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ZH2: The Super-Quiet 4×4 That Runs On Hydrogen And Produces Water As Its ‘Exhaust’ (Video)
April 18, 2017
So, like about 25 or more years after we should have, are we finally gonna get to drive such automotive tech perfection? PLEASE???
(Hmmm… looks like the soldiers are getting to drive this first. Talking about ‘going green.’ Oh well.)
General Motors aka GM aka the biggest of ‘Big Auto’… has unveiled this joint industry-military creation, the ZH2. It runs smooth, practically silent (with minimal ‘accoustic signature,’as the military folks would say). It does NOT use or burn fossil fuel, so it doesn’t give off much heat that could be picked up by enemy heat-sensing night vision cameras (because, the military) nor does it give off harmful emissions. It runs on hydrogen. And its exhaust is water… drinkable water! Even the waste from this 4×4 is not wasteful. Kinda stylish to boot.
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Scewo: The Stair-Climbing Wheelchair (Video)
April 17, 2017
Swiss engineering students came up with the Scalevo wheelchair. Now they’ve improved upon the innovation to create Scewo, the latest prototype wheelchair that uses rubber tracks to traverse urban terrain – including and especially stairs. This could make a whole lot of places ‘wheelchair accessible.’ Super dope! Currently crowdfunding on Patreon, with market release targeted for 2018. MORE: SCEWO IS CREATING A STAIR-CLIMBING WHEELCHAIR (PATREON)
Fashion/Technology: The Tuibo Cycling Vest & Assistant (Video)
April 4, 2017
Know how we’re supposed to treat riders on bicycles like any other vehicle on the road? Sure. Can do. Except when we cannot see them coming up from behind. And when we cannot see them at all at night (because all neon ain’t fashionwear). And when we don’t know what turn they plan to make in a sec, because they have to maintain balance and handlebar grip before making it.
But yeah, besides all that going against the healthy/green-minded commuters with us out in these streets… sure, we can share the road.
Alright. Cynical much? Yeah, you got us. But if you cycle much, Tuibo has got you. Got your back. Literally. Check it out!
Designed to be your companion along the way, Tuibo is a smart vest made to improve visibility with it’s built-in flexible LED displays for braking and turning lights, also with it’s head light and horn. Tuibo’s fully washable and has hidden expandable sides to cover you backpack, all embedded in a subtle design.
Posted in Fashion, Lifestyle, Product, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: Cycling Assistant, Cycling Vest, Mexico City, Smart Vest, TUI-BO, TUIBO, Urban Cycling Assistant, wearable safety | No Comments »
Technology: SAW Robot Moves On Its Own Like A Worm And Can Be Shrunk Down For Use As A Medical Device (Video)
March 29, 2017
Came across this on the Interwebs. A robot that ‘moves like a worm’ that could be ‘shrunk and sent into your intestine’ sounds like a good idea… but ONLY by comparison.
(Yeah, compared to camera jammed on the end of a tube being pushed up your rectum for that colonscopy.)
So, um, lets focus on the tech and other applications for the 3D-printed SAW (Single Actuator Wave-like) robot that swims, crawls and climbs.
Intelligent motion, ease of manufacturability, design for scalability… HUGE selling points for any tech. Think about how way less cool a Roomba would be if we had to keep checking on it and repositioning it to finish the vacuuming, or if it was really hard or expensive to make. Imagine if there is some ‘much bigger’ Roomba cleaning huge warehouse floors somewhere. And that’s scaling it to big. What about scaling smaller? Wouldn’t fields involving exploration of hard-to-reach, hard-to-negotiate areas find shrunk down versions of this tech VERY useful?
(Wait. Are we talking about robo-worming our guts again??? Maaan PAUSE! PAAAAUSE!)
Enjoy the expo above.
MORE: 3D-PRINTED ROBOT THAT MOVES LIKE A WORM (MIRROR ONLINE)
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: 3D-Printed, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, medicine, Robot, robotics, SAW, Single Actuator Wave-like | No Comments »
DJ CAVEM Moetavation – “I’m a Sunwarrior” (Prod. By Sticman) [Video]
March 25, 2017
You remember us talking about Ietef Vita aka DJ CAVEM on here, right? Well, the O.G. (Organic Gardener) is back with some more real talk… and granted, a bit of product promotion, in a dope visual presentation. Beautiful! In many ways. Just press play. You’ll see.
