DCA Design’s Optic Augmented Reality Cyclist Helmet

This year's Red Dot "Best of the Best" mobility concept award winner

Snap judgments play a heavy role in the world of cycling. And now, Warwickshire, UK—based agency DCA Design has a proposal to give cyclists even more necessary information to make decisions quickly and safely. Their proposal for Optic, the winner of this year’s Red Dot “Best of the Best” concept award in the mobility category, integrates a drop-down visor into a bike helmet. More than …

Solo Radio Matches Music to Your Mood

After reading your facial expressions, Solo Radio chooses music to play to match your mood. The device takes a photo of your face and then sends it to Microsoft, whose program analyzes it. Next, “Solo translates this information into a valence rating, and uses Spotify to play a track with corresponding valence ratings, therefore matching your mood.” The endearing device even changes its own expression …

Casper’s Insomnobot-3000 Will Text You When You Can’t Sleep

Casper wants to make us all sleep better with the help of their mattresses and linens, but evidently they understand that sometimes it’s impossible to snooze—so they built Insomnobot-3000. The chatbot will keep you entertained while you can’t sleep, texting with you in a similar way that you can presently converse with Siri. While more screen time is definitely not the best way to battle …