Tag: Innovation
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SpeedSkiing With “Emma”, At 250kph
By Bruce Eaton Deciding the humans do not fling themselves down icey mountains fast enough, skier Harry Egger and Formula One engineer Charles Bienz have designed Emma, the balls to the wall backpack/aero shell that allows Egger to ski downhill at hopefully over 250kph with ease. Combining laser measuring technology in order to fit it…
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Hydrofoil Water Scooter
By Bruce Eaton Having grown up on the gulf coast of Florida, water sports is very near and dear to me. Boogie boarding, wake boarding, Hydrofoil Water Scooter humping on the bay… wait a minute?! Through Hammacher Schlemmer, they sell this ingenious, innovative, intriguing and incredible machine that is powered by the rider. You essentially…
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Taking Travel Pillow To A New Level
By Michelle Cheung Sleeping in the economy seat in most flights is not comfortable. If you’re lucky, you can twist and turn until you’re so tired, you fall asleep. But if you’re not, you’ll just have to freeze in one position till the plane lands. Maybe this travel pillow will help. Maybe not. The Skyrest…
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Offset Bike Cranks, Tour De France Here I Come
By Bruce Eaton Now I am ready to truly give Lance Armstrong a run for his money with the Rotor Crank System. Designed by someone who is, presumably, smart, the Rotor Crank does what all cyclists wish their pedals did for them: remove that dead spot at the top of a new stroke. Well, this…
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The Future Of Display, Sony Data Tiles
By David Ponce Round these parts, we’re very fond of overly dramatic and impossibly clich?d hyperboles. Things like “The future is now!” or “Move over George Jetson!” or even “Think different.” Yet, if there ever was a time to whip out the big and cheezy rhetorical guns, the new Sony Data Tiles would warrant it.…