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Voltra Electric Motorcycle by Dan Anderson

TheFuture — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:42:00 +0000

Voltra electric motorcycle is the result of a broad research of the history of motorcycling, technology as well as culture and society, the manufacturing, as well as materials. Voltra’s main target goal will be to give an alternative tech which was appealed as necessary to the success, and greener fuel to its fashion conscious as well as conservative target market. This is electricity operated that conveys by a product semantic through visual sense on exhilaration and excitement not recently addressed to the market; however, it is very crucial on motorcycle appeals to the riders.

Designer : Dan Anderson

Functional and Futuristic Folding Bag

shibli — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:02:57 +0000

When it comes about a bag, a user will always opt for one that is compact, yet can store a considerable amount of everyday objects. The folding bag has been specially designed for mass users, not just only in a shape of the armadillo, but also with the functionality that the animal has through its foldable leathery armor shell. To make it a rare piece, aluminum polypropylene composite has been used to make the folding bag with a stylish shiny finish.

Designer : LIJMBACH, LEEUW & VORMGEVING

Funky and Futuristic Roll Up Vehicle by Edwin Conan

TheFuture — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:23:51 +0000

The Roll Up vehicle concept has been designed to uplift the lifestyle of urban peoples with great outlook and many functional features. The funky and simple bodywork of this single seater car can achieve the attention of all range of people. The canopy of the vehicle looks like that of a jet fighter and contains the dashboard mounted on it. The tires are airless and features four wheel steer with aircraft like steering wheel. Scissors doors are another highlighted feature of this car. This lightweight, functional, fashionable and frugal vehicle can really offer you great fun when driving.

Designer : Edwin Conan (Yi Yuan)

GloBike System : Social Bike Sharing System

TheFuture — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:25:09 +0000

The GloBike system concept allows the user to share the bike and their experience with all other members of its internet community. The motto was to promote the cultural exchange and friendship between people from different communities through its online portal and use the bicycle as one of the best green transportation solutions. These bikes can send their exact location to the Globike portal which can be accessed by other users through their Globike device and call the nearest bike for their use. There are two parts of the system to manage navigation, sharing and communication between users. They are the hardware part, a device with a NFC chip that is permanently installed on the bike and the software part is the web portal itself. Globike is an updated version of Freecycle, designed by Cristiano Giuggioli, Stefano Marchetto, Massimo Brugnera and Alessandro Brunello.

Designer : Stefano Marchetto and Cristiano Giuggioli

Beautiful and Pleasure Light from CandleAmp

TheFuture — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:59:25 +0000

The CandleAmp concept has been designed to give a pleasurable light in a room glowing from two clean, replaceable and sustainable soy candles. It features a simple push lighting and extinguishing the flames allowing the users to eliminate the candle associated inconvenience and safety issues with the insulating cover and sturdy wooden base.

The inspiration of the project was to attract more and more people as candle users in a more functional and stylish manner. The outcome is a compact, lightweight and ultra-portable lamp that has the required coverings for safety, visual elegance for style and easy and functional method of working for convenience, in short, a great handy tool for household.

Designer : Simon Enever

Mint Seal : Personal Seal for Individual and Corporate Seal for Legal Entities

TheFuture — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:27 +0000

The concept Mint Seal has restored the security issues that personal or corporate seals have lost these days. This concept has been designed with a locking case for the seal side and a combination lock at the other end to unlock and print the seal. There is a red dot on the body of the seal which is the level where the secret numerical combination should be aligned. After setting up with the password, turn the knob 180 degrees to come out the seal from the casing. After finishing with printing the seal, turn back the knob and disarrange your security number. Just simple, isn’t it?

Designer : Mintpass

Moshimy Mobile Phone Dock by Michael Young

TheFuture — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:38:03 +0000

Moshimy is a set of a mobile phone dock and a handset through which users can charge their mobile phones in a way of celebrating the conversation art. The recharging doc and the olive green plastic made handsets are ideal for use both in home and office. The full size stylish handset enhances the functionality of mobile phones and increases the comfort of everyday living offering 96% radiation protection emitted from mobile phones. The unique aluminum brushed honeycombed appearance of the handset is an added quality with its other highlighted features like Bluetooth stereo speakers, battery recharging doc and most significantly, built-in conference call function.

Designer : Michael Young

Hugo Boss Fragrance Bottle by Karim Rashid

TheFuture — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:24:23 +0000

Hugo Boss is the renowned brand fragrance by HUGO that was first released in 1995 and is occupying one of the top ranks among the competitors. In order to keep it up, they have decided to launch their limited edition fragrance named as HUGO Man Exclusive and has asked Karim Rashid, the international designer, to design the bottle. The outcome was superb. With the illuminated color combination on white background with an exceptional shape to be a fragrance bottle, it would be able to generate customer allure. Moreover, the water bottle like cap is really rare to see on a traditional fragrance bottle. HUGO will release 1000 copies of this soon through 100 different outlets worldwide.

Designer : Karim Rashid

Saucer Vehicle : You Can Sleep While You Drive

TheFuture — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:47:57 +0000

The Saucer is a modular self-driven vehicle that features a single size bed arrangement, allowing the driver to sleep in peace while the vehicle takes him or her to the destination. This innovative idea is specially targeted for those who have to drive a long way home from their night shift work place. The soundproof interior of this vehicle is equipped with various programming consoles for self-driving the vehicle. Moreover, if you don’t want to sleep when you are commuting, there is enough space to lay back and relax or perhaps reading a newspaper or a magazine, or just enjoying some entertainment. The rear end of Saucer has a medium-size baggage compartment where you can store your required stuffs like suitcase, briefcase, etc.

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Imagine sleeping while you drive. This notion may sound insane, but it is very possible with the Saucer. The world today is growing at a very fast pace and will continue to do so, meaning that people will not have enough time for anything and sadly that includes our precious sleep-time. Just to mention a few, perhaps you often have late nights from work and are too tired to drive or you need to get to an appointment, which is hundreds of miles away, early as possible the next morning or maybe you were invited to a party, but too drunk to drive back home. This is where the Saucer comes in…

Of course, the vehicle is not designed for an alcoholic individual or to cure insomnia, rather it is designed for those with very busy lives that leave them with little or limited sleep time.

The Saucer is a self-driven vehicle with a single size bed arrangement, where the driver is no longer the driver and instead take the time to sleep as he/she travel to his/her destination. This unique vehicle is especially targeted at night-shift individuals who are a long way from home. Simply put, if you’re feeling too tired to drive, don’t leave home without it.

The interior is soundproof and is equipped with a set of programming consoles that self-drive the vehicle. Even when awake, while traveling to your destination, there is enough room for you to lay back and relax, and keep yourself busy. Perhaps reading a magazine or newspaper, or simply turning-on some entertainment. A medium-size cargo compartment is also integrated at the rear end of the vehicle where you can store up some of your gear, such as a briefcase or a suitcase. – inspired by the Alien Flying Saucer.

Designer : John Bukasa

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