Carbon fiber electric bike uses frame instead of wires to conduct power

In some urban areas where there are lots of cars and people the fastest way to get around is often a bike or walking. In more spread out rural areas riding a bike to work can mean a trek of many miles. A cool new bike concept with a carbon fiber frame and electric power has turned up that makes getting where you need to go cool and green.

According to the designer, the carbon fiber frame is conductive and would be used to conduct the electric power rather than wires. The concept has electric motors between the dual-rims in front and back of the bike.

The concept also uses regenerative braking to generate power for the battery that drives a counterturning axle rather than gears or chains like most bikes use. This concept is a bit farther along than some we have seen, the creator already has a prototype built and in testing. I wonder how the bike protects the rider from the power sent through the frame.

OO wireless projector concept is carbon fiber and dead sexy

I really like design concepts that take objects that are mundane and reimagine them in new forms. Projectors are typically boxy devices that you can find in homes, schools, and offices for giving presentations and watching movies. A design concept called the OO wireless projector has turned up at Yanko Design and it has to be the best looking projector I have seen.

The projector uses a semi monocoque carbon fiber chassis and is designed by David Riesenberg. The designer says the projector throws a 1080p image sent to it via WiFi or from an internal SSD. The wireless bit is very cool because you could place it in your home without worrying about how you will get the HDMI cable to it.

The projector also sports some sort of internal battery that lets it work without an AC cord for up to three hours. Three adjustable legs are built-in to allow adjustment of the image. The OO certainly looks good, but it reminds me of one of the flying robots from the flick “Batteries Not Included” from my youth.