40 Years From Now, We Might Drive 2F2 Electric Vehicle

In the years to come, technology will take us to a level that become difficult to predict or think about at present. Nevertheless, there are designers who every now and then come up with a vehicle that seems fit enough in the future scenario. Here is a vision from Brazilian designer, Thiago Vieira, who has envisioned a vehicle for 2050. He has named his vehicle 2 for 2 (2F2) which is a design study of a futuristic vehicle intended for 40 years from now. This vehicle is powered by 90hp electric motor and features aluminum body structure for urban use. The concept uses less energy to help prolong your ride and is equipped with various equipments that improve driver’s interaction with the other vehicles.

Designs and Concepts, Transportations

Citroen Survolt And Agni Z2, A Breathtaking Super Car And Racing Bike Duo

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Sachin Tendulker and Birender Shehwag, Tom and Jerry, those can be examples of some great couples the universe has seen. Citroen Survolt and Agni Z2, a couple of a car and a bike have been designed to be included in that list of the best couples.

Aside from being super stylish, both the concept car and the bike is powered with all electric drivetrain, making them team of silent super racers on the track. The black shiny carbon bodywork along with glowing blue lines, appearance of the racing car and the super bike can attain the attention of all range of extreme sports lovers. The Survolt features an emission-free, eco-friendly engine and propels by two powerful electric motors empowered by two 31kw lithium-ion batteries ensuring 200 km of smooth driving. The Agni Z2 on the other hand features a pack of 80 batteries giving the bike a 3.5 seconds torque to reach 60 mph from 0.

Designs and Concepts, Futuristic Car, Motorcycle, Transportations

Eight Finalists Of Electrolux Design Lab 2010 Design Competition

Electrolux design lab has announced the eight finalists of their design competition 2010 that was focused on creative solutions for compact future living. Industrial design students throughout the world has submitted their innovative ideas on preparing and storing food, washing cloths and do dishes, and here you can see the 8 finalists.

1. The Kitchen Hideaway by Daniel Dobrogorsky

Think of a food, and get it served. The kitchen hideaway gives user the opportunity to visualize a food and transmit it to the robotic chefs located in a distinguished place who will prepare the meal with real ingredients. This concept diminishes the need of individual kitchen in every house of a communal buildings and thus, saves a lot of space.

2. The Snail by Peter Alwin

Cooking on the go. The snail concept is a compact and versatile cooking device that can be attached directly on to a pan, a pot, a mug, etc. to heat the content through magnetic induction process. Empowered by high density sugar crystal battery, this concept lessens the amount of space needed for conventional cooking while giving ultimate portability.

3. Elements Modular Kitchen by Matthew Gilbride

Kitchen shelving becomes more efficient. A range of individual units creates a complete solution for cooking, air conditioning, refrigeration, lighting and environmental design, powered by solar energy through wireless technology applied in the wall which minimizes the space required as well.

4. Bio Robot Refrigerator by Yuriy Dmitriev

Instead of conventional shelves, this innovative refrigerator concept contains odorless and non sticky biopolymer gel which cools the food through luminescence. Adaptability is another notable factor, you can use this refrigerator both vertically and horizontally, even you can hang it on the ceiling. Sounds weird, right?

5. Clean Closet by Michael Edenius

How about your closet cleans your cloths? Clean closet concept can scan textiles for impurities and clean them accordingly through molecular technology that can efficiently remove dirt and odors from cloths.

6. Dismount Washer by Lichen Guo

By combining the laundry basket and cleaning vessel into a compact and stylish capsule, dismount washerconcept takes very small amount of space and can be hanged on the wall for enhanced interior aesthetics.

7. External Refrigerator by Nicolas Hubert

With pure and simple shape and finish, external refrigerator can be directly fixed on the outside wall of buildings and perfectly elaborate the northern Chinese lifestyle by providing the right temperature to the food through transmitting the external temperature at night and during cold seasons. This concept uses solar energy, thus reduces the consumption of electricity and complements to the environment as well.

8. Eco Cleaner by Ahi Andy Mohsen

From the perception of supplying future foods in the form of capsules, eco cleaner portable dishwasher and composter concept features a capsule like shape and the ability to ionize food through ultrasonic waves and turn it into reusable waste.

Chomp Sandwich Maker

Whether you have found this post while searching for futuristic kitchen appliances or you are a regular visitor of this site, you surely will find chomp, an innovative combination of a functional toaster, sandwich maker and grill, fascinating enough to start imagining your household 50 years ahead. Appearance wise, Chomp can complement to any kitchen interior or an outdoor party with chic and fashionable shape and size. This kitchen appliance concept features sophisticated pressing mechanism that makes the concept able to automatically adjust with varied thickness of sandwiches. Moreover, you can opt to use Chomp in both open and closed configurations for preparing sandwiches, toasts, fried eggs, grilled meat, waffles, and many more with great convenience and style. To facilitate the maximum ease of operation, it includes a touch screen display where all the functions can be selected easily.

