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China’s Oppo has followed yesterday’s launch of the Air Glass smart monocle with a Galaxy Fold challenger. The Find N is a little more compact than Samsung’s flagship, and boasts Snapdragon 888 performance, five cameras and all-day battery life.Continu… Continue reading Oppo steps into Samsung territory with first foldable smartphone
Although an electric motorbike might be a fun and economical form of transportation, finding parking for the thing could be problematic. That’s where the Tatamel Bike comes in, as it can fit beneath a desk when folded.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Tr… Continue reading Tatamel electric motorbike folds down to sit beneath a desk
Four years ago, California-based Blizwheel hit Kickstarter with a pair of electric skates that strap to a user’s feet for powered rolling, and then fold flat to be carried in a bag between rides. Now the ESkates are being joined by a folding electric k… Continue reading Angular e-scooter collapses down to backpack proportions between rides
Back in 2016, startup Arovia launched a portable display solution called SPUD that could be folded down and packed away for ease of transport between uses. Now the company is set to launch a brighter, higher-res, more compact follow up called Splay, an… Continue reading Backpack-friendly, pop-up display doubles as a short-throw projector
Keen to show off its folding screen tech, Samsung has announced the new generation of its Z Fold and Z Flip phones at its latest Samsung Unpacked event. Most of the changes are skin-deep, but the few spec updates are important – and a price drop sweete… Continue reading Samsung unfurls new Fold and Flip phones – and first under-display camera
There’s no denying that hauling a folding ebike on public transport is a much easier proposition than traveling with a full-sized model. The latest fold-down offering from China’s Fiido boasts up to 130 km of range, torque sensing, an adjustable seat p… Continue reading Fiido X folding ebike rocks smooth lines and 130 km of range
Ordinarily, if you’re building something, you don’t want the materials to buckle under pressure. In a new Harvard University-designed system, however, that buckling action allows flat-packed objects to be twisted into useful three-dimensional forms.Con… Continue reading Kiriform tech allows flat objects to be twisted into 3D shape
Many hikers use trekking poles, plus they carry a folding camp chair in their backpack. The TrekChair is designed to both save space and reduce weight, by integrating the poles into the chair’s frame.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: H… Continue reading Lightweight folding chair uses trekking poles as part of its frame
Picture solar panels, and you’re most likely picturing a solid square slab. But the tech is becoming more flexible, and now engineers at Pusan National University in Korea have developed prototype solar cells that are fully foldable.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Fully foldable solar cell bends in half without breaking
Back in 2018, we heard about a full-size foldable wheel known as the Revolve. Its inventor, Andrea Mocellin, has now incorporated the technology into a wheelchair that folds down to fit inside an airliner’s overhead baggage area.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Wheelchair with folding wheels could be stowed as overhead baggage