New auto technology

Sector 7 · November 15 2008, 05:23 PM

I thought this might be of interest. The article includes a video. Car doors that disappear!
http://www.curiousread.com/2007/12/t...aring-car.html

All Seeing Eye · November 15 2008, 05:32 PM

That's pretty darn awesome. But what happens if the door is open and the car battery burns out or something.

JustAFriend · November 17 2008, 07:23 PM

Looks nice.

Nothing like replacing a $25 hinge with a $2,000 set of motors and gears to maintain though... guess that's fine if you're buying a $150,000 pants-enhancer.....

spinnerlys · November 20 2008, 02:27 AM

Tachyon Shield wrote:

That's pretty darn awesome. But what happens if the door is open and the car battery burns out or something.

On the company's homepage they state, that it's possible to open the door manually from the inside as from the outside, even easier underwater.

This door looks like magic, fracking fantastic. I hope we will see more of them in the future.

Non Sync · November 20 2008, 02:30 AM

I had seen that the other day and thought it was a neat idea.

Something I thought about this morning was how do you open the door in the event of an accident (side impact)?

LCARS 24 · November 20 2008, 06:00 AM

I've seen it before, too. That's a fine piece of engineering.

FordSVT · November 20 2008, 06:34 AM

Non Sync wrote:

I had seen that the other day and thought it was a neat idea.

Something I thought about this morning was how do you open the door in the event of an accident (side impact)?

If this door won't open, a regular one probably wouldn't. Yo can still go through the window. It still has weak points to cut through, and if an accident is that bad that they can't open the door they cut the roof off.

But EMS people would need to be aware of these types of doors should they become common enough, I'm sure there would be a few tricks with them.

And the Mark VIII is still a good looking car.

Meredith · November 21 2008, 12:07 AM

It'd suck to have a latte in the door's cup holder!

November 15 2008, 05:23 PM	#1
Sector 7 Rear Admiral Location: Obama's Achievements - http://obamaachievements.org/list	New auto technology I thought this might be of interest. The article includes a video. Car doors that disappear! http://www.curiousread.com/2007/12/t...aring-car.html __________________ “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” -FDR God gives us what we can handle, even if we don't believe it ourselves.

November 15 2008, 05:32 PM	#2
All Seeing Eye Admiral Location: The Astral Light Realms	Re: New auto technology That's pretty darn awesome. But what happens if the door is open and the car battery burns out or something.

November 17 2008, 07:23 PM	#3
JustAFriend Commodore Location: South Florida, USA	Re: New auto technology Looks nice. Nothing like replacing a $25 hinge with a $2,000 set of motors and gears to maintain though... guess that's fine if you're buying a $150,000 pants-enhancer.....

November 20 2008, 02:30 AM	#5
Non Sync Captain Location: Mission Viejo, CA	Re: New auto technology I had seen that the other day and thought it was a neat idea. Something I thought about this morning was how do you open the door in the event of an accident (side impact)? __________________ "You're gonna need a bigger boat"

November 20 2008, 06:00 AM	#6
LCARS 24 Commodore	Re: New auto technology I've seen it before, too. That's a fine piece of engineering.

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November 21 2008, 12:07 AM	#8
Meredith Vice Admiral Location: Abh Space	Re: New auto technology It'd suck to have a latte in the door's cup holder! __________________ Laws only work if everyone is honest, no piece of paper is going to stop a truly deranged person from doing something atrocious.