3d Printed Beer Lock

Don’t let anyone still your beer with this 3D printed bottle lock.

How do you protect your beers from your thirsty family members?

To solve this problem Jonathan Odom, designers at the Instructables Design Studio, has developed a 3D printable beer bottle lock that will protect your prizes beer from the unwanted guests.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/3d-printed-beer-lock

iSpace designers Workstation

Cool digital drawing board concept by Jameel Kamil.

iSpace designers Workstation merges the physical scale of the classic designer’s board with the functionality of a tablet into one unit. The iSpace Workstation is essentially an enormous flat screen computer monitor that stands on its sturdy tower and immediately digitizes everything that you draw.

iSpace designers Workstation

We really like Jameel Kamil's concept. It’s nice new wist on a classic drawing board.
We like the idea of working naturally, directly on the HD screen. Unfortunately it’s unrealistic and it will never happen. Also there is a problem with a modern software. You would still need keyboard and mouse.

 

iSpace designers Workstation

If you really want Interactive Pen Display, you might as well buy Wacom Cintiq. The best combination of touch display and digitizer pen on the market. 22” Wacom Cintiq is expensive ($2500) little quizmo, just imagine how much iSpace Workstation would be.

iSpace designers Workstation

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ispace-designers-workstation/

The Rolling Mouse

The Rolling Mouse charges using electromagnetic induction.

The Rolling Mouse isn't just another cordless computer mouse. This good looking mouse doesn't require battery changes or a charger in order to juice up its battery. With the Rolling Mouse charging is done via short distance wireless charging using wireless Bluetooth technology through resonant inductive coupling - electromagnetic induction.

The Rolling Mouse

Because a large battery is not needed, the Rolling Mouse has a slim profile. Looks very elegant and slick. Unfortunately it looks there is a traditional scroll wheel and 2 buttons. Lack of Multi Touch technology is big minus. We would like to see ergonomically correct Magic Mouse (Apple).

The Rolling Mouse

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/rolling-mouse/

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

Odd looking gaming PC from Alienware Area 51

Alienware has managed to deliver a unique futuristic look to their flagship Game PC lineup. It offers a fresh, new approach to PC chassis design. Alienware has designed the system not as a traditional rectangle, but as a triple-bay hexagon. The "triad chassis," company name, focuses on cooling efficiency and ergonomics.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

Alienware Area 51 will come with bays for up to three conventional hard drives and two SSD drives. Wireless ac is built into the system by default, and you can even install an optional 1.5-kilowatt power supply to fuel all your components.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

Each system will also be over clocked and liquid cooled for a speedy performance. It will start shipping in the U.S. in October 2014.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

About Alienware

Alienware is an American computer hardware subsidiary of Dell, Inc. Their hardware is designed for gaming purposes and has changed in physical appearance over the years. Alienware was founded in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila. Alienware name was chosen because of the founders' fondness for the hit television series The X-Files, hence the theme to their products, with names such as Area-51, Hangar 18 and Aurora. Dell bought Alienware in 2006.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/alienware-area-51-gaming-pc/

IKEA Catalog

75% of the Photos are CGI 3d models in IKEA Catalog.

Martin Enthed and his team work in one of the many IKEA companies, IKEA Communications AB. “When it comes to products,” explains Martin, “IKEA of Sweden designs and develops the product range. The global marketing and communication department decides what communication about the range is important to reach the consumers. We then create concepts and communication ideas, which we produce in different ways. We do the assembly instructions you all know so well! We create product images, labels, the IKEA catalogue, the IKEA.com website, prints for in-package and on-package etc. We do most of the global communication for IKEA. All the communication we create and produce should ultimately help consumers to understand how IKEA can help them create a better everyday life.”

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

In the summer of 2004, IKEA decided to change the way they produced their product images. They made the first tentative moves toward CG rendered, rather than photographic, images. “We made 8 or 10 quite bad product visualisations by today’s standards,” says Martin, “but it sparked something and we continued to work at it. In the fall of 2006 we first showed a product in the catalogue. The first CG piece of furniture was a chair called “Bertil”.

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

The IKEA team didn’t feel there was anything wrong with traditional photography, quality-wise. Like any company, they just wanted to make things easier for the team to work on - to make the process simpler, cheaper and faster. With traditional photography, you need to have prototype furniture being built in different parts of the world shipped over so it can be photographed. Everything needs to be there on time and it can be logistically difficult, expensive and not that environmental. Then if there are changes everything needs to be re-shot. With CG re-creations of pieces, it removes a lot of this difficulty. However to start with, Martin says, “There was no vision initially to create entire rooms in CG, like we do now. We just wanted to create the individual pieces - the ones you see on white backgrounds on the web.”

