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Mobiado 712 GCB Classic: luxury Gold and frets Mobile Phone

March 14th, 2010 widget lover No comments

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Classic Mobiado 712 GCB is the new mobile phone of the prominent luxury brand specializing in exclusive designs in the alternative of materials, shape and particularly the price! New Mobiado opts for the typical candybar figure with keyboard exposed characterized by those irritating buttons.

Mobiado defined its new mobile phone Mobiado typical 712GCB as an expression of ideal mechanics, with details of aesthetic masterpiece of craftsmanship and the work of high profile. The form is not so dissimilar from Mobiado 712ZAF already seen with the same look candybar and affinity card.

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Mobiado 712 GCB typical of instantly arresting the keyboard\’s typical Mobiado with tiny buttons actually little uncomfortable at least to the eye. The screen is a 2.2-inch QVGA resolution, there is the possibility of connect online via 3G; exploit GPS for vehicle navigation wizard.

Mobiado 712 GCB typical consists in its sheet also a 5 megapixel camera, music player, internet browser and FM radio. The shell is made of stainless steel with a resistant sapphire crystal and 24 carat gold plating. Even the buttons are sapphire with gold plating. How much? The cost has not still been announced, but shall definitely three zeros.

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Over the Land and Through the Port

March 10th, 2010 Techno Wizkid No comments

Look at that port! More on that later. This concept vehicle is the OEX-B, the Overland Expedition type B. Overland, basically meaning across land exclusively, describes where this truck shall go, and sightseeing is what its passengers shall do. Made for tourist travel, is what it is. For the best tour ever, with the most eyes directed towards YOU. Because there’s no way in HECK there’s going to be a truck like yours on the road when you’re cruzin in this bad boy.

Made for lots of places for easy viewing: the giant porthole with seats facing the sides of the road, hatch on the tail that opens to view the from the back, lateral extendable balcony with built-in binoculars, and a big-ol windshield up front.

Below you will see first a video of the canopy opening atop the vehicle. Notice how bug-like the whole situation is (in fact, the entire vehicle’s main form is inspired by the scarab beetle.) Inside are panels that collect solar energy from our yellow sun, not unlike Superman himself.

After that, you’ll see a similar video, this time of the giant port-hole and extending staircase that come out the side of the vehicle. These remind me rather of the classic film “Flight of the Navigator”, in which a fabulous space craft has very similar stairs and port.

OEX comes in two types: A and B.

A having 4 wheels for short distance, type A3 being the “OEX-A All-Terrain” for 12 to 15 passengers, and A4 the “OEX-A Arctic” for 12 to 15 passengers, specialized for the Arctic touristic expeditions.

B being the one made for long travel. B1 is the “OEX-B All-Terrain” for 20 passengers (featured in the images), and B2 “OEX-B African” for 20 passengers, specialized for African safari drives (also featured in the images.)

Each of these trucks features a Modular Platform featuring a “series-hybrid system” assisted by a diesel generator, categorizing it as a “Range Extended Electric Vehicle” (REEV). Each of the wheels have an in-wheel motor inspired by Hyperlink. These independent engines create the possibility of reconfiguration, “4 or 6 wheels all created with the same components to form a drivetrain.”

AND, just so you don’t forget, if you’re observing lions in this thing, either make sure you’re driving the B type 2, which has a balcony, or just be safe and stay inside the vehicle for cripes sake.

Designer: Hamid Reza Bekhradi

Overland Expedition type B overland truck by Hamid Reza Bekhradi

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It’s Not Rollercircle, It’s 3D!

February 24th, 2010 Techno Wizkid No comments

It’s called “Rollersphere,” and it’s coming to run you the heck over! I would not get in the way of this one, let me tell you that. I’d mostly expect it to be the work of otherworldly being if I saw it rolling smoothly down the highway. What the heck! Let’s have a little discussion about it! It’s designed by Krasimir Emilov Asenov out of Bulgaria and it’s dependent on electricity. Not just one electrical engine, but several, each of them powered by an accumulator battery and a nice new solar energy system.

Woo doggy can you imagine going over some large ramps in this? I don’t know what would happen. I do know the potential for this is fast. The accumulator batter and solar energy system work in concert like this, there’s a folio of solar sensitive cells on the outside that collect power, supplying it then to the electrical engines. Seem simple enough? Oh that’ll be no problem I bet!

The vehicle moves on a kind of tire mechanism. This mechanism is based on a “speed track system” which means that many treads, each of them covered in elastic, flexible, and strong material, work together to make the car rock and roll.

On the other hand, the designer notes that the vehicle could also employ driving-belts alternatively, making it possible to rotate around the vertical access of the vehicle.

It’s all based on a gyroscopic system, the handling to be handled by joystick. When the driver wants to go left, the vehicle tips (or bends) in left, to go right, the vehicle bends (or tips) right. Just like one of those speedy motorcycles on the fast track.

As for landing after a huge jump — this vehicle does have shock absorbers. The materials used in creating the vehicle will be light, materials like carbon or titanium, so the cage must be strong. The bones must be strong if the skin is soft, you see? The guts (you) must be kept safe.

Also, just for kicks, there are also furrows on either side of the vehicle so that it might some day run on tracks, like a modern day train system.

Designer: Krasimir Emilov Asenov

Rollersphere futuristic car by Krasimir Emilov Asenov

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Not a Tiny Airplane – On the Ground

February 23rd, 2010 Techno Wizkid No comments

Let me explain first the title: a single-engine Cessna is a type of small airplane, while this project is called “VESNA”, and is an auto that stays flat on the ground. But it’s fantastic! The Vesna is a single-seat electric car. The body of this car is made entirely of a single piece of natural resin with built-in wiring.

