ALEX MCDIARMID DESIGNS 87-METER IWANA

Here’s a superyacht that’s the stuff of a seafarer’s dream: the 87 meter Iwana, a behemoth of a craft that takes its design cues from the auspicious mythical dragon.
Conceptualized by French-based visionary Alex McDiarmid, the Iwana is inspired by the sinuous lines of the water dragon. While the classic bow shape has been retained, the yacht is encased in what has been described as “magic glass”, which reflects rays from the sun and evokes the shimmering scales of a marine reptile.
The naval architect first revealed his masterplan for this ambitious project at last year’s Monaco Yacht Show, and will release further details about the construction and tech specs of this reptilian craft in time to come, so watch this space.

New world speed record for Volvo’s hybrid truck

Volvo’s “Mean Green” hybrid truck just beat the world record speed. With a total of 2100 horsepower, it proves the efficiency of hybrid technology.

New Seat IBE Concept

The SEAT IBE perfectly merges its sports car character with innovative technology. The all-electric drive facilitates local zero-emissions driving fun while the powerful motor and the low weight is delivered by intelligent mixed-material construction guarantee sophisticated performance. Seat IBE Concept benefits from a maximum 102 PS (75 kw) and 200 Nm of torque with this type of propulsion which indicate that accelerating from 0 to 50 Km/h takes 3.4 seconds and 9.4 seconds from 0 to 100 Km/h. The battery capacity of 18 kWh is good for a range of about 130 km (80 mi) and top speed is 160 km/h (99 mph).

It’s a Transparent TV!

This is the next step in television innovation, transparency.This magnificent TV is  frameless glass surface that keeps the room in its “visually unaltered” state.


 Michael explains, “As the first of its kind, the Loewe Invisio introduces technical innovation, combining conventional LCD and the latest TOLED display technology. This allows to create non-transparent / solid moving pictures with rich color reproduction and full contrast range from solid black to  white.

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Ford Evos: stunning concept car hits 2012 Sydney show

The stunning Ford Evos concept car that shows off the Blue Oval’s global design language has made a surprise guest appearance at the 2012 Sydney motor show.

The Evos was first show at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show and shares a stand in Sydney with one of the first Ford models its styling previewed the design for – the new Ford Mondeo.
At 4.5 metres, the Evos is about the length of a Mazda3 but is nearly two metres wide and sits only 1360mm high. Its most striking features are the four doors that open vertically.
Ford hasn’t given an official name to its new design language, saying it’s simply an evolution of its successful Kinetic styling. The Kinetic language can still be seen in the Evos’s trapezoidal grille and sharp lines.

Under the bonnet is a plug-in hybrid drivetrain from the Ford C-Max Energi and related to what will also become available in the Ford Mondeo medium car down the track.

The Ford Evos also demonstrates the company’s future thinking on in-car connectivity, based around cloud connectivity. It says it will build upon the Sync voice-activated infotainment system that’s recently made its way to Australia, initially in the Ford Focus small car range.

“Just as the outside of the Evos represents the future, so does the tech inside it,” said Christopher Svensson, design director for Ford Asia-Pacific and Africa.
“The goal with Evos was to focus on enriching a customer’s every experience with their vehicle – both outside and inside. There was a strong focus on personalising it, adapting it, and creating unique, unexpected features that surprise and delight them.”


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Palmer Johnson Premieres New SuperSport Series

Even successful superyacht designs sometimes benefit from modifications. Such is the case with Palmer Johnson’s long-standing SuperSport Series, from the design boards of Nuvolari Lenard. Three new SuperSport models are now available, with a wavepiercer hull form for increased stability and lower fuel consumption.

In fact, one is already under construction, for delivery next year. Referred to as the 48m, meaning 48 meters (157 feet), she’s shown here. If you’re familiar with the SuperSport megayachts, the 48m clearly bears a family resemblance. The same is true of the other two new models, a 42m and a 78m, measuring 138 feet and 236 feet respectively.
 Palmer Johnson decided to employ a wavepiercer hull design for its advantages in cruising comfort and efficiency. Wavepiercers may look like catamarans due to having twin hulls, but they feature super-sharp demi-hulls, for slicing through seas. Their fine bows also don’t pitch the way that traditional monohulls sometimes do. The design overall boosts stability and reduces roll. It also reduces wear and tear on those aboard. These advantages are major reasons why wavepiercers are often selected as the hull forms for passenger ferries and some military craft, and are therefore making inroads into megayacht design.