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

Making the Transition

When IKEA started to look at creating more than product images in 3D a few years ago, they already had a set look and feel for IKEA pictures. They wanted to keep the sense of reality and the feel of a "lived in" environment when moving over to digital workflow. They didn’t want their customers to see or even more importantly feel any difference. Says Martin, “We understand how important the knowledge of home furnishing is. How homes look, how homes feel, and so on. The experienced photographers at IKEA have been working with the interior designers on re-creating this feel for fifteen to twenty years, some of them. We needed to translate that knowledge over to the 3D artists who were tech-savvy but in some cases coming directly from school. We needed them to understand the kind of feel we wanted the images to convey. It was very hard at the beginning.”

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ikea-catalog-awesome-3d-images/

LG G Watch R Android Smart Watch

So far the best looking smart watch.

We really dislike whole idea of a smart watch. What is the point, terrible battery life. If you need something smart - there is always phone in a pocket. Saying all that LG has announced a new, round Android Wear smart watch with a conventional men’s watch design.

And it looks very good.

LG G Watch R, So far the best looking smart watch.

The Watch R has a steel frame, which resembles a more traditional men’s analogue sports watch with a 1.3in round plastic OLED screen and an interchangeable standard watch strap.

LG G Watch R, So far the best looking smart watch.

The Watch R is waterproof to IP67 standards, or 1m of fresh water for up to 30 minutes, so designed to survive a rain shower. It is also powered by the same 1.2GHz processor as the original G Watch, connecting to an Android smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, and has a similar sized battery, meaning that battery life should be at least one full day of usage.

LG G Watch R, So far the best looking smart watch.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/lg-g-watch-r/

Ferrari F80

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

Very cool design by Italian designer Adriano Raeli. He studied Transportation Design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. This car is absolutely stunning, wide swooping bodywork and an aggressively look. Ferrari F80 is essentially a road-legal F1 car.

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

The designer modeled his F80 on stealth fighter jets and draws plenty of inspiration from the Enzo as well (Enzo of the future). Larger air intakes, a raked windshield and over-sized rear diffuser is slathered in the famed Ferrari red.

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

The Ferrari F80 concept has a hybrid drivetrain. An internal combustion engine and a KERS system combine to produce 1,200 horsepower.Proposed weight is 800 kg and top speed 500km/h, and 0-100 km/h in just 2.2 secs. This is as good as Formula 1.

 

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/ferrari-f80/

iControl

iControl is the Missing piece in Apple’s HomeKit.

Designer Peter Zigich, has come up with device that controls Smart Home using upcoming Apple’s HomeKit. It’s a cross between a universal remote control and an iDevice with lots of connectivity options. He calls this device iControl.
At Apple’s recent Worldwide Developers Conference HomeKit, a suite of tools for controlling devices such as lights, locks, garage doors, alarms, thermostats and more using iOS device was announced.

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

Current iOS devices (iPhone & iPad), are not well suited for Apples HomeKit & Home Automation for a number of key reasons:

• The lack of ZigBee, Z-Wave, IR prevents compatibility with hundreds of existing Home Automation devices.


• Many members of a household still do not own their iOS device (small children, grandparents, ……).


• Limited battery life for Home Automation.

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

A crucial hardware piece that is missing in the Apple Home Automation ecosystem, is a device / hub that would be in the centre of the living room, to control “Smart Home”. The simplest way to describe this gizmo is that it is a cross between a universal remote control and an iPod Touch with lots of connectivity options and sensors built into it.

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

Features:

• metal body


• 4” touch screen


• Touch ID


• Connectivity – Bluetooth BLE, WiFi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, IR infrared


• Front & back camera


• Siri, AirPlay, AirPlay Mirroring. Facetime, VoIP phone….


• Significantly larger battery (possible solar or wireless charging)


• Built in sensors to assist Smart devices (motion, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, light etc).

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/icontrol/

iPro 3d concept

iPro 3d concept is a mix between a Mac Pro and an iMac.

Swiss designer Kurt Merki Jr. has mixed the iMac with the Mac Pro into one product called the iPro. This device completes with a 35-inch display and integrated sound bar and it's looking good.

iPro 3d concept by Kurt Merki Jr.

