Saturday, November 29, 2008

Small is gorgeous : Japanese compact cars in London

Graphic designer Kenya Hara and architect Shigeru Ban have curated Japan Car, an display at London’s Science Museum showcasing car transport solutions from Japan.The Nissan PIVO 2 can rotate on its wheels, meaning drivers never need reverse park again.Its designers have also added a built in pop-up robot to the dashboard which reads the facial expressions of the driver.If the driver appears hassled or confused the robot will talk to them and offer suggestion.




The organisers said,’ Japan, being both highly innovative and densely populated, can be seen as the driving force behind transport solutions for twenty-first century cities’.

This car is still only an idea, the team behind it believe it could provide a real insight into the future of road transport.Toyota’s i-REAL looks a bit like an armchair on wheels.

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