The Jetsons dream may finally come true, no, no, not Astro really talking but the flying cars, we might finally get some. And if we do we’ll have to thank the folks over at Moller International, their flying car they’re developing is called the Autovolantor. Using eight power thrusters and special vents the car should be able to fly up to 5,000 ft in the air and top speeds of 100 mph (on ground) and 150 mph (in the air). And to top it all off it will be equipped with a hybrid fuel and electric system to power the car and thrusters. So in the future we can be eco flying, top that Bill Nye the science guy.
Don’t you just hate bike thieves, I mean, their like the scum of the earth right? Taking your bike knowing by doing so it will cause you to have to walk all the way home or find another means of transportation like a cab, bus or subway, don’t they know it’s a recession people can’t afford all that. So, for all you bike riders out there I have a new sorta cool and sorta questionable way to keep your bike a little bit safer. It’s the SmartLock by Michael Lambourn, the concept is easy the bike lock is filled with a colored liquid and if cut that colored liquid will splash on anything in the near proximity meaning the would-be thief would get scarlet lettered in a way, covered in a colored liquid (video of bike lock after jump). The concept is definitely cool in the, “ha, gotcha ass, way” but it doesn’t actually stop the person from cutting the lock, so covered in the liquid an all nothing is stopping that person from riding off with your bike and just washing their clothes when they get home. Will it keep your bike from ever being stolen, not sure, would it be fun at a house party, yes yes yes.
German auto tuners Ruf are working with Porsche to make an electric Cayman. Yes, you can studder when you repeat that, Porsche is making an electric Cayman, and if they’re starting there you know they will be making more strides in the very near future for other Porsche models to be electric, like say the 911. The electric Cayman will have over 200 horsepower and will be able to hit 125 mph. This is gonna make the electric car game just a little more interesting, wondering who’s gonna be next to jump in and take a punch at. Oh, can you say 4 door Lamborghini, I can and now you have to excuse me I just shitted on myself.
If you have some spare change in your pockets you might be able to pick up one of the 10 most expensive cars in the world. Why does a car cost more than a house and all it does is get you from point A to point B, who knows. But regardless of that fact over priced cars aren’t going anywhere anytime soon so grab yourself a kleenex to wipe your drool while looking at this list.
If this is the type of stuff you can expect at the annual LEGO world event in Netherlands I might just have to make a trip out there one day. The above is a Ferrari formula 1 car model made completely out of LEGO’s, 80,000 of them to be exact. And the LEGO model car is an actual working vehicle, you can drive it.
So all the new car technology points to car’s using some type of hybrid or energy saving battery like a lithium battery, to power vehicles in the future. But now I’ve got a one up on all of those concepts, how about a car powered by your energy you from a workout. The car will have a electrical engine and battery that will be charged by your workouts, the plug-in sockets will be connected to your workout equipment. So basically the car’s battery is charged purely off your efforts which I believe is a great idea. The fact that it takes your own output of energy from a workout to get your car going is something I truly hope gets explored more, it will be a great added reason to workout, plus the car is harmless to the environment, a win win in my book. The GYM concept car would be built as a one seater made from lightweight materials such as magnesium alloy and carbon fiber. I’m a big fan of this whole concept, and the auto industry seems like its going to be very interesting over the next say 5 years.
Wallpaper* magazine has a photo gallery up of some new innovative vehicle designs. Gives a nice look into what the future holds for our world of transportation and how getting from point A to point B will change so much over the next few years.
What you see is the inner makings of a wooden car, a full functional wooden car. And the saga of the college graduates continues, the wood car is a graduate project for Joe Harmon of North Carolina State University. The wood will be used in as many places as possible for it to be a completely running wood based vehicle, everything from the body to the chassis’ will be wood. The expected weight of the car is 2500 lbs and a clocking in at an expected 600 horsepower. Harmon’s website aka splinter vision has diagrams, pictures, videos just about everything possible to allow people to see and understand the process of making the car as well as following its progress. Harmon will be showing the car at the IWF (International Woodworking Fair), from August 20th-23rd.
Apparently some kids actually go to college and do something besides get drunk and party, junior Jake Loniak is trying to move up the ranks to be on the level with the guy who invented this. Loniak’s exoskeleton motorcycle, Deus Ex Machina is the future of human travel, and definitely the future in cool movie vehicles. The vehicle (hard to call it a motorcycle) would be in an upright/stand up position when parked so the rider could step into the suit/exoskeleton of the vehicle to start it, then it would lower itself in the 3 wheel drive position. With the use of 36 artificial pneumatic muscles the vehicle is able to move with the body movements of a driver, topping off at 75 mph and powered by lithium-ion batteries. There’s a video demonstrating the vehicles proposed movements and how it how would look like being used, you can watch that video here. I’m going on record and saying I think you will see this in a movie soon, probably Batman’s or James Bond’s next vehicle of choice.
You should know by now that concept cars are something of the liking at TTS, so to not slow the trend down any here is another. The Lexus Nuaero designed by Swedish graduate Jon Radbrink for the Royale College of Art graduation show in London. The Nuaero has motors in the wheels, a touch screen dashboard that controls all the cars info and comes without pedals. That’s right, the car is driven and controlled completely by the hand, if you need to break you push the steering wheel away from your body, just think of it as being a pilot on the road.
This is iRobot futuristic right here, this concept car was designed by two students at the IED (Instituto Europeo di Design) in Turin. The design was created in collaboration with BMW for the “Designing the BMW of 2015″.
This is the future of yachts, the “Raven” designed by Mael Oberkampf. I’m not a big fan of the water or the beach or boats, and I can see how having some huge yacht could be fun. But this is much more to my liking this would give me a new found love of the water. It would feel like I was driving a spaceship on water. It says the ‘Raven’ was inspired by Wally, I have no clue who or what Wally is but I’d like to thank him/her or it for inspiring Mael Oberkampf to design this.
