Revolutionary Bike Design

16 August 2005

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Pedal power is making a come back. But this time, with fewer moving parts for even greater efficiency. [This is purely conceptual, but feel free to dream along.]

Revolutionary Venom Line: This innovative machine has attitude. It’s one of the first bikes in the world to have no rear hub. That’s right, no rear hub. The rear wheel has a special magnetically polarized rim that is suspended inside the frame, …
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The Paper 2.0 Revolution Will Be Televised

15 July 2005

Jay Oatway

Flying Car | Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | One Word: "Plastics" | Rise of The Creative Class | Video Replaces Writing

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The Paper 2.0 Revolution Will Be Televised

Electronic paper has long been one of those fantasies that, like flying cars, sounds great, but never seems to materialize. Until now. Fujitsu has stunned critics with its bendable electronic paper.

This is the world’s first film substrate-based bendable color electronic paper with an image memory function. The new electronic paper features vivid color images that are unaffected even when the screen is bent, and features an image memory function that enables …
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Naughty Juicer

29 June 2005

Jay Oatway

Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | Jump the Shark | One Word: "Plastics" | Rise of The Creative Class

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Place half an orange on juicer, then have the sexiest lingerie clad assistant you can find apply the appropriate force with the appropriate part of the body that sits in a chair. Lap up the frivolity.

Spherical Kitchen of the Future

19 May 2005

Jay Oatway

Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | One Word: "Plastics" | Rise of The Creative Class | Toys For Geeks

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Sometimes the future just looks, well, spherical. [Via The Green Head]

The Popular Future

Friday Frivolity With Robotic Breast Massage

Science fiction can’t make up stories this crazy: [via Gizmodo]

Yes, this miracle of modern science is designed for all sorts of women, from “girls who are reaching or having …

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World AIDS Day: Sharing Your PC Will Save Humanity

With the recent media overkill concerning a remotely possible birdflu pandemic, it’s easy to lose sight of the real pandemic–HIV/AIDS. While the immune-system disease will continue to claim many lives, international disagreement over how to fight the global HIV/Aids pandemic has persisted on World Aids Day. So …

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Air Travel Revisited: 5 Futuristic Forms of Flying

While still struggling to shake off the effects of the long-haul, Easter Break flight to the UK, I’ve come across a great round up of forth coming aviation technologies that promise to make air travel a bit more fun. Some of these I’ve posted about before, so consider this a recap for those of you …

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Google Video Will Replace TV

While there is no shortage of video sharing services, Google will no doubt be the Grandaddy of them all. So the clever services now are the ones that are tapping into the Google archive, like DownloadGoogleVideos.com :: Easily Watch, Search for and Download Google Videos. Here’s a quick taste: DownloadGoogleVideos.Com …

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