 Palmer Johnson is further switching the construction material for these new SuperSport Series megayachts. It’s employing carbon fiber, rather than aluminum. Carbon fiber is known for its light weight, so that has an impact on performance, too. Palmer Johnson expects the first 48m SuperSport to top out at 32 knots, for example. The shipyard also states that the 48m SuperSport will consume less than 264 gallons per hour (1,000 liters) per hour at that speed. Of course, she’ll have transatlantic range at a more leisurely 15 knots.

 In terms of the megayacht’s general arrangement, the 48m SuperSport will bear popular elements like a full-beam owner’s suite on the main deck and floor-to-ceiling windows lining the saloon. If you look at the rendering above, you’ll see cutouts in the megayacht’s bulwarks. These will enhance the views from inside the saloon. Equally attractive views await from inside the skylounge, essentially encased in glass. The megayacht will also include a beach club and outdoor areas aft that can join inside ones as indoor-outdoor spaces. A 36-foot (11-meter) beam and gross tonnage beneath the all-important 500 level add to the appeal.


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Old Hard Drives Turned Into Awesome Cars, Bikes, and Robots

This brilliant idea is comes from Miguel Rivera, he turned the old hard drive into awesome Sculpture. His first designed using standard 3.5-inch hard drive to create a cool car design. This designed took 33 hard drives and whole weekend to fabricate.
“The overall concept was to make something out of just hard drive parts and pieces,” says Rivera. “I wanted it to look solid and heavy so I leaned towards just using metal — no plastic or gluing things together.”

The Second Creation is a mini car which took 29 hard drives, the third creation is a fat boy motorcycle and the most difficult of his creation is the robot.

This robot is created with using 14 laptop hard drive with 18 additional discs from gutted hard drives and spare parts. Miguel Rivera said  “This piece allowed me to show off some internal pieces of hard drives I wasn’t able to incorporate with any of the other pieces like using the armatures as weapons.”

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Daimler Trucks Concept North America

Daimler Trucks North America has been in the Hall of Mid-America Trucking in Kentucky to launch the new concept of merchantable quality traffic. Concept Truck to the innovation introduced fuel-saving innovations in the Freightliner Cascadia, which has streamlined transport companies, and becomes eleven. Aero is included in the panels to change rear skid plates for the low, a roof spoiler and front air splitter.

In addition, the side mirror was replaced by a camera to reduce friction. Once a speed race truck with the innovations of the swim bladder to reduce, to further reduce fuel consumption. Wireless data system tire pressure monitoring onboard navigation / infotainment screen in the cockpit. Also present in the new Freightliner trucks RunSmart Predictive Cruise Control.

With an emphasis on fuel consumption, it is no wonder that Daimler diesel with BlueTEC emissions after treatment, the liquid urea injected directly into the exhaust, was to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides installed. Finally, technology allows trucks to Park Smart climate control VHAC without engine performance by using the truck on both sides of the battery are working.

Daimler said the concept of innovation is a truck designed to “show our customers what they can expect from us in the near future,” we are aware of a threat to the truck semi-matt black the next Once we got out of traveling.

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Cadillac 16 – Cadillac 16 = 0

General Motors announced that it will not bring the 16-cylinder fast car to the market. The Cadillac 16, revealed back in 2003 at the North American Auto Show, was believed to bring joy to Cadillac and more interested consumers. Although we love it, General Motors decided that the market was not ready for the biggest boy of the playground. Maybe we’ll see it in the few years to come.

If it were to come into production in the future, the base model would most likely be a V8, while the top-of-the-line Sixteen will have a V12. Until this day, the legacy of the revealing of the Cadillac Sixteen still lives with us, but sometimes, things are just too good to be true.


