http://abduzeedo.com/taxonomy/term/345/all en http://abduzeedo.com/futuristc-standing-motorcycle-concept-design <h3>A college student has come up with the concept for a motorcycle that is upright and you wear as sort of an exoskeleton. It's so freaking cool!! I can't wait to see it move from concept to reality. Check out the video to see an animation of it in action.</h3> <blockquote><p>The transportation program at the Art Center College of Design has produced legendary car designers, including BMW chief of design Chris Bangle and Henrik Fisker, the creator of the Fisker Karma electric supercar. But this year, after professor Bumsuk Lim’s inaugural motorcycle-design class, the buzz is all about bikes, especially Jake Loniak’s exoskeleton motorcycle concept Deus Ex Machina.</p> </blockquote> <p>You can watch the video <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1735797252/bctid1729330625">here</a></p> <p class="imgC"><img src="http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/studentrads_0.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p class="imgC"><img src="/files/u477/moto1.jpg" width="468" height="317" alt="" /> </p> <p><strong>Here it leans forward like the motorcycle in Tron. </strong></p> <p class="imgC"><img src="/files/u477/moto2.jpg" width="475" height="306" alt="" /></p> <p class="imgC"><img src="/files/u477/moto3.jpg" width="463" height="254" alt="" /></p> <p>via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/3685/standing-motorcycle-concept-by-jake-loniak.html">DesignBoom</a> and <a href="http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2008-08/wearable-motorcycle">Popular Science </a></p> <div class="nodeauthor-info"><h2 class="title">About the author</h2><div class="content"><div class="desc"><p>Hi readers!<br /> I'm a Graphic Designer in New York City (Brooklyn!). NY is a hub for design and my posts will <em>try </em>to focus on, but will not be limited to, design related things happening in NY, such as museum exhibits, architecture, events, local artist interviews, galleries, etc. I'm very much into technology and art and how they intersect to make multimedia art installations. Hope you enjoy my posts!<br /> Check out my blog <a href="http://distracticon.com">Distracticon.com</a><br /> My site: <a href="http://www.franciscog.com">www.franciscog.com</a><br /> Follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/FciscoG">Twitter</a></p> </div><div class="clear"></div></div><h4>Sponsored Links:</h4><div class='author_banner'><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-7764262396280460"; /* Conteudo */ google_ad_slot = "1734631825"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></div><!--b1229df49e254d558b48cf6a7d7b099a--> <a href="http://book.abduzeedo.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/misc/abdz-book-banner.jpg" alt="Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers at Amazon" border="0" /></a><br/> http://abduzeedo.com/futuristc-standing-motorcycle-concept-design#comments concept motorcycle Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:44:13 +0000 Francisco 611 at http://abduzeedo.com