Just wondering if anyone might have some products or mechanisms they have an example of that can collapse, fold, or get smaller in a way they thought was cool.
Are you trying to find something in particular?
Have you checked on camping and survival stuff? It is full of examples of collapsible products.
I guess that convertible cars have some cool mechanisms too.
Nothing in particular. Pretty much anything that would help spark some ideas. Thanks!
a couple more:
Folding bicycles?
Mountain bikes suspension systems
Not that I like the subject, but there are some weapons that have sophisticated mechanisms too.
Also see Dough Chiang’s work on Star Wars and Robota.
You should definitively give a look at Per Mollerup’s “Collapsibles†book, which covers pretty much all types of collapsible mechanism. All collapsible mechanism are regrouped in categories with a lot of illustrated examples. Its really a book that is oriented towards design
http://www.amazon.com/Collapsibles-Per-Mollerup/dp/0500513015
Check it out!