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Vestige Car Design Proposal with Sleek Metallic White Body and Black Tinted Roof for Aston Martin

Vestige is car design proposal for Aston Martin with representative scarab wings, cooperatively driven by Fincato, Magrini and Bernardi, keeping the design similar with Khepri, the Egyptian God. The unique cutting edge outlook of the car will get added attention of people with its superb combination of sleek metallic white body along with black tinted roof along with windows. Besides, the extraordinary rims are another highlighted feature that is worth noticing during the first look. This concept vehicle comprises four electric motors and powerful Wankel engine with supercharging abilities. This supercar can house three passengers including the driver and ensures completely silent movement as a result of using silent electric motors.

Designer : Bernardi, Fincato, and Magrini

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Fallout motorbike, a tribute to classic chopper in a futuristic package

Designed as a tribute to the classic chopper, the “Fallout” by William Woods is a concept motorbike executed with the street-fighter ethos of function over form. Combining a single sided swingarm with a Bimota sourced frame, the futuristic motorcycle creates an exclusive hub-centered steering for a steaming yet smooth ride. Featuring short bobber handle bars, chopped exhaust and a long tank, the concept bike stands apart from the rest and presents an artistic design. The Fallout motorbike blends classic design with state of the art street-fighter technology to excel in both looks as well as performance.

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I thought I might take a stab at a sketch my self since a few others had done one for me recently...

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Biking, be it on the track or on snow, is full of adventure and offers a thrill to the rider. Resembling a Moto GP racing bike, British Designer Evangelos Gicas has designed a snow bike dubbed “Snowmobile” that requires the rider to mold his or her posture according to the shape of the vehicle, thus decreasing aerodynamic drag in a great way. Like a MotoGP racing bike, riders need to lean toward the direction they wish turn the snowmobile. Hence body posture or balance plays an important role in controlling the snowmobile.

[Thanks Evangelos]

Harley Davidson Circa 2020

Somebody pass me a helmut and a time travel ship because if this is what Harley bikes look like in 10 years, I’m so there. Designer Miguel Cotto pays homage to the big road hogs by keeping the large 883cc engine, complete with high revs and roars. The similarities end there. The design is almost tron-like in execution. Check out the wheel hubs. They’re actually giant bearings. I do see glimpses of Harley DNA in the center chassis but seriously, can you image any road warriors riding this?

Designer: Miguel Cotto

Music and Time On Your Wrist

We’ve evolved from Walkman to iPod (plus whatever else there is, let’s be honest) and from wrist watch to cellphone-held-clock. Now. What would have happened if instead of the clock merging with the cellphone, the clock merged with the music device? We’ve got wrist tunes, contact!

Let’s have a short (or long!) discussion here about the combination of things. As things stand, the most common place I find people hold their time is in their cellphone. On their portable phone! Imagine that. I couldn’t have say, 15 year ago. I wouldn’t have believed you. What if things had gone differently than they have - what if instead, time stayed on your wrist, and music went there too?

This concept is called “Tick Tack Music Watch,” and I’ve got to say it’s pretty cute. Like a bunny rabbit cute. Designer A.Tnokovski plans on marketing it to “teens” and I think he’d be right.

I’m thinking as soon as phone service becomes as “free” as internet service, we go ahead and build that in to Tick Tack 2, and we’ll be in business.

Designer: Apostol Tnokovski

Autonomous floating prefab generates its own power and water

The rising sea level due to global warming has been a matter of concern for the people residing in coastal areas, for sooner or later they will have to leave the place submerging in the waters. Addressing the housing needs of communities affected by rising sea level, designer Gabriel Wartofsky has come up with an autonomous floating home that provides shelter to the affected. Partially constructed, partially grown, the house is capable of producing and regulating its own off-grid power and water supply. Made of recycleable materials, the modular prefab can be disassembled effortlessly without leaving any carbon footprint.

[Cheers Gabriel]

Designed for the year 2050, the Jaguar C-XS by Janak Mistry is a car that intelligently tailors to the driver’s needs. The car can change form and style from its two different modes. When in “Saloon mode,” the car has a high yet sleek roofline. It can seat four people and has a large luxury car feel to it. However, when put into “Sport Mode,” the Jaguar folds its two rear seats away, making the driver’s seat lower and much sportier. The exterior also takes a more dramatic change with air vents, a large front grill, shape-changing headlights, and the roofline pushes back and goes lower to give the car a sportier feel. The canopy of the car is made from “Elastomeric Material.” It holds a frame underneath, which allows the shape of the roof to be changed. Once it has been modified, an electric current flows through it to make the material as strong as aluminum.

The other major tailoring aspect of the C-XS is that depending on what the key holder of the car is wearing, the Jaguar will try to match its owner to give the car a sense of style and individuality. Through triangulating where the key of the C-XS is and who is in possession of it, the key will scan its surrounding area and therefore it would change color taking into account the most dominant color. The C-XS offers the driver a real opportunity to reflect his or her style on the road. Therefore, you will never see 2 C-XS the same.

The C-XS uses fusion power technology, meaning zero carbon emissions. The fusion power system has only one waste product and that is helium. Fusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion reactions. In this kind of reaction, two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus and in doing so, release a large amount of energy. The car uses inertial electrostatic confinement fusion IEC, a fusion process that converts hydrogen and boron directly into electricity which is stored in a release box. Thanks to the power of the fusion process one fusion reaction should last the entire life of the car.

[Thanks Janak]

Wearable antennas promise shirts with satellite link

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Motorbike concept clad in carbon fiber is a quick and light ride

Designed by Julian Silva, this motorbike was based on different pieces of work from H.R. Giger, through morphological analysis that defined all formal aspects. It is a prospective light vehicle concept, with a framework made of aluminum and covered with carbon fiber panels that store all mechanical systems. This motorbike was designed to encapsulate the pilot´s arms, legs and back through the secondary red panels whose functions are to keep the pilot safe in case of a fall and also improve aerodynamics. It has a rear traction system integrated in the main framework, the front system consists of a uniaxial arm that supports the front wheel and improves the vehicle´s stability. This singular traction system allows reduction of the number of mechanical components and cuts off the total weight of the motorbike to make its performance better.

[Thanks, Julian]