Awesome Concept

Audi’s concept for a smaller and more affordable electric SUV. Like the e-tron, the Q4 e-tron has two motors that provide all-wheel drive. There’s a 200hp rear motor and a 100hp rear motor. It goes up to 112 mph and has a range of over 280 mi.

This concept for a robotic lawnmower would allow users to program in custom graphics on its touchscreen interface, then uses special cutters to create designs in your grass. Advertisers would go nuts for these at sporting venues.

A 0.3mm thick flexible OLED display which can be bent or shaped to create cool new gadgets. Here, Samsung exec Brian Berkeley demos the tech on a curved smartphone to increase screen real estate.

A futuristic vision from Mercedes-Benz for the SUV of tomorrow. The agressive G-class off-roader was designed for the 2012 LA Auto Show Design challenge – for a 2025 police vehicle.

A modern tea kettle design from MINIMAL’s Dustin Brown, lead designer of the Xbox 360 Slim. The glass-lined, on-the-go container would let you steep and sip tea after a quick trip to the microwave.

AZC architecture studio envisioned this award-winning pedestrian bridge that would span the River Seine, giving travelers a wondrous view of the Paris skyline as they bounce across. Lifevests not shown.

Combining our urge to crush cans with our bare (not bear) hands with smart industrial design, Emami Designs’ Handycan fits human (and bear) hands perfectly, and crushes like an accordion.

We love the retro styling of Yamaha’s compact MOEGI. The gas-powered bike weighs just 176 pounds, and can run 188 miles on a tank of fuel. Nonsensical Japanese promo video here.

Astro Studios’ dramatic timepieces are made by layering varying shades of anodized aluminum to create the effect that they are glowing. No word yet on when you can buy one, though.

Toyota hasn’t made a new Supra in almost a decade, but rumors pop up from time-to-time, and designer Andreas Fougner hopes this is what the next Supra will look like. We have to agree.

Andrea Ponti’s entry into Fujitsu’s A LIFE with Future Computing competition envisions a laptop that’s got large solar panels built into both the lid and under a transparent touch-sensitive keyboard.

The Satarii Star Accessory is a product with a sensor enabled motorized base that makes your mobile camera follow your every move while capturing video, eliminating the need for tripods.

André Silva’s concept design integrates a storage device (in HD or SSD versions), along with LED under-body lighting and a top that doubles as a multi-touch trackpad. LaCie, please take a look.

Hitachi’s concept display system can make meetings and classes more interactive and fun. The system uses an ultra-short throw LCD projector to display video onto a touch-enabled whiteboard.

One of four finalists in a Blackberry case design contest, the B100 unabashedly evokes memories of those awful 1980s brick phones. The non-functional retractable antenna is a nice touch.

Designer Vicente Jean-François envisions a future in which we ride around on zero-emission electric bikes. The curvy, minimal E boardtracker would hide its motors in its wheel hubs.