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Lamborghini Urus official: 600hp sports SUV

, Apr 23rd 2012 Discuss [2]

Lamborghini has officially revealed the new Urus SUV, a "super luxury" model with room for four and styling evolved from the company's crazed sportscars. "Powerful, but not bulky" and "muscular and highly athletic, but also elegant" in Lamborghini's words, the Urus - codenamed "LB736" - is currently a concept but previews what the company expects to see hit the road in the next few years, bringing with it around 600hp and the sort of performance you'd hope for from the Italian bull. Read The Full Story

Mercedes Concept Style Coupé is all swoops, leather and evil eyes

, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [3]

Mercedes-Benz's latest showpiece, the Concept Style Coupé, has been revealed, an "almost production-standard" design exercise likely to preview the next-gen CLS. A four-door with a riot of concave and convex surface detailing, the CSC features "powerdomes" in the bonnet and a diamond-finish grille, while the wheels are the usual concept frippery and the indicator lights manage to look like evil vampire eyes. Read The Full Story

Battlefield 5 gets Project Glass concept makeover

, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [9]

While Google's Project Glass has a lot of people interested in the future of augmented reality, another area that could use the technology is gaming. A new video posted to YouTube shows a mockup of what Google Glasses would be like if used to play the fictional Battlefield 5. Rather than requiring a console and television, the game would run on the glasses and generate enemies and weapons on top of your existing surroundings. Read The Full Story

Audi RS Q3 concept debuts

, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Audi makes some very nice cars with meticulous build quality. The thing that always strikes me as odd about Audi is that many of them used a strange five-cylinder engine. Audi has unveiled a new concept car called the RS Q3 concept. The car was unveiled at Auto China 2012 in Beijing, and it uses a five-cylinder direct injection turbocharged engine. Read The Full Story

iPod Nano Touch concept gets skinny

, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [10]

Designer Enrico Penello is known for his conceptual work in the industrial design world - and not least of all this week for his undeniably interesting Apple iPod Nano Touch design. What we're looking at here is a different direction entirely for the iPod, taking the height of one model and adding the touchscreen of another. Would such a design give Apple designers pause, or would they have a heart attack at the imperfect aspect ratio? Read The Full Story

Ubi-Camera makes your fingers the frame

, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Making a frame of your fingers, peering through it and telling pretty people "yeah baby, yeah, work it for the camera" may one day actually result in photographs rather than odd looks, if researchers at Japan's Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences get their way. Their Ubi-Camera concept puts the lens onto a finger and uses the wearer's distance from the finger-frame to control zoom, DigInfo reports, doing away with viewfinders and displays that add a layer of disconnect between you and the subject. Read The Full Story

Toyota teases sleek US-designed sedan

, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [3]

Toyota is teasing a new sedan ahead of its full reveal at the New York International Auto Show, though the company hasn't confirmed whether the sleek, US-designed car is headed to full production. Only shown so far in render form, and from this rear three-quarters perspective, the new car is the epitome of mystery: Toyota won't talk engine types, number of seats or anything else. Read The Full Story

Engineer creates slick omnidirectional wheelchair for the handicapped

, Mar 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Wheelchairs are the only way some people are able to be independent. People that simply lack the stamina to walk or suffer from some sort of injury that resulted in inability to stand or walk often find themselves bound to a wheelchair as their only way to get around. A professor of mechanical engineering from Japan has unveiled a new wheelchair design called the willPersonal Mobile Vehicle is able to move in any direction. Read The Full Story

Bicycle concept changes gears using the power of your mind

, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

I've seen several things over the years that claim to use the power of your mind to do things. For instance, OCZ once had a headband that allowed you to control a mouse cursor on your screen using your mind. I've also seen devices that let you control aspects of your smartphone using your mind and they work to some extent. A new bicycle concept has surfaced from Toyota and Parlee Cycles that also has input from a company called DeepLocal. Read The Full Story

New biplane design could reignite supersonic travel

, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [1]

While everyone certainly seemed to love the idea of Concorde, they definitely didn’t like the price that came with flying on one. Massive fuel costs was one of the reasons for its eventual decommission, as well as the sonic boom it produced, rendering it unable to fly over populated areas for fear of upsetting people on the ground. An MIT researcher believes to have found the answer to the problems that plagued the Concorde. Read The Full Story

Kinect PC becomes digital projector parrot thanks to Microsoft Research

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

Is that a Kinect on your shoulder, or are you just pleased to see me? Microsoft Research has indulged in a little motion-tracking experimentation and come up with the Wearable Multitouch Projector, the 21st-century equivalent of a pirate's useful parrot. A combination of a Kinect sensor bar and a portable projector, the wearable PC can create a virtual display on any wall, notepad, desk or even your hand, tracking movements and gestures as you interact with your data. Read The Full Story

Bentley EXP 9 F SUV concept is monstrously massive

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [7]

As terrifying car concepts go, Bentley's new EXP 9 F SUV Design Concept will take some beating: from the peasant-snorting grille up front to the puckered tailpipes bringing up the rear, it's a hymn to automotive excess. Revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, the EXP 9 F is described as a "potential" third model-line alongside Bentley's Mulsanne and Continental ranges, with a 6.0 litre, twin turbocharged W12 engine and 8 speed transmission shunting power through all-wheel drive, while passengers are cosseted in leather and polished gunmetal. Oh, and there's a big bird of prey, too. Read The Full Story
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