Geeky Traveller

I have to preface this by saying I think these students are brilliant. This is one of the coolest concepts I have ever seen and I can just imagine how well it would sell if it gets out of the prototype phase.
Students from the Berlin University of the Arts created a roadtrip game that goes way beyond backseat bingo. The game, called Carcade! takes the world around you and translates it into a computer game that you play right in the car.
(Passengers only, naturally. Drivers will have to wait until someone else takes over the wheel if …read more

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San Francisco will someday be wired – no, I’m not talking about WiFi. A tech firm called Streetline Networks is working with the city to have sensors laid out which will allow drivers to use their phones to find parking. The sensors would notify a driver when a parking spot is becoming available in their general area. The idea is not simply to remove the frustration involved in trying to find a darn spot, but rather to cut down on the traffic congestion that is caused when drivers have to go around the block numerous times in …read more

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Did you ever go hitchhiking? I never did; I was scared off between dire warnings from my parents and that movie, The Hitcher. However, once upon a time, many people made their way from Point A to Point B by tossing a duffel bag over their shoulder, standing on the side of the road, and sticking a thumb out into traffic.
Now someone has come up with a concept device called the iHitch. It would combine a cell phone, GPS device, and a payment method (similar, I would assume, to PayPal where you can pay a token fee …read more

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This is just a fantastic concept, something that combines my geeky nature, my love of camping, and my go-green tendencies. Verdier has created a concept camper that uses hybrid driving capabilities and solar power for the camper. It uses an on-board computer and GPS device to figure out the best place to position the camper’s “Sun Tracker” which then pulls in solar power to operate.
What a fantastic idea. They’re speculating on about $69K if they ever get them onto an assembly line.
I love that it uses solar power, more of our devices should operate that way. …read more

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I absolutely love seeing concept designs of things that we may very well be using at some point in the future – I’m always wondering how something will be improved and actually seeing how someone answers that question is exciting to me.
This concept is called Ticketime and here’s how it would work – it’s a boarding pass for getting on a plane, train or bus, similar to our old-fashioned fuddy-duddy tickets. It is, in fact made of paper but it’s electronic paper. It contains two tiny magnets that allow you to wear the boarding pass around your wrist. …read more

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