Produced by DJ CAVEM and Sticman of Dead Prez.
Posted in Activism, Food, Health and Wellness, Hip-Hop, Music, Product, Progressive, Videos | Tags: Dead Prez, DJ CAVEM, DJ Cavem Moetavation, I'm a Sunwarrior, Ietef Vita, SticMan, Sunwarrior | No Comments »
Introducing Boston Dynamics’ Handle: A Super-Powered Research Robot (Video)
March 24, 2017
Maaan, they keep making these robots better, stronger, faster, more flexible and agile and… you get the picture. But maybe these bot makers don’t ‘get the picture’ – the Skynet-Schwarznegger-Terminator, science-NONfiction horror picture. Then again, Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert has been quoted as saying, “This is the debut presentation of what I think will be a nightmare-inducing robot.†So, maybe they do get it.
Handle is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4 feet vertically. It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles on one battery charge. Handle uses many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles found in the quadruped and biped robots we build, but with only about 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex. Wheels are efficient on flat surfaces while legs can go almost anywhere: by combining wheels and legs Handle can have the best of both worlds.
– Boston Dynamics
Oh… Handle is a research bot. Because all kinds of researchers need a 6.5-foot tall jumper with a four foot vertical (right, all kinds of NBA researchers). Oooo–kaaay. They must think we fell off the back of the turnip truck and it backed over our heads right after that!
(Not saying it’s not cool tech though.)
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Flying Made Easy: The Icon A5 Mini-Plane (Video)
March 22, 2017
Dope! Got more news on the Icon A5 – the 2-seat mini-plane designed to be so simple that anyone who can drive a car can fly it. The sticker weighs in at just over $200K, so it is near the regular people price range (okay, regular people who have quite a bit of big change to throw around). Plus this plane can land on and take off on water. Put in the money, 30 hours’ training, get a license, and viola… your life is ‘fly’ for real #BALLIN
Check out the latest video above (courtesy USA Today).
Posted in Lifestyle, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: A5, AIRCRAFT, COLLAPSIBLE SEAPLANE, Icon, ICON A5, ICON A5 AIRCRAFT, mini-plane, Plane, RECREATIONAL AIRCRAFT | No Comments »
Hate Traffic? Then You’re Going To Love Pop.Up, A New Flying Car Concept (Video)
March 17, 2017
They went in on the music. Cool!
Check out this new vehicle concept in the direction of flying cars; and no, not like the flying DeLorean model drone we posted earlier. This flying car is real!
Italdesign and the aerospace industry leader Airbus unveiled Pop.Up, a trailblazing modular ground and air passenger concept vehicle system to relieve the traffic congestion in megacities of the future.
And really cool, huh?
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: airbus, AIRCRAFT, CAR, Car Concept, CONCEPT, Concept Car, flying car, flyingcar, gear, geneva motor show, geneva motor show 2017, genevamotorshow2017, italdesign, pop.up, popup, quadcopter, Robots, transportation | No Comments »
Waverly Labs’ Pilot Earpiece Lets You Hear And Understand A Foreign Language In Real Time (Video)
March 1, 2017
It’s a Star Trek-style dream, but one that’s inching closer to reality.
– C|NET
See? Like Star Trek’s Universal Translator tech. Another nerd fantasy come to life right here. Give it another year, and it’s likely you will want one in your ear. To be certain, you’ll still want to learn the languages and nuances of those from foreign lands with whom you want to communicate… BUT… this Pilot Earpiece from Waverly Labs though: futuristic science fiction becomes science FACT! This Earpiece can translate a conversation between two native speakers of different languages in real time. See how above. Read more by clicking the link below.
Making The Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship Ring (Video)
February 16, 2017
In a word, three words: Championship. The pinnacle of achievement in a competitve endeavor. To symbolize and celebrate the against-all-odds achievement of King James and his Cavaliers, Baron Championship Rings (another three words) crafted the Cavs’ 2016 NBA Championship ring.
Until now, you probably thought about the ring for the five seconds you ogled it. Now you will see how much goes into one of these things.
