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Mysterious Nissan ROCK podcar carts around you and your guitar
Alberico J. Camacho confused quite a few blogs when he dropped his scale model of the Nissan ROCK, which was thought to be anything from competition for the Sony Rolly to a car for cats.
It's actually a car concept designed with Rock Band and Guitar Hero fans in mind, with trunk space designed for a guitar and even a shot of a smarmy digital avatar posing next to the vehicle (pictured below). It's an interesting demographic to aim at, to be sure, and maybe one Camacho wants to disappear — no amount of Segway-like balancing would save this thing in a serious collision. We're kidding, of course. Well, not about this thing turning into a pancake against an SUV or truck.
Check out more of Camacho's ROCK in the gallery down below.
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Alberico Camacho, via Technabob, via Yanko Design
By Aeolius at 8:10 AM ON 06/16/09
I am reminded of Toyota's i-REAL:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/p_mobility/i-real/index.html
Which at least seems to have been built at human scale.
By Sentry at 9:03 AM ON 06/16/09
The front reminds you a bit from...I dunno...maybe the Cylon Sentrys Battlestar Galactica
By Mr. Gumsandals at 1:53 PM ON 06/16/09
I am reminded of a cement mixer.
By Amish at 2:42 PM ON 06/16/09
By Spaceresearcher at 10:45 PM ON 06/16/09
As zany and appealing as this ball on wheels looks, I just have to ask the question:
"What's wrong with a good old fashioned maybe a bit more low tech but still highly relevant guitar strap?"
Any musician who will have the cash to spend on this totally unnessary gadget should in the words of Frank Zappa, be sticking the money back into there ears and not into there rears.
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