Here the prototype BPG Motors seems more advanced and the startup has received funding and assistance from investors in a reality tv show (see in the video). Its price is about $ 6000, which is fair given that you have a bike right out of the future. Here at Vegas, with techno music : More Info on bpg-motors.com
Elephant in the room The Elephant in the Room, Banksy exhibition, 2006 Barely Legal show, Los Angeles[1] "Elephant in the room" is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss.[2] It is based on the idea that an elephant in a room would be impossible to overlook; thus, people in the room who pretend the elephant is not there have chosen to avoid dealing with the looming big issue. Origins[edit] The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first recorded use of the phrase, as a simile, as The New York Times on June 20, 1959: "Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room. This idiomatic expression may have been in general use much earlier than 1959. Usage[edit] Similar[edit] A variation is the phrase "elephant in the corner" which is infrequently used to the same effect.[10] See also[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit]
B go beyond by B B is a revolutionary new remote controlled hybrid car-helicopter with a patent pending design. It is capable of driving across difficult terrain using its large rear drive wheels and when the obstacles become too big, simply take-off and fly over them. B is a toy that provides an extraordinary experience. B is virtually unstoppable, capable of transitioning between ground and air allowing the development of tricks otherwise impossible to achieve. Due to its large wheel diameter of 210 mm it achieves outstanding performance in difficult terrain. Vertical take-off and landing.Able to transition on the move between driving, flying and back again.Up to 15 minutes of action on a single charge.HD (1280 x 720 px) camera on-board with recording capability. The combination of the design and material selection creates a solid construction that is capable of surviving the worst of landings. The body shell not only serves as a protective and decorative feature, it is also a structural element.
Window Socket – Solar Energy Powered Socket by Kyuho Song & Boa Oh The Window Socket offers a neat way to harness solar energy and use it as a plug socket. So far we have seen solutions that act as a solar battery backup, but none as a direct plug-in. Simple in design, the plug just attaches to any window and does its job intuitively. Designers: Kyuho Song & Boa Oh So Make It | Home Akira Yoshizawa Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章 Yoshizawa Akira; 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art. According to his own estimation made in 1989, he created more than 50,000 models, of which only a few hundred designs were presented as diagrams in his 18 books. Life[edit] Yoshizawa was born on 14 March 1911, in Kaminokawa, Japan, to the family of a dairy farmer. In 1937 he left factory work to pursue origami full-time. In 1954 his first monograph, Atarashii Origami Geijutsu (New Origami Art) was published. His first overseas exhibition was organised in 1955 by Felix Tikotin, a Dutch architect and art collector of German-Jewish origin, in the Stedelijk Museum. His second wife, Kiyo Yoshizawa, served as his manager and taught origami to the other patients until his death on his 94th birthday. Technique[edit] Wet-folding is most often used with thicker paper, however. Later years[edit]
Super-stealth FLYING CAR prototype seen outside GOOGLE HQ Pics Forget self-driving cars. How about flying ones? Reports have emerged of what appears to be a mysterious airborne vehicle being developed by a stealth company operating near Google's Mountain View headquarters. It looks real, but does it work? Zee.Aero's mysterious prototype aircraft (Credit: Greg Espiritu/SF Chronicle) On Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on patent filings by a hush-hush outfit called Zee.Aero that describe a "personal aircraft" with unique characteristics. The proposed vehicle's design is so unusual that it looks like something out of science fiction. Whether the vehicle in the photos is exactly the same as the one described in the patents is unclear. Both vehicles share the same unusual wing configuration, however, and both appear to achieve their lift using twin rows of vertical-facing propellers, plus two more in the rear for thrust. The Zee.Aero aircraft design's unique propeller arrangement allows for vertical take-off and landing
Innovega Delivers the Wearable Displays that Science Fiction Promised There's a simple reason why we don't have immersive augmented reality displays in the form of sunglasses yet: it's impossible. Our eyes are not designed to focus on things that are as close to them as sunglasses are, and if you put a display at that distance, it'll be blurry. Typically, the way to deal with this is to insert a bunch of clunky optics in between your eye and a display to allow your eye to deal with something that close, which is what a system like Google Glass does. But as you increase the display size and field of view (a requirement of truly immersive augmented reality), the amount of optics required to make it work increases geometrically, and eventually you'll end up with something very immersive but very gigantic like the Oculus Rift. Realistically, the widest field of view you'll be able to get in a compact wearable display is probably 25 or 30 degrees; Google Glass is just 13 degrees, and the much more chunky Epson Moverio only manages 23 degrees.
Milan Creates the World’s First Vertical Forest In an age where harmonious innovation is becoming more celebrated, sustainable designs to preserve the Earth and contribute to wellbeing are being implemented at a rapid rate. One such innovation to recently be accepted for development is a vertical forest designed by Stefan Boeri Architects. The first ever vertical forest will soon be the greenest building in Milan. Because the average household in a city produces approximately 25-30 tons of CO2 per year, implementing greener architecture in highly populated areas cannot come soon enough. This stunning development is part of a vision presented by BioMilano which promises to incorporate 60 abandoned farms into a greenbelt surrounding the city. The greener architecture will help absorb CO2, oxygenate the air, moderate extreme temperatures, and lower noise pollution. A grey-water filtration system (which is used water which has gone down the sink or shower) will ensure the trees are adequately watered. Sources: Green Architecture, Milan
You Can Build This Open Source Car in an Hour | Autopia The TABBY is the first vehicle from OSV OSV Vehicles OSV claims you can build their first car in under an hour... … assuming you don't include an engine The OSV founder and designer take the TABBY for a spin The Integrated Hybrid Engine for the TABBY is a work in progress All parts are designed and built in-house The OSV crew uses 3D printing to mock up engine parts As an open-source car, you can download the specs from OSV You can even build parts yourself to customize your TABBY It takes about an hour to make Nigella Lawson’s lamb shank stew. Now calling the OSVehicle Tabby a “car” might be a bit of a stretch, and that hour-long build time doesn’t include installing superfluous things like doors and body panels and a windshield. However, if you go with the upgraded Urban Tabby, you get just enough bodywork to make it street legal — at least in the U.K. OSV is taking pre-orders for the Tabby starter kit, with both the two-seater or four-seater configurations going for €500.