Hiriko Citycar EV Folds Up For Easy Parking

We’re always trying to park as more cars as possible in one place— but since the space is limited, why not park your cars in a different way, such as fold your car up for parking/storage? Originally dreamt up by Boston’s MIT-Media lab, the collapsible vehicle is now developed by a consortium of seven small Basque firms under the name Hiriko Driving Mobility (Hiriko is the Basque word for ‘urban’) and is hoped to hit the market by mid-2013. The EV is quite small, coming with only two seats, and it will collapse into a much smaller one when parks vertically. And it’s durable too, capable of running for 75 miles without needing a recharge. When the EV finally comes into production, there’re two ways for people to use it: either purchase one for 12,500 Euros (just over $16,000) or rent one for the day.

Check Bookshelf

Your favorite books, your favorite designs, your favorite furniture…Any of your paper books can be sorted by this Check Bookshelf designed by Jongho Park.

Dual Snowboards

Dividing one skateboard into two separate ones, this “Dual Skateboard” will bring the users a more exciting experience, by offering new possibilities for sliding, turning, jumping and so on. Moreover, you may walk on the ground directly with the skateboards and maneuver around obstacles more flexibly. Is there any other surprise the “Dual Skateboard” would bring to us? You need to try them to find the answers.

Posture Suspenders

Developed by Tobias Sonne, the Posture Suspenders can detect a slouch and deliver real-time vibration alerts to help you always keep a correct posture. It’s a fully functional device, but is made with really ordinary things including an Arduino Pro Mini microcontroller board, a normal pair of suspenders, a XeBee wireless radio, and a 3.6 volt battery.

If you also want to build one too, you may check out the instructions here.

Scosche Cellphone Control Device

Texting or emailing with your cellphones during your driving is actually a very dangerous thing which may kill thousands of people every year. Although everyone knows that truth, they just couldn’t stop themselves using cellphones when they’re driving, thus Scosche produces a product that can control your cellphones. It’s mainly a trigger adapter that connects to any car’s OBD-II port – when switched on and detecting that you’re in motion, the adapter then sends out signals to make anything but hands-free calling disabled. Now, you might want to know what would happen if you unplug the trigger? Well, as the device is destined for mostly young drivers and fleet drivers, it will send an email of text to their parents or managers to inform them of your behavior.




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Shoe Tree Tulips

Before the Shoe Tree Tulips came to us, we merely know that a shoe rack is something to store and keep shoes, however we now realize that a shoe rack should also be something to display our shoes, especially those beautiful and delicate ones.



Selling Price: 199Euros

PocketString Device

Daily practice. That’s the No. 1 principle you need to keep in mind if you ever dream to play the guitar well. But the real guitar is so big that it’s not suitable to be taken anywhere, for you to play with it again and again. Thus we’d like to recommend this PocketString device to you. It’s smart and lightweight, and its tiny 4 fret board would let you practice the fundamentals at any place and any time. It’s going to be available next month for less than $30.










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