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Not exactly new, but for those of you who haven’t seen all 6 trunk monkey commercials, enjoy! ...

Leonardo Fioravanti of Pininfarina has made a prototype car, the Hidra, windshield wiperless.  The main point about the car is that it has a 4-layer nanotech windshield that manages to push debris off of the windshield.  Basically no windshield wipers. The nanotech windsield is made up of the following...

Tata Motors, of India, will be producing the worlds first air powered car, the “Air Car”. The plan is to introduce the car to the USA by 2009 to 2010. The car is proposed to have a 1000-mile range on each fill up of air. The technology...

This gadget, from Fun Factory, turns your Yamaha WaveRunner into a boat, and I kinda like it. At first glance I thought it was a bit dorky. I wouldn’t want to be the guy pulling up to the dock on a “fake” boat. However, the more I looked into it…...

Fifth Gear’s Vicki Butler-Henderson compares the Lotus Exige S to the Caterham CSR260 in this episode. Amazing to watch such light weight go-carts rip up the track. My favorite part is the Caterham falling apart as it races around the track. Watch the video to see who wins.

  If you skateboard or snowboard, you may want to look into the Flowboard.  The board will run you about $110 and comes in two sizes (32″ and 36″).  Best part about this dealio is the feeling of carving from heal to toe without having to hit the slopes. Ever seen “real” flowboarding? ...

In keeping with the 40-Year-Old Virgin theme… this would have been the perfect bicycle helmet for Mr. Man-O-Lantern. We can thank the Japanese for this invention named the Tatamet. Ok… ok… it is mainly for the earthquake fear that looms in Japan. You have to love the use of Amime cartoons in advertising...

Hybrid car benefits are obvious and are a step in the right direction. However the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) thinks that some hybirds are too quiet. The main complaint stems from the fact that some hybrids (Prius, Camry Hybird, Lexus GS540h, etc…) turn of their engines and run on full electric mode at times. Maryland State Senator Norman Stone...