Brought to you by the license-happy folks at the Back to the Future brand, this flux capacitor really works — at phone charging, that is, but not so much at time travel. Well, not unless you count inching forward slowly in dead-stop traffic. The capacitor has two USB ports so you can charge any USB device, works […]
24
Apr
Time travel — plus unlimited texting — finally made possible
16
May
Les Forges MDK's homage to the 1980s automotive icon
German artist/illustrator Les Forges MDK has designed these iPhone 5 cases after one of the more enduring icons of both automotive and the 1980s. The DeLorean DMC-12 — and specifically its grill — is used as the inspiration to these cases, and features DeLorean’s logo with the vertical slits of its fascia. No word yet on […]
3
Jan
Crafted from metal from iconic 1980s DMC-12 vehicle
We’ve covered several of Romain Jerome’s outlandish timepiece creations before (like the $17,900 PAC-MAN wristwatch, or the similar Space Invaders version). Now Romain is similarly reaching back to his 80s pop roots, this time tapping seminal automotive culture from that bygone decade. Taking cues from the short-lived but ultimately iconic DeLorean DMC-12 car, Jerome has designed […]
24
May
Reinventing stainless steel original DMC-12 car in bike form
Famed 80s automotive icon DeLorean Motor Company relaunched years back, thanks to BritStephen Wynne who bought all the dead stock parts and began remaking the cars from scratch (with many high tech improvements along the way). Now Wynne and DMC has decided to reinstate the stainless steel of the original DMC-12 gullwing car with three […]
7
Mar
Legendary Italian design house pens a timeless hybrid
Legendary Italian design house Italdesign Giugiaro — the minds behind such iconic cars as the DeLorean DMC, Lotus Esprit, Maserati Quattroporte and countless other timeless designs — unveiled their latest creation at the Geneva Motor Show currently underway. The 2+2 coupe hybrid is powered by a front-mounted 360 horsepower 3.0 liter engine augmented by an […]
12
Aug
A Pontiac born from a Camaro body
The saddest aspect of GM’s burying the Pontiac badge last year was surely the end of the proud Firebird lineage. After all its predecessor, the GTO, was the first muscle car ever made — the brainchild of Pontiac chief engineer John DeLorean when he had the epiphany of stuffing a Pontiac Bonneville’s V8 engine into […]
