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It is nice for us to see what the personal commuting vehicles would be like in the future, especially when we’ve just finished an old year and started a new year. Designed by Yuji Fujimura for Yamaha, the Wheel Rider is an innovative personal vehicle that features both a compact size and a functional shape. It consists of three layers, a solid metal outer body, a big wheel at the middle and a driving cab inside. Compared with two-wheeler vehicles, the Wheel Rider has greatly reduced its size, therefore to some extent solving the problem of heavy traffic on city roads.

Plans to develop Wheel Rider haven’t splashed down yet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This idea from Yamaha is very good for cyber-meeting. The rotating arms with microphone arrays could capture perfect audio source. It just weights 537 g which is very portable. You could just plug it into the USB port, meeting is OK. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This weird LED touch screen gives you a new chance to make music. You can just press the rubber button to create your own music. Video after the jump [Read the rest of this entry...]