Tag Archives: Sharing
Poster Exhibition at The Sustainable Cities Round Table
The projects done for the Campaign Projects 2008 are to be exhibited at the The Sustainable Cities Round Table this wednesdy at 6 PM. Be there for a chat. Some of the studenst will be there to talk about their … Continue reading
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Devaux Cars
David Clash a graduate of RMIT – Industrial Design makes these cars!
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What will the car of the future look like?
Imagine this: Sometime in the future – private ownership of cars may be curtailed. Car will then be shared but not owned. This will fundamentally change the way companies think of and develop cars. Cars will not be seen as … Continue reading
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Volkswagen 2028
Volkswagen 2028 > Volkswagen Company > Volkswagen Company > Volkswagen Australia The cars of the future: innovations are coming Cars won’t be able to fly in the year 2028, but we’ll experience vehicles that communicate with traffic lights and other … Continue reading
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Nissan Denki Electric Cube – NY Auto Show
The CUBE Nissan Denki(Electric) more about “Nissan Denki Electric Cube – NY Auto …“, posted with vodpod
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Cars that avoid collisions
YouTube – World Tech Update n this week’s show: We take Nissan’s high-tech cars for a spin, Steve Jobs grills employees over MobileMe, riding Toyota’s robotic transporter, new rules for gadgets at U.S. ports and news on upco…
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Petrol Prices and Social divide
Social gap widens from outer to inner Melbourne | theage.com.au SUBURBIA is bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices and extreme mortgage stress, a major study of Australian cities has found. Governments must step in to provide outer suburbs with … Continue reading
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Retrofitting Hybrids
I like this as I think it is a welcome boost to reusing old cars – and my favourite Austin Chummy from 1929 – with an electric wheel. Strap-On Hybrid Kit Coming This Fall | Sustainable Life Media July 25, … Continue reading
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Share your car
Press Release Car sharing is becoming popular with the advent of high fuel prices and local people are being invited to join a car-sharing scheme set up by Kirklees Council. As well as reduce travel costs, the scheme will help … Continue reading
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On Designing
I have been strugling with a paradigm shift where students learn to design artefacts – from a more or less ‘product design’ perspective. In time, and in specific circumstances this practice – which is intensely analytical and re-design focussed – … Continue reading
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The I-Car
What would be in an Apple iCar? – MP3 Players The rumoured collusion between Apple and Volkswagen on an iCar leaves me baffled. What would an iCar do that cars with iPod adapters don’t? For example, the 2008 Scion range … Continue reading
Impromptu Car Pooling
HOV lane or Transit lane as we call it here in Australia – is being used. Slugging News Story – Impatient commuters form impromptu car pools Hundreds of passengers and drivers team up each day to create impromptu car pools … Continue reading
Where can you find car sharing?
List of cities. Where can you find Car Sharing in North America Car Sharing, launched in 1987 in Switzerland and later in 1988 in Germany, came to North America via Quebec City in 1993. As of January 1, 2008 – … Continue reading
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Google Map of Autoshare ar locations
A graphc portrayal of where the cars are – Autoshare, Toronto. AutoShare: Our Fleet & Locations: Locations
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Model T Car Design Project
Designing the Model T for the Future – NYTimes.com AS part of its celebration of the centennial of the Model T, the Ford Motor Company commissioned a group of transportation design students at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit … Continue reading
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Campaign Projects 2008
Locavore – 100 mile diet CBS story Charmer – Adaptive Path Design Project Monique Conheady of Flexicar speaks …
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Melbourne Icarus Project
To Design a Car for Car Sharing in Melbourne If you are interested in Sustainability and have an interest in vehicle design, which may have led you to develop skills in rendering, then you will find in this project a … Continue reading
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The way Cars are Designed
I am going back in to teach UG classes after a semester of work exclusively with post grad. I am beginning to feel the energy of this enterprise and am quite excited. Undergraduate teaching in design consists of setting up … Continue reading
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Cars for Car Sharing
The Melbourne ICARUS Project began with the objective of looking at – A Car specifically Designed for Car Sharing in Melbourne. See what I wrote before I went in to see Monique Conheady the CEO of Flexicar. And what she … Continue reading
