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Space Yacht - this amazing pleasure yacht looks inspired by “Klingon Bird of Prey”. The design is as close as you can get in having your own scifi spaceship to cruise the worlds oceans; and fittingly it is names Ad Astra.  Oh yeah, and it comes with it’s own iPad app for remote control cruising. Adastra’ is a 42.5m power trimaran which was conceived for a couple (anto and elaine marden) for long range cruising. the yacht uses a trimaran shape that allows it to have multiple hulls. this is the second largest of its kind and can be controlled from a distance with an iPad. […] A 16m long beam results in an expansive main deck offering panoramic views with a lounge area, dining table and navigation station. a forward facing door through the saloon window allows for easy access to the sun bed located on the foredeck. the afterdeck has additional seating as well as a bar, and space for a 4.9 metre tender with a garage directly below which can house a 3.1 metre tender, and whose door has been designed to fold out and function as a large diving platform. Zoom

Space Yacht - this amazing pleasure yacht looks inspired by “Klingon Bird of Prey”. The design is as close as you can get in having your own scifi spaceship to cruise the worlds oceans; and fittingly it is names Ad Astra.  Oh yeah, and it comes with it’s own iPad app for remote control cruising.

Adastra’ is a 42.5m power trimaran which was conceived for a couple (anto and elaine marden) for long range cruising. the yacht uses a trimaran shape that allows it to have multiple hulls. this is the second largest of its kind and can be controlled from a distance with an iPad.

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A 16m long beam results in an expansive main deck offering panoramic views with a lounge area, dining table and navigation station.
a forward facing door through the saloon window allows for easy access to the sun bed located on the foredeck. the afterdeck has additional
seating as well as a bar, and space for a 4.9 metre tender with a garage directly below which can house a 3.1 metre tender, and whose door has been designed to fold out and function as a large diving platform.

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Beauty Reimagined - this video shows the creation of the Aston Martin CC100 Roadster concept. There is some amazing technology at display, but even more captivating is the craftsmanship of the individuals as they take the design from imagination to physical object. In today’s world of disposable technology, there’s a kind of devotion in this work that makes the result truly special.

British automaker Aston Martin is celebrating its centenary by introducing the ‘CC100 speedster concept’. Looking back to the DBR1 for styling influence,the naturally aspirated 6.0-litre v12-powered concept car made its world debut by completing a lap of the famous Nordschleife, at Germany’s 24 hours of Nürburgring race. The body and interior are crafted entirely from carbon fibre - designed and constructed in fewer than six months at Aston Martin’s global headquarters in Gaydon. Paired to a six-speed hydraulically actuated automated sequential manual transmission with column-mounted paddle shifts, the ‘CC100’ reaches 0-100 km/h ( 62mph ) in 4.0 seconds, with a top speed of 291 km/h (180 mph).

Head over to design boom for many more photos of the completed car.

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Sky City - this single building city concept is now going ahead with construction in China. The building is not just impressive in its size, but it has a decidedly ecocentric design. The design significantly reduces both the CO2 and the surface land footprint per person living in the ‘city’.It also uses green technology for renewable energy, and the most amazing part is the 202 story tall construction will be completed in just 6 months. Even the economics of the development are impressive, reducing the per square foot cost of living significantly over current mega city values.

In one building, there will be accommodation for 4450 families in apartments ranging from 645 SF to 5,000 SF, 250 hotel rooms, 100,000 SF of school, hospital and office space, totaling over eleven million square feet. The building footprint is only 10% of the site; the rest is open parkland.

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The building is designed to be earthquake resistant to Magnitude 9, and to a 3 hour fire resistance rating, provided by ceramics installed around the structure. 16,000 part time and 3,000 full time workers will prefabricate the building for four months and assemble on site in three months. […] BSC claims that by building this way, they eliminate construction waste, lost time managing trades, keep tight cost control and can build at a cost 50% to 60% less than conventional construction.

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Ocean City - this is a concept for an ocean habitat, using both above and below surface spaces. io9 has a gallery of several concepts posted, showing how humanity might expand into the ‘other two thirds’ of planet Earth. There certainly are logistical challenges with making your permanent home on the high seas, but a good fraction of the basic resources we consume are already coming from our oceans. The Malaysian Sarly Adre Sarkum’s concept envisions a self-sufficient structure: it generates its own electricity using solar, wind and wave power, has its own food farming system and a small forest on the surface. The kinetic energy-using system of ballasts is meant to keep the Water-Scraper upright. Zoom

Ocean City - this is a concept for an ocean habitat, using both above and below surface spaces. io9 has a gallery of several concepts posted, showing how humanity might expand into the ‘other two thirds’ of planet Earth. There certainly are logistical challenges with making your permanent home on the high seas, but a good fraction of the basic resources we consume are already coming from our oceans.

The Malaysian Sarly Adre Sarkum’s concept envisions a self-sufficient structure: it generates its own electricity using solar, wind and wave power, has its own food farming system and a small forest on the surface. The kinetic energy-using system of ballasts is meant to keep the Water-Scraper upright.

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Metropolis - buildings large enough to house the population of an entire city are no longer just a dream for the future. The image shows the “Dubai Vertical City” designed in 2008, which has a good chance of becoming reality. IO9 has a summary article with many more gorgeous images of cities designed as a single building. 2012 marked the tipping point where for the first time in history more than half of the human population lived in a city - Is this the future of urban living? The evolution of cities may be a lot weirder than you think. Instead of sprawls, they may become ultra-high density constructions that look more like one gigantic building. Here are some incredible plans for buildings that will one day be metropolises. […] If ever constructed, the 7874 ft (2400m) high Dubai Vertical City will have 400 habitable stories and a 1312 ft (400m) high energy-producing spire on the top. The main elevator will be a really fast one, it could travel local inhabitants with an amazing 125 mph (201 km/h) speed. The energy will come from renewable sources including wind, thermal and solar energy. Zoom

Metropolis - buildings large enough to house the population of an entire city are no longer just a dream for the future. The image shows the “Dubai Vertical City” designed in 2008, which has a good chance of becoming reality. IO9 has a summary article with many more gorgeous images of cities designed as a single building. 2012 marked the tipping point where for the first time in history more than half of the human population lived in a city - Is this the future of urban living?

The evolution of cities may be a lot weirder than you think. Instead of sprawls, they may become ultra-high density constructions that look more like one gigantic building. Here are some incredible plans for buildings that will one day be metropolises.

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If ever constructed, the 7874 ft (2400m) high Dubai Vertical City will have 400 habitable stories and a 1312 ft (400m) high energy-producing spire on the top. The main elevator will be a really fast one, it could travel local inhabitants with an amazing 125 mph (201 km/h) speed. The energy will come from renewable sources including wind, thermal and solar energy.