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Andrew Chase wrote: "This is my second giraffe (I made the first one to use in "Timmy"). I made it out of transmission parts, electrical conduit, and plumbing pipe. All the joints rotate and lock. Turning a removable crank on the Giraffe's side raises the neck. Lifting the tail releases a catch and lowers the neck. It's about 6 feet tall and it took about 80 hours to build."!It is incredible! Great work!Source Baekdal.com
This is an exciting competition both for the Local Motors Community and for Detroit!
Design a vehicle for the visionaries and entrepreneurs who will revitalize Detroit. These are the people who will raise Detroit from the ashes of recession. Small businesses like bakers, builders and mechanics. Creative entrepreneurs like designers, musicians and painters. As Detroiters use their ingenuity and creativity to create new enterprise, Detroit will reinvent itself and flourish once again.
Design your vehicle to suit a specific entrepreneur, or a specific job capacity. Make it exciting, and make it DETROIT!
Check out the details and engineering requirements on the Competition Page.
Competition begins on Wednesday, April 29th (00:00, -4 UTC)
The submission deadline is Tuesday, May 5th (23:59, -4 UTC)
The community-chosen winner will take home $1,500USD,bragging rights, and potentially, features in prominent publications. Second and third place will win $300 and $200 respectively, and several community high fives.Source Local Motors.com
The Master program in Transportation Design for 2009/2010 will start in April at the Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design in Turin Italy.Calendar infos:April 16th 2009 to July 30th 2010Lessons: 1000 hours, 100 hours with special guest speakers,640 hours of individual activities, 400 hours internships at partners companies.Coordinating team:Strategic Coordinator: Luciano BoveInternal coordinator: Fabio MiniatiTeacher's team: Daniele Calonaci, Edwin Osorio, Francesco Blancato, Fabio Miniati, Luciano Speranza, Simona Zara, Andrea Cartella, Duilio RomanoFor infos contact:IAADc.so re umberto 5 - TOtel/fax +39.011.54.88.68Info via: IAAD Turin
Andrew Chase wrote: "This is my second giraffe (I made the first one to use in "Timmy"). I made it out of transmission parts, electrical conduit, and plumbing pipe. All the joints rotate and lock. Turning a removable crank on the Giraffe's side raises the neck. Lifting the tail releases a catch and lowers the neck. It's about 6 feet tall and it took about 80 hours to build."!
