Wednesday, October 2, 2013

S3TR Streeter Concept

S3TR Streeter is a concept of single person vehicle for urban city area but is also capable of traveling in short distance routes outside. The distance range depends on battery type and capacity but falls between 20 and 40 kilometers. One of the major requirements during design process was to include great fun while driving, so airplane-like controls and tilting mechanism to steer (like flying or skiing) are incorporated into this vehicle design to provide the right amount of fun for its rider. Second important requirement was the ability to fold fast for easy transport, and when folded, this concept vehicle should measure approximately as regular suitcase.

Steering is performed depending of selected mode; by leaning the vehicle at the side of a direction (tilting mode) or by simply moving the control column at the side of a turn while the vehicle and foot rests remain steady (fixed mode). Tilting mode is normal operation mode, more appropriate for normal and high speeds while the fixed mode is for speeds approximate to man pace, and offers better maneuverability.

Designer : Vladimir Bosnjak

S3TR Streeter Concept Personal Vehicle by Vladimir Bosnjak

S3TR Concept Personal Vehicle by Vladimir Bosnjak

S3TR Streeter Prototype was built by the use of only very basic hobby tools at inappropriate place and with limited budget, so it lacks some technical solutions and some are realized in a hard way. The purpose of the prototype was to demonstrate the functionality and to present the approximate design.

Frame consists of few major parts that are mostly made of cheap square/rectangular tubes by welding while the cowlings are of epoxy and fiberglass fabric modeled over the styrofoam core.

Prototype is driven by the off-the-shelf E-bike kit by Golden Motor which is certified for use in EU countries. Motor is brushless type, high efficiency electric motor that performs 30 km with a single charge. Compared to a small city car consumption of 5l/100km, this vehicle is at least 10 times more efficient because single charging of batteries costs less than 0.2€

S3TR Streeter Concept Personal Vehicle by Vladimir Bosnjak

S3TR Streeter Concept Personal Vehicle by Vladimir Bosnjak

S3TR Streeter Concept Personal Vehicle by Vladimir Bosnjak

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery

Cruising in the city is easier when you ride Birò Personal Electric Vehicle. Its compact size makes it easy to navigate through urban traffic as well as park in scooter spaces, practical and smart. You can save a lot of time and be in a place you need to be on-time, this vehicle can hold your stuff inside its internal compartments, spacious enough to carry items for your everyday life. Even though it features compact body, it's been designed with 2 seats, side by side, so that you can travel with a friend or whomever you choose.

Enjoy quiet ride, thanks to 4 agile wheels and two 100% electric brushless motors which are mounted on the 2 rear wheels. It doesn't have transmission system, therefore, it eliminates additional weight and reduces maintenance costs. This little guy not only saves you money, but also is great to drive. You can activate the Boost lever to get extra acceleration for moving off or traveling up to those steeper hills.

Designer : Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Your safety should be main priority, that's why Birò Personal Electric Vehicle is equipped with 4 disk brakes and the frame is manufactured in 3mm steel tubing to create strong cabin and as resistant as possible. The side doors, headrests, and armrests on both sides keep you comfortable and feel protected, this vehicle has everything that you need in ultra compact space. The cabin is almost 100% transparent to provide you with 345-degree vision. You would love the fact that the roof and hardened back windscreen can be opened, even the polycarbonate doors are removable to let the air in during hotter weather.

One of many great features is the removable electric battery system. Once you park your Birò, you can easily remove the battery unit and take it indoor for a recharge. It's a useful feature that allows you to drive further every single day. Enjoy travel in a green way with great freedom.

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Birò Personal Electric Vehicle with Removable Battery by Estrima

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

MKS-1B LSJC : Space Debris “cleaner” Concept by Oscar Viñals

Our space designer, the great Oscar Viñals has sent us his latest spaceship design, it's called MKS-1B LSJC. It's a cleaner actually, yes, this futuristic spaceship cleans space waste from Earth's orbit to avoid crashes with our satellites. You can read detail explanations of this space cleaner from the designer himself.

Once in space, the biggest threat to astronauts and spacecrafts is space debris. Space debris, also known as space junk or space waste, are potentially dangerous and useless objects in Earth's orbit. Therefore, NASA's or ESA's Space Agencies… today are developing systems to clean up space debris from Earth's low orbit (73% of tracked debris reside in this orbit).

Since it is not economically feasible for a spacecraft to pick up all the pieces of space junk; we need other "possible" solutions; my design is based in a "personal study" with most potential feasible solutions, it could consist to use the laser technology that could vaporize or redirect space debris back to Earth. The project are based in today tested technology and technology under development.

MKS-1B LSJC project consists in the feasible possibility to move a mass in Space at our discretion, redirecting it in a reentry orbit at high speed, so "the mass" will be destroyed in this process or in specific cases (according to size or composition) it will fall in a pre-selected point in the ocean (without damaging any living being, at any time).Based in theorized rudiments of Quantum Electrodynamics and other "commons energies" like an Ultra intense Pulse Laser and Quantum emission processes, discovered by A. Einstein, who derived the relationship between the A coefficient describing spontaneous emission and the B coefficient which applies to absorption and stimulated emission (Principles of Laser Actions).

Designer : Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

Helios would be an airplane equipped with a High-Powered Chemical Laser Unit (Deuterium fluoride laser Advanced), a Cooler System for Laser Unit and a Wind Electric-Generator like a power booster. It could generate an Ultra intense Pulse Laser from Front Turret, the heat from the laser blasts would vaporize a minuscule part of a piece of Space Junk between 1cm to 20cm resulting in a "plasma cloud" around it. The two Lateral Turrets generate a Pulse Laser at lowering rate with high repetition rate, directed to a Satellite in LEO orbit (Cyclops) area for most Space Debris. Helios could be equipped with some Tracking & Detection Systems of Space Debris with Land Support (Special Telescope).

Cyclops could receive the Pulse Laser from lateral turrets redirecting its to pre-selected objectives, hypothetically Cyclops could generate an electromagnetic "mass" following Quantum Electrodynamics bases, combined with superconductive nano-particles at high temperature and solar wind like a "accelerant" (ions, x radiations, neutrinos, UV radiation, etc.) and Pulse laser like a transmitter (rail way) towards "plasma cloud" mass of Space debris (with semi-electric charge), the masses will have an electromagnetic interaction, so the nano-particles and the Debris would be pushed in a Fall Orbit. Helios & Cyclops could "clean" big extensions into space at LEO orbit (low earth orbit) between 300km at 1,000km from Earth's surface in relatively short periods of time (hours).

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

MKS-1B LSJC Space Debris cleaner Concept by Oscar Viñals

Thursday, August 15, 2013

E-MX Electric Motorcycle

Simple yet futuristic, E-MX Electric motorcycle uses simple lines that flow beautifully to create sci-fi look.

Designer : Umo Masada

E-MX Electric Motorcycle by Umo Masada

E-MX Electric Motorcycle by Umo Masada

E-MX Electric Motorcycle by Umo Masada

E-MX Electric Motorcycle by Umo Masada