Steven M. Johnson's Bizarre Invention #63: The Verticar 

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  Rob Cotter

  5 years ago

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  Hey, I resemble that remark! 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3q44cnSFoI&feature=youtu.be
  

  
  

  Got to figure out the tipping point but that was one of the original intentions for parking.

  Beautiful work as usual.

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    Steven Johnson

    Rob Cotter

    5 years ago

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    Rob: I have been aware of the ELF for awhile, and love it! Many folks around the world seek new, human-scale or right-sized products including smaller, affordable homes and vehicles. Tiny homes, and vehicles like the ELF are being invented in spite of old infrastructure and old codes that encourage dangerous, high speed vehicles and excessively large homes. Seeing your video of the ELF traveling alongside powerful vehicles impresses me, but also reminds me that there remains a need for urban infrastructure that keeps such vehicles separated. Thank you for this video.

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  Charles Gordon

  5 years ago

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  Interesting idea. I'd like to see more concepts around car packaging. People are actually pretty small when you think about it. 

  
  

  Vehicles today are getting worse and worse about interior vs exterior space. In fact I'd say deliberately so. Monster vehicles but inside your knees are propped up and you can't stretch out. So the next year the owners upgrade to an even bigger one...all the while shaking their heads at "how can people fit" into [space efficient] subcompacts.

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    Steven Johnson

    Charles Gordon

    5 years ago

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    Charles: This is a complicated subject! There is the cladding and padding that makes one "feel" bigger or more substantial or prosperous or safe, but the "monster" vehicles also can demolish a really small car in an accident. I came up with a car periscopes cartoon about 5 years before Larry David used the same idea in a scene in CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. In another cartoon, I have cars without airbags: once inside the car, the passengers and drivers have their crash suits inflated! Thanks for your comment...

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  George Mokray

  5 years ago

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  https://youtu.be/G1MSMj08BVU

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    Steven Johnson

    George Mokray

    5 years ago

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    Elegant! Designed for a very tiny person, at this point. For my work, I intentionally introduce awkwardness into my designs, because it amuses me to do so. This is good; thank you!

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  Patricio Ortiz

  5 years ago

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  Mr Johnson is an unquenchable creative fire. Yes I love his sense of humour, but there`s always someone who take a second look to his ideas for plausibility and validation. Keep up the flame alive Sr!

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    Steven Johnson

    Patricio Ortiz

    5 years ago

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    Thank you, kind sir!

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