EDAG's Genesis: The 3D printed car of the future
By Mike Hanlon
March 3, 2014
Of all the technologies to have emerged from the digital renaissance, additive manufacturing (3D printing)
has the potential to be the most disruptive. A perfect example of the
way 3DP will change the way we make things will be displayed at the
Geneva Motor Show this week when EDAG, the world’s largest independent
engineering partner to the mobility industry, displays an example of a
printed automobile. The Genesis is more a conceptual sculpture than an
automobile, but it will give you a taste of what the world's leading
manufacturers might be producing a decade or two from now. Read More
While the folks at Apple would undoubtedly love
it if filmmakers everywhere ditched their high-end video cameras for
iPhones, the fact is that the phone's tiny lens, sensor and other
features are no match for those on something like the RED Scarlet X.
It was those limiting factors, however, that made the phone an ideal
choice for the recently-completed indie psychological thriller, Uneasy Lies the Mind. It's being promoted as "The first narrative feature film to be shot entirely on the iPhone." Read More
Oregon boat builder Brian Schulz has
turned his carpentry skills towards creating the Japanese Forest House –
a 200 square foot (18.5 sqm) home built from predominantly reclaimed
wood and salvaged materials. Read More 
Pedal-assist electric bikes come in all shapes and sizes, and are made from a range of materials including aluminum and steel.
Armin Oberhollenzer's material of choice is carbon fiber and, though
his Leaos 2.0 Carbon City Design e-bike has been making appearances at
bike shows throughout Europe since last year, it's now set to land on US
soil. Read More
A new service promises to create virtual versions
of its users that their loved ones can interact when they have died.
Eterni.me plans to collect as much data as possible about its users on
which to base computer-generated avatars. The company says the
experience will be, "like a Skype chat from the past." Read More
Back in August, Sweden’s polite, pragmatic auto
manufacturer Volvo made waves with its somewhat uncharacteristic Concept Coupé. The Concept XC Coupé
followed at the Detroit Motor Show in January and now the company is
set to reveal a third un-Volvo like concept in the form of the Concept
Estate wagon. Read More
Many smartphone or tablet users will already be
familiar with receiving vibration feedback when typing on a virtual
keyboard, but, though better than nothing, it's not particularly
convincing. There have been attempts to make sensory feedback from
touchscreens more realistic using electrostatic force, for example, or even creating the sensation of physical buttons
by pushing liquid into prearranged tactile pixels, but Fujitsu is
claiming to break new ground with its prototype haptic sensory tablet.
Read More
Apple has launched CarPlay, a means of bringing
iOS to the car dashboard. CarPlay allows users to access their iPhone's
functionality using the dashboard interface in their vehicle. Users will
be able to make calls, use maps, listen to music and access messages
using voice control. Read More
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory
was launched last Thursday aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket that blasted
off from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in southern
Japan. Weighing in at 4-ton, the GPM is the largest spacecraft ever
built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and will help provide a more
detailed picture of the Earth's precipitation to assist climate
scientists and help improve forecasting of extreme weather events. Read More
From Pong, to 2D platforms and onto online first
person shooters, our desire for an increasingly realistic gaming
experience was always going to see platforms emerge where we combat our friends, foes and flesh-eating zombies
using our real-world bodies. Skirmos, the latest take on the laser tag
system, uses gun-mounted LCD display, radio-based dynamic scoring and
open-source programming in an attempt bring the complex and varied
experience of the modern multi-player shooter to life. Read More
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