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  • A soft-skinned car?

    ''Let the material do the talking'' is one of the ideas behind GINA, BMW's concept sports car. Instead of a metal body, it has one made from stretchable material. Thus, designers don't have to worry about, say, smooth continuity between the wheel wells and the body -- the material naturally takes care of a flow. Also, the car's ...
    Posted to From Shop Floor to Software (Weblog) by Leslie_Gordon on March 12, 2009