The three pointed star is one of the emblems of success, telling the rest of the world that you have arrived, and high society beckons you. After all, Mercedes-Benz has been churning out vehicles of luxury for many years now, and the prestige that comes with the badge continues to remain elusive to many. Well, no company is able to last this long without being creative and innovative in their thinking, which is why the futuristic tank-like car known as the Mercedes-Benz Ener-G Force Concept Car is certain to capture anyone’s attention.
At first glance, it reminds me of the M Class of four wheel drives, but the Mercedes-Benz Ener-G Force Concept Car is far more than just that, sporting its fair share of high-tech features along the way. For starters, it will have rooftop-integrated emergency lights, 20-inch wheels, and LED headlamps which make up the letter ‘G’. Apart from that, you will also find a pull-out toolbox and a topography scanner on the roof so that you are able to adjust the vehicle’s suspension as and when necessary. According to KickingTires, the Ener-G Force will rely on a hydro-tech converter to transform water stored in tanks on car’s roof into hydrogen so that it can power the fuel cells within.
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Designers Je Sung Park and Woo Jung Kwon must have gotten sick and tired of using an umbrella that gets blown apart in extremely strong winds, and are unable to make you look cool. After all, umbrella designs have remained largely unchanged over the years, but perhaps there is a reason to that – you simply do not fix what is not broken. Well, the two enterprising designers from South Korea have come up with a rather unique idea for a modern day umbrella that features nothing but a handle. Calling it the Air Umbrella, this is but a simple electronic device which will take in air from the bottom of the controller, sending jets of air out at the top in order to create an air curtain which repels raindrops.
The Good Design Award is a Japanese “comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system” that is based on the philosophy that “good design is essential and indispensable to everyday life.” This year, the Japan Institute of Design Promotion or JDP, is giving its prestigious Good Design Gold Award to two of Samsung’s products, namely, the Eco-friendly reusable packaging solution and the OLED ES9500 3D TV, respectively.
HP has released the HP Envy H8 desktop machine recently. It is a sub-$700 computer that is effectively mid-range desktop computer that offers decent performance for the price. However, the computer’s naming is not only far from the original “Envy” branding which was used for ultra-high end computers, but it can also be read as Envy “hate” (just like Facebook’s conference F8 is called “fate”).
Hmmm, it seems that Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, long hailed to be a next-gen console title, will be hitting the market sometime in 2014 instead of 2013 as originally envisioned. Just how did this juicy rumor get out of the gates? Well, an Electronic Arts Shanghai level designer’s resume appeared on LinkedIn recently (which has since been deleted, naturally) which claimed that the game’s scope has already changed, and it is being planned to be a next generation title. It does make some sense when you sit down and think about it considering how next generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony, if any, have yet to be announced officially, and certainly the recently released Nintendo Wii U is not going to be able to have the necessary processing firepower to handle a game like this, right?