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World’s 1st Flying Hotel – Hotelicopter

Welcome to The Hotelicopter.
Experience the adrenaline rush of taking off and flying high in the largest helicopter ever produced.

Dimensions Length: 42 m (137 ft)
Height: 28m (91 ft)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 105850 kg (232,870 lb)
Maximum speed: 255 km/h (137 kt) (158 miles/h)
Cruising speed: 237 km/h (127 kt) (147 miles/h)
Original Mi Range: 515 km (320 mi)
Our augmented Mi Range – 1,296 km (700 mi)

The Hotelicopter features 18 luxuriously-appointed rooms for adrenaline junkies seeking a truly unique and memorable travel experience.

Each soundproofed room is equipped with a queen-sized bed, fine linens, a mini-bar, coffee machine, wireless internet access, and all the luxurious appointments you’d expect from a flying five star hotel. Room service is available one hour after liftoff and prior to landing.The Hotelicopter’s excellent crew and staff make your security and safety their number one priority. Our vehicle meets or exceeds all safety, operating, and maintenance requirements outlined by the FAA in the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) relating to transport category rotorcraft.



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Tuning: TechArt GTstreet R Porsche 911 Turbo Unveiled at Essen Motor Show

German tuner TechArt has been already presented to us tuning versions of the Porsche cars. Today at Essen Motor Show they revealed awesomeTechArt GTstreet R based on Porsche 911 Turbo. The arrangements add up to something like this: a 3.6-litre twin-turbo engine boosted from the benchmark 473hp (480PS/ 353kW) to 650hp (660PS/ 485kW). That’s correct, 600 livestock plus another 50 for rotund prompt.

Torque is a truck-haulage 860Nm. Zero to 100km/h is reached in 3.4 seconds, and the big needle stops turning at 340km/h (211mph). These facts are gratitude typically to the improved sports air filter, large carbon yarn creek pipes, exclusive intercoolers, the sports exhaust scheme, Tiptronic S gearbox and of course those shiny new turbos.

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How does a jet truck work?

Shockwave, a triple jet-engine truck on a 260-in­ch (660-cm) wheelbase, holds the Guinness­ record for jet-truck speed at 376 miles per hour (605 kph). Driving on a runway, Shockwave racesairplanes that are flying above it at 300 miles per hour.
Shockwave uses three Pratt & Whitney J34-48 engines, also used in the U.S. Navy's T2A Buckeye plane. The engines are arranged in a pyramid formation, tilted at a three-degree angle to help keep the 6,800-pound (3,084 kg) truck on the ground.

The engines produce a total of 36,000 horsepower and 19,000 pounds of static thrust. The outlet of the engine is fitted with a special fuel line that carries raw diesel fuel to a ring-like burner inside the outlet. This dumping of raw diesel fuel into the burner creates flames and smoke that make for some very special effects.

The front of the truck is the only stock part, an original 1985 Peterbilt cab.

Hand-fabricated dashboard in a stock 1985 Peterbilt cab. Above the steering wheel is a zero to 300-mph airspeed indicator.

The familiar twin vertical chrome exhaust stacks are modified with piezoelectric ignitors for lighting the raw diesel fuel to produce flames. This truck consumes 400 gallons per mile during a race. If the afterburner mode is used, the fuel is consumed even faster.

 Shockwave uses conventional truck tires. However, they shave 85 pounds of tread off each one to reduce the weight (mass) of the tire and to keep the tread from separating and flying off when traveling at 300 mph. All-wheel, large-diameter disc brakes are used on each wheel..

Aircraft-type parachutes are used to slow Shockwave down at the end of a run.

In a typical show, an aircraft approaches the jet truck from behind, flying at about 200 mph (321.8 km/h). The Shockwave jet truck accelerates from zero to 300 mph in about 11 seconds in an attempt to catch up with the plane overhead.

Shockwave jet truck cools down after an exhibition run. Note the parachute-storage tube visible beneath the rear spoiler.

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Top 5 Fascinating Motorcycles

5. Predator Motorcycle

Are you a tough guy that likes intimidating people just by passing close to them along the highway? Then, this awesome and scary skull-covered design is just the right one for you! The Predator motorcycle was made as a commission, by Pitstop Motors, a custom bike shop in New Jersey.