Posted in Fashion, Product, Sports, Videos | Tags: 2016 NBA Championship, Championship Ring, Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA Championship Ring, Ring | No Comments »
Tom Clancy’s “Ghost Recon Wildlands” Trailer: Mission Briefing (Video)
February 10, 2017
Damn. Anybody still hanging on to the old school video games? Who got Tecmo Super Bowl skills? You KNOW the Houston Oilers vs. anybody-who-wanna-get-whupped can happen, right? Heee… I’m just playing… but so not (who ya got). Old schooool game fam!
But nah. This game is NOT that. Tom Clancy storytelling stylings gone wilding in this ‘Ghost Recon Wildlands’ game. And peep, above; that’s just a TRAILER!
– @ojones1
Posted in Action, Animation, Gaming, Product, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Mission Briefing, Tom Clancy, Ubisoft, Ubisoft US | No Comments »
Environmentally Conscious And Cost Effective: Solar Roof Tiles (Video)
February 7, 2017
Can we have nice things? Why do we always HAVE to be thinking about how to ‘save the planet’ man? Why does it always have to be about the environment? And you know going green costs hella money, right?
NO! It is costing less and less to go green, and we are not even talking about the cost SAVINGS you get from making the switch (e.g. lower utility bills). Case in point: Peep this vid about the possibilites for a roof of solar panels… cheaper AND nicer than what most folks live under now.
Oh… and you are not really ‘saving’ the Earth either way. Earth means ‘rocks and dirt.’ It will be here whether we try to save it or not. We are talking about our SURVIVAL as a species. No environment, no life on Earth.
(Life. It’s the nicest thing to have. Now, play the video.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Environment, Product, Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: glass panels, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic panels, PV cells, PV panels, Solar Energy, solar panels, solar roof panels, Tesla | No Comments »
Look At The New Nike Shoe With EARL (Electro-Adaptive Reactive Laces) Technology
February 2, 2017
Nike’s new shoe magically adapts to your foot.
Posted by WIRED on Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Duuuude! I was on some Phresher (waitWAITwait a minute) when I watched this. So we did not get the “Back To The Future” hoverboard like we were supposed to by now, but aren’t these the shoes from the movies? Wow!
Nike’s new shoe magically adapts to your foot.
– Wired
– @ojones1
Posted in Product, Recreation, Technology, Videos | Tags: E.A.R.L., EARL, Electro-Adaptive Reactive Laces, Nike, Shoe, shoes | No Comments »
The World’s First Male Sex Doll (Video)
December 20, 2016
Ooookay. VICE’s Karley Sciortino is taking girls “playing with dolls” to a whole other level! Getting mighty cozy with the concept in this documentary episode exploring the making of male sex dolls for women.
Because, you know, gender equality.
(Hahaa! Karley, though. Got an undeniable sexy about her, right? Just saying, she probably does not need to go the doll route. Surely there is a real ‘plaything’ out here that will gladly play with her… Errr… Just watch.)
Posted in Alternative, Film, Human Interest, Interview, Investigation, Product, Relationships, Series, Videos | Tags: Karley Sciortino, Making The World's First Male Sex Doll, Male Doll, Male Sex Doll, Sinthetics, Slutever, Synthetics, VICE | No Comments »
This Hoverbike Is A ‘Beast’ (Video)
December 19, 2016
Check out what going ‘Beastmode’ will mean to the future of travel. This Beast is a conceptual hoverbike, but wow, what a concept! Looking like part Tron, part Star Wars. All the way dope futuristic ride!
Check out a video compilation of hoverbikes of 2016 after the jump.
Posted in Product, Recreation, Videos | Tags: Beast, Hover bike, Hoverbike, The Beast | No Comments »
DJ Khaled Speaks On Staying Focused, How ‘They Block’ And More On ‘The Late Show’ With Stephen Colbert (Video)
December 12, 2016
Definitely gotta bless up. Grammy-nom, NY Times Best Seller, father, producer, restaurateur, motivator, Snapchat phenom… and now formulator of a special ‘cocoa butter’… They Block! You must watch this to understand man. There is just no way to hate on DJ Khaled. Why even try? Check out his sit-down with Stephen Colbert above. Nice!
The music mogul, fresh off his latest GRAMMY nomination, takes Stephen through the success tips in his bestselling book ‘The Keys.’
