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Car On A Stick Is Urban Transport Concept by Day, Street Light by Night
Posted by Addy Dugdale at 8:10 PM on January 25, 2008
Ross Lovegrove's Car on a Stick concept takes multi-tasking to extremes. The latest idea from the former Apple and Sony designer, who has quite a penchant for solar-powered thingies is a solar-powered transport pod that can carry up to four people, plus shopping bags, that can be stored in an ingenious fashion.
A telescopic pole beneath the vehicle enables the car on a stick to be raised when not in use, keeping it off the road and transforming it into a street light. Sat-nav equipped, the bubble cars respond to voice commands and gather energy via a solar canopy on the roof.
There is about as much chance of this becoming reality, sadly, as there is of me editing Engadget. Yeah, I keep turning down their desperate advances. [Dezeen]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
kat
Posted February 7, 2008 8:06 AM
yes car sex would be a bitch
lionelbob
Posted 9:12 PM 25/1/08
Jetsons?
lionelbob
yelohbird
Posted 9:12 PM 25/1/08
Two phallic stick posts in a row...this is a good day for Giz!
And Addy...don't take it so hard on yourself. We still love you even if Engadget rejected your internship application.
yelohbird
wayno007
Posted 10:12 PM 25/1/08
If it would fold up into a briefcase in the office parking lot, then maybe.
wayno007
aussie
Posted 11:13 PM 25/1/08
Who ever came up with the concept didn't think about it too much...
With that ground clearance it won't get off the sidewalk.
How many people will be crushed to death? Especially the hearing impared...
aussie
SnowLeopard
Posted 9:01 AM 25/1/08
Car sex would be a bitch with all that glass.
SnowLeopard
ANoel
Posted 11:46 AM 25/1/08
Groovy. After a few days fill it with water and exotic fish like an Bondi Blue iMac... [upload.wikimedia.org]
ANoel
MaWeiTao
Posted 11:41 AM 25/1/08
This guy should find a new career because he's obviously not cut out for product design.
This concept is a brain fart that should have been rejected the moment it was dreamt up and instead of made public.
I'm all for innovative, creative proposals, but this has no practical application and doesn't address some fairly obvious issues.
As art it doesn't work either because it's so contrived a concept. Like we haven't seen bubble cars a thousand times before.
MaWeiTao
istrutnice
Posted 11:16 AM 25/1/08
What happens if its windy when these are up? I see smashed glass all over the place.
istrutnice