Plug and Fly: Battery-Powered Plane Debuts
 

The ElectraFlyer C ditches internal combustion for a lithium battery and electric motor in a package that's good for 90 mph and two hours of flight time.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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رد: الى دعاة التطبيع .. مارايكم ؟
 

ومن اعمالكم سلط عليكم ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله

Gallery: 10 Green Concept Cars That Are Waaaaay Out There
 

<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Pierre_Sabbas_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>Practicality is the last thing anyone considers when designing concept cars. A car made of glass? Windows like gun slits? An automakers' lawyers would kill those ideas faster than General Motors is killing Hummer.</p>

<p>But practicality isn't the point. Concept cars are flights of fantasy carrying auto design into the future. Since our future will be a place where a gallon of gas costs more than a gallon of Scotch, the students at Royal College of Art designed their cars that run on things like electricity and algal fuel. </p>

<p>These outlandish designs will influence the cars you drive tomorrow. RCA has been teaching vehicle design since 1967 and its alumni include big-name designers at Ford, Mazda, Volvo and other companies. An RCA grad has probably worked on the car you're driving now, even if it isn't made of glass.
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<p><strong>Left:</strong> The Airflow by Pierre Sabas of France has wheel-mounted electric motors and is made entirely of glass. "I’ve tried to wrap it around like fabric. It allows for a new driving sensation and it gives the occupants a new perception of the outside world," he says. The car won the Best Design Interpretation Award at the Pilkington Automotive Vehicle Design Awards.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Jon_Radbrink_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art <p>Jon Radbrink of Sweden also has a thing for glass. He used a whole lot of it on "Lexus Nuaero," his gas-electric hybrid. "I was inspired by architecture and used glass in conjunction with other materials to create a layered effect that gives the feeling of transparency for the occupants," he says. The Pilkington judges liked it enough to give it the Best Use of Glazing -- that means glass -- award.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Arturo_Peralta1_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>
None of the technology Spanish designer Arturo Peralta Nogueras has planned for his vehicle exists yet, but if you're gonna dream, dream big. "Senses" runs on algae and features an exterior made of "solid hologram technology," whatever that is. It's also got artificial intelligence, and the interior "evolves and adapts to its environment, passengers and scenarios," though we're not sure how. No matter. It sure looks cool.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Dong_Kyu_Kim_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>
Dong Kyu Kim of South Korea was influenced by fashion design, and "Chameleon" takes its styling cues from shirt collars, blowing scarves and women's eyeliner. The car is asymmetrical because, "like a good dress, it will never be perfect," and paramagnetic technology allows it to change colors so it'll always match your outfit.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Ilaria_Sacco_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>
"I'm thinking about a new way of consuming cars," says Italian designer Ilaria Sacco, by allowing a high level of personalization. She calls the car "My Lounge," and it takes an Ikea approach to design by allowing buyers to pick everything that goes into it, "like how you would design your living room." (Hex wrench not included.) </p>
<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Joonas_Vartola_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>Joonas Vartola's "Iomega" isn't so much a car as a "relaxation capsule" with a chauffeur. Vartola says the shape of a swan inspired the exterior. Driver and passengers sit in separate compartments, which "fosters the idea of this being a passenger car rather than the usual driver's car architecture," the Finnish designer says.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Paul_Howse_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>
Paul Howse wanted to offer a new definition of luxury and exclusivity with "Enigma." It's an electric vehicle that ideally would get its power from the sun, and the passenger compartment uses magnetic levitation to isolate it from the rest of the car.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Raquel_Aparicio_Lopez_t.j pg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>Raquel Aparicio Lopez's "Soft Vehicle" is made of foam. You stash your stuff in a boot, er, trunk that opens with a zipper and you climb in through "a sensual slit" and sit in a seat surrounded by impact absorbing "jelly balls." The Spanish designer believes softer cars are safer cars. "I would like to extrapolate rubber, textile and other soft materials into vehicle design," she says.
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<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/phoenix_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>Sergio Loureiro Da Silva designed "Phoenix" for maximum efficiency. There's a turbine up front, a kinetic axis -- whatever that is -- and electric motors at the back. The Spanish designer likens the vehicle to a motorcycle with a sidecar, but it looks to us like something you'd see in a pod race on Tattooine. </p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/08/gallery_green_concept_car s/Yun_Woo_Jeong_t.jpg'></img>: Image courtesy Royal College of Art<p>Yun Woo Jeong's "Transform" might be the offspring of an unholy marriage between Optimus Prime and a Morgan. It has a transparent elastic top that can be stretched to any shape to suit the driver's needs and mood. "I've been interested in 'transformables' since I was a boy," says Jeong. "It is common to boys across the world. How many transformable robots have passed over our memories? Why do they generate so much enthusiasm? Some say it's childish. But I assume it is human instinct."
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رد: الى دعاة التطبيع .. مارايكم ؟
 

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Nissan Puts the Meddle to the Pedal
 

Push the accelerator in your new Nissan too hard and it'll push back. It's not trying to take the fun out of driving. It's trying to save you gas.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars
 

Lotus tosses a speaker under the hood of that great silent killer, the Toyota Prius, and pumps engine noises through it so people can hear it coming. Blind people and those with earbuds rejoice.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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Opposing Sides Weigh In on Flying Fat
 

Should obese people have to buy a second seat if they want to fly? While many passengers say yes, advocates and scientists say no, and the airlines say please don't ask us that question.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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