Nissan has come up with ‘Effis’ which they say is developed with keeping in mind how future urban lifestyle would be. The concept utilizes one of the most advanced technologies and seems Nissan has created the vehicle for the future as it is both use-friendly as well as eco friendly. The vehicle comes with a reconfigurable instrument panel offering 3+1 person seating in a comfortable space. This “rotational instrument panel” extends to provide a rotary table. If two people are in front, the rear seat is utilized for luggage area. If more passengers to accommodate, just push the instrument panel back in, and slide the front passenger seat forward while simply raising the rear seat. There you have ample space for 3 adults and still space left for more!
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What do you get when an entertainment major join hands with leaders in home appliances, software and hardware combined with a high end builder? What you get is a house full with innovations like the one recently unveiled by Disney, the Innoventions Dream Home in Anaheim, Calif. It is located in a place called Tomorrowland, and it promises to be a house of the future or you can say marketing of the future, since the construction was a collaborative effort between Disneyland, Microsoft, HP, Life|ware and home-builder Taylor Morrison. With gadgets like magic mirror that allows you to see how you look in various clothes, kitchen that recognizes ingredients and a multimedia interface to tell stories to children, all we can say is welcome to the future!
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Avery Holleman has developed a PC design that can turn out to be a very useful tool on your conference tables. Named as Napkin PC, the design resembles a Napkin holder, which combines multiple touch screen devices within a collaborative network. The digital pens which are a part of the device allow the users to draw on the touch screens what you would do with a pen on a napkin. As per the designer, the reason for creating the concept was to enable users to interact with any number of interfaces connected in the same network. Of course this is one napkin wherein one won’t feel embarrassed keeping notes. We already discussed some of Next Gen PC Design finalists, such as : Siafu PC Design, Zen PC, Yuno, Momenta Neck PC, The Cup, CLEF and TRVL, and the winner goes to Napkin PC Concept, congratulation Avery!
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‘Classroom of the Future’ is something unbelievable for all the students. It is a flatbed truck presenting a transportable classroom that is capable of offering sufficient ICT facilities which are usually not available with most of the schools. This concept is designed for school children in Canden outside of London. This mobile school will move from one school to another in order to explore music and film making. At a time this movable truck can hold 15 students. This classroom can be opened from all sides and then packed into a box while moving.
Designer : Gollifer Langston
In the 21 century people are still cleaning the street with basic tools: broom, scoop and can. It’s hard and clumsy, but still very important for the people and quality of city life. The main problems of street cleaning are : the use of broom and scoop at the same time, transference of the garbage from the scoop to the cart can, lack of space for personal bag or other tools, most cleaning carts have poor image.
Zvulun – street cleaning cart with scoop device in front of the cart and cylindrical can between 2 big wheels. The cart makes the work more comfortable, fast and effective. The broom is installed in the static side of the wheel. The cart is supplied with a big cell for personal needs. Design of the cart was inspirited by hi-tech style and ancient transport. The frame of the cart is made of iron. A can, scoop and the cell was made of recycled plastic injection. The wheels are filled with silicone rubber.
Designer : Gadi Dudler design
