August 27, 2014Anyone that has to stand up to work all day will know just how tiring it can be. You cannot of course carry around a stool with you all day as this just isn’t practical. However, this may soon be a thing of the past as a Swiss start-up company has now come up with the Chairless chair. The chair is worn by way of an exoskeleton that is strapped to the back of the legs.
October 17, 2014UK company Pavegen installed their first order three years ago and their tiles make use of the kinetic energy generated by pedestrians. Since that first installation they have gone on to install their tiles in schools and at the Paris Marathon. Now. the company have teamed up with Shell on one of their biggest projects to date.
April 02, 2014Hong Kong is known for being a tech savvy and advanced city and now, it has the title of the world& 39;s longest outdoor escalator system covering nearly 1 kilometer in distance. The Guinness World Record is found in Mid-levels - a part of the city particularly known for its incorporation of smart technology.
September 08, 2014Anyone who needs to take a journey over rugged rough back roads would be happy enough with a pickup truck. However, if you want to venture into the toughest of terrains and out into the wilderness, such as Alaska, you might want to be behind the wheel of the Nissan Project Titan. Image Source: Nissan The vision of Nissan for Project Titan was to make the ultimate Titan which would be driven by two veterans of the Wounded Warrior Project on an adventure into the Alaskan wilderness.
January 20, 2013Trakdot Luggage is created for safe travel and is as big as your palm, in order to fit easily in any suitcase or bag. The luggage locator system delivers information about where the checked baggage is, even if the Trakdot marked bag does not reach the desired destination. Image Source: Trackdot Here is how the device works.
By Robin WhitlockJanuary 13, 2016The new wind-generating plastic grass could look something like this once it is fully developed Image Source: desalvea, Flickr China is regularly knocked for its environmental record. Wrongly, as it happens. In fact, the country is now ahead of the US in terms of its renewable energy development and deployment and Chinese innovation in clean energy is a regular source of some pretty amazing technology.
