The Passing Cloud by Tiago Barros
The Passing Cloud by Tiago Barros wants to become another means of air transportation that doesn’t include tight schedules and fixed locations like airplanes do. This inflatable cloud consists of a platform that will carry people across the sky. With the help of winds, this piece would travel all over the sky without a specific destination. (Pics)
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EN-V
As GM gets ready to roll out its electric mini-car, the Chevy Spark, its concept electric vehicle, the Chevy EN-V, a two-seater that the automaker has developed was a-buzz at last year’s Shanghai World Expo. The EN-V could be an end to gridlock, an end to accidents and n end to driving altogether. In fact you can conduct a video conference in traffic, and this podcar parks itself. This next-generation vehicle combines zero-transmission, super-connectivity and other advanced technologies to makes the future of individual transportation actually seem sustainable. (video)
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Many people are not aware of how often we are exposed to bacteria and viruses.
A report examining attitudes to cleanliness and general hygiene has been released to coincide with Global Handwashing Day. One in ten people have admitted avoiding public transport and trips to the movies because of worries over cleanliness and general hygiene levels.
Planes being de-iced at LaGuardia.
Flights are being canceled by U.S. airlines at the fastest rate in ten years storms from blizzards to hurricanes wallop the busiest hubs. And full planes are making it harder for stranded travelers to rebook trips.
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Frii plastic bike
The ultimate green machine will not only be human-powered, but will be made of recycled materials like the Frii prototype plastic bike, despite various takes on the perfect mode of eco-friendly city transport.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: I often describe the future with human-like characteristics. By doing so, it helps me think through our relationship with the future in novel ways. So here is an example of this:
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Sex in a vehicle is the most exciting place Americans say they have had sex.
Condom maker, Trojan, released the U.S. Sex Census national survey that found that 48% of Americans say “the most exciting place (they) have had sex ” is in a car.
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The Diwheel
The Diwheel is a strange-looking vehicle, which places the rider between two giant wheels, has moved from science fiction to reality.
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Eurocopter X3
How could you make a helicopter go faster? You could probably add another engine. The answer is so simple and dead right. The engineers at Eurocopter also seem to have that same mentality and it worked.
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First things first. Before we can have flying cars,
we will need to go through the era of flying delivery drones
Futurist Thomas Frey: Imagine yourself in 2030, 20 years in the future, sitting in your living room watching your favorite show on a 3D holographic display, and you witness a product placement scene where someone is eating one of the best pizzas you’ve ever seen. The depiction is so lifelike and intense that you instantly start craving pizza, and simply utter the word “yes.”
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Short video clip about the opportunities associated
with creating an alternative transportation district.
Recorded at the Plan Fort Collins event on March 3, 2010
Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past few years I have been carefully watching what has turned into an explosion of alternative transportation vehicles being developed all over the world. These vehicles include everything from electric and fuel cell scooters, to hybrid motorcycles, to electric skateboards, to turbo-wheelchairs, to dog-powered bikes, to Segways and Segway knockoffs.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Great communities are founded on great ideas. At the same time, our most admired communities become a magnet, attracting the brightest minds. The relational effect is clear: Bright minds make a community great, and great communities attract bright minds.
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