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Arma Lunchbox-Sized Folding Electric Scooter
The Arma electric scooter is ridiculously portable.
(Arma electric scooter)
the Arma electric scooter looks like you could just walk around with it tucked under your arm. Of course, it’s got a convenient little handle as well, so you could carry it like lunch box or briefcase.The design is so compact that it is roughly the size of an A4 piece of paper when viewed from the side, approximately 8.5 x 11 inches (21 x 30 cm).
The company claims that it folds and unfolds in just 30 seconds. Once ready to ride, users can get a supposed 9.3 miles (14.5 km) of range from the scooter.
(Via electrek.)
I love having the chance to show you an equally extreme science-fictional foldable - a suitcase airplane from a 1929 story by ED Skinner, published in Air Wonder Stories in 1929.
Placing the ornate suitcase he had brought with him in the middle of the floor, he opened it and took out a compact mass of glistening steel....This is a two-passenger plane... You will notice that it is folded and telescoped into a compact mass which fits the suitcase nicely...
(Suitcase airplane)
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