Chomp Sandwich Maker Design

Velorian Three Wheeler Transportation Solution Can Be Folded And Carried Easily

Even if you are super pessimistic, you can’t say anything unenthusiastic about the Velorian trike concept except one thing, the lack of automation when folding it. However, nothing in the world is perfect, right?

Made of mainly carbon fiber and aluminum, this compact and lightweight three wheeler concept transportation means can not only save a lot of our usable space, also provides handy functionalities for short distance city commuting. Folding the trike is super easy, unlock pivot, bend fork between two rear wheel, fold out seat over the front frame and lock up, there you have your small package that can be transported easily keeping inside the bag included with it. Superior maneuverability has been ensured through an innovative back wheel steering and front wheel driving mechanism along with split handlebarand track rods that gives the trike more stability and ease of turning.

Transportations Design

Eco Drop Is A Fierced Fighter Against Chemical Fertilizers And A Strong Ally Of Underground Water

If you love flowers or a green lawn, if you like your vegetables green, not in colour but in health, the Eco-Drop is the perfect gardener for you. The device is a sustainable gardening system that utilizes the benefits of Earthworms. The designer, Seung Kim, thought about the idea while reading a newspaper article regarding underground water contamination due to chemical fertilizers. This water saving gardener system with worm-juice. The Eco-Drop system is designed to streamline the currently complicated process of using the worm-juice as a fertilizer. It promotes a safer and sustainable way to nurture plants and vegetables in people’s lawns and gardens. The system includes a worm compost bin, a feed tank, and compatible irrigation systems: includes a sprinkler with a spike, and an oscillating sprinkler, that connects to a standard garden hose.

Using Eco-Drop is simple and easy! The system includes feed-tanks that you use to conveniently transfer worm-juice from the worm compost bin to any of Eco-Drop’s irrigation system. Simply, connect your garden hose to the irrigation system and let the Eco-Drop do the rest. The specially designed tube in the feed-tank regulates the mixing of the worm-juice with water, allowing the worm-juice to go straight from the wormcompost bin to the system’s compatible irrigation systems. This eliminates the steps of a user manually mixing the worm-juice with water in a bucket prior to spraying with a watering can. One added benefit of using Eco-Drop is that Earthworms can feed on our food waste, which can help reduce the current rate of food waste dumping in landfills.

Home And Kitchen Design

Syrinx Can Reduce The Traditional Fear Of Syringes Among Kids

When I was a kid, every time I had been suggested a blood test by the doctor, I used to get well (or pretend to be) immediately due to the fear of the blood sucking syringe. Not only me, I guess this is a common intention of being horrified by traditional ugly syringes which can easily be overcome through Syrinx, a small but handy syringe that has been specially designed to decrease the common fear of blood test among children. The concept features a set of syringes each with different graphics from which kids will be able to choose one. Moreover, the entire procedure of taking blood will be demonstrated to the child in a pedagogic way to make them comfortable with the process. The process has been designed by doing thorough investigation of the nursing activities to provide an outcome that really helps kids to get out of the fear of syringes.




Life Science and Medical Design

Chase 2053 Futuristic Car : 3-Wheeled Vehicle Moves On Land and Air

Many expert engineers have been trying hard for years to design a car that runs both on land and on air, believing that it could be a ‘zero pollution’ car. This long term research has led to the discovery of a vehicle named, “Chase 2053″. Powered by a high end slush hydrogen engine, this revolutionary vehicle generates electricity for land and disseminates SUH2 to jet engines, thereby allowing a safe and rapid movement in urban environment. This vehicle is expected to make its entry for the year 2053, which well reflects in its name as “Chase 2053″. Its fabric skin made of organic stretch material is just enough to finish its exterior. Its lightweight design and extreme strength makes it a preferred option. Await the entry of this super cool vehicle and be the first one to own this masterpiece.

NetPad-The Ultimate Mobile Computer for Future

The ultimate notebook NetPad is in the advanced design stage and is being sculpted considering direct feedback from different range of users. The main display comprises two info bar touchstrips that offers great convenience of spotting new email arrivals, changing songs and bringing up photos to the user. The retractable razor-thin keyboard allows the user to keep it away when not in use without making it too imposing. To make watching movies more exciting than ever, it contains an HD screen and features a media streamer that offers hi-fi sound when connected to a PC on windows 7 platform. Safe transport has been ensured through a carbon fiber lid that can keep the screen up by transforming into a stand when watching movies, or can be completely detached if someone would like to lay it flat.



NetPad-The Ultimate Mobile Computer for Future

The One Laptop per Child Machine XO-3 for only $75

XO-3 is a stunning touchscreen tablet device that has been scheduled to release on 2010 for the One Laptop Per Child project by Yves Behar. This innovative $75 tablet features an all plastic, extremely durable and semi-flexible body that eliminates the possibility of being cracked upon impact like the traditional glass screens. Like previous XO, the screen of XO-3 can also be optimized in both reflective and transmissive modes depending on indoor and outdoor lightingsituations. To make it serve its purpose effectively, the XO-3 is packed with kid’s learning tools such as horizontal book mode and portrait reading mode for convenient reading, multi-touch feature allows play and learn by using bare hands, a full-touch keyboard, a back facing camera, and many more.



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