Audi has envisioned two vehicles for the future generations who will born into a complete digital environment with autonomy far away from today’s vision.
Audi eSpira: The Aspiration – This is the most uncompromised form of Audi, acts as an extension of the driver’s body. It utilizes next generation automobile control logic to transform the driver’s every movements and gestures into driving command.
Audi eOra: The Essence – This is an extremely efficient and dynamic sport vehicle that will be a dream of every young and adventurous individual in future. It uses the same control logic of eSpira and can carve the roadscape like a downhill skier with great accuracy.
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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.
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The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 with its 3.2” touchscreen has been officially unveiled after its sleek-looking predecessor X1. If you consider dimensions, the latest X2 is close to its previous version; however, it’s lighter than the X1. The X2 features a redesigned keypad just like that of a netbook and reveals by sliding out the upper portion. The 8.1 megapixel camera is one of the major upgrades of X2. The custom panel interfaces have been enriched with fourteen preloaded and sixteen more downloadable ones. Besides, it is the debut of Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system as default on a Sony Ericsson handset.
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The S 333 toboggan is made in a cantilever design by using steel instead of bentwood like before, making it more beautiful and modern, while keeping the most excellent Thonet tradition. This impressively timeless and elegant piece of sports gear boasts a consistently modest design, inspired by the earlier S 333 tubular-steel-chair. The minimalist outlook of this chair has been achieved by using lightweight, durable and clear materials. The S 333 is consists of few components only, they are, a couple of runners at the side and one bar at the frontage of the seat that works as tension frame simultaneously for the seat made of open-mash and weather-resistant fabric. The toboggan can be compressed for storage and car-transportation, and when transporting up to the mountain, it can be carried as a backpack.
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The JS Bach Chamber Music Hall is a brilliant concept design installed at Manchester Art Gallery in order to house musical performances. The hall is built on a steel structure covered with a transparent fabric membrane suspended form the ceiling which divides and encloses the space aside from creating a stage, area for audience and passages for in and out of the hall. Above the stage, clear and acrylic panes are suspended, offering perfect disperse and reflect of sound. A massive ribbon swirls within the hall is carving out a visual and spatial response to the obscure relationships of Bach’s harmonies. Since the ribbon staggers above the performer and cascades into the ground along with wraps around the listeners, the original box shaped room is quite absent, rather, only fluid spaces are visible that are swelling, slipping and merging through one another. The design surely will enhance the diversity of Bach’s work via a coherent structural and formal logic integration.
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