Mercedes-Benz has rolled out yet another design exploration, following up on their Vision One-Eleven and Vision V concepts. While the previous two were for a racy sportscar and a luxury executive transporter, respectively, their new …
Yamaha Teases Unusual Mobility Design Concepts
Once known for motorcycles, Yamaha is making a heavy push into the broader mobility space. This year’s Japan Mobility Show won’t open for another couple of weeks, but the brand has teased some of the …
A Honda Scooter with a Chinese Design Aesthetic
Earlier we looked at the sharply-designed OMO X, a scooter by Chinese manufacturer Omoway. Seeing the OMO X we wondered if Honda, the global leader in scooters, would notice and counter with a designey Chinese-market …
Dacia’s Wild-Looking Ultracompact Hipster EV Concept
I can’t decide if this is the spiritual successor to the Scion xB or the original Volkswagen bug. This Hipster concept is by Dacia, a Romanian automaker under Renault’s umbrella. It’s intended to be an …
A “Flying Suitcase” Personal VTOL Aircraft that Fits in a Car Trunk
A Chinese company called X-Control is developing this Janus-I Flying Suitcase. This is a personal VTOL aircraft that looks like an engineering school project, but bear with us. The heart of this design is that …
User-Adjustable Leather Tool Organizers
For some, the appeal of having a leather sheath for a much-carried or valued tool is high. However, these are typically single-purpose items, sized and dedicated to a single object. Silver Fox Tool, a small …
An Ironworker’s Brilliant (or Crazy?) Improvised Climbing Solution
Gone viral is this video of a brilliant (or brave and idiotic, according to some) ironworker scaling a column. Needing to scale a column to a height beyond the reach of the ladder, he’s devised …
Testing Shows Automotive Glassbreakers Can’t Break Modern Automotive Glass
It’s easy to convince EDC people to buy EDC things. But how do you convince non-EDC folks to buy your product? Simple: Fear. The global “car escape tool market,” according to market research firm Data …
The Digital Watch Started Out as a Sci-Fi Movie Prop
We don’t think of Stanley Kubrick as the father of the digital watch, but he had more than a little to do with it. In the 1960s, while Kubrick was developing “2001: A Space Odyssey,” …
A Camera Grip That Can Charge your iPhone
Belkin’s PowerGrip is for those who shoot lots of video with their iPhone. It solves two problems at once: It provides all the juice you need for a long shoot, and it provides a comfortable …