Face Hacking: Transformations via 3D Projection Mapping
Actors gain access to thousands of different faces instantaneously as their facial topography is scanned and altered in real-time using 3D projection mapping. Japanese artist Nobumichi Asai ...
Category: Conceptual & Futuristic
The future is now, but beyond that are some incredible concept technologies and designs that are much closer than most people realize. Here you will find some of the most exciting soon-to-be-innovations ready to make the leap from virtual to actual reality.
Power Grows on Trees: Wind Energy via Leafy Green Turbines
Addressing noise and visual pollution associated with wind energy generation in urban contexts, these new trunk-style towers support suspended leaf-shaped turbine housings, hung from ...
Non-Stop Rail: 2 Future Trains Pick Up Passengers in Motion
Saving time, energy and bridging the gap between high-speed rail and local-only service, these proposed solutions (each in their own unique way) let people board and disembark at their leisure ...
Driverless Living Space: Future Car Envisioned as Mobile Room
Blending elements of rigorous automotive and interior design, this concept car may look like a streamlined vehicle but is more akin to a communal living room on wheels on the ...
Exo-Prosthetics: Light, Cheap & Custom 3D-Printed Body Parts
Lightweight, individualized and inexpensive, this design and manufacturing strategy bends artificial limbs in new directions and promises a more personalized product for those in need of a ...
Fungi Farm Prototype Turns Waste Plastic into Edible Treats
Breaking down one of the most difficult types of trash, this incredible working incubator turns sterilized plastic remnants into nutritional biomass humans can consume and digest, in short: ...
Future Materials: Lightweight Carbon Fiber Architecture
The buildings of the future might just look as lightweight as a spiderweb, seeming as if they could blow away at any moment, while actually being incredibly strong. In the past, architects had to ...
4D Printing: Programmable Robotic Self-Assembling Materials
Imagine a shelter that unfolds itself in the rain, flat-pack furniture that deploys without instructions or tools when exposed to water or a temperature-sensitive spoiler for your sports car that ...
Omnidirectional Elevators: Maglev Tech to Reshape Skylines
Effectively using the same magnetic levitation technologies employed in high-speed trains, the MULTI elevator system conveys people horizontally as well as vertically without ropes and at ...
Seabed City: Japanese Company Designs Underwater Ocean Spiral
Slated to cost over $25 billion and take 5 years to complete, this incredible proposal starts a with a living sphere that spans over 1,500 feet below the surface of the ...
