Ruth Chafin Interior Design

We live in California.  Distance is relative:  A “drive” is over an hour away, and “right next door” to us means 20 or 30 minutes.  One thing is for sure, we spend a lot of time behind the wheel of a vehicle, whether we are going to school, work, errands, or some sort of recreation.  In this article by Troy Turner, from yankodesign.com, we see what may be the hint of the future, a vehicle you can drive yourself, or it can do the driving for you.  Here is an excerpt fro Troy Turner’s article:

“A winner of the 2014 Driven/Undriven Michelin Design Challenge, the AKA24 concept goes beyond the brief to design a vehicle that switches between user-control & autonomy; it re-imagines the entire transportation system as we know it. Operating on a maglev-like system of tracks, the vehicle moves to the protected side walls vertically in “undriven” mode & back to the center lane for the user-controlled “driven” mode. Set your destination & kick back in the multi-position cabin or take the wheel to navigate your own way!”
Designers: Chuang Dong, Zhen Qiu, Haowen Deng
Drive …Or Don’t  |  http://www.yankodesign.com  |  Troy Turner
Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2014/01/24/drive-or-dont/#UO33Z80JcEZrPwGz.99