Something this horrific can’t possibly be an accident. I mean, it takes a genius to come up with something so offensive to the eye. Sure enough, the insanely appalling carpets that adorn Vegas casinos are designed to keep you gambling. More »
In animal terms, the Fukitorimushia floor-cleaning robot would be the Roomba’s distant evolutionary ancestor. It wipes instead of vacuums, inches rather than rolls, and generally looks like it wriggled right out of the primordial soup.
CirculaFloor—360° autonomous floor tiles—reposition themselves to make walking in virtual reality one step closer to being more realistic. However, walk a little too fast, and you’ll fall flat on your ass.
If you go to the Netherlands–where I was last week, visiting Philips–remember to go to WATT in between visits to all those Coffee Shops, a club in which you can get drunk, dance, and maybe snog someone while actually helping to save the planet. The whole disco has been designed to save energy and carbon emissions, starting with its power-generating dance floor.
