On-demand

Following in the footsteps of other premium automotive manufacturers, BMW has put together a car subscription service that lets drivers pay a fixed monthly fee for access to a fleet of different luxury car options, which can be delivered and switched over on demand.

Searching for somewhere to park in a busy city can be a long-winded and frustrating experience. Drivers in central London, however, no longer need to do so. A new service called Vallie allows them to hand their car over to be parked for them - and to be returned when requested.

We were able to demo live streaming service Sling TV briefly at CES 2015 where it was introduced last month, but now we've had a chance to spend some quality time with it on various devices and network connections and dig deeper into what it offers.

Inner city living can often mean cramped accommodation with little access to outdoor space. With this in mind, a project in Manchester, UK, is offering people the chance to book a garden for an hour at a time. Plot is a private urban garden that explores the notion of access rather than ownership.

The JPods concept centers around a four to six seat electric vehicle suspended beneath an overhead rail structure, which is topped with photovoltaic panels.

DustCart is a robot about the same size as a human that provides an on-demand garbage collection service.