The Volvo Haven is an unusual and sophisticated concept car, with an interior that ditches screens and overt technology for a zen-like, plant-filled space.
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X Shore is Making One of the World’s First Commercially Available Performance Electric Power Boats
Made in Sweden, the X Shore is a handsome, future-forward electric powerboat.
The ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Airlifted Out of Alaskan Back Country
The iconic bus that inspired the book and film ‘Into the Wild’ has been airlifted from the Alaskan wilderness.
Rivian’s Upcoming Electric Truck Has a Clever Pull-Out Kitchen
The all-electric Rivian R1T pickup hits the road next year, and has a number of innovative designs to make off-the-grid camping a great experience.
Motorcycle Diaries Through Carinthia
The Carinthia region of Austria is full of impressive mountain peaks, and beautifully snaking roads. It’s perfect for a road trip, or even more impressive, a motorcycle trip.
Mercedes Benz Helps Blind Man Drive on Oregon’s Alvord Desert
An ad for Mercedes-Benz, helping a blind auto mechanic achieve his lifelong dream of driving fast, on Oregon’s Alvord Desert.
Underwater Cars by Scramble Studio
An impressively unique tribute to classic cars, Scramble Studio brings these rusty classics deep underwater, showcasing a great ability to render light and water. The car’s lights are a great touch, adding life and interest, and a sense of surrealism.
Ropes as Sculpture
Defringe has a cool look at the work of Moneyless, who does abstract sculptures using rope. In our modern world of 3D rendering, the physical ropes often look superimposed on the scene. Moneyless creates the next level of what the Spanish La Pluma Eléctri*k street art crew calls Spider Tags: Two and three dimensional abstractContinueContinue reading “Ropes as Sculpture”
Curiosity Gets More Curious
NASA did it. In a stunningly perfect landing, they did what the Russians have failed to do nineteen times in a row: land a craft on Mars. But no matter, the whole world gets to share in this endeavor. In what was surely the most complicated maneuver imagined for a planetary mission, Mars Science LaboratoryContinueContinue reading “Curiosity Gets More Curious”
Faraday Porteur
Hot on the heels of a story of a cardboard bike comes something a little more high tech, but similarly ingenious. Just two blocks from my office is a bicycle in a front window that won the 2011 Oregon Manifest award. The bicycle in question is called the Faraday, and it is a collaboration betweenContinueContinue reading “Faraday Porteur”
Electric Future 