A jet-powered, joystick-controlled, eco-friendly car may seem like something from a sci-fi movie, but the reality of it is that a car like this does exist. Well, in the world of concept cars, at least. We're talking about the Giugiaro Vadho from Italdesign Giugiaro. Check it out below.

  

This tandem two-seater is powered by the same V-12 that powers the BMW Hydrogen 7 and mated to BMW's seven-speed SMG. The Vadho's powertrain is positioned on the center right of the car adjacent to the passengers. The closed cockpit uses two adjustable joysticks to pilot the vehicle, and drivers can even change from left to right hand drive drive by-wire tech. The driver can even sit in the center.

The Vadho will be making its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show, which runs from March 6-7.

You're looking at a giant joystick commissioned for Game/Play, "a networked national touring exhibition focusing on the rhetorical constructs of game and play". A collaboration between Q Arts, Derby and HTTP Gallery, London, Game/Play provides a basis for exchange and interaction between audiences, artists, curators and writers through exhibitions and networked activities.

Artist Mary Flanagan built the 9-foot high controller, modelling it after the one used for the 1980 Atari 2600. To use it, players have to work together in order to move and control the game. One or two guys steer, another controls the fire button. Kinda like a pilot/gunner combo. A very good idea to promote camaraderie and teamwork, but for super-super-SUPER-competitive people (read: me and my friends), we may not even get to start playing at all. We'd all be arguing about who's better at controlling, who's better at shooting, etc.

If you're in the UK, you can check out the giant joystick (of doom?) at the following galleries:

Q Arts - Gallery, Derby (22 July - 10 September 2006)

HTTP Gallery, London (22 July - 3 September 2006)