Last year at the Eurobike Bike Show in Germany, Cannondale introduced this Stealth concept bicycle. As the name suggests, the bicycle was designed with inspiration coming from stealth fighter jets and the Lamborghini Reventon (a car also designed with stealth fighter jets in mind).
The bike was designed and built with some pretty innovative new technoliges, as stated by Cannondale:
In addition to a new form language dominated by hard edges and twisting surfaces, the bike features a single-sided fork, integrated disc brakes, integrated stem/handlebars, internal cable routing and integrated seat collar, many of which are unique features in this segment. This carries on Cannondale’s strong heritage of System Integration and long tradition of not allowing existing standards to constrain the development process and prevent innovation.
The bike was designed by Cannondale’s in-house design team, and prototyped from Carbon fiber and aluminum at Cannondale’s own factory in Bedford, PA. The frame was designed and manufactured as a monocoque carbon part making the front triangle including the chainstays in the mold, a first for Cannondale. The frame mold was machined from two 350lb blocks of aluminum and used seven bladders during the molding process. Using a similar molding process, the Stealth concept also showcases the first full carbon fiber rigid Lefty fork for a road bike including disc brakes. The dropouts, seatpost clamp, headset cups, Lefty road spindle, and fork mold were all machined from aluminum in our Bethel office in CT by our Engineers. The final bonding of the carbon and aluminum structure was completed in the Bedford facility as was final finishing, paint and assembly. The prototype is rideable and weighs in at 8,8kg.
Although this bike is not made for production, portions of it will likely be adapted onto future Cannondale bike models. Nice. I wonder what they do with concept bikes like this. Do they just store them away or do one of the designers get to take it home?
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Clever concept product from Guy And Brown. But honestly, I hope I’m never stuck in a situation where I need to bring my own lamp to a room whose outlets are so far away that I require the extension cord. I like as little clutter as possible.
Gizmodo posted a quick look at the top-secret tablet PC project at Microsoft called Courier. From the video below, it looks like Courier is just as natural as using regular pen and paper, and in some ways, is much better at handling “stuff” than a regular folder/binder.
While it’s still just a concept at the moment, I really hope Microsoft makes a final product as close to this as possible. I’d buy one without hesitation. Check out the demo video below (mind you, it’s still in concept stages now).
This incredible looking concept vehicle for Audio is called the A’KIMONO LS2.0. It is designed by Teodor Kyuchukov and features lighting design elements borrowed from traditional interior lighting practices seen in monuments, sports facilities, and architectural buildings.
The concept was somewhat based around the idea that most car designers design the exterior of the car in such a way that makes it virtually invisible at night. So Teodor designed this concept which lights the exterior of the car as if it were just as important as the interior, allowing anybody to know immediately that they are being trailed by one of the meanest-looking vehicles on the road.
At the moment, there are no decisions to put this car into development (I don’t think there ever will be), but you can bet that someone at Audi is looking at this and taking some of it as inspiration for a future production vehicle.
CrunchGear has a couple of photos of a new concept police car called the E7 by Carbon Motors (???) that is specifically designed to be the next generation police vehicle.
The car features an abundance of LED lights (360-degree visual, actually) and rear suicide doors. But the car isn’t all looks, as it also features a powerful diesel engine that can bring the car to 65mph in under 7 seconds. The inside is outfitted with enough tech to make any police command center jealous, with license plate recognition, radiation and biological threat detection, and on-board cameras.
A Japanese design company by the name of Igarashi Design has created this mockup of a concept helicopter that looks like something straight out of anime. The design firm basically threw out all ideas about how a traditional helicopter should appear and created this single-seat flying machine that looks like a beast. [via]
Click inside to see 2 more images of this fake flying beauty.
