Design WOO

The brainchild of Brazilian designer Maurício Sampaio, the “Sampdesign Neo” is an electric vehicle for urban use that offers a safe and sustainable ride on cramped city roads. Powered by three engines embedded in each wheel, the three-wheeler features an exterior surround by LED lighting, which makes it extremely safe during night rides. The zero-emission vehicle comes equipped with buffers that generate energy, smart rubber that totally isolates the cabin from the outer world and an air conditioner, which allows occupants to choose the internal temperature. The entire body, including the translucent, of the Neo uses biodegradable plastic that makes it environmentally friendly altogether.
The small size of the vehicle helps to solve the problem of traffic chaos in large cities. Commuters can access the vehicle through a single door that opens from the front. Capable of reaching a top speed of 90 km/h, the Sampdesign Neo has the maximum range of 300 km per charge, thanks to the lithium-ion battery. With the Neo, commuting on city roads won’t be chaotic anymore.

Virtual reality was once the holy grail of computer science and interactivity. It promised to free us from the limits of our bodies and allow our minds to roam free in a universe completely within our control. It was touted as the future entertainment medium with applications in science and medicine but designer Vagarsh Saakyan thinks it could be our whole way of life.

As the human population continues to grow, space will become a premium. Our resources exhausted and with no land left, we have to move our megatropolises into the virtual world. In virtual reality, cities can be as big as needed. There are no limits. People can envisage how they live and how they get around. You may prefer to ride around in a space age urban buggy like the Voila Voila (pictured) or go retro and handle business in a horse and carriage.

So what do you think? To be honest the world I’d live in would resemble nothing like science fiction or reality. It would be the Kingdom of Care-O-lot, and we would all be Care Bears, and we would ride around on cloud cars and take weekly excursions to the Forest of Feelings to visit our Care Bear Cousin friends. Is the future now?

Designer: Vagarsh Saakyan

Did you watch the Seattle Kingdome demolition in 2000? That stadium was brought down by implosion techniques; however it’s not necessary to resort to kabooms every time you want to bring down walls or buildings. To knock them off safely something like the Kaputt.R Demolition Robot should suffice.

UPDATE: Check out the video of the robot in action
Features:

· Kaputt.R has a folded two-armed architecture that allows a wide range of motion.
A counter-weight effectively balances the extended arms.

· It is propelled by 4 electric caterpillar tracks, allowing a wide and stable stance without exceeding the maximum load-bearing capacity of the floor.

· A selection of tools can be attached, such as a buzz-saw, plow, or high precision tools like the power gun.

· The Powergun was inspired by conventional explosive demolition.

· To curb pollution and additional waste (wiring, casings, etc.) the Powergun uses propane gas as its shockwave source.

· It directs pressure waves of propane gas explosions in a linear direction, effectively weakening walls by shooting holes through them. The wall can then easily be knocked down.

Designer: Tony Weichselbraun, Erol Kursani, Bernhard Ranner & Florian Wille

During the earthquake(s) this year in china, more than a few students and other civilians were seriously injured or killed by the tables they were hiding under. Haishan Deng has a definite swipe of a solution for instances such as these. Using the physics of the “Triangle of Life” Deng presents: the “Life Desk.”

The Life Desk is open for learning during regular times, and closed for danger during times of trouble. The main structure is high strength steel and nylon board, while the side structure is molten steel molded round to disperse stress.

Deng has already interviewed with the Bureau of Education in China and they will be producing a limited amount of these desks to try them out in schools. The cost of one desk is 80 Euro – anyone know how much a regular, non-earthquake table costs?

And, of course, how much is one life worth?

Designer: Haishan Deng

Have a look at this mosquito inspired quad bike. Dubbed as M.S.Q.T.O, it’s a great concept to turn the shape of mosquito (especially the legs part) into a new biking concept where you should use your hand to control the forward movement.

Inspired from the Mosquito, the biker’s seating arrangement has been done in a dominative manner over the road, just like the fear of mosquitoes dominates, even though the size of the bike is competitively small. The color and the aggressive stands of the bike also resemble the shape of a mosquito and to maintain balance over the leg structure, the bike features heavy tires and powerful engine. M.S.Q.T.O is a complete physical and psychological experience extracting concept that is driven from the nature for a purposive reason.