If you go mountain biking in the actual mountains, it's fairly likely that you'll encounter situations in which you have to carry your bike. It was with this in mind that German cyclist Marvin Kiesel created PeakRider, a hands-free bicycle-carrying system.
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We've already seen bike helmets with head/tail lights, turn indicators and built-in speakers, and the Beacon helmet … well, it has all of those too. What makes it a little different, however, is the fact that it laser-projects a bicycle-warning symbol onto the road in front of the rider.
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Bike racks that mount on your vehicle's trailer hitch may be handy, but they can make it difficult to access the rear hatch. While some such racks do fold down or swing to one side, Saris' new Glide takes a different approach. As its name implies, it "glides" back out of the way.
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If you don't like lugging a bike lock around when cycling, then you might like Bisecu. It's permanently installed on the front wheel hub, and keeps that wheel from turning when the bike is left unattended. First announced this March, it is now the subject of a Kickstarter campaign.
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Folding electric scooter are certainly not in short supply these days, but many make users stand for that last mile journey. The eScooter is claimed to go from folded up to travel-ready in 3 seconds, with a chunky bike seat and integrated shock absorber to get users to work in comfort.
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SproutBox Design says its Aivia speaker has similar smarts to Google's Home speaker and Amazon's Echo, but with better sonic output. Like those devices, it can be controlled by voice, but it also has a touchscreen, a video camera, a wireless device charging surfaceand a 15-watt subwoofer out back.
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Dirty floors seem like just the kind of dull task that robots were made for. The latest droid to which we can delegate mopping duties is the Everybot RS700, which uses a bunch of sensors to cleverly seek out dirty spots in the dark and stay on the straight and narrow.
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The Modulos Desk has been designed to cope with the changing demands of the modern workforce, with modules that bolt together to form a custom desk made up of rotating tablet docks, wireless charging zones, USB hubs and groovy pencil holders. And when the job changes, so can the desk configuration.
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What's easier than writing a shopping list with a pen and paper? Well, maybe nothing, although the makers of Lystr would beg to differ. Their device plugs into a wall outlet in your kitchen, creating a shopping list on your smartphone by scanning barcodes and listening for its name to be spoken.
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The Quiubo from Mexico's Hombre Orchestra has been designed to make music creation fun, with players using its faces to tap out rhythms or pluck virtual guitar strings, or shake out a beat while tipping and twisting to add crazy effects.
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