I have never done any sailing, but from what I know it’s really hard job and not many could do it. Well, the sailing of the future seems to be different and anyone could do it as you would need only a touchscreen. Sounds simple, isn’t it? And it could thanks to Project GreenJet, an astonishing 57-meter yacht designed by Erik Sifrer.

Project GreenJet was inspired by a previous design of Erik Sifrer cakked SY120 Yacht which worked the same but it was less advanced, smaller and slower. If Sifrer’s ideas are correct then those athletic sailors won’t be needed because just a few weather monitoring systems and one man to control the yacht with the help of a touchscreen will be enough.

The two sails of the GreenJet could be raised in about 40 seconds to their height of 55 meters and they can be rotated to 160 degrees. Although there are bigger yachts like the Maltese Falcon capable of automated sailing, Project GreenJet is far more advanced which has only one drawback: the money needed to finish his work. According to Sifrer, he would need $70 million and in about 3 to 6 years he would manage to complete the yacht.

Check an interesting article and full coverage about the Project GreenJet yacht at Gizmag.

If you ever wanted your own small plane, to take it for a ride ever once in a while, and escape from the daily routine, than this is your chance. This model was designed by a former Air Force F15 pilot, probably from his desire to own a small ‘iron bird’ to remind him of the good old days, and he decided to release it to the market, as the construction costs weren’t so high.

The Icon A5 can take off and land on water or dry land, and has controls resembling more the ones from a car, rather than a plane. A proof of its simplicity when it comes to flying is the 20 hours of flight training you are required to spend before lifting it up.

Its wings can be fold, so you can put it behind your car, and has a 32-foot wingspan. This kind of aircraft is restricted to fly above 10,000 feet in daylight, with a top speed of 140mph. The first line of Icon A5 is planned for release in 2010, and will be available for only $139,000.

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Kong Fanwen has came up with a keyboard which could be one of the coolest ever designed. The so-called “No-Key” keyboard consists of a glass and flat surface, and it needs a camera and appropriate lighting to make your typing very pleasant. No-Key’s camera captures the motion of your fingers and it sends the commands to the PC which makes us feel bad that it’s only a concept for now. One more thing: you can see from a picture below that it’s waterproof. How cool is that? Hopefully, it will be available very soon.

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