Monthly Archives: May 2014

I Cheated On My Road Bike With A Commuter (And I Liked It)

Apart from a brief afternoon fling with a chunky Dutch cruiser in Rotterdam a few years back, I’ve been with the same road bike since I started riding around San Francisco four years ago. We’ve got a great thing going, … Continue reading

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OMsignal’s biometric shirt watches you breathe, tells your smartphone about it

Most fitness wearables wrap around your wrist or clip to your belt, but the folks at OMsignal have distilled the category down to its most basic form: the shirt. “We’ve been wearing clothing all our lives,” company CEO and founder … Continue reading

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Panasonic’s medical robot returns after the first-gen sold but two

Remember Hospi, the digital porter from 2004? We wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t, since Panasonic only sold two of the things in the better part of a decade. Now, the company is looking for a do-over, having redesigned the … Continue reading

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13 Concept Cars From the Past That Still Feel Like the Future

When I was a kid, I always loved it when auto show season came around, and the concept cars hit the stage. Looking at those uncommon curves felt like looking into the future, where roads twisted through the heavens and … Continue reading

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How Far You Can Get By Car, Bike or Foot, Any Time of Day

Not all transportation is made equal: cars may zip by, but they get snarled up in traffic; walking is slow, but you’ll never get caught in a jam. Isoscope, then, mashes together information sets to tell you how far you … Continue reading

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