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Hip-Hop, Interview, Product, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: DJ KHALED, Stephen Colbert, The Key Is To Stay Focused, The Keys, The Late Show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, They Block | No Comments »
How Flat Can A Flat Screen TV Be? (Video)
December 7, 2016
Apparently, LG is coming with a TV as thin as a credit card. Wowwww, now that’s a neato cool toy! Maybe one we can roll up and stuff in a stocking. Got to imagine they will be hella expensive. But not if you got it playa. Haaa!
I don’t. I’m saying if YOU got it.
I was surprised at the amount of vitriol ($10 word for ‘hateration’ – word value to be determined) being spewed on the comments where I found this clip. Guess we can’t have nice things… without spiteful things being said about them. Aaaanywaayyys, it’s cool leisure tech candy to at least look at (sweet). Plus it is lightweight and magnetically mounted to a wall. So moving days would be a bit easier on the back. I wonder how that next argument over what to watch might go though…
(Look… we ain’t watching ‘Scandalicious’ or ‘House Chickens Of Gotham City’ tonight… Think we are? Oh yeah?? Well, just keeping thinking that. Meanwhile, I’m gonna watch ‘Arrow’ in the other room… AND I’M TAKING THE TV!)
– @ojones1
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: flat panel, hd, LADbible, LG, TV of the future, wallpaper TV | No Comments »
New GoPro Throwable Camera Lets You Capture High-Quality Aerial Footage (Video)
November 29, 2016
Wow. When the director calls out “throw” to camera 3… well, now the cameraperson will need some further clarification… Because GoPro, that’s why! Watch the clip above: You can aim, throw and shoot this GoPro (as many times as needed) to get the perfect aerial shot. Whyyyyy are we not filming touchdown receptions with a ‘football cam’ yet? Get on that GoPro. ASAP. And get Cam Newton to speak on it (Cam’s Aerial Cam, Air Cam Cam, ThrowPro…something more catchy).
Hey! What about a dodgeball cam?? Imagine commentating someone getting BLASTED in the face, huevos, guts, glutes or somewhere sensitive (yet hilarious) from the ‘incoming!’ point of view. Could be some fun tech! And you can invest in it via the link below.
KICKSTARTER: WITH AER, YOU CAN THROW YOUR GOPRO!
– @ojones1
Posted in Product, Recreation, Technology, Videos | Tags: AER, GoPro, GoPro Camera, GoPro Throwable Camera, THROW YOUR GOPRO, Throwable Camera GoPro | No Comments »
The World’s Most Expensive Cheese… Is Made From WHAT???!! (Video)
November 21, 2016
$500 a pound? How did 2 Chainz not try this as The Most Expensivest cheese? But the $500 tag…not the standout fact about this cheese. It’s what it’s made of: not goat or cow milk. Naaah, son. DONKEY milk!
At the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve in Serbia, Slobodan Simić creates the world’s most expensive cheese with milk from his herd of donkeys. Donkeys only produce a tiny amount of milk, so that—coupled with the fact that Slobodan is the only one with the recipe—means that his cheese goes for around $500 dollars per pound.
So… ASS cheese. Is that’s what’s hot in these streets? When you get your paper way up, you can have donkey cheese on that expensive ass burger. Ha!!
– @ojones1
Posted in Food, Human Interest, Lifestyle, Product, Travel, Videos | Tags: Donkey, Donkey milk, Great Big Story, Serbia, Slobodan Simić, World's Most Expensive Cheese, Zasavica Special Nature Reserve | No Comments »
BMW’s Motorrad Looks Like Batman’s Motorcycle (Video)
November 8, 2016
Sort of like the cycle in the Batman movies. Although that self-balancing function probably cannot ‘guarantee’ no crashes. There are some crazy riders out there that might put that feature to the ultimate test if & when this cycle comes out. Pretty sweet looking toy though.
BMW has released their next concept vehicle in the Vision 100 series, and it’s a motorcycle. The Motorrad is sleek, self-balances and comes with augmented reality goggles.
– @ojones1
Posted in Lifestyle, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: Bat cycle, Batcycle, Batman, Batman's motorcycle, BMW, motor cycle, Motor rad, motorcycle, Motorrad, Tech Insider, Vision 100, Vision 100 series | No Comments »
