We will travel to the hotel on wheels
The diffusion of totally autonomous vehicles will allow innovative solutions and revolutionize tourism. Here is a concept that promises to become reality very soon.
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Here's how 3D printing will revolutionize the concept of cars
In just a few years, 3D printing has leapt beyond its embryonic phase and has already begun to move rapidly in three distinct directions: the development of mass production systems (many goods), the development of mass production systems (many users, for home printing) and the specialization of production systems (specific printers for specific products, such as those in the construction field capable of constructing a building in a short time). It goes without saying that the most promising field of application for… Read more
Duoskin, the tattoo that brings electronics to our body
Not just touch and super-connected clothes: soon we will be able to communicate with the smartphone even through our skin, via a #tattoo called #Duoskin. It's called epidermal electronics and soon we will all be able to find it on ourselves: the design of each tattoo is customizable, the colors are silver and gold and the aesthetics are fabulous. The prototype was created by a student of the MIT Media Lab in collaboration with Microsoft Research, it is made of gold leaf (the conductive material), integrates an electronic component and is transferred ... Read more
Geizeer, here is the fan cube that lasts 4 hours
#Geizeer is the brilliant invention that can make us feel cooler without making the house ugly. It is a portable cooler invented by two architecture graduates, Ferdinando Petrella and Damiano Iannini. “It's a wooden cube with a side of 14 cm – explains Ferdinando – divided into two halves: above there is a fan, below a rechargeable battery with a USB cable, and a plastic cone with a liquid inside that can remain cold very long." Its operation is… Read more
No more smartphone incidents
#Walking down the street staring at the display of your #smartphone, with your eyes pointed downwards, is extremely dangerous, yet more and more people do it. And there is no shortage of accidents, even fatal ones, in Italy either. Whether it is to send a message on WhatsApp, to interact with Facebook friends or to look for creatures to catch, we pay less and less attention to where we put our feet. The designer Büro North thought about solving the problem, with an idea that could save pedestrians' lives... Read more
R1, the first home robot
Everyone talks about nothing other than #R1, the first "family" robot produced by the Italian Institute of Technology (Iit) in Genoa. R1's "father", Giorgio Metta, is convinced of the great potential of his little robot: "The commercial prospects are immense". “R1 Your Personal Humanoid” was created starting from the experience gained from the creation of iCub, the most widespread humanoid research robot in the world. R1 has an Italian design, weighs approximately 50 kilos, has a height varying from 1 meter and 25 to 1 … Read more
Ikea manufactures the first mountable bicycle
It's called Sladda and it will be the first mountable bicycle put on sale by Ikea. The bike of the future, as it has already been defined, will arrive in stores in August and, like all Ikea furniture, will need to be assembled. It is the first bicycle produced by the Swedish furniture giant which actually wants to revolutionize the world of two wheels. Sladda is created in collaboration with the Veryday design studio, and will be available in a single color, in two different sizes and can be customized and accessorized. “Sladda is… Read more
Cyclee: a device projects the cyclist's intentions onto the shirt
Science is often at the service of common life and, above all in this case, the aim is to improve safety and everyday gestures by making them simpler and more functional. It happens with Cyclee, a project developed by designer Elnur Babayev which is about to be released on a global scale. How does this system work? Everything is very simple, as it is a luminous dispenser that is positioned on the back of the bicycle seat, a sort of drain… Read more
LineForm: the incredible “shape-shifting” linear interface
Passionate and nostalgic for the legendary Osvaldo Cavandoli and his "line", a trait capable of telling exciting stories, know that in tangible reality you could one day find yourself interacting with an interface that reminds you of your favorite. The MIT Media Lab is developing a “shapeshifting” interface that has a linear shape. An interactive snake, if you will. A line, geometrically speaking. Why it's interesting The line has billions of interesting features from an interactive design point of view. The possibility of converting abstractness into… Read more
Capturing energy from the wifi and converting it into electricity: a first device made
Along the road that leads to wireless electricity, or "witricity", there is an important new travel companion: a circuit developed by researchers at Duke University capable of capturing energy from sound and the WiFi signal with an efficiency close to that of solar cells. It is a small device that uses 5 copper and glass fiber conductors connected in a circuit through 5 channels made with a metamaterial. The circuit 'captures' energy from the aforementioned sources converting it into electrical energy... Read more
Jet Capsule, the "utilitarian" yacht is born
