Reid Jones
Coffee-making via iPhone, iPad
The iPhone has become the ultimate (so far) handheld communications equipment. It seems the next step has been taken. You can now make coffee with the help of your smartphone/tablet computer and a coffee faucet made by Denmark’s Scanomat. Two grinders hidden from view lets you make coffee in 15 seconds, an espresso in 25 [...]
Toyota Fun-Vii – a smartphone on wheels
The world’s obsession with social networking has caught up with the automotive industry. Over a week ago leading car manufacturer Toyota showed off it latest concept in forward thinking with the Toyota Fun-Vii, a 13-foot three-seater that is actually more a design brag than a practical way to drive around looking like a gigantic touchscreen [...]
Bridgestone’s air-free tire of the future
Lotharios, start envisioning a future where you cannot offer to stop and help ladies stranded on the road with flat tires. Even with self-inflating tires, motorists still haven’t found a way to solve the problem of flat tires. But thanks to Bridgestone, you may soon say goodbye to that particular motoring problem as the forward-looking [...]
4moms Origami stroller: Button-operated baby carriage
If you thought the Transformers switching ability is limited to animated robots, take a look at what forward-looking designers have come up with in the stroller industry. If you want convenience and fashion as you take a walk with your little bundle of joy in public, get yourself and your baby a 4moms Origami stroller. [...]
Tiny Robot with Super-powered Leaping Ability
Looking like some sort of plastic water pump instead of a robot, this contraption put together by the bright boys of The Robotics and Automation Lab of Michigan State University performs like a hyperactive grasshopper as it jumps in the air. The “Bio-inspired Miniature Steerable Jumping Robot” supposedly can leap up to 36 inches, but [...]