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Robot Harvester Design For Gathering Rubbish from Shopping Centers

TheFuture — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:54:00 +0000

The Robot Harvester is a self driven robot concept that has been designed to gather rubbish from shopping centers and street territories, and put them to the right place for disposal. Not only the small rubbishes, the Robot can gather big rubbishes as well using manipulators. It features two web cameras and sensors to detect length of an element which will help it to estimate the territory and locate the place where the rubbish is awaiting to be picked. The scope of small rubbishes is created through a couple of diagonal sweeper-collectors that can sweep just near to the edge.

After sweeping, the rubbish is dumped inside the tank which is divided into two parts: one for small rubbish and another for bigger one. Big rubbish are put by manipulators and falls through upper hole, that is closed with plates. The plates work using the principle of jalousie from small serve drive. All rubbish will be put away from the robot automatically, and its tank can be put away for washing. Recharging of accumulators is automatic too.

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Designer : Olga Kalugina

PowerMat Charging Platform For Your Gadgets

TheFuture — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:36:57 +0000

The PowerMat is a concept charging platform where users can charge their various electronic devices simply by putting them on the mat. This sleek and slim charging mat can be perfectly used at home or office and can charge up to 3 devices and has one USB power port. To make a device powermat-enabled, all you have to attach the certain back cover designed for each particular device like iPhone 3G, BlackBerry, Apple dock, and many more. For those devices that don’t have a powermat back cover, there is a powercube with several extension cord types to fit various kinds of devices. Moreover, the portable mat, the most amazing member of the PowerMat family, can be folded for ultra compact storage, allowing it easier and more convenience to carry this when you are mobile. The portable mat also works with all types of PowerMat receivers including the powercube.

Designer : Rob Cameron

TFL Bikeshare Network Concept with Foldable E-Bike and Electrical Modular Buses

TheFuture — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:29:30 +0000

The TFL Bikeshare network concept outlines an efficient and healthy way to realize the ultimate solution for commuters. This concept comprises a foldable e-bike that can be rode from the home and deposited to modular mobile hub, and board a bus. Upon arrival at destination, another hub will be there to rent another bike through using the unique Oystercard which can be availed by leasing the service on a per trip or monthly basis.

The E-bike has been designed with airless tires, robust tubular construction and shaft drive, ensuring durability, while the luminated front bar and dazzling graphics increase the visibility and safety for the rider. E-bikes have designed to be folded quickly and intuitively by the user and deposit it into the storage modules after arriving to a transit hub. RFID technology has been utilized to charge the users on their Oystercard according to the amount of E-bike rental time. When docked, E-bikes act as hub seating and get charged for the next renter.

Transit hubs optimize the traveler’s transitional experience between renting bike schedule called Bikeshare and boarding on a bus. The hubs provide real time transit schedule by allowing access to the Bikeshare. The Ionic modular design provides the concept with distinctive architectural identifiers all through the cityspace, increasing both the desirability and visibility of city public transit. During the time passengers board on a bus, its ultracapacitors get charged until next stop via a small arm extended from the hub. The busses collect and disperse E-bikes according to demand, effectively diminishing the need of third party distributors.

The electrical modular buses aim to optimize the needs of next generation commuters by providing ultimate convenience for public transit. The specialized interior space addresses the diverse needs of passengers. The compact and ergonomically bended seating arrangement provides a safer environment for seat occupiers and the standing passengers downstairs for short distant travel. On the other hand, long-distance travelers and tourists will be able to enjoy the city from panoramic second floor.

Designer : Gabriel Wartofsky

CubeTots : Educational Cubes Game for Children

TheFuture — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:21:57 +0000

CubeTots is a simple game that can teach children shape matching color identification, character development, alphabet and number reconviction, and sensory skills through vibrations, lights and counting. The shapes can be stack up in any way as the children want and they will get only ten seconds to stack them up numerically or alphabetically, before the toy will start vibrating and the whole stake fall down. This is only one phase of the game; there are many other alternatives of playing the game, each with different innovations. This toy is designed for children between 4 to 6 years old.

Designer : Hector Silva

SENSE! : Use All Your Senses to Eat

TheFuture — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:06:59 +0000

SENSE! is a concept tableware objects collection that offers dining with all your senses instead of just eating with your eyes. The surprising and fun to use design makes you aware of your sensory abilities and turns a usual meal into an amazing experience with various innovative tableware each featuring different attributes. The Scent Flowers discharge a scent to accompany a dish. The Hot Stone Plates have inlaid warm basalt stones that heats in oil, allowing a slower and healthier dining. The Palate Cleansers produce a desirable break the scenario of dining by allowing you to relax when sipping the mint vapor that cleanses your palate keeping your stomach not so filled. Both the table and the tea set are the part of the astonishing Hot Ice Tea Ceremony, where the ice is unlikely hot.

