Four automobile companies have come up with ultra futuristic ideas that you may be lucky to see in a few years time, not just in movies but maybe even on the roads. First is the Mazda Motonari RX with a vision for 2050s thick with advances in molecular engineering, computing and artificial intelligence. It gets the name from legendary Japanese warrior Mori Motonari and characteristics and features are extremely mod and futuristic. Toyota’s Biomobile Mecha is a shape-shifting vehicle with nano-laser wheels, can read and adapt to changes in the environment and travel vertical pathways by means of biomimetic feet with powerful suction. Nissan’s OneOne combines personal mobility with the family robot concept. The vehicle can also assume various positions depending on the driving environment. It reclines to achieve greater speed, and it stands up to increase visibility and squeeze into tight spaces. Honda 124 is Honda’s vision of the 2050s is solar-hybrid powered that can separate into four different fully functional units, each uniquely suited for specific driving conditions.

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These are called 'ear hangers' and are designed by Atelier Van Lieshout (that’s a funny name!). It is supposed to be a pair of earrings that can both be worn or displayed as a sculpture. The uniqueness of this design is that the fused metal pieces are connected with body figures bent in different positions. It is extremely odd. It looks like alien fingers and if I wore it I would feel like my earrings are going to throttle and take my tonsils out. Spooky, extremely spooky.

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This a the Face Chair. As goes its name, the car has a face etched on it. It is designed by bora cakilkaya from Turkey and manufactured by p-arch. Materials used are wood and acrylic paint and comes in various colors. It is a great bit of furniture for young children especially when they have a party or something. And they can play games like sleeping beauty and the seven dwarves and things like that. It’s nice.

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There is a lot of classification these days as compared to the past generation. Now it is all about classifying even the gender of products. On that note, the ladies phone Kragal handset that was created by Bulgarian designer Rumen Penev is a pretty neat idea. It is not only a phone but also includes a makeup kit hence being very apt for the gender. Its oval shape is feminine with the makeup kit at the back. It’s like you can be multi-tasking seriously with this device. Speaking on the phone, driving a car and applying makeup for your next meeting… it’s all there.

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The mouse was given the name because it looked like a mouse. But here’s a new mouse that is long and vertical shaped like a pen. The Scope Node wireless mouse was designed by Japanese manufacturer Elecom under their philosophy of rational design. They wanted to make the user feel like they are holding a pen. It has moved the ultra-sensitive laser directly under the pointer finger, rather than centering it, to make on-screen drawings more precise. The product is only available in Japan though so unless you live there you can just ogle at this picture. No prices given either

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