GI Gadgets uses its reach of over 800 million tech lovers to rank the best and worst gadgets in the works
GI Gadgets (Genius Inspired Gadgets), the social media platform in which “fans have the final say,” today released a roundup of the best – and worst – future gadgets according to their fans. The top 5 best, led by an electric flying car, and 5 worst, led by a luxury car console, were identified using 200,000,000+ points of interactive social data on GI Gadgets’ fan page.
GI Gadgets is a social media platform where people share, like, and comment on the technologies that they believe will shape the future. In the past eight months, GI Gadgets has grown from 0 to 1 million fans and has achieved a reach of over 800 million people. It connects genius ideas and creative products with people’s daily lives and encourages interaction among high-tech players, innovators and enthusiasts.
THE BEST
Terrafugia TF-X
- Electric flying and amphi-car – “the flying car for all of us”
- Over 56 million views, 233,000 likes and 1.7 million shares from GI Gadgets followers
Magic Leap
- Biomimetic “Digital Lightfield” holographic company
- Over 42 million views, 227,000 likes and 808,000 shares from GI Gadgets followers
Inboard Electric Skateboard
- Over 3 million views, 22,000 likes, and 96,000 shares from GI Gadgets followers
iC-R Helmet
- The next generation of motorcycle helmets
- Over 2 million views, 20,000 likes, and 67,000 shares
Fluid Interfaces Reality Editor
- Controls IoT devices via augmented reality
- Over 1 million views, 10,000 likes and 15,000 shares from GI Gadgets followers
THE WORST
Volvo XC90 Console Concept
- Fully integrated luxury console
- Weakness: Unsafe
- 1,453,465 views and 23,682 shares
Skybuds
- Wireless earbuds and smartphone case
- Weakness: Easy to lose
- 38,000 views and 3,000 shares
Starship Delivery Robot
- Small, lightweight, autonomous delivery robot
- Weakness: Easily stolen
- 114,000 views and 8,000 shares
Windspeed SkyDeck
- A seating system in which passengers sit on top of the plane
- Weakness: Dangerous and ill-conceived
- 379,000 views and 33,000 shares
PhoneDrone Ethos
- A drone for smartphones
- Weakness: Unsafe design, crashes
- 79,000 views and 33,000 shares
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