The Cars We Will Drive Soon

               Concept Cars Design

      The cars we are used to drive today will become classics and maybe end up in a museum like the ones from 2 centuries back. The major car companies already propose new designs and sometimes new technologies. The new wave in car concept is all about comfort and less maneuvering, more technology and less emissions.

        The major car companies have some concept cars available even since 2005 and waiting new ideas from clients. They also didn't start a mass production yet and continue the mass production of they old models and keep the line of their previous production. Peugeot stood in the front line in 2005 when they opened a new age in car building, producing the car called Moovie.

       Peugeot released some other car concept and since then every year more companies release their futuristic designs. The next cars are from Peugeot who is the leader in domain, in my own opinion.

Peugeot Metamorph

Peugeot Moville

Peugeot OZone

 Peugeot Lion

Peugeot LoopPeugeot Reversed Tricycle

Peugeot RD

Another car company that offers multiple car designs is Audi. They also make the new cars friendly to people and environment.

Audi Quattroflex      

Audi CalamariAudi XXVLOAudi Reversed Tricycle

The cars proposed by the car designers also have an rather interesting way to fuel them, alternatives to the well known gasoline. These new cars run on common electricity, thronium, solar power, ozone, hydrogen, like the concept car from Cadillac called Thorium like the fuel it uses. This new methods of fueling make the atmosphere more breathable and since the emissions are low i would predict that even politicians will encourage the use of the new cars.

Cadillac Thorium      

The new wave in car sale could offer custom car designs and soon we might not see 2 similar cars that run on the street. But for this the car companies must change their entire company policy and enter a rather cruel world of competition.

The companies that offer at the moment concept car designs are the following ones. Some have a smooth feminine line and other have a somehow creepy design.

Ford Concept Car

Astrum Meera

Citroen 2CV

Isuzu FC-12

Namir Concept Car

Ferrari Concept Car

Fiat Concept Car

Green GT

Halycon

Hawk

Renault

Iomega

Jaguar Mark XXI

Mazda Furai

Volkswagen Ego

BMW Concept Car

And as a sub note i would buy one of these cars if I could afford it. These designs inspired by nature or sci-fi are going to be seen more and more on our roads because the future is closer to us then we imagine. 

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UFO's were built first by romanians

Henri Coandă's UFO-The "UFO fever" finally got an answer

When I heard this news I thought that it is a joke on the internet. Then I did a little research and I realized this is as real as my hand.

        Henri Coandă was a Romanian engineer and he invented one of the first planes that ever flew back then.

        His first invention that is not a normal plane, called "Aerodyne Lenticulaire", was realized in 1932 and actually experimentally flew. From 1932 till 1956 the project was modified. Initially the machine was fueled by gas and it rise to the ceiling and stood there till the gas supply was cut off.

   In 1956 Henri Coandă published 2 aerodyne lens patents without mechanical moving parts. This device was powered by steam and based on the reaction principle.

       This new concept reached throughout the world and to the USA. In the '60 US Air Force contracted the Romanian inventor and the device was modified to suspend a man vertically. They were weighting 1 tone and were 5 meters wide and it had a debit of 500 kg/sec. The devices flew again.

The last of this kind from Henri Coandă's projects was in 1970 when he collaborated again with the US Air Force and created a device that suspended vertically a aircraft. The force of 4 UFO reach 10 meters up of  a fuselage assuring it's stability, but this device never flew officially.

       This sketch is the last work on this project and a model of this last one can be found in a Romanian museum in Bucharest called "Dimitrie Leonida".

       The UFO fever covered the earth and we can only assume that others then the Romanians had developed this kind of aircraft. 

 

 Today ARCA association is developing Henri Coandă's projects and participating in the Google Lunar X Prize contest and hoping that the launch of Romanian rocket Helen 2 will safely land back.

