Life immitate art and vice versa, but does literature inspires science? We have seen many of the things in Sci-Fi films in the past that became a reality, and with technology advances in such a strong pace now, anything could happen. Most of us have secretly wished to own the famous invisibility cloak as worn by Harry Potter, I know I did and still do. Guess what, now I can have one of my own, well, not really, but now I have a little chance of getting my fingers on one. Yeah! for real!
Take a look at the latest gas saving concept vehicle, this small and lightweight car is a new idea known as the Space-Efficient Vehicle or SEV. It was a design idea by Steven Van Der Veen and Ralph Panhuyzen. It was one of the 2008 finalists in the Michelin Design Challenge, and was displayed at the Auto Show in Detroit two months ago. The vehicle is so tiny, it is possible fit not one, but two, into just one regular parking space.
The Rotator is shall we say, an interesting concept, if you rotate it to enable the giant lip to be at the top, then it is shower. This assumes that you don’t mind turning the bathroom floor into a swimming pool.
Forget the stylish and timeless Mercedes sports, the next must have German road machine may be the Audi Snook. This new concept in road hugging design does not go for that boring old wheel in each corner idea. The Snook opts for the much more sensible, single wheel in the middle format.
Here is a shiny but no so cheap 14k white and yellow gold concept Remember Ring from Hot Spotâ„¢ technology. The Ring is using a micro thermopile, which converts the heat from your finger into electricity, so there is no need to renew batteries ever again.