4. Jaguar Motorcycle

This cool Jaguar “leaper” cat logo concept bike was created by Barend Massow Hemmes of Massow Concept Cycles along with Polar cycles of Doncaster UK. Professional computer illustrators and even a sculptor contributed to get this truly unique final result.

3. World’s Tallest Rideable Motorcycle

Do good things come in small packages? Not in this case! This massive motorcycle was built by Greg Dunham and is 6,500 pound heavy, 15 feet tall and 20 feet long. The huge design has entered the Guinness World Records, as the world’s tallest rideable motorcycle. It took 3 years to have it finished and its price is $300,000.

2. Suzuki Biplane (Motorcycle)

This futuristic Biplane concept motorcycle was presented in 2007 by Suzuki in Tokyo. Due to the awesome aircraft-inspired design the rider is supposed to have the same feeling as being in an open-canopied biplane.

1. World’s Biggest Single-Cylinder Motorcycle

This outrageous motorcycle was built by Franz Langer, a retired German engineer who had his name written in the Guinness Book of Records for building the biggest single cylinder motor on a motorcycle.

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'American Chopper ' envisions a Cadillac motorcycle

If Cadillac made a chopper, we have an inkling of what it would look like.
We know, it's the question you ask yourself every morning. But if it did, this is what it would look like.
 The Discovery Channel's American Chopper series pitted forever-feuding Paul Teutul Sr. and son Paul Teutul Jr. in a contest to design and build the best Cadillac-design-inspired chopper. Like so many of its builds, this one was for charity.

 "You guys captured all of the design cues we work so hard in the studio to create and you've put it together in a very expressive way," General Motors design chief Ed Welburn said at the unveiling. "The fact that they both look very different but are both very obviously Cadillac-inspired is very cool because it shows the breadth of Cadillac design."
 Paul Teutul Sr.'s chopper features a 160-horspower diamond-cut and polished S&S wedge motor; Brembo brakes; an angular frame, handlebars and lighting; and a centered rear exhaust similar to the CTS Coupe. The bike also features other Cadillac design cues, including a V-Series mesh tank area (containing a nitrous-oxide system), V-series badges and a CTS clock on the center tank.

 Paul Jr.'s took a different approach:
 His chopper has a more fluid design with angular chevron design accents, side pipes and black diamond paint with Cadillac V-Series insignia. It also has a Crazy Horse motor, air suspension, large yellow V-inspired brake calipers, and taillights and trunk badges from a CTS sedan on the wide rear fender.

"When we were asked to build a bike for Cadillac, we immediately gravitated toward the CTS-V. It's exactly what we do with motorcycles" said Paul Jr. "The CTS-V has the lines, the power, the looks, so a lot of our design cues were pulled from the CTS-V."
 The auction already has bids in excess of $150,000 for the two custom-built motorcycles. Bidding continues until the auction closes at 5:50 p.m. ET on July 31. The auction proceeds will be added to more than $500,000 that Cadillac has helped Cure Duchenne raise since last September. Duchenne is a form of muscular distrophy.


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Apple iWatch Concept

Say “Hello” to iWatch.

iWatch is a wrist device with these features:
 - Aluminium body
- WiFi and Bluetooth
- Integrated RSS Reader
- 16GB;
- Weather forecast system;
- Possibility to connect to the Bluetooth or WiFi to iPhone / iPad
- LCD projector to show everywhere pictures by your iPhone / iPad
- Available in various colors

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2003 Dodge Tomahawk

Dodge Tomahawk specifications
Top Speed: 676 km/h / 420 mph
0-100 kph: 2.6 sec.
Power: 507 HP (378 kW)
Engine: Viper V10
Dodge Tomahawk V10 superbike features an independent four-wheel suspension and its engine is taken from the famous American sports car Dodge Viper. The result is a motorcycle that outputs over 500 horse power. The production was limited to 9 units of this concept bike, which sells for a whopping $555,000. Chrysler executives said they are having serious thoughts about going mainstream with a price of $250,000 / unit, despite the fact, that these motorcycles cannot be legally driven on public roads. The rumor has it, that they cost Chrysler over $100,000 to build.

