Georgia Tech’s new Micro-Needle Patch vaccinates patients, doesn’t require refrigeration or trained administrators, and is completely painless.
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Gran Turismo 6 is set to features some pretty cool rides upon release. The developers over at Polyphony Digital commissioned the world’s leading automotive manufacturers to design concepts cars for the game with an emphasis on the future of motoring. The one catching the most eyes around the internet at the moment was created by Mercedes-Benz for the upcoming racing feature.
What is essentially an extreme SLS, the concept features an aluminium frame, gullwing doors (for those of you who felt gipped by its inability to fly), and a healthy dose of the carbon fiber treatment. This beast features an AMG Biturbo Engine and eight tailpipes, to keep that 485hp engine under wraps.
The new Mercedes Benz Research Centre in Sunnyvale California will be showcasing a 1:1 scale model of their concept from this week onwards.
A test series of electric bicycles for public use in Bordeaux have been released by Phillipe Starck in conjunction with Peugeot. The city’s ever increasing uptake of cycling over the past decade make it an ideal testing ground for the freshly designed bikes, with twenty being introduced into the city from November 8th. 2014 will see 4000 Pibal bikes being introduced into Bordeaux.
What do you think of the design? Starck’s often peculiar style generally splits the audience down the middle, for or against. The famed creator of the Juicy Salif has had his share of successes and failures. How do you think this one will go down in history?
The Juicy Salif: Starck’s Most Iconic Design
The V+ Volteis was not as well received.
Developed by the Tangible Media Group at MIT, inFORM and its dynamic display may just be the coolest thing we’ve seen in a while. Not just that, but it’s also something with a whole deal of potential for how we interact with technology, our environment, and each other.
Employing only a projector, xbox kinect, pins, linkages, actuators, and a computer, inFORM allows users to remotely control a physical display and interact with objects sitting on it.
The applications are limitless and the potential for integration into everyday screens like those on your smartphone proposes some very interesting interactive possibilities. Architects and designers could use the technology to rapidly prototype 3d models, and collaborate on designs with others. Doctors could employ the technology to analyze data in three dimensions. It’s an exciting horizon, and we can’t wait to see where it goes, particularly on a much larger scale.
We’ve always been big fans of Kickstarter. The opportunity for creatives to crowd-fund their ideas is good for two things. It saves makers from compromising on their ideas by going through limited large investors, and it lets potential users decide whether an idea is good enough or not to warrant their time and money.
The growth of the consumer 3D printing industry has grown from the Kickstarter environment and seen development after development stem from the process. It’s great to see that trend is still continuing on, the EX¹ being the latest development in the range of 3D printers available to consumers.
Cartesian Co. has been developing a 3D printer that speedily produces make-shift circuit boards, allowing users to prototype their own electronics quickly and efficiently. They can be printed on any flat, solid surface and are just as effective as hand soldered units. The ability to produce and alter circuit boards faster will serve many a designer and engineer well.
Print your own circuit boards
The guys and gals over at Cartesian Co. have already fulfilled their $30,000 goal, and then some. Head on over to Kickstarter.com quick as you can to see if you can to catch the last EX¹ printer before they cut off initial production.
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Grey Frandsen, Michelle Brown and Torrey Tayanaka of Olfactor Laboratories have developed a highly effective and affordable mosquito deterrent patch which has now become the most popular Indiegogo project to date, receiving its full funding goal of $175,000 in just 24 hours.
The patch jams the CO2 radar of mosquitos to essentially make humans invisible to them. The technology is cheap and effective, and may have a huge impact on the effects of Malaria in countries all over the world.
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Some say nothing ever happens in Brissie. Well that’s not the case next Tuesday 30th of March. All you design groupies out there get ready to meet the master Syd Mead, 4pm-6pm QUT Kelvin Grove campus F block (room 509).
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