We’d like to send a big congratulations to Dean Beanstead who this year took out the Victorian and Tasmanian Graduate of the Year Award. In addition to winning the Industrial Design category, Dean’s O2 Pursuit project helped him claim the top prize. The O2 powered concept bike was a show stopper at the recent Sydney…
Every one wants a jet pack right? and in 2012 they should be as common as motorcycles. So why arent they? The jet packed image series will illustrate the history, development and research behind the detailed design and engineering of one of sci-fi’s biggest promises. Please enjoy these fantastic machines with the promise of the…
Every one wants a jet pack right? and in 2012 they should be as common as motorcycles. So why arent they? The jet packed image series will illustrate the history, development and research behind the detailed design and engineering of one of sci-fi’s biggest promises. Please enjoy these fantastic machines with the promise of the…
Every one wants a jet pack right? and in 2012 they should be as common as motorcycles. So why arent they? The jet packed image series will illustrate the history, development and research behind the detailed design and engineering of one of sci-fi’s biggest promises. Please enjoy these fantastic machines with the promise of the…
Every one wants a jet pack right? and in 2012 they should be as common as motorcycles. So why arent they? The jet packed image series will illustrate the history, development and research behind the detailed design and engineering of one of sci-fi’s biggest promises. Please enjoy these fantastic machines with the promise of the…
Genius just took a big step forward for computer peripherals by launching the world’s first wireless battery-free mouse. The mighty mouse eschews wasteful AAAs and heavier lithium-ion batteries in favor of an electric double-layer ultracapacitor that requires just a quick 3 minute charge each day. The Genius DX-Eco runs on a 2.4 Ghz connection, is…
Liquipel has developed a brand new nanocoating for electronis devices. The coating is hydrophobic and thus helps repel water from vital electronics (and other parts) of devices. The coating paves the way for many design possibilities and development.
Eythor Bender demonstartes an exoskelton prototype that has the power to change lives.
Chuck Norris can speak braille. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris once won a game of Connect Four in 3 moves. Chuck Norris can delete the Recycling Bin. Death once had a near-Chuck-Norris experience.
Marcin Jakubowski has been busy making detailed designs of the machines he has deemed nessasary for civilisation. The blueprints for these are available online and many people are already making and protyping these affordable options.
As we reflect on our marvelous technology of the present, it is easy to forget that humans have been making amazing computers and machines for centuries. Automatons a marvelously detailed designs predominantly from the 18th and 19th centuries. These Clockwork marvels go past concept design and do what seems imposible. In the word’s of the…
Now this is just awesome. Taking a cue from how maple leaves manage to drift for long distances using an unusual shape to spiral themselves through the air, DARPA is designing a drone that uses that same spinning motion to fly, including an ability to do vertical take-offs. The trick to the maple seed is…
“Reports of a two-metre crocodile menacing a duck pond at Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens this week prompted a swift response from authorities. But in the end, it was a case of life imitating art.” The detailed design of the artists crocodile even fooled crocodile experts. Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/the-storys-a-croc–the-photo-isnt-20100209-npgz.html#ixzz1kFnzbhsF
This is one memory stick you wont want to lose. The detailed design folds from decepticon Ravage into your Flash memory in a few easy steps.
Scientists from the NanoTech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas are coming up with a way to use carbon nanotubes as the material for muscles modeled after natural structures like an elephant’s trunk or an octopus’s tentacle. The resulting prototypes are as strong as steel but super light. These strong nanotubes may one…
When you open a can of whoop-ass, Chuck Norris jumps out Chuck Norris is what Willis is talking about Chuck Norris counted to infinity, twice Chuck Norris once broke the world landspeed record on a bicycle that was missing a chain and a back tyre Chuck Norris doesn’t need to swallow when eating food
To help round of the late January vibe of product process documentation here is a peek at hydroforming. An incridble production method for shaping metal tube into seemingly impossible forms.
Keeping to the recent theme here is a great video from LOOK bicycle manufactures. They show not only there hand production process but also how they test thier components.
This prototype from Opel is a responce to the potential of electric vehicles. The Mini 2 seater allows for enjoyable driving and ease of congestion. The video is a great insight into automotive design processes and documentation.
The beuties of a bygone era a great reminder of the automotive roots. These images realy demonstrate the reserch and planning that goes into these concepts which are realy very expensive prototypes for technology.
Samsung have recently unvieled their new ‘Smart Window’ alla minority report. The window is in a prototype stage for demonstration at CES 2012. Check out the video for more.
After research into what he could do with gravity and magnetic fields, Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel created these peculiar seats by fusing raw materials with the two natural forces. Called ‘Gravity Stools’, each seat is formed using a specially made machine that uses gravity and magnets, instead of electricity. Made from a mix…
A quick look at some of the more intresting entrys to the Red Dot awards. Including an Interactive Police Shield concept that shows expression when hit… Creepy
Drayson Racing and Lola just unveiled their brand new electric racecar at the 6th MIA International Low Carbon Racing Conference. The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV was created through a collaboration between the two companies and packs 850-horsepower (640 kW) from an electric charge. The mean machine can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in a phenomenal 3 seconds, from 0 to…
This high end sofa bed makes use of the room in a house, while stopping the need to re make the bed everytime it comes out. The unit itself is made in the same factories that also do work for Audi and Porche. The manufacturer rates the cantilevered bed to 1 metric tonne, that is…
Now is the final instalment of the Ekranoplan Image Series. Here are some stealthy and mad genious concepts for air craft carriers amongst other things.
Here is part two of the Ekranoplan saga. These crazy beasts seem like Research and Development dream renders, however many of them were infact built. Now without further hesitation, Ekranoplan Two…
With so many posts about prototyping and conceptualisation of cars it is possible we need to show why it is all done, for the joy of driving. Here a few images of very enthusiastic motorists from circa 1950, enjoying the classic motoring lifestyle. Why not have a few happy faces for the first day of…
The is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard, only another fist If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can;t see Chuck Norris then you probably only seconds away from death If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you Chuck Norris…
We can tend to build up photographs in our research that we feel don’t realy work with a post, however we still want to share them. So here are a few good photos.
