Japanese telecom DOCOMO, in collaboration with Sharp and Olympus had developed a touch phone prototype out of surplus wood. The phone, named the Touch Wood (insert sexual pun here), is a great example of sustainable design.
The Cyprus wood case ads a unique look to the phone while potentially offering a more environmentally sound case than [...]
As an R8 fan, I was psyched to see that Audi has developed an all electric vehicle concept on the R8 frame. The Audi e-Tron matches beauty with performance with 4 electric motors, driving each wheel and providing Audi’s signature Quattro all-wheel-drive.
BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics Concept will be debuted in a couple weeks in Frankfurt but they have begun sharing the details. According to BMW this plug-in hybrid vehicle will a 1.5 liter 3 cylinder turbo-diesel engine that can bring this beauty from 0 to 62 mph in 4.8 seconds yet will be able to get 62.6 MPG!
Dan Miller of the Roda Group (and the former CEO of Ask.com) explains to the Hillside Club in Berkley why “we are really f#@ked.”
Miller is part of the Al Gore’s “Climate Project,” a group that trains speakers to go around the world delivering the “Inconvenient Truth” talks. He explains that part of that training is [...]
On Wednesday Seimens unveiled the first custom electric motorcycle dubbed the “Seimens Smart Chopper.” The bike was designed and built by the prolific motorheads at Orange County Choppers. The chopper sports the signature OCC style but being electric it lacks the ground rumbling roar. OCC founder Paul Teutul Jr. admits that everyone loves loud pipes [...]
Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZero is the model of style, utility and efficiency. This luxury ride will be built on a platform that can accomodate three differernt drive trains: E-Cell, E-Cell Plus and F-Cell.
This unorthodox design may be the future of off-shore wind power. The NOVA or Project Novel Offshore Vertical Axis turbine utilizes a 120 meter tall “V” shape turbine, instead of the traditional design which gives it several advantages.
To represent their lighting systems division, Toshiba has created this beautiful installation at the Milan Design. Titled “Overture” the installation aims to show how dramatic and emotionally engaging lighting can be employed while respecting the natural environment.
Talk about minimalist living, the “Paco” is a 3m x 3m x 3m box that contains all the things you need to live. Designed and built by Jo Nagasaka + Schemata Architecture Office as a conceptual model to help people imagine a new lifestyle.
The incandescent light bulbs days are numbered. First they were vilified in the media for their gross inefficiency, then the price of their more efficient rival CFLs came down to make them a cost effective alternative, then countries started talking about banning them all together, finally the biggest champion of bulb that started it all, [...]
