AvA02 Serafim Jet Design by Timon Sager

 AvA02 Serafim concept jet has been designed and developed for private use. The idea behind this concept is to fulfill human’s great desire to fly at any moment, reach unimaginable heights and go to all places we had ever wanted to see without great time expenditure. Rich people are usually under great pressures; well this new hobby flying with private jet offers the ultimate relief from all those pressures. Flying up, up, and away for awhile.

Aside from using AvA02 Serafim as private use, this jet can also be used as a travel or public transport craft.

Cargonaut

 Urban transit will become easier than ever by enabling people get rid of their loads through cargonaut robot. This robot will help carrying heavy luggage, groceries, shopping bags and many more letting the user to be free to roam and enjoy.

RMax Helicopter Obstacle Avoidance

Citroen UFO – Unidentified Flying Object

 In the future if you see an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) & you think that those are some space machines occupied by aliens out of some science fiction, then you could well be wrong. They could well be regular cars of the future occupied by our fellow world citizens. At least that is what French company Citroen is planning to do.

 French designer Ora-ito of Citroen has come out with a concept car which resembles the shape of an UFO that we are used to see in any science fiction alien movies of Hollywood. The UFO concept car design is more of a “mutated” version of its earlier Citroen DS which was much appreciated in the automobile world for its aerodynamic body & futuristic look. The DS model is commonly used by the President & is now enrolled into the “genetic transformations” from Ora-Ito artistic vision.

 The UFO concept car is typically shaped like a flying saucer which gives it a wonderfully aerodynamic body. The concept seems to indicate what form transport will take in the future. Design of the UFO concept car displays a combination of science, art & engineering. The car also has no wheels attached to it. The UFO has not been designed as just another concept car but it has been designed instead to convey a universal message to the car industry about the future of transportation through the eyes of an artist.

Bolder Sky Rocket

 BOLDER sky rocket is a project initiated with an intention to create a short animation that addresses individuals’ attitude on topics including ecological life style, consumption and nature preserving and sustainable choices. Images of BOLDER sky rocket emphasizes forthcoming animation. Bolder Helsinki Ltd attempts to create at least 3 new projects a year that are meant solely for social causes. These projects are generally made in digital format and are distributed through social network. Centered primarily towards kindling the minds of young generations, Bolder Helsinki Ltd seeks to communicate and remind people about the futuristic world we live in. The central goal is to create discussion on various problems that young generations will have to face in future if there is no change in attitude and priority. They as well aim to create visually as well as contextually sound media in order to awaken individual’s imagination and motivate others to follow the cause.

Flying Car: Moller Skycar M400

Type of Vehicle: Flying car

Production Status: Prototype; currently not available to the general public

Function: Flies; drives; future ride of Harrison Ford’s Blade Runner character

Maximum Speed: 375 mph (in the air)

Under the Hood: The Moller Skycar M400 is a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) car that is currently in development. It is meant to be used by anyone who is capable of driving a car, and would require no flight control know-how as the user would simply have to indicate direction and speed and the vehicle will automatically fly to its destination. The use of Wankel rotary engines rather than jet engines would mean that the M400 would eventually cost about the same as an ordinary car (although right now the early production run units will probably run you about a million bucks).

Chances of Owning One: At the moment, nil, but moving forward it seems that the Moller Skycar or one of its competitors will finally get the whole flying car thing perfected. But that said, Moller International’s vehicle has been in development for some 40 years and still hasn’t been perfected. So don’t trade in your Honda Civic just yet.

FlyNano Electric Aircraft

 First, it was a car named Nano that hogged the limelight and now it is a new single-seat aircraft christened FlyNano, which will help people fly the easier way. Aeronautical engineer Aki Suokas unveiled this cute aircraft at Aero Friedrichshafen. You will be astonished to learn that this lightweight aircraft weighs just 70 kg.

 Crafted out of carbon fiber composite, it will be available in three versions: a 20kW electric-only version, and petrol-engined 24 bhp and 35 bhp models. The 35 bhp model will be a racing version which will without any doubt talk speed while the electric version pledges to cover a distance of 40 km. The electric version will not produce loud blaring noise, thanks to its low torque and minimum vibration. Since FlyNano is a one-seater plane, it is but obvious that only one person can travel in it. To fly one, you don’t need any special license.