"Project Glass"

         GOOGLE

        GLASSES

 The already famous "Project Glass" from Google is making furores on the Internet and it is clearly going to become the number one gadget of the close future.
       On the Youtube, Google already posted a video that explains how the google glasses will work. It is as easy as puting them on your nose and talking, and they do everything for you. They particulary seem to ease the life in big cities.

         The google glasses are the first piece of augmented reality technology, that are giving time and resources to reach the wide world market. They allow you to connect directly to the Internet and give a phone call or take a picture or simply navigate thru the GPS in a city. You can buy a ticket to a concert or simply go to a section of a store. You can sing to your girlfriend a serenade or ask information about the schedule of a dinnery, bar, theatre, etc. You can ask any public information about the subways or buses. Basically it will give you any information you need and all you have to do is talk.

        To improve more the product they probed the targeted market and released the first pictures with the design that looks sci-fi like, comfortable and something that you can wear while walking in the city.

        The reaction from the other companies that produce such gadgets is still waiting to be released. As this product is already close be released on the market, producers like Sony, Samsung or Apple will have to keep up with the new wave and announce soon something similar or better.
       Till the Google glasses will be available on the market, there might be changes to the elements of the glasses like video, audio or to the buttons that the glasses require to function.
        There is an issue some people brought up and it is about the security. This is where we do not know anything yet. There might be the possibility that someone to access the glasses and see what you see or hear what you hear. Until this will become a issue to be aware of, let's enjoy thinking about the technology that makes our lives easier every day.

The Easter In Romania

           The 

       Easter In

       Romania

           Easter is the most important holiday in the Christian year. Catholics and Orthodox christians celebrate it usually separatelly, but the significance of the holiday is the same.
              As every modern holiday this one also has a history. In the Christian world it used to be a hebrew holiday. It marked the Exodus of the Chosen People, leaded by Moses, from Egypt. It was celabrated for years before the new formed religion adopted it as a holiday of it's own.
             In Europe most people were pagans at the time the Chriastians started to gain more grounds, so there was a need for replacing the pagan holidays with the ones that had a Christian significance. Easter holiday replaced the spring festival dedicated to the pagan godess Eostre, festival that was marking the vernal equinox. The holiday was approved by the Roman Emperor Constantine and the Council of Niceea in 325.
            The Easter holiday means for most christians the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the founder of the modern christianity. The events that happened cca. 30 AD are celebrated in the christian calendar and calls to a cleaning of the human soul, penitence and honoring the sacrifice Jesus did for the christians.
            In Romania people respect the spiritual importance of this holiday. Romanians keep very well their traditions which is a wonderfull one, Romania being at the confluence of two major continents and cultures, Asia and Europe.

            The traditions visitors may encounter in Romania durring the Easter holiday are the painted eggs, making the "cozonaci", "pasca", the lamb sacrifice and the going at the church durring the night before Easter.

             The going at the church from the Easter's Eve and until the Easter morning is a tradion Romanians keep since they became Christian Orthodox. They particullary go to the church to witness the resurrection of Jesus Christ and to get the Light that will light up their homes, souls and the year. The priest also gives to the christians that go to the church "pasca", which is the blood and the body of Jesus, allusion to the Jesus's last supper.

            If Easter is a cleansing holiday for the adults, then for kids it's like every holiday, one of joy for them. In the Easter morning, romanian children go from door to door to recieve painted eggs and to wish to the hosts "Happy Passover !". In the afternoon they search all gardens for the sweets the Easter Bunny left over. 

            The young ones aren't forgotten eighter. The girls recieve visits from the boys that plash them with parfume, meaning that he is interested in starting a friendship with her. The girl responds to this by giving to the boy painted eggs and "cozonac", tradidionally made with grounded poppy seeds and grounded nuts.

           All contries have their own traditions and they are waiting for us to discover them and see how wonderfull every country from this Globe is. As Easter holiday is coming up in a week in Romania, I will take the liberty and wish you all a very "Happy Easter! Happy Passover Day !"