Matra e-Mo+ is the upgraded version of Matra e-Mo compact scooter. Matra took the challenge from our society to make the scooter democratic. Riding this vehicle will drastically increase your purchasing power up to 80% and reduce your ecological footprint since it’s a free maintenance scooter that you can use without petrol or noise.

Matra e-Mo+ features a speed of 45km/h and an autonomy up to 60km depending on the battery type. The difference with the older Matra e-Mo (without plus), this vehicle has been designed for a more extensive use without sacrificing the pleasure of riding through its front disk, hydraulic fork, rear suspension with a double shock absorber, tubeless tires, custom designed handles and specific combination tools.

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This compact electric scooter comes with removable battery that takes less than 2 hours to fully recharge from your home or office. Since Matra e-Mo+ body is pretty compact and light, it would be easy for you to squeeze in and out everywhere, even into the lifts. This should be one of great choices for futuregenerations as it doesn’t produce CO2 or NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) which can pollute our environment. The design of this scooter boasts fresh and modern lines, combined with black/green or black/mandarine color.

Electrolux design lab has announced the eight finalists of their design competition 2010 that was focused on creative solutions for compact future living. Industrial design students throughout the world has submittedtheir innovative ideas on preparing and storing food, washing cloths and do dishes, and here you can see the 8 finalists.

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Group Shot of All Eight Designs

1. The Kitchen Hideaway by Daniel Dobrogorsky

Think of a food, and get it served. The kitchen hideaway gives user the opportunity to visualize a food and transmit it to the robotic chefs located in a distinguished place who will prepare the meal with real ingredients. This concept diminishes the need of individual kitchen in every house of a communal buildings and thus, saves a lot of space.

2. The Snail by Peter Alwin

Cooking on the go. The snail concept is a compact and versatile cooking device that can be attached directly on to a pan, a pot, a mug, etc. to heat the content through magnetic induction process. Empowered by high density sugar crystal battery, this concept lessens the amount of space needed for conventional cooking while giving ultimate portability.

3. Elements Modular Kitchen by Matthew Gilbride

Kitchen shelving becomes more efficient. A range of individual units creates a complete solution for cooking, air conditioning, refrigeration, lighting and environmental design, powered by solar energy through wireless technology applied in the wall which minimizes the space required as well.

4. Bio Robot Refrigerator by Yuriy Dmitriev

Instead of conventional shelves, this innovative refrigerator concept contains odorless and non sticky biopolymer gel which cools the food through luminescence. Adaptability is another notable factor, you can use this refrigerator both vertically and horizontally, even you can hang it on the ceiling. Sounds weird, right?

5. Clean Closet by Michael Edenius

How about your closet cleans your cloths? Clean closet concept can scan textiles for impurities and clean them accordingly through molecular technology that can efficiently remove dirt and odors from cloths.

6. Dismount Washer by Lichen Guo

By combining the laundry basket and cleaning vessel into a compact and stylish capsule, dismount washerconcept takes very small amount of space and can be hanged on the wall for enhanced interior aesthetics.

7. External Refrigerator by Nicolas Hubert

With pure and simple shape and finish, external refrigerator can be directly fixed on the outside wall of buildings and perfectly elaborate the northern Chinese lifestyle by providing the right temperature to the food through transmitting the external temperature at night and during cold seasons. This concept usessolar energy, thus reduces the consumption of electricity and complements to the environment as well.

8. Eco Cleaner by Ahi Andy Mohsen

From the perception of supplying future foods in the form of capsules, eco cleaner portable dishwasher and composter concept features a capsule like shape and the ability to ionize food through ultrasonic waves and turn it into reusable waste.

Before inventing robots, people were more active. Does that mean robots are meant to be making people idle? Of course not. Robots are machines that follow instruction accurately which in turn boost the productivity and efficiency of its performance. Ultimately robots can do more tasks in less time. So what is the moral? Making life easier, yeah this must be the key objective of inventing robots. Here you can find the 8 most handy robot designs that can contribute a lot to make our life easier.

1. Tree Planting Robot

This eco-friendly four legged robot can plant trees with the help of its long planting arm and the planting head. The legs reduce the pressure applied on the floor of the forest, enabling the robot to be smaller and move through rough terrain.

2. FireGuard Robot

Fireguard robot offers handy help of fighting a fire situation, eliminating the exposure of firefighters to the fire and toxic smoke and reduces the possibility of getting injured or killed. It contains cameras and sensors, and is able to receive radio-frequency from the operator.

3. Kanibot

Kanibot robot works as a surveillance robot that can be used in various environments. It comprises six mechanical legs that enable the robot to move in all directions and on almost any surface. Moreover, there are cameras and sensors for superior functionality.

4. Robot Harvester

Robot Harvester keep s shopping centers and street territories clean by gathering rubbish and put them to their right place for disposal. This small robot also features the ability to gather big rubbishes by using manipulators.

5. Le Petit Prince

Le petit prince or little prince is a robotic greenhouse that will help exploring and expanding population in the Mars. This intelligent robot can carry and take good care of plants inside the glass container which is efficiently mounted on its four-legged pod.

6. Butl-R-Bot

To assist in kitchen tasks butl-r-bot has been designed with responsive AI and advanced technologies featuring humanistic arms, advanced sensors, cameras, fan arrays with movement ability, and many otherfunctional accessories. It can efficiently prepare meals, take orders and collect foods, even it can interact with utensils and kitchen appliances.

7. Robot taxis

The three wheeler Robot taxis can transport two person as a part of a smooth public transportation system. This compact and slick taxies resembles with the driver’s cab of a crane driver and features uplifting door for the entry of the passengers.

8. Cargonaut

Urban transit will become easier than ever by enabling people get rid of their loads through cargonaut robot. This robot will help carrying heavy luggage, groceries, shopping bags and many more letting the user to be free to roam and enjoy.