Comments on: Autonomobile by Mike + Maaike

By: ricky182

ricky182 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:27:24 +0000

awesome! i’ll be waiting for this rise.. haha

By: Edgy Ricky

Edgy Ricky — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:16:22 +0000

Try http://motorizedcouch.com
…it’s all in the styling.

By: Frank Friedman

Frank Friedman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:22:39 +0000

Has anyone seen Mario Bellini’s car of the future from the MOMA exhibit “The New Domestic Landscape”? This idea was shown in mid 70s. Nice idea, beautiful presentation,
not thought through enough.

By: Prof Z, genius D

Prof Z, genius D — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:54:08 +0000

in the future we will have “no car” ( Mike+ Maaike),
“no furniture”(Matali Crasset), “no product “( Starck)and we will be …..no consumer(Philippe Starck)…

By: Pierre Sinsua

Pierre Sinsua — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:29:09 +0000

the idea is more impressive than the design

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:19:30 +0000

Wait, is it April 1st, 2010 already?

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:15:28 +0000

I think the imaginitive folks over at Pixar beat the curve on this one. The floating recliners seem a much more efficient, comfortable and safe way of accomplishing the complete removal of all human skill from transportation.

Once you’ve managed to acculturate out the desire to have hands-on control of vehicles from mankind, will it really be necessary to go anywhere with your fellow vegetables?

By: Bryce

Bryce — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:56:24 +0000

I’ve been dreaming of this vehicle for years. I hope it becomes reality in my lifetime.

By: thinoxygen

thinoxygen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:09:45 +0000

design of autonomous vehicles is not unlike saying you can chop carrots with your eyes closed. sure, you could…but do you really want to?

besides, unless the massive and complex transport systems that already exist worldwide were to be completely destroyed and replaced, the safety and practicality concerns cannot simply be dismissed by by designers on the premise that technology will save them.

any personal vehicle, regardless of it’s propulsion or control strategies, must protect it’s occupants in the event of an accident. this affront to passenger safety cannot be ignored, as the proposal features no restraint systems, no protection from a side impact, and no purported “manual” mode which would allow a user to control the vehicle in an emergency.

if you want to make a difference, improve public transport.

By: Zorko (futurist/visionair)

Zorko (futurist/visionair) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:29:35 +0000

This kind of ''automated cars'' can already be seen in that funny Woody Allen movie :''Sleeper''(1974) - Only in this sci-fi-comedy there are no windows to look trough, but the whole car looks like a kind of white frosted ''pod'.. For comment on the M&M 'pod'-design: I also see the flaws of the smalll wheels in the Maaike & Mike-design ..they should be larger in size.. Aswell I see the 'danger-problem' of too much glass in such cars,but the windows should be at least be different in construction for safety reasons with higher speeds..They need some special 'bumping-buffers' so passengers won't hurt themselves, by standing up, or with different bodymovements..In the future this kind of transport also needs a different approach, concerning it's driving-routes..These routes need at be a very constant kind of guided safety-road or special transparent tunnel-system (above or underground )..Maybe it is also a smart idea ,to make real -''For Rent'' ''Sleeper-sitting'cells''(you can also sleep in it ) for individuals, aswell for at least a double one for couples,or ''Bus-size''-types, suited for larger groups..For example these special ''travel-pods'' in different sizes for example should all have special toilet-unit(s) with running water..It's a nessasary comfort for all ''on the road'' purposes when the passenger can not leave the car,because of its 'travelling-speed' on a certain given moment..strange luxuries you can not find in your avarage 4-seater cars of today..( Only the Big buses or Camper-vans make the exeption for passengers ,but then, not for the driver behind the wheel .. ) It could be very social and affordable travelsystem of the future when it is totally perfected to its features and (social) possibillities..It should be completely and 'f'ully automated' ,but 'demandable' .. For example : every induvidual passenger,or group should have the possibility to go out of the ''pod-car-system'' to have a certain break outside the car ...On long trips it is surely a neccessity to avoid eventual ''claustrofobia''- situations...Future 'pod-cars; all to be runned on total renewable and eco-friendly energy scources should, and could be a big success.. Maybe than it will be the best way of 'car-travelling' that we have ever expierenced... Further on I wish for all of these futuristic developers many brilliant ideas for this types of 'comfort-cars' that will drive the roads in times ,maybe yet to come...