Here’s what we looked at this week:
Libman’s Step-On Dustpan: Ergonomic improvement, or pointless?
The Kim-e: A standing-height, hands-free powered wheelchair that’s essentially “a self-balancing personal mobility robot.”
Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot has invented the HoloTile floor, an incredible omnidirectional treadmill surface.
Vay’s transportation-on-demand is like Uber, but you drive yourself. A remote “teledriver” drops the car off with you, then whisks it away afterwards.
Ballie, Samsung’s vision for an AI-powered domestic robot, is a solution in search of a problem.
This Gravity Mag Reel 360, a “tactical cord reel gear holder” with a built-in magnet, is the latest bit of EDC porn.
The Duvel Chair, by industrial design consultancy Futurewave, repurposes beer truck tarps as chair upholstery.
A better form factor for anti-package-theft porch lockers: A useable bench.
The boomloom, invented by artist Lauren Puchowski, is a portable loom. The invention was picked up by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum Shop.
