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    Volkswagen Nanospyder Concept

    VOLKSWAGEN DESIGNERS CREATE FUTURISTIC NANOSPYDER CONCEPT
    A team of highly creative Volkswagen designers based in California have unveiled their own unique take on the future of modern transportation.
    The result is the Volkswagen Nanospyder. Futuristic nanotechnology supported by hydrogen fuel cells, solar power, wheel-mounted electric motors and inflatable organic body panels combine to form the unusual shape of the two-seater concept.
    Nanospyder is the work of a team of three young designers – Patrick Faulwetter, Daniel Simon and Ian Hilton - based at the Volkswagen Design Center in Santa Monica. They created the Nanospyder in response to a challenge laid down by ‘Design Los Angeles’, a conference set to take place at the upcoming Los Angeles Motorshow in November. The brief – unlike the solution – was simple. To design a vehicle able to make the most of California without harming the environment.
    The team met its brief by thinking well beyond current manufacturing techniques. According to its creators the Nanospyder would be formed out of a latticework of billions of tiny programmable nano devices measuring less than half a millimetre in diameter. Each of these tiny devices can be programmed to be as strong or weak as required meaning active crumple zones can be created. The ‘spine’ of the vehicle, onto which the rest of the components are attached, remains immensely strong.
    Clothing the nano-lattice are panels formed out of a mix of organic materials some of which can inflate to provide further cushioning in the result of an impact. The material doubles as a power source as polysynthesis generates small amounts of electricity. This coupled with hydrogen fuels generates power to drive the tiny electric motors mounted within the hubs of all four wheels.
    The Nanospyder, although purely intended as a concept vehicle, gives an insight into the depth of thinking going into the search for sustainable forms of modern transport.
    The concept was created to be entered in the third Los Angeles Design challenge – the winner of which will be announced on November 30th at the Los Angeles Motorshow.
    The Volkswagen studios, established in 1991, won the very first challenge in 2005 with the innovative Mobile Lounge concept.
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    Inflatable body panels? Do you have to carry spares too?
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    Minority Report 2?
    Maybe...futuristic cars are 'green' now.
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    That sounds rather incredibly cool, from an engineering perspective. Also looks pretty interesting as an actual car.
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    its made up of nano devices which are less than half a millimetre in diameter. are they actually going to make this concept??
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverhawk
    are they actually going to make this concept??
    I'm sure that in 1000 years they'll get right on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sauc3
    ...nano devices measuring less than half a millimetre in diameter ...
    [aimed at VW here not Sauc3!]

    "nano" devices at mm scale. hmm, oxymoron
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    Good lord, that is amazing!! But by the time they actually have a real concept that can move and such, we will all be living on spaceshuttles eating our computer generating foods
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