The miniFumpa is a reusable alternative to compressed air canisters.When a cyclist has to change a high-pressure tire at the side of the road, pumping it back up using a compact hand pump can be quite the hassle. That's why many bikers utilize compressed air canisters, although they're not reusable. Another alternative was unveiled at Interbike this week, however – the pocketable miniFumpa bat...

The closet airport from the Mt. Everest is more than 60 kilimeters far away.It is 9 days of walking where climbers has to carry their huge backpacks with all of the equipment. Very often climbers come to the base camp very exhausted without enough energy to climb on the summit of Mt. Everst.Designer : David Voltner[behance]

Central banks are pretty bullish on blockchain technology, according to a new study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. One in five central banks surveyed say they will deploy some form of blockchain tech within the next two years. Nearly 40% say the tech will be in use within a decade.The central banks were surveyed as part of the Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study. A group of 2...

Patents analysis sheds a light on 4 companies pursuing remotely operated autonomous vehicles, a potential stopgap on the road to full autonomy.With excitement around autonomous vehicles in full swing, startups and larger corporates are racing to be the first to field mass-market autonomous vehicles (AVs).Various players are targeting different levels of automation with their self-driving soluti...

The SYMBIOZ is like nothing we’ve seen before. The idea of combining transportation and living spaces seems like something absurd to fathom. Toying with this idea, the SYMBIOZ is an extension of the future – connected – home. Renault has mentioned the SYMBIOZ to be “an extra mobile, modular and multi-purpose room”. SYMBIOZ is a representation of what Renault envision for the automotive ind...

Columbia University engineers have developed a soft actuator that mimics natural muscle, but is three times stronger.The classic image of a robot is one clad in a rigid metal shell, but that might not be practical in situations where man and machine will need to work together. The emerging field of soft robotics is helping to make that collaboration safer, but recreating muscle is no easy task....

Would you be comfortable with a Walmart employee wandering into your home and restocking your fridge? What if you could watch on as they did it? The retail giant is at least looking to test out this possibly unnecessary concept through a new partnership with smart home security company August.The idea of coming home from work to a fully-stocked fridge and pantry does sound nice, but a lot of pe...

When Apple launched the iPhone 7 and announced that it was dropping the headphone jack, controversy erupted and criticism rolled in from consumers and industry experts alike.The fact that people were willing to believe drilling a hole in the base of their expensive new iPhone was a solution shows just how hard this change hit.Regardless, one year on Apple has now launched the iPhone 8, iPhone 8...

When is the last time you purchased a digital copy of a song or an album from an online retailer like iTunes or Amazon? If you’re like many Americans, it’s possible it’s been a few years since you bought anything.According to a report published recently by the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America) evaluating the state of the music industry at 2017’s halfway point, paid digita...