The three wheeled SV1 concept car aims to provide excellent urban commuting with fun and playful style, and incorporates various environmental factors and social impacts. This two-seater, compact car has been designed to be driven by the single real wheel and the steering function is controlled via the front wheels. Aside from reducing weight, this three wheel layout ensures efficient stability and power. The polycarbonate made panels of SV1 aids to the environment, also, it help in absorbing light to medium impacts. As recognition of this outstanding futuristic car concept, it was selected as the finalist of VACC Target 2020 car competition and National Wheels Young Designer of the Year Design competition.
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Prix ARS Electronica is serving as an interdisciplinary platform for designers since 1987 and like every year, they have launched the ARS Electonica international competition for cyberarts 2010 with a view to honor innovative and uniquely promising ideas and to support their further development process. This year, they are seeking projects that focus on improved ways of using three key important areas of mankind’s future: mobility, energy and access. This competition surely will contribute with ideas and concepts for a more globalized and mobile future world. The winner will get €7,500 cash as prize money and an opportunity of spending 3 months in Linz, Austria as Artist/Scientist-in-Residence at Ars Electronica.
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iCup is an innovative concept specially designed for Apple that can heat up any drink inside the cup by connecting it with the user’s notebook, as well as any device that supports USB connection, via a USB cable anywhere. The key goal of the project is to ease life with more manageable features that ensure uninterrupted working opportunity, doesn’t matter the user goes to the park, library or working in the office. The featured Apple logo of the cup is actually a heat indicator that shows the temperature of the inside content, blue for cool, orange for warm and pink for hot, while enhancing the aesthetics. Moreover, it incorporates a displaceable handle that offers convenient fit into any small area and the changeable upper portion allows easy washing.
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The Speed 12 Bluetrain Special concept car has been designed to become an ultimate street luxury in near future by utilizing an art of craftsmanship. This amazing car with a unique appearance features a combination of hand shaped aluminum and machine stamped sheetmetal in order to make it an inseparable part of the future luxury car collection. The ergonomically shaped cutting-edge body with glossy finish, the car contains innovatively placed and stylishly shaped illuminating headlight and bright break-lights. Moreover, the rims are not only durable, but also show the excellence of the car, as well as the rider.
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The key purpose of the EBIQ Electric Bike concept is to complement the environment by reducing the amount of CO2 unlike traditional cars or motorcycles and offering a battery powered bicycle to ensure convenient short distance commuting in city/metro areas. To make it even more functional, the bike enables the rider to charge their laptop, cellphone and other personal electric gadgets. Moreover, the built-in screen at the steering can provide direct access to the user’s laptop to gain necessary information at any moment. To make it space efficient, all the extended components can be folded down, resulting the bike to fit in narrow spaces.
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