e.Moped Project
Does the world need another Carbon Fiber bike?
If it looks as awesome as the amazingly crafted C-Thru Bike from BME, I am afraid it does.
The C-thru road frame is made from solid carbon rods carefully bonded together into its geometry. BME is the effort of the Slovakian engineer Brano Meres who has been experimenting among other things, with bamboo/carbon fiber constructions.
Now what would happen if we added a little bit of biology’s intelligence to Brano Meres’ construction?
Lets say, some adaptive design strategies regarding the spacing and dimension of the carbon rods….what do you think?
Nature puts material only where its needed… so there is a variation in the density of structures, always. Are the forces equal along the top tube of a Road Bike? If not…There could be some generative design patterns being applied to the construction defining its shape in relationship to the forces acting upon it…
Steffen R? What do you think? Ansys meets Generative Components meets Bike frame?
Give it up for Brano Meres. Amazing work, congratulations!
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Design, Bionics, Design for Sport.
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Co-Branding Product Survey
In an attempt to promote the exchange of knowledge between users and companies I am proud to put here at Letsevo the first post about two designers from Rio de Janeiro who are doing academic research at the TU Delft in the Netherlands.
Fabricio Astua and Richard Verdoorn (Estereo Design) are participating in the Master Course of Strategic Product Design in the TU Delft and are currently working on a project about co-branding and its influence on value perception.
Until the 11th of June, they are receiving the thoughts of users in a Net Questionnaire they prepared.
Further information about the research can be provided afterwards by the two of them in order to avoid biased responses. Thanks everyone in advance for participating in their survey.
I just put my inputs there and I am leaving the link here to all of you wanting to collaborate and leave your mark in their work.
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under Design Collaboration.
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