Studio Lazzarini, an Italian design group, recently presented a “mini yacht” at the annual sector fair in the Principality of Monaco. The Jet Capsule is a vessel 7 and a half meters long and 3 and a half meters wide: its small size and the enormous possibility of customization make it suitable for many applications such as taxi, patrol, ambulance. Lazzarini's "utility yacht" is single or twin-engined and accommodates up to 8 passengers with automatically closing doors, convertible bed, ... Read more
How interactive displays change the future of retailing
PERCH pioneered the transformation of a normal display into an extraordinary means of communication, changing the users' purchasing experience. In these videos we show different possible applications of this technology, and how it will be possible to observe, choose and purchase objects in a much more interactive way than the one we adopt today. At the New York company they experiment with design, contents and forms, thanks to a system that combines cameras and sensors "evaluating" in real time the action that the buyer takes on the object, and... Read more
5 trends in the future of packaging
The concept of 'packaging' has been the cross and delight of all industrial development: on the one hand it has guaranteed better, faster and more widespread distribution and preservation of food, on the other it has contributed to forming a generation (more than one for truth) “disposable” accustomed to not reusing anything and using things quickly and hastily. In any case, the virtue lies in the middle: we need packages and containers, we will need them more and more. Here you are … Read more
English team creates the first reusable spray suits
Spanish designer Manel Torres has developed in partnership with a team of researchers from Imperial College London the first spray-on dress that can be worn, washed and reused. To 'spray' a t-shirt directly on our skin takes about 15 minutes. The compound, made up of non-toxic polymers and solvents, allows the liquid part to evaporate within a few minutes, leaving behind a garment that can be reused and adapts like a glove to the wearer's measurements. The fibers can… Read more
What is life? Venter promises a new human evolution
“What is life?” asks Craig Venter, the man who first mapped the human genome and created the first cell with a synthetic genome. “Just 3 letters are enough to compose a universe of questions still unanswered. What separates the animate from the inanimate? What are the basic ingredients of life? Who lit the first spark? How did the first organism evolve? How extensive is life in the universe? If other types of creatures exist on other planets, they are intelligent… Read more
Holland drops 5 axles for the motorway of the future
We often tend to think of innovations in the field of road safety as solutions limited to cars, but a team of Dutch designers makes us understand how the road itself can also play an active role. This gave rise to a series of interesting studies to make driving safer. The Glowing Lines concept takes inspiration from the lines of reflectors that can be found here and there on European motorways, but replaces the latter with a special luminescent paint in … Read more
Arduino wirelessly? Yes it can. That's how.
Arduino is an opensource framework that allows rapid prototyping and quick learning of the fundamental principles of electronics and programming. It is composed of a hardware platform for physical computing developed at the Interaction Design Institute, an institute based in Ivrea, founded by Olivetti and Telecom Italia. The name of the card derives from that of a bar in Ivrea frequented by some of the founders of the project. (source: wikipedia). The Arduino system offers an open source method for programming… Read more
Airdrop, water from the air in real time
There is nothing more devastating than drought for agriculture: hectares and hectares of cultivated land literally go up in smoke due to the prolonged absence of rain: a prototype developed by Edward Linnacre, a student at Swinburne University in Australia, promises to erase this problem in the future. His name is Airdrop. Here's how it works Despite its rather essential design, Airdrop is able to filter hot air from the environment through a turbine, filter it thanks to a complex system of pipes, … Read more
The robotic arm of DARPA ready in 4 years.
When over the last 5 years we reported news on DARPA's robotic arm (if you feel like it, the old site is available), we talked about advanced prototypes: today we can talk, with satisfaction, about clinical tests: it is the future. No later than two weeks ago, American health bodies approved the protocol that will allow volunteers to obtain the implant of a bionic arm: on the front line, once again, soldiers wounded in war. They will be the ones to experiment… Read more
Bang & Olufsen hits Encore
(sponsored article) Multipurpose environments and intelligent spaces await us in the near future to pamper us and meet the needs of a presumably more stressed population: the 'show down' will travel in the opposite direction to disorder: it seems classic but one can expect rooms increasingly essential, elegant, capable of calming the soul and transmitting serenity and harmony. Speaking of harmony: what will happen to music? A factor that has been important to humans for thousands of years will not be overlooked tomorrow either: ... Read more
Bodymetrics launches Body Mapping: a scanner will dress us.
London-based company Bodymetrics has joined forces with PrimeSense to develop a 3D scanner capable of 'mapping' a human body to give it instant advice on the fit of a suit: this "Body Mapping" platform uses special sensors to take measurements of a user and create an exact replica. The system then connects to a database of manufacturers to 'apply' to the scanned body the clothes that best suit (in terms of design and size) the body of the ... Read more
