Said Gernetzke, “Yes, it is just a one seater. Though whether on land or under water, the vehicle is a one seater holding only the driver. But I have to cover all my bases, do the research regarding current technology that would propel the car like a submarine, pressurize it, steer it” as well as researching and designing a real-world functioning periscope and hydro-fins that aid the vehicle when submerging or surfacing. Student Tom Gernetzke, 21, of Columbus, explained, “My car is an aqua-mobile and can go under water. In fact, the students must not only design their own version of a “Speed Racer” car, they must also think through their design and defend its logic. That’s not to say that reason doesn’t enter into this race-y assignment. He admitted, “The best part of this assignment is that there’s no boss telling me that I can’t design something because we don’t have the money, or because it’s too dangerous.” (UC design students are required to alternate their quarters in the classroom with paid, real-world jobs in industry via the university’s top-ranked cooperative education program.) Designers are always watching videos, movies, TV, cartoons and everything and asking the question: How would they really do that? Here we’re getting to answer that question, design a solution and even get a grade!”įellow student Lukas Yates, 22, of Columbus, agreed that this “reel-based” assignment is more fun than those more typical of the real world.
SPEED RACER 2008 CARS MOVIE
In addition, their 2-D designs will be displayed in the lobby of the movie theatre during that premiere.įor transportation design student Ryan Wohleber, 22, of Anderson Township, the “Speed Racer” assignment from former General Motors designer Brigid O’Kane, UC associate professor of design, was like getting paid to play, only better. That’s because the students, enrolled in one of only a handful of the country’s top Transportation Design tracks, were steered to complete what can only be described as a fantasy assignment come true for motor-head designers: Envision (and defend) a cool-car concept based on the vehicle driven by the protagonist in the new “Speed Racer” movie.īetter yet, the students will attend the local premiere of the “Speed Racer” movie, set for 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, at the AMC Entertainment Theatre complex located at Newport-on-the-Levee.
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