Future Shore Control Centre / Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce presents a vision of a future land-based control centre in which a small crew of 7 to 14 people monitor and control a fleet of remote controlled and autonomous vessels across the world. The crew uses interactive smart screens, voice recognition systems, holograms and surveillance drones to monitor what is happening both on board […]
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3D Printing Pen / Lix
Humans are accustomed to drawing in the air. We gesture with our hands when talking and will try to illustrate charade secrets by “drawing” objects in space. 3D-printing pens takes those gestures, makes them tangible and, in the hands of an artists, beautiful. Recent 3D-printing pens have been cool, but clunky affairs. LIX Pen, however, […]
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Spacemaker VR / Digital Physical
Please support our colleague, Miles Kemp and his Kickstarter campaign for Spacemaker VR. I had the pleasure to use this product a few weeks ago, it was truly amazing! –@ybaynes Spacemaker VR by Digital Physical Spacemaker VR is an exciting new way for designers to create virtual reality models they can walk in using their […]
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Next Generation Life (Hyperrealistic Real-time Facial Rendering) / Activision R&D
This animated character is being rendered in real-time on current video card hardware, using standard bone animation. The rendering techniques, as well as the animation pipeline are being presented at GDC 2013, “Next Generation Character Rendering” on March 27. The original high resolution data was acquired from Light Stage Facial Scanning and Performance Capture by […]
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Urbee 2 (1,200-Pound 3D-Printed Car) / Kor Ecologic
Urbee’s approach to maximum miles per gallon starts with lightweight construction – something that 3-D printing is particularly well suited for. The designers were able to focus more on the optimal automobile physics, rather than working to install a hyper efficient motor in a heavy steel-body automobile. As the Urbee shows, making a car with […]
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Volkswagen XL1
PRESS RELEASE Volkswagen to produce XL1 by handcrafting-like production methods at its Osnabrück plant in Germany XL1 is the most aerodynamic production car ever 0.9 litre combined fuel consumption was a vision – now it is a reality Wolfsburg, 21 February 2013 – The XL1 from Volkswagen is the most fuel-efficient production car in the […]
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LaFerrari (Electric Supercar) / Ferrari Motors
This solution has not involved any increase in the car’s dimensions or its wheelbase and has, in fact, helped lower its centre of gravity. The F1 dual-clutch gearbox is coupled with the electric motor and an auxiliary electric motor replaces the traditional alternator, thus saving weight and reducing the overall dimensions of the packaging. In […]
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$3.9 Million Veneno for 50th Anniversary / Lamborghini
The Lamborghini Veneno is consistently focused on optimum aerodynamics and cornering stability, giving the Veneno the real dynamic experience of a racing prototype, yet it is fully homologated for the road. The systematic, carbon-fiber, lightweight design is not only visible, it is also evident on the scales: With a power-to-weight ratio of 1.93 kg/hp (4,25 […]
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50th Anniversary of the Porsche 911
Originally presented as the ‘Porsche 901 Classic’ at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show – eventually renamed to the ‘911’, as French car maker Peugeot objected to Porsche using any three digit number where the middle number was 0 – marks its 50th anniversary with the introduction of the ‘2013 Porsche Carrera 911 4S’. To commemorate ‘the most successful...
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Design Prototypes / Apple x Hartmut Esslinger
In 1982, Apple was in its sixth year of existence, and Steve Jobs, Apple’s cofounder and Chairman, was twenty-eight years old. Steve, intuitive and fanatical about great design, realized that the company was in crisis. With the exception of the aging Apple IIe, the company’s products were failing against IBM’s PCs. And they all were […]
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Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento: Lamborghini is redefining the future of the super sports car with a very limited special edition. Boasting an extremely lightweight construction thanks to advanced carbon-fiber technology, the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento has an overall curb weight of just 999 kilograms (2,202 lb) – including V10 power unit and permanent all-wheel drive. With its […]
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Bicycle Wheel Mounted Tron-like LED Rings / Revolights
The patented Revolights bike lighting system consists of two narrow rings of LEDs that mount directly to each wheel using a series of clips and ring spacers. Lithium-ion batteries, bracket-mounted to the front and rear hub, supply power to the LEDs. The batteries are slim and lightweight, and can be charged via USB. A small, […]
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