The Apple iPro computer is a very nice looking concept that looks just like a Lenovo Yoga Tablet, with that circular tube at the bottom. It’s supposed to be a combo between a Mac Pro and an iMac. It features a glass OLED display with unibody design and relies on a flexible architecture. The unibody takes the shape of a tube and components can be lined up inside in order to fit the user’s needs.

iPro 3d concept by Kurt Merki Jr.

Apple iPro features a 35 inch Retina Cinema Display, with a resolution of 3382 x 1964 pixels. The device comes with front facing stereo speakers, 10 of them actually and dual microphones too. This model has a 20 degree tilt function and comes in 3 colors: gold, black and silver. There are actually two Mac Pros worth of hardware inside and the two computers are cooled down separately with a fan on either sides of the tube.

iPro 3d concept by Kurt Merki Jr.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/ipro-3d-concept/

iHome concept

Apple iHome concept by designer Martin Hajek shows us what Apple’s home automation device might look like, if it ever came to real life.

Device takes its design cues from the iPhone 5s. Touch ID fingerprint scanner, looks like a square version of Apple’s iPhone 5s.

iHome concept

iHome concept

Designer's effort is appreciated, but unfortunately Martin completely failed this time. Not everything Apple makes, has to look like iPhone 5s. Ear speaker just bellow camera has no purpose at all. How about camera? What is the purpose,  it really makes no sense at all.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ihome-concept/

Dieselpunk awesome and bizarre World

Dieselpunk is a genre that combines the aesthetics of diesel-based technology influenced by the interwar period to the 1950s with futurist postmodern technology. First coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his role-playing game Children of the Sun,[4] the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering.
Dieselpunk draws its inspiration from two related sources: the diesel era and a characteristic referred to as "decodence. The term "diesel era" is a period of time that begins with the start of the interbellum era, which covers the time between the end of World War I and the start of World War II. Dieselpunk awesome and bizarre World.

 Scouting Dieselpunk machine by Cutangus (Jose Garcia)

Scouting Dieselpunk machine by CUTANGUS (Jose Garcia)

In the deep forests of remote future, other eyes would see you through the eyepieces of unsophisticated opticas. At the right moment, a rain of steel will chase you and ruin completely your armored vehicle. Maybe you have not heard the Diesel engine noise of the legged machine that is camouflaged in the dense forest.

Luftwaffe flight, 1948 by Cutangus (Jose Garcia)

Yellow 6 and 5 flight over North Africa, 1948

Luftwaffe flight, 1948 by CUTANGUS (Jose Garcia)

Nose air intake feed the big turboshaft engine whose exhaust can be seen below the forward fuselage. The 7,800 shp shaft drive the rear-mounted contra-rotating propeller (100% power transmission for full speed flight), or also mid-fuselage lift fan (78% power) for vertical take-off and landing.
Like a missile, part of lift during high speed flight is created by the fuselage, and the rest by the fins. Rear upper fins are all-moving control surfaces.

 Fiat 126p Diesel by pkowal

Fiat 126p Diesel by pkowal

 Chibi Tank by Moran Goldstein

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/dieselpunk-awesome-and-bizarre-world/

Awesome 3d artwork Paul Pepera

Paul Pepera is a 3D game artist, currently working at Oculus VR. He previously worked at Valve Corporation on Team Fortress 2; as lead mission artist at 343 Industries on Halo 4; as environment artist at id Software on the as-yet-unreleased Doom 4; at TimeGate Studios on first-person shooter Section 8; and freelance for clients including Tripwire Interactive, where he contributed to tactical shooter Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad. Paul’s 3D models of machinery, real or imagined, exhibit a striking clarity of form and meticulous attention to detail.

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

He is a self-taught 3D artist. I started working on games when I was around 12 or 13 years old by modding LucasArts titles like Star Wars: Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. The ‘breakthrough’ in his career came around this time, when he realized he enjoyed making games more than playing them.

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/awesome-3d-artwork-paul-pepera/

iWatch Concept by Todd Hamilton

Artist imagine what Apple’s iWatch could look like.

A designer named Todd Hamilton took a stab not only at what the still-speculative watch might look like, but how it might actually work to make calls.

The concept basically imagines the iWatch with vertical controls, something that Hamilton believes “Apple would actually produce.

Lock screen with Siri access

He wanted to retain a slim form factor like the Fuelband and incorporate familiar UI components from iOS 7. It needed to feel natural on the wrist.

