One of the biggest problems with cars in congested urban areas is finding enough space to park them. MIT Media Lab has come up with an ingenious solution, as they so often do – the Hiriko prototype actually folds itself up to fit into a third of a traditional parking spot. Check out the video.

Cool. It’s on display at the MIT museum (static display, unfortunately). Clearly conceived by someone who has lived through a Cantabrigian winter.
I want to see someone do this to a Lincoln Town Car.