“I currently conduct research for Nokia Design developing new applications, services and products that, if I do my job right, you’ll using 3 to 15 years from now. Pushing technologies on society without thinking through their consequences is at least naive, at worst dangerous, though typically it, and IMHO the people that do it are just boring.”.

“Future Perfect is a pause for reflection in our planet’s seemingly headlong rush to churn out more, faster, smaller and cheaper.”.
(Jan Chipchase)

Above: This Is A Petrol Station, Ho Chi Minh City, detail.

Tata Nano. Length 3,1 m ; width 1,5 m ; height 1,6 m. Metal body, four doors, four seats. Rear engine, 2 cylinder petrol fuel injection, 623 cc, 24 kW (33Hp) Four speed manual transmission. Maximum speed: 105 km/h Fuel economy (combined): 20 km/l Price (in India): from $2500 (Eur 1700).

Above: Tata Nano (Luxury version), at the Auto Expo 2008, New Delhi (from Reuters India).

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The new Asus Eee PC. Processor: Celeron-M 900 MHz Operating System : Xandros Dimensions: 225 x 165 x 35 mm Weight: 920 g Display: 7′LCD TFT RAM: from 256 MB to 1 GB Disk : from 2 to 8 GB Flash memory LAN: 10/100 Mbit Ethernet, 802.11b/g wireless

Price: from $300 to $500 (in USA).
Above: eee with tango for scale, from Flickr.
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“The Strida is the only folding bike that is greaseless, corrosion resistant, and virtually maintenance free. It’s also the world’s lightest folding production bike and can easily be rolled when folded.”.

“The beauty of the Strida is its simplicity.
In addition, many common ailments of a standard bike (loose headset, rusty chain, warped rims, tire/brake pad wear, worn chain ring teeth, gear trouble, etc) have been engineered out of the Strida. You pedal, you go.”.

(From the FAQ on strida.nl)Above: Strida 3, from gum.hk.

A PC for 99 $: the E-Way TU Tiny 200.

Tiny (dimensions: 11.5 x 11.5 x 3.5 cm; weight: 500 g.) has 128 MB Ram, a fanless 200Mhz CPU, 3 USB ports, and a Compact Flash slot; includes LAN, VGA, and audio.

The TU Tiny is compatible with Linux (for example with Puppy Linux, that runs using a 128MB USB Flash Card).

See also: the NorhTech MicroClient Jr, that share the same concept and design.