The mini plane comes with a capacity to touch a top speed of 140 km/h, and a 3 km service ceiling. FlyNano has a 200 kg takeoff weight with five meters of wingspan. Coming with a price tag of just EUR 27,000 (US$39,000) are the most expensive version, the ex-factory and ex-VAT. A piece of good news is that FlyNano is ready to take flight after three months, so if your dream is to fly anytime, book one today.

Solar Powered Airship

The High Speed Solar Airship (HSSA) is designed to utilize solar energy for flying. Made using thin-film solar panels producing 67.2kW of power and other commonly available components, the HSSA promises to deliver high speed air transport while consuming no fossil fuels. The HSSA claims to have flying speeds of 182 miles per hour during the day and 165 miles per hour during the night which are further increased during west to east travel due to jet streams. It uses an envelope of expandable gas cells which help the airship go from sea level to an altitude of 30,000, which is well above cloud cover and hence provides unhindered sunlight to the solar panels.

According to specifications this airship will have a cargo capacity of 120,000 pounds and will cost about $5 million. Although, it is currently being tested on a smaller scale, this invention shows great promise to reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

Heliboarding Concept

 A helicopter ride sure sends an adrenaline rush and is fun in its own way. Timon Sager has designed a Heliconcept that comes specializes for Heliboarding christened as the AvA 299 DROP. The most important part of a helicopter is its rotors that are wedged on the top. But the rotors of the DROP are special, as they are coaxial. The concentric shafts come with a pair of helicopter rotors that have been placed one above the other.

The rotors spin opposite to each other but their axis of rotation is similar. This not only makes the helicopter efficient but compact as well. On the contrary, the presence of two rotors pulls the height of the helicopter a little. Normally what happens is because of a tail rotor power is wasted that otherwise would have been aptly used to provide lift and thrust.

Monster Jumbo Aircraft.

 To answer the needs of larger, more fuel efficient, and more silent airplane, Phil Pauley has designed Monster Jumbo Aircraft. This Quad Deck Monster Jumbo concept has been designed to transport more people to further destinations with sustainability and environmental consideration in mind. If this design went into production, it would be the largest airplane in the world, capable of transporting 1,500 people half way around the world without the need for refuel. Identified by many as being similar in many ways to the “Hughes H-4 Hercules”, this Monster Jumbo is set for the record books if it receives suitable public and private support.

NASA's "Star Trek" Era: Unveils New Orion Spaceship for Manned Deep-Space Exploration

NASA on Tuesday announced a plan to develop a new deep space vehicle to send astronauts on expeditions to an asteroid, and then on to Mars. The spaceship, known as the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), will be based on designs originally planned for the Orion spacecraft, NASA officials announced. The Orion space capsule was originally designed to launch on NASA's Ares 1 rocket, with a larger heavy-lift rocket called Ares 5 planned to launch moon landers and other deep space flight hardware.








"We are committed to human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and look forward to developing the next generation of systems to take us there," NASA adminstrator Charlie Bolden said in a statement.



The spacecraft will carry four astronauts for three-week missions. The flights will end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. The MPCV will have a pressurized volume of 690 cubic feet (20 cubic meters), with 316 cubic feet (9 cubic m) of habitable space, according to an official description.



While the MPCV will be NASA's primary vehicle for taking astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit, it may also be called upon to deliver cargo and crew to the International Space Station from time to time.



The MPCV will be capable of performing a variety of in-space activities, such as rendezvousing and docking with other craft. And astronauts aboard the MPCV will be able to perform spacewalks, officials said.



The MPCV will launch aboard a new heavy-lift rocket that NASA is also developing, agency officials said. Last year, Congress instructed the agency to have the spaceship and the launch vehicle ready to go by 2016, though NASA has said recently that it will probably need more time.



The agency's space shuttle program, for example, will draw to a close this summer after three decades of service. The shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission in July will be the last for NASA's workhorse orbiter fleet, which will soon be put on display in museums around the country.



In the short term, NASA astronauts will get rides to the space station aboard Russian Soyuz vehicles. But over the long haul, Obama's vision calls for commercial American spaceships to provide this taxi service. NASA is working with and funding several private companies, such as California-based SpaceX, to help them develop these new craft.

First Chinese Man-powered Airplane

Having impressed all with their economy and automotive industry, now Chinese are venturing into the field of human powered aircrafts. Mao Yiquing, the owner of the famous F3A model factory has contrived his own 103.6 lbs (47kg) aircraft with a wingspan of 89.9 ft. The test voyage took the plane to a distance of 413.8 feet at 8.53 feet off the ground, in around 19 seconds of flight time.