This is an anti-smartphone, and a stylish one. The Elari CardPhone can only send and receive calls and texts, but it's so simple and elegant, and could be a viable alternative to the do-everything devices we're used to. It can also serve as a Bluetooth handset for your own smartphone.Watch Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mZGPd9T7EcWebsite : http://www.elari.eu/CardPhoneWhite_en.aspx[pc...

RoomKey, a company that lets hotels offer their guests a suite of mobile guest services, has closed a $1M seed round led by 500 Startups, 500 Mobile Collective, and Horizon Partners.While large brands like Hilton and Starwood began rolling out mobile check in about a year ago, most of this technology is still too costly for boutique hotels to deploy.Enter RoomKey.The company provides hotels wit...

These days, everyone seems to have a unicorn list. And why wouldn’t they? The number of privately held companies to pass the billion-dollar valuation mark has soared so dramatically in recent years that it’s nearly impossible to keep track of them or make sense of their unprecedented financing rounds.Will most of them explode? Are private and public markets converging in a sustainable way? An...

The first of three “pod” vehicles was unveiled in Milton Keynes on Tuesday as part of the Transport Systems Catapult’s pioneering project to trial automated vehicles in pedestrianised areas.The electric-powered LUTZ Pathfinder pod was presented to commuters and other members of the public outside Milton Keynes Central train station, with members of the Transport Systems Catapult project team...

Sportswear with muscle-targeting electrodes wants to give you the most effective workout yet.“The dynamics of [the] current lifestyle results in physical degeneration of our society” reads a blurb in Wearable Life Science’s (WLS) website paying homage to their new product, the Antelope Suit. “Even though [the] human body possesses incredible performance potential, only few people are capabl...

Omnichannel is no longer just an ambiguous buzzword, it’s becoming a reality for digital marketers thanks to three key online retail trends: mobile devices, millennials and beacons – devices that bring digital into physical retail.This infographic from Elastic Path illustrates how these forces are driving demand for seamless digital experiences across channels and will continue to do so in 20...

The Concept IAA morphs when in motion to achieve a Cd of 0.19As emissions standards get tougher, manufacturers are being forced to think outside the box in the quest for better fuel economy. One of the obvious areas to focus on is aerodynamics, where small tweaks can lead to big fuel savings. Shape-shifting designs represent one of the more radical approaches in this area, and Mercedes has take...

While many angels and VCs are still skittish about hardware startups, there has been a massive renaissance in the hardware-funding ecosystem over the last few years. Since 2010, venture capital investment in hardware startups is up more than 30x.Hardware/connected device companies who have publicly raised $1M or more from institutional VCs or angels.With this explosion in hardware funding, one...

Researchers at Stanford University have fabricated a stretchable, color-changing, pressure-sensitive material–basically the closest thing yet to an artificial chameleon skin. Touching the new electronic skin (e-skin) with varying amounts of pressure causes it to change colors, as the pressure indirectly alters the chemical structure, and subsequently the optical properties, of the "electrochro...