Awesome Ferrari V4 “Superbike Concept”

When I see a Ferrari car on the street a stay always fascinated about it. I just love Ferrari’s car design especially when the car is red, well I love also the black color, I think many people love Ferrari cars. Well, today I received from a reader more beautiful pictures about Ferrari, but this time are not about cars, but about a bike, yes a Ferrari bike! It’s an interesting Ferrari motorcycle concept, this bike was designed by Israeli industrial designer Amir Glinik. Using drive-by-wire technology, this bike or this V4 superbike features hand controls adapted from an F-16 fighter jet and buttons based on those found on the steering wheel of Ferrari’s Formula 1 racecars.

 This is an amazing motorcycle indeed, but in my opinion, I think riding this bike is not as easy as it seems, you need to stretch all your body to ride it. What do you think about it?
 More pictures after the jump.

 

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THE NEW IPHONE 5

 When we envisioned the new iPhone, we landed on a remarkably thin and light design. But it’s nearly impossible to make a device so thin and so light without sacrificing features or performance.

We could have taken the easy way out and designed something more reasonable and less remarkable. But we didn’t. If the technology didn’t exist, we invented it. If a component wasn’t small enough, we re-imagined it. If convention was standing in the way, we left it behind. The result is iPhone 5: the thinnest, lightest, fastest iPhone ever.

 iPhone 5 is just 7.6 millimeters thin. To make that happen, Apple engineers had to think small, component by component. They created a nano-SIM card, which is 44 percent smaller than a micro-SIM. They also developed a unique cellular solution for iPhone 5. The conventional approach to building LTE into a world phone uses two chips — one for voice, one for data. On iPhone 5, both are on a single chip. The intelligent, reversible Lightning connector is 80 percent smaller than the 30-pin connector. The 8MP iSight camera has even more features — like panorama and dynamic low-light mode — yet it’s 20 percent smaller. And the new A6 chip is up to 2x faster than the A5 chip but 22 percent smaller. Even with so much inside, iPhone 5 is 20 percent lighter and 18 percent thinner than iPhone 4S. 

  Making a thinner, lighter iPhone meant even the display had to be thinner. Apple engineers accomplished that by creating the first Retina display with integrated touch technology. Which means instead of a separate layer of touch electrodes between display pixels, the pixels do double duty — acting as touch-sensing electrodes while displaying the image at the same time. With one less layer between you and what you see on iPhone 5, you experience more clarity than ever before. All on a display that’s 30 percent thinner than before.Precision-Matched Inlays

During the assembly process, each iPhone 5 aluminum housing is photographed by two high-powered 29MP cameras. A machine then compares the images with 725 uniquely cut inlays to find a precise match.

Sapphire Crystal

Although the surface of the iSight camera is as clear as glass, it’s not made of glass. It’s actually sapphire crystal, whose hardness is second only to diamond on the scale of transparent materials. That means the surface of the lens is far less likely to scratch..

Diamond-Cut Beveled Edge

A crystalline diamond is used to cut the chamfers of iPhone 5. This process gives the beveled edge its beautiful sheen.

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Superbus Electric Car | Fastest Electric Powered Bus in The World

After a long time appeared in public as an exhibition of products, the Superbus is an electric-powered limousine is finally fly to the UAE. As reported the Daily Mail on October 4, Superbus night blue with a length of 15 meters have been ordered by the sheikh, the possibility of living in Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Superbus was delivered and transported to a jumbo jet cargo owned Dutch airline KLM.

Superbus project started in 2004 and cost more than $ 19 million. Superbus Butterfly has 16 doors, an electric motor and lithium – polymer. The construction of all of its material lightweight carbon fiber. Two sets of rear tires can be turned to independent bus to turning (turning radius of 10m). Each passenger had airbags, TV and internet access. Superbus has a length of 15m, width 2.5 m and height 1.65 m. Superbus can control up to 255 km/h. Superbus The plan will be presented at the World Exhibition in Dubai as part of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) in 2011.

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