The concept shows a black and white lock screen, displaying the time, date, and a button to activate Siri. The springboard features four app icons with a page controller on the right. A press of the home button brings the user back to the lock screen.

Homescreen

Very nice concept by designer Todd Hamilton, but…. We really don’t like the idea of “smart watch” in general. Until someone comes up with technology that doesn’t require constant charging - we are not interested.

iWatch Concept by Todd Hamilton

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/iwatch-concept-by-todd-hamilton/

V+ Volteis electric car

Legendary designer puts his stamp on an electric car

Electric car concept developed by French designer Philippe Starck in collaboration with Volteis, a French electric vehicle manufacturer.

Minimalistic design philosophy this 1600-pound car is composed almost entirely of aluminum, with a  full windshield, fabric roof, and no doors. A wicker dashboard and storage unit are complemented by seat frames created by Dedon outdoor furniture producers.

V+ Volteis electric car

Starck designed the ‘V+ volteis’ in response to his dissatisfaction with the current 
state of automotives: ‘they’re noisy, dirty, anti-social, masochistic; and they bring out the worst in people.’

V+ Volteis electric car

A 4kW engine with 11.5kWh battery pack drives power to the craft, with a maximum speed of 40mph and a single-charge range of 37 miles. Trailing-arm rear suspension and disc brakes for smoother acceleration and safe breaking.
The battery achieves 50% capacity in two hours from a standard 220 V power source, and six hours to full.

V+ Volteis electric car

Estimated price of V+ Volteis electric car is 40,000 USD.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/v-volteis-electric-car/

Rotor digital camera

Simplified user interface

Charlie Nghiem reimagined simplified user interface with his Rotor digital camera concept.
Getting rid of buttons all together, a stacked cylinder composed of several rotating parts allows
users to choose their settings. When a section is spun, a corresponding line appears on the screen.

Rotor camera concept

To access the features and menus, just drag the thumb on the cylinder are in order to rotate each function. Each cylinder would correspond to a line displayed on the screen.

Rotor camera concept

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/rotor-digital-camera/

Smarty Ring

Smarty Ring to control your Smart phone.

The hi-tech jewel is made from medical-grade stainless steel and its dimensions are 13mm wideness and 4mm thickness. It connects to your Android/iOS smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0 and displays a clock and notification icons on a small display. It also has a beeper for alerts, and what appears to be music and volume controls. The ring is powered by a flexible 22maH battery which can be charged wirelessly. All of this fits in a water-proof body.

Smarty Ring hi-tech jewel, controls Smart phone.

Smarty Ring offers incoming & outgoing call notifications, alerts for message and social media updates. It's able to control and track your smartphone. It can make, accept and reject calls, trigger the camera, control music and change your profile. The ring can send alerts to your phone, or beep when your handset is more than 30 meters away from you. Also in the works is a dedicated app that allows you to change Smarty Ring's profile, set the time zones and clock, adjust LED brightness and beeper volume, and assign buttons to control speed dials.

Smarty Ring hi-tech jewel, controls Smart phone.

Smarty Ring's Indiegogo fundraiser launched last month, and so far has amassed more than four times the original goal of $40 000. The interest in a such gadgets is obviously there, which means major technological manufacturers are probably concocting their own smart-jewelry right now. But can the Smarty Ring really move from concept to reality? The team behind the project allegedly spent 8 months on technical research to finalize a feasible prototype model and confirm the possibilities of manufacturing the necessary components. In their words, they are all set to go.

Smarty Ring hi-tech jewel, controls Smart phone.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/smarty-ring/

Samsonite luggage concept

Futuristic Samsonite Electronic Luggage by Damnjan Mitic.

Samsonite Company is one of the largest manufacturers of luggage, travel bags, briefcases and other luggage accessories. Usually high tech & luggage don’t go together. Designer Damnjan Mitic decided to shake things up a little. Very elegant but probably unrealistic idea.

Futuristic Samsonite Luggage concept by Damnjan Mitic

Futuristic Samsonite Luggage concept by Damnjan Mitic

Samsonite luggage concept combines functionality, innovative technology, and futuristic looks into one jet-set-ready design. It’s equipped with a GPS tracking system, a powerful computer that provides wireless access to the web, Two gamer joysticks that can be transformed into a sensory keyboard, and an advanced LED touch-screen monitor. Multi-directional spinner wheels with brakes make for easy mobility.

The inside is as spacious as the outside is cool.

Futuristic Samsonite Luggage concept by Damnjan Mitic

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/samsonite-luggage-concept/