My Car, It’s “Alive!” - Yanko Design

As we move forward in our increasingly mass produced and technological globe, there is a certain nostalgia for what many critics say we've lost. We simply need to notice new ways to personalize and humanize the products we create. The Equilibrium (EQ) car uses bogus intelligence to engage united states past generating the illusion of life and private personality. Tho the cars are mass produced, no ii are alike.

Lets close our eyes. Envisage a high tech world non also distant in the future. It's morning and you're getting ready for work; a solar day like any other. Y'all step in the garage where a dark, almost black figure rests in the corner. Equally you approach information technology illuminates from inside, pulsing like the irksome rhythmic pace of animate. The vehicle is alert, it senses and recognizes your presence. It knows you're the owner and goes into standby mode. The door handles reveal themselves to you lot. The floating seats adapt, comfortably cradling your body. As you place both hands on the steering bicycle, biometric sensors activate the vehicle into full power mode. Y'all're ready to go.

The idea is intriguing and not difficult to imagine. For years automotive designers have thought of ways to create experiences within a car to simulate a living object. Personalization is fundamental to creating an emotional attachment with anything inanimate. The Equilibrium takes it a footstep further past utilizing some key technologies not yet invented but it's but a affair of time.

Take for example the exterior surface – covered in what the designer dubs "safety metallic." Thanks to nanotechnology, information technology's flexible and rigid. The wheels are even covered and steering is achieved by manipulating the material to pull on the centre centrality of each wheel hub. On the outside information technology gives the vehicle a smooth continuous course uninterrupted by seams. The textile tin even move from opaqueness to transparency, hinting to the possessor what's inside waiting as they approach.

Two electric engines are located in the rear wheels for space efficiency and for weight distribution. All interior elements float by using a connection to a eye frame. This creates a light and spacious expression. At the aforementioned time information technology provides a feeling of safety for the passengers; a strong key object for protection.

The battery pack is located in the front end of the vehicle for weight distribution. To cool the batteries, air flows from a front air intake along the batteries and through the frame to an air outlet on the elevation.

The seats consist of two parts; an external 'shell' and soft inner pare. The skin is made of Electro Agile Polymers, and adapts to the drivers body. Electricity tin can make the surfaces stretch and change shape.

The steering wheel has heartbeat sensors to activate the vehicle from stand-past to full power as soon as it detects the driver'southward heartbeat. This has a safe element besides. As the driver gets tired while driving, the vehicle will notice a lower heart charge per unit and react by blowing fresh air inside. But in more serious situations (eye attack) it tin automatically bring the vehicle to standstill; park information technology along the road and send out an alarm message. By satellite, the exact location of the vehicle tin exist traced.

Designer: Bob Romkes