Some cool ideas spotted on the web

Folding commuter bike concept, this is only a computer model I suspect in reality it would be rather difficult to make work. It is an interesting concept none the less.

Free software to download

This is a free image manipulation software, it looks like it has some good features, I haven't had time to experiment with it but it looks quite useful. I will post more at a later date. Click on the logo to visit the downlaod site for PAINT.NET.

IDSketching

Haven't posted for a while, but here is an excellent site I found aimed at Industrial Design students, there are some excellent tutorials and sketching excercises. They also have a Facebook group