Frank Gehry and the MIT Media Lab
Frank Gehry and the MIT Media Lab collaborate on a concept car. There’s a huge coat hanger on the top of the car.
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Reader comments
barlowJul 27, 2004 at 5:46PM
Now, imagine a version of that car big enough to hold me, my wife, and our four children under seven and their government-mandated booster seats. How high would the hook need to be to hang it? The funny thing about the car is that it would be cheaper to redesign one floor of a standard parking garage with skinny Gehry-sized spots than it would be to install car coat-hangers all over the place.
Anyway, I'm all for forward thinking, I'm just thinking that the hanging car isn't really crying out to be developed.
ericJul 27, 2004 at 7:21PM
looks like they actually collaborated on a bunch. the coat hanger is perfectly doable in comparison to the XO_Ball design with the 'quad-ball leg system'. that extending leg system would be an engineering and maintenance nightmare.
dennisJul 27, 2004 at 9:53PM
Are these cars intended to have drive/braking systems, or am I being dense? This version presents a good visual example of 'omni-directional steering'.
Runky FunkyJul 28, 2004 at 9:45AM
back on topic... (sort of)
Maybe JK circa any era is good because he doesn't rely on hokey "design" elements like a coat-hanger-hook on the top of a car...
;-)
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.