Joto Robotic Drawing Board

A connected display for notes, messages and even art

London design studio Those continues to probe the impact of screens on human behavior. With Joto, debuting on Kickstarter today, they have reimagined the whiteboard. Here, a wipe-clean display meets a mechanical arm holding a pen and eraser attachment. By way of app-control (through any web-connected device), users can activate the pen attachment—sending lists, messages or illustrations to the drawing board. The app itself connects …

The Automotive Retrofuture

At this year’s Geneva Motor Show, what’s old was new and what’s new felt old

The Geneva Motor Show stands out from the other car shows in the circuit for its high concentration of super cars, specialty coach builders and generally esoteric automotive presentations. It’s for this reason that we love the show and also consider it a glimpse of what might come next for the industry at large. The curiosities of this year’s show were inarguably dominated by a …

Airbus + Italdesign Debuts Pop.Up Ground and Air Concept Vehicle System

A modular, fully electric, zero-emission capsule for megacities

Aviation specialist Airbus and Italian automotive design, styling and prototyping firm Italdesign‘s new Pop.up concept isn’t just a land-to-air vehicle—it’s an entire transportation system reimagined. At the core is a dynamic capsule that can be affixed to drone propellers or fitted into wheels, but what’s really going on here is a traffic-fighting reimagining of how travelers make their way. Inspired by the fact that in …