Text from designer:
Most of what we perceive is through sight and sound. The senses of touch, taste, and smell are secondary. Up until now we have consumed food mainly with our eyes. Visually challenged people have proven that we have the capacity to develop other senses to a greater extent… but do we truly need to lack a sense before we’ll put the others to greater use?

SENSE! is a set of tableware objects that challenges you to use ALL your senses and no longer ‘eat with your eyes’ only. SENSE! is a set of Scent Flowers, Hot Stone Plates, Palate Cleansers and a Hot Ice Tea Ceremony. The designs make you aware of your secondary sensory capabilities. They are surprising, fun to use and magical… turning an ordinary meal into an extraordinary experience.

Hot Ice Tea Ceremony
The table and tea set are both part of a modern tea serving ceremony. Placing the tea carafe on the table will set of the crystallization of the ‘Hot Ice’ that will run through the tabletop into the double walled tea glasses. Do not trust your eyes… the ice is hot!

Hot Stone Plates
The porcelain plates with inlaid warm basalt stones heated in stock or oil allow for slower and therefore healthier dining.

Palate Cleansers
The palate cleansers create a desirable break in the dining scenario. Sit back, relax and enjoy sipping the mint vapour, which cleanses you palate but does not fill your stomach.

Scent Flowers
The scent flowers can release a specific scent to accompany a dish. Do we actually need to swallow all ingredients to have the perception of eating them, or can we eat with our noses?

Designer : Katrien Ploegmakers

Aqualis Mooring Concept by Andrew Bedov

TheFuture — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:04:39 +0000

Aqualis is a concept mooring, an innovative replacement of the 15 moorings located in the center of Moscow. The closed spatial scheme has movement of passengers and inside, there are open spaces for relax, zones with countless sofas, café and a library, and the left part contains an open viewing platform. The décor of the entire structure has been enhanced with the horizontal and vertical beams that divides the inside platform space. The smoothly designed interior as well as the entrance of this mooring will be appreciated by all range of people. This concept, with huge usable space inside, provides full freedom of movement.

Designer : Andrew Bedov

Augmented Reality Toy by Frantz Lasorne

TheFuture — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:23:02 +0000

The development of recent gaming industry can be realized with the different available gaming platforms. Augmented reality toy is the final Master thesis of a French Designer, Frantz Lasorne, which will surely blow people away. This concept design will provide tangible reality gaming experience that will offer both virtual and physical aspects to the gamers. These types of objects are quite familiar with us by the widespread of the recent imaginary science fiction movies. But if Lasorne can complete the project with success, it would be really a brilliant platform for creative designers to find out new ways of dealings.

Designer : Frantz Lasorne

eBoard : Gestural Balance Board for Fitness

TheFuture — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:00:19 +0000

This eBoard is definitely going to help you out in your fitness activities. It is a gestural balance board made on the basis of centered approach. This board is a haptic device for gestural control and focused on balance and coordination training for users. eBoard is a box shaped device with cover smart camera, LCD display and many other advanced technologies to keep you fit and healthy. It is definitely going to cost little more than usual boards but due to its amazing features and technologies used, it is worth buying for fitness freaks.

Designer : Mario Giordano

Extremis Gargantua Multi-Functional Garden Table

TheFuture — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:21:03 +0000

Here comes something useful and creative for your garden furniture. Gargantua is a multi-functional garden table that can accommodate 8 people at one time. There are 4 benches that can be deranged and replaced by a wheelchair or a highchair. You can install its benches according to your height. If all the benches are in the highest position, this table can accommodate 12 people but you would require some extra chairs for this. This multi-functional table can be used for family gatherings, small get-together and kid’s party. This beautiful creation is made up of stainless steel, teak and gal vanished metal. It serves as a perfect combination of comfort, quality and functionality.

Designer : Extremis via HomeDosh

Lilypads : Futuristic Floating Ecopolis

TheFuture — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:53:06 +0000

Lilypad the ecotectural marvelhas been built by Vincent Callebaut and it could serve to be a luxurious future retreat for almost 50,000 inhabitants who seek refuge from rising waters due to global warming. This floating structure is an optical wonder, and it’s a dramatic display of the most modern green innovations. Callebaut has named it as the “Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees” and he hopes that the same will make the transition from design to reality by the turn of the century. His designs depicts tropical residency, in affluent paradise of Monte Carlo, Monaco. His is of the opinion that the world shall desperately seek shelter from the devastations of climatic changes, and hopes that this auto-sufficient amphibious city will be the luxurious solution.

Designer : Vincent Callebaut via TrendHunter