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Treadmills are usually used solely for cardio workouts, walking in a one way, linear direction. Virtual Space Devices is working on a concept that would make treadmills omni-directional, making the treadmill sense which way you are moving and adapting to that position. You might be asking yourself, why the hell would I care about a new exercising device? The cool ...

We’ve heard of capsule hotels before, which usually means rooms with unusually small living quarters. Now this Capsule Inn located in Akihabara, the digi-center of Tokyo, takes the term a little too literally. The Inn features actual capsules which can be rented for 4,000 yen ($34) a night. Don’t be scared by the fact that it looks like you’ll be ...

Researchers over at the University of Madgeburg-Stendal in Germany are working on OLE, a new autonomous robot that could one day help out putting out fires. This fire-fighting beetle will be programmed to run through the forest at 20 to 30 km per hour, looking for potential forest fires in the works and extinguishing them with an impulse appliance. OLE ...

We admit that taking panoramic photos has become much easier through the years thanks to technology that allows you to line up the skyline with your other photos, but nothing makes it quite as easy as this. The Panoramic Digital Camera is specially made to spin on its own axis to take perfectly rounded photos. The camera spins a full ...

People have become rather apathetic when it comes to reading the time in the usual fashion. With this in mind, Art Lebedev shows off the Verbarius, a clock that tells you what time it is without the small talk of numbers, using human language. So instead of the cold message of 12:00, you get “Midnight” as an answer instead. It ...

Every school is bound to have an “Under The Sea” theme dance. But what to wear? Do you go in scuba gear? That’s hardly formal enough. These High Tide Heels are perfect for those occasions. And while we’re much too masculine to ever think about wearing anything with the word “heels” in the title, we’re sure there are some of ...

OK, well we know we say this about at least one concept a week, but this just might be the coolest damn concept design we’ve ever seen. Dual Music Player, or DMP, is a media player that can play both CDs and MP3s. Sure, there have been Discman MP3 players, but never something that fully embraces both forms of media. ...

The fourth model of Fujitsu’s RakuRaku phone (“raku” is Japanese for easy) is another attempt to give an older generation the chance to use modern communication methods. Its simple design and easy to read display make the less tech-savvy more able to use a cellphone. Just because the phone is indeed very raku to use, doesn’t mean it lacks features. ...

There’s no denying it. The Aeorscraft ML866 is one morbidly obese airplane. It’s time we had an intervention with the poor thing to help it deal with its problem. Obesity is a disease people! The ML866 is scheduled to make its first official launch next month at the NBAA convention. The fatty plane is actually pretty technologically advanced when it ...

The Rolleiflex MiniDigi could be the twin of the original 1920’s German-made Rollei “Twin Lens Reflex” camera, except for the fact that it is a fraction of the size and completely digitalized. This 3.1 MP reproduction is a blast from the past. A past in which most of us weren’t alive to see. Even though the camera can take videos ...