How wild is that?

The wheels in the front go round and round. They also take the form of a reinforced, perforated rubber belt affixed to the electric motor. They also have an offset center of rotation. And they work with MAGNETS!

The motor is non-synchronous and runs on direct current with high-powered permanent magnets. The motor works with a geared cylinder with teeth matching apertures in the belt tire. Regenerative breaking x mechanical breaking. Steering via “edistribution of torque and braking on the leading wheels, depending on how the steering wheel is turned.”

The rear wheel is even more wild. Even more. The rear wheel? It’s a reinforced-rubber sphere. Fastened to a suspension clip that’s got four pedals, each of which contains a roller for free rotation of the sphere. Breaks and assisted steering work on this as well, as each clip is also connected to the main electrical system.

Refueling of this amazing machine happens via the network of wires that, when the vehicle is parked on it’s special “electro-floor”, connect to a working electric channel which connects to sockets that you can plug in using your regular electric plugs.

So simpo!

Designer: Kristina Magnitskaya

VESNA (Spring) single seat electric car by Kristina Magnitskaya

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Big City Full of Electric Bikes

February 19th, 2010 Techno Wizkid No comments

This project is about an amazing set of bikes designerd by L.H.C. the fantastic pro student. Leigh Hendrik Cosentino is a student at Monash University. Not just another bike project – this one’s a bit electric. It addresses storage space, weather resistance and alternate efficient power, lightness and accessibility of a human powered vehicle and visual appeal of a small car. What in the perfect?

One rider. Semi-recumbent seating arrangement. As all you recumbent riders know, that frees up the legs a lot and allows for more airflow around the rider. Speaking of that, there’s vents at the bottom underside of the cabin, bringing in that circulation. That air then escapes via vents under the top fin.

Telescoping steering for users of all sizes. Steering tightness made for packed streets and tight car parks. Shaped so four can fit in a single car space. Boarding and un-boarding done via a hydraulically controlled vertical tilting door opening a big ol’ entry space. Or you could just jump in using the grab handles.

Generic wall plug for charging through all the normal plug locations. The tilting mechanism is also maintains stability while turning. Made for leaning.

Forward and rear LED lighting for that most amazing left and right signaling ability as well as night biking. Indicator lights places above the front wheel arches for 360 degrees of visibility.

And it’s relatively cheap to produce.

And with all that flat open real-estate on the sides, it’s gonna be perfect for promotions.

– AND IT’S MADE OF GOLD. AND IT’S FROM OUTER SPACE!

Designer: Leigh Hendrik Cosentino

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Flux personal transport bike by Leigh Hendrik Cosentino

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Review of the latest Nikon patent applications

February 19th, 2010 Techno Wizkid No comments

Those are the latest and most interesting patent applications filed by Nikon:

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My guess is that this will be the new kit lens for the upcoming Nikon D90 replacement (the D90 kit currently ships with the 18-105 lens).

  • Patent application 20100013977 is for a picture in picture live view display for better focus and exposure control (the patent contains a drawing of a p&s camera, not sure if it is intended for DSLR):

“A subject tracking technology originated in Patent Document 1 is considered to perform focus adjustment and a control of exposure conditions while keeping a user intended composition when a subject with relatively large motion (person, animal, vehicle, or the like) is photographed by a camera. In the subject tracking technology, a main subject is tracked automatically, and the focus adjustment and the control of the exposure conditions are performed centering on the main subject.”

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More after the break:

“An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.”

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  • 20100008574 patent application is for improved noise reduction but understanding the details is above my pay level.

Please note that patent applications are not guarantee for future products.

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Toto Toilet Bowl Transformer is Kinda Crappy

February 18th, 2010 widget lover No comments

Toto Toilet Bowl Transformer is Kinda Crappy

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Most Transformers change from a robot into some sort of cool vehicle like a sports car, a big rig truck, or even an airplane. Other knockoffs go for cool animals and things like that. So it’s unusual to see one as crappy (pun definitely intended!) as this Toto toilet bowl. He does have a kinda cool name though “GMax”. I guess the Toto Transformer falls under the category of “support vehicle” and by that I mean when Bumblebee, Jazz or Optimus Prime need to use the bathroom, GMax comes to the rescue. At least he’s a low-flow flush toilet and not wasteful like those evil Decepticon toilets.

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A Car For All Us Cyborgs

February 16th, 2010 Techno Wizkid No comments

Hold on to your head because you’re mind is about to be blown away by this concept called C.S.V. (Cyborg Sensation Vehicle). Inspired by the Mercedes F400 concept, this off-road capable 2-seater is targeted to young adventurous professionals in 2040.

It’s pretty obvious, (thanks Captain Oblivious) what the core concept of this vehicle is just by name. Technology and organics are bound to merge sooner or later. Imagine driving just by thinking. When you sit in the driver’s seat, your though patterns are sent to the vehicle, thus becoming an extension of your body. There’s no need for analog controls.

The implications for such technologies means someday we’ll know how to interpret,  map out, and respond to human neural patterns. If you can put that thought aside for a second, lets focus on the design. There’s a lot of F400 in there but the designer wanted to give the vehicle an organic flavor, hence the muscle fibers flanking each side, neatly tucking into a hidden skeletal system. The result is a design that takes Mercedes Benz DNA and evolves it into an organic object mimicking its pilot.

Designer: Derek Chik Kin Ng

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Mercedes-Benz Cyborg Sensation Vehicle C.S.V. by Derek Chik Kin Ng

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