Sunday, June 15, 2008

BMW Gina - the future car

This was on Wired, and it's already been made popular on Digg, but it's amazing so I am blogging about it.

BMW's new concept car, the GINA Light Visionary Model, has a body made from futuristic fabric, rather than metal. We don't know what happens in the event of a crash or a fire, but we do know that it looks totally revolutionary. And at one point in the video, the car seems to be alive.



You might also take a look at this piece on MIT architecture lecturer Sheila Kennedy, who's creating designs for flexible photovoltaic materials, which could lead to the construction of soft, solar-powered houses.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome is the best word to describe this car. BMW never fail us with their great inventions. The presentation itself of this future car was impressive. I smell success over this one.

Anonymous said...

Consumed a strange mix of beer and coffee that came out the other end looking exactly the same