prototypes
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Bentley Rebuilt A 1939 Corniche Lost In World War II
A lot of automakers are looking back to their iconic models, offering the moneyed classes an opportunity to buy brand-new versions of cars they previously only saw in movies. Aston Martin’s DB4 GT and Jaguar’s D-Type projects come to mind. But Bentley wasn’t satisfied with a project that reintroduced a previous success. When they recreated…
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Sharp’s Vertical Folding Smartphone Concept Looks Like My Dream Game Boy
In the brave new world of folding touchscreen devices, companies are throwing every random design at the wall, hoping one of them will be the device that consumer’s embrace. Sharp, who started producing flexible OLED screens back in June of 2018, recently showed off a prototype of a smartphone that folds vertically, like the clamshell…
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With Its Flexy Phone Concepts, TCL Is Playing The Long Game
In just the last week, we’ve seen two incredibly impressive bendy phones in the Huawei Mate X. But they won’t be the last, as evidenced by TCL’s own bendy phone concepts shown off at MWC.
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An Aspiring Rocketeer Built This 3D-Printed, Underwater Jetpack
Taking to the skies with a rocket strapped to your back is still a dangerous idea, despite how Hollywood typically portrays the stunt. So a product design student in the UK created a safer way to fly — under water — with a jetpack that can propel a swimmer at speeds of up to 13km/h.