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ERTW · 07-24-2013, 11:12 PM

This is Giles Revell from Lovegrove's video. Giles Revell, Photographer

I'd like to explore more of the people he mentions. Does anyone have links?

I'd love to see the genetic design algorithms Mercedes used to design the Bionic car frame/unibody.

I'm seeing large format 3D printing being posited as a production method for car frames. Structural foams are not used nearly enough. Spot welds are weak. Seam welding will allow much smaller cross section structures, and thinner metal.

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ERTW EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Toronto Posts: 130 Bu - '08 Chevrolet Malibu LS 90 day: 32.29 mpg (US) Thanks: 52 Thanked 73 Times in 36 Posts	This is Giles Revell from Lovegrove's video. Giles Revell, Photographer I'd like to explore more of the people he mentions. Does anyone have links? I'd love to see the genetic design algorithms Mercedes used to design the Bionic car frame/unibody. I'm seeing large format 3D printing being posited as a production method for car frames. Structural foams are not used nearly enough. Spot welds are weak. Seam welding will allow much smaller cross section structures, and thinner metal. __________________ “Soft shapes follow us through life. Nature does not make angles. Hips and bellies and breasts — all the best designers have to do with erotic shapes and fluidity of form.” - Luigi Colani