PlanetSolar boat set sail from Monaco at September 27th, 2010 to travel around the world using exclusively solar energy. The team has completed the journey and crossing the finish line back in Monaco, this means they are the world’s first solar-powered catamaran that travels around the world in 585 days, 28 countries, 3 oceans and 11 seas.
This month, this boat has set out for a new adventure, sailing coast to coast in Mediterranean sea. Currently, it has visited Barcelona, Mallorca, Spain....
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FPS Gaming Controller has been designed based on extensive research done by HJC Design team. Based on that research, they’ve found out that there are six types of gamer profiles from professionals down to novice gamers, they’ve also mapped existing game controllers relating to gamer needs based on aesthetic and functional scale. From many interviews and online forum comments, it’s pretty clear that there are many gamer enthusiasts demand a higher performing solution of gaming controller th...
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At first impression, this Logitech LS21 2.1 stereo speaker system looks really cool. The modern design will brighten your desktop, and not only that, the full balanced acoustics offer nice full sound. The main volume control is accessible a long with a nice knob on the sub woofer to allow you to adjust the bass.
Futuristic Nike One 2022 Racing Car has been designed for driving simulator Grand Turismo 4. Phil Frank, the principal of Phil Frank Design, LLC explained that Nike One 2022 boasts dramatic and futuristic technology of Nike One with its athletic focus, stretched surfaces and less-is-more philosophy, just like the principles from Bill Bowerman, Nike founder. Since Nike is an athletic company, this futuristic vehicle was designed and developed from that perspective, instead of building just anothe...
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Phoebus solar charger was a concept done during the period where the designer was a researcher for IUAV University in Venice. Together with his team, it took 2 years for them to develop several consumer electronic concept devices that are powered by green energies, and one of them is Phoebus. This solar charger utilizes Kyosemi spherical solar cells to harvest the energy from the sun. It’s been designed to look like a pendant with a built-in thin film battery that can be customized with differ...
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Look cool by wearing your iPod nano like a watch with the help from custom designed wrist strap, iWatchz Q Collection Wrist Strap for iPod Nano. The unique clip of this strap positions your iPod Nano in sensible way to allow you for quick access to every button and connector. Available in different colors to match your iPod, very cool.
Global Spirit Racing is a futuristic racing vehicle design for Terra Prix 2085 design competition. The automotive designer created amazing detailed background story and won the first place in community selection category with this awesome future racing car.
Global Spirit Racing (Design & Story)
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This year the big Terra Prix 2085 race, sponsored by Local-Motors brings together a large amount of teams coming out from the most important world mega polis.
The number of regist...
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Bio-Grow has been designed to answer our ongoing problems, the rising oil prices and overflowing dumps. These industrial designers are trying to solve the “green” ia photobioreactor for the cultivation of algaessues by utilizing recycled electronic materials. They have come up with a photobioreactor for the cultivation of algae, to be later manufactured into bio-diesel. The team utilizes refurbished electronic waste to construct Bio-Grow, this way, their design can at least lessen the issues...
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A team of architects has come up with a crucial safety zone, the Safe House, which is built over the outskirts of Warsaw in Poland. The house is completely secure when compared to any other above-ground home. With a touch of few buttons, the whole building closes into an impenetrable concrete cube. In closed mode, concrete panels as well as roller doors seal entrances and windows, making it as secure as possible. The only way one can get into the house when closed is through a second-floor drawb...
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It is possible to read one’s mind. Isn’t this surprising? Yes, it is! With an innovative technology called brain-computing interface, the Mind Speller concept has been introduced. Mind Speller has been developed in partnership with the team of Prof. Marc VAN HULLE. It is a type of headgear that is used by patients affected with stroke or who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Mind Speller employs 2 different paradigms including P300 as well as Steady State Visually Evoked Potential abbrevia...
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Scientists from the University of Liverpool have upgraded an everyday wind turbine with innovative set of spinning solar blades. The entire team, led by Dr. Joe King, unveiled an innovative solution to perplex critics who state wind turbines are useful only while the wind is blowing. Well, their design even doubles the functionality of conventional turbines by integrating photovoltaic technology. The team however faced some problems. There was a real anxiety that the turbines could blind aircraf...
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