MOOBY Bike Project

The name MOOBY Bike was born out of the idea of shortening the word mobility. With the increasing in traffic, it would be more comfortable and healthier to ride a bike to reach your destination. MOOBY bike won't formally revolutionize the category of bikes, but conceptually, considering the vehicle as fashionable object or gadget that reflects the owner's style or mood, just like clothes. Thank you to the side plates, you can change the look, color, graphics and material quickly to customize the style of your bike!

The frame structure is made of aluminum alloy or composite materials, while the plates are made of fiberglass covered with fabrics or wood, etc. Mechanically the motion is transmitted by a series of gears, connected with a small chain which actuates the orbital wheel. MOOBY Bike was inspired by the single speed and fixed-gear bike, so it doesn't have brakes for both wheels.

Designer : Madella Simone

e-Cargo Box

Delivering stuff with huge cargo vehicle in crowded street can be a problem, thus e-Cargo Box has been designed to solve this issue. It was based on the Car-go concept from Adam Schacter, this electric cargo vehicle offers a great mechanism to deliver stuff to the customers in a busy traffic street. In some local areas, they use some kind of cart to deliver items to the customer, the kind that you push around with hands that require so much effort to move around. Furthermore, you don't have a good control when the cart is fully loaded with heavy packages. e-Cargo Box has been designed to use 4 electric batteries installed on the wheels. This vehicle is meant to be used around in the city for quick and easy deliveries. There are 3 modes: compact, semi-compact mode, and pick-up mode for larger loads. Designer : Mohammad Ghezel Click above image for bigger view

High Performance Sled

Winter is officially here and even those of us in sunny SoCal are looking forward to playing in the snow! Now, if only we could get our hands on New Zealand based design company 4DESIGN's Stealth-X snow sled. This super lightweight, monocoque sled is made entirely of carbon fiber to enhance its strength. Sitting in a position similar to an F1 car, the rider leans as they would a motorcycle to navigate turns at a top speed of 40MPH. It's so maneuverable it can be skidded to a stop just like a snowboard. Leave it to the Kiwis!

When you're done with your run, simply fold it up and carry in your backpack!

Designer: 4DESIGN for Snolosleds

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That's carbon fiber btw – aluminum only plays accent here. With the number of growing urban bicyclists, I'm not surprised designers are paying more attention to design and functionality that plays well inside the urban jungle. The most unique feature is switching from a single speed fixed wheel to a fixed-gear. All this through an ingenious rear wheel equipped with two pulleys to freely choose from.

The deceptively minimalist aesthetic belies the technology. Look at how the frame curvature makes the bike seem as if it's always in motion. Everything around it is adjustable. The simplest feature on the bike is the belt drive. The not so simple thing to do is deciding on white or black. I'm partial to white. It somehow makes the bike larger than life.

Designer: Rizoma

UBC Coren Carbon Fiber Bike

Coren urban carbon bike has won ISPO Brand New Award 2012. It's designed by UBC using T1000 carbon fibers which are usually used in Formula 1 monocoques. Minimalist bike design that features super slim frame to bring you a unique visual lightness. The overall weight is only about 7,700 grams, so yes, it's more than you can expect from an urban bike. If you are interested to own one of this super cool bike, then prepare €25,000. It will be available around the end of 2012 directly from the manufacturer.

What makes Coren urban carbon bike unique? Well, if you checkout the bike's frames carefully, you'll notice the size and design of the frame are based on new approach. UBC combines the seat, top and down tubes together on adjustable frame gauge, thus resulting in its unique appearance.

Designer : UBC

ARAC ZXS Concept

The ARAC ZXS motorcycle is quite unlike any other road-going motorcycle, combining new body design, with ultra light aluminum chassis and powerful and massive fuel-injected v-twin motor. All combined gives a whole new sight – a machine distinctive by its look and performances.

What also makes it so distinct is the package –that is comparing with others in class of so called "street fighters", quite smaller and lighter even though it carries the biggest motor.

Designer : Marko Petrovic

It's smaller but very dynamic and esthetically very aggressive, with sharp lines and curves surrounding the engine compartment. The idea was to create a body design that naturally continues through the whole frame giving the impression of a metal skin with two tone-color (in this case black and fire orange). The seating area is also quite large providing better comfort, and it ends with a thinner tail carrying back light. Front light –head is also unique in its pure form and the new technology used – it's a light emitting glass plates that gives a beautiful and clear-understanding light. It is recycled and uses less of energy.

Additional smart feature is so called "safe drive" system that can be turned on an off – how it's desired. It is consisted of an integrated sensor that tracks and notes speed and distance from other vehicles around. So if on it automatically control the speed and keeps it under "safe zone" through its connection to specially designed brake system, not allowing super speeds– useful feature for city drive. But for outside crowded city since it's optional, it can be turned off so the driver can fully experience the power of ARAC ZXS Motorcycle.

Zipper Flying Spy Cam

The Zipper is a flying indoor camera and recording device that can be used in a number of scenarios. The device uses the principle of gas balloons and combines it with the wit of propellers driven by a precision electric motor. Basically the hovering camera moves around a room very fast and silently and doesn't consume much energy.

Application fields:

• Film productions: unrestricted camera work
• Surveillance: flexible monitoring of public locations like department stores, train stations, etc.
• Security: video inspection in hard to access places like cable chutes and sewers
• Private: webcam, babysitting, etc. or as a toy
• Further recording options (sound, heat and radio activity) are possible with the matching sensors

Two precision electric motors with propellers that are controlled via a processor allow horizontal movements. The alignment angle of the electric motors can also be controlled magnetically via the processor so that the Zipper is able to change its height flexibly and fast with these motors. The camera can be panned by 270 degrees, which allows different perspective also in standstill. Zipper can design recordings through different camera perspectives very dynamically and flexibly, which results in completely new possibilities in camera work. This means that the director can determine the motion path and speed of the camera beforehand three-dimensionally without having to deal with any restrictions or obstacles in the room. This allows novel and free design when changing scenes and perspectives. The motion path and speed can be set either beforehand in a 3D program or in realtime and interactively via joystick or remote control. The recorded images and further information are transmitted parallel, directly and wireless to other devices like computers or smartphones.

Function mode:

Zipper uses hydrogen as gas in order to float in the air like a balloon. The required gas quantity is controlled exactly via a processor using measurement and control technology so that the Zipper is always located at the desired height.

Water Electrolysis:

A charging station supplies the Zipper with energy and hydrogen. In doing so, water molecules are split into oxygen and hydrogen by means of electrolysis. The additionally generated oxygen is released into the air and ensures a good room climate. The charging station is supplied via low-voltage direct current and must only be refilled with water occasionally.

Zipper is a 2012 red dot award: design concept winner.

Designer: Emami Design