BMW Builds Shape-Shifting Concept Car


	BMW Builds Shape-Shifting Concept Car
BartendingBear
6-11-2008 2:02 AM
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The video at clip end really is cool.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3fd7e97d-60e7-4e02-8c34-6085bb995c70/79385A25-2B59-4071-B3B5-A0C354BF2A6E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html" href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.wired.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html">BMW has come up with something as strange as it is innovative -- a shape-shifting car covered with fabric.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.wired.com/img/2D36A321-38ED-47BC-B7AF-1FFBF6237B95" alt="Bmw_gina_07_2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html">Instead of steel, aluminum or even carbon fiber, the <A href="http://www.bmw-web.tv/en/channel/new" linkindex="44" set="yes">GINA Light Visionary Model</A> has a body of seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allows the driver to change its shape at will. The car -- which actually runs and drives -- is a styling design headed straight for the <A href="javascript:if(!top.pSpezial||top.pSpezial.closed){centerPopup('pSpezial',/*VIPURL*/'../../../../../de/fascination/discover/history/mobiletradition/highlights/highlight_museum1106/micro_06_02_07_1.html',1020,584);}else{top.pSpezial.focus();}">BMW Museum in Munich</A> and so it will never see production, but building a practical car wasn't the point.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.wired.com/img/B17BCD8F-DBB2-4269-A40A-0900871A25BC" alt="Bmw_gina_02" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study" href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study" style="font-size: 11px;">www.37signals.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.37signals.com/img/C44945C8-389F-418D-9DB0-BB167D052BE8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.37signals.com/img/4061CA3B-2D99-479E-A953-1CC08488433E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study"><P>The rear lights just shine through the skin:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.37signals.com/img/9C5336C9-5C80-4CB4-A224-1C49054944E6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study"><P>Here’s a video of the design in action.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1075-bmws-fascinating-gina-light-visionary-model-design-study"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTYiEkQYhWY&hl=en" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/79385A25-2B59-4071-B3B5-A0C354BF2A6E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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