Looks like ZMP is still pushing the robotic minicar idea, their latest is the RoboCar G which is a one-seater fully electric car. Ummm, isn't this basically a golf cart? Sorta, but is super tech'd out with stereo cameras, laser rangefinders, radar, sonar, and total wireless computer controls. The car…
Looks like another iPhone app that I want has hit the market. Trapster's 4.0 release helps users log roadtrips, find friends, locate speed traps, rockslides, roadkill, etc, The beauty of the Trapster app is that is i database that is user updated so if a new speed trap pops up…
Who will win? The 2010 all electric Tesla Roadster or the 2011 all new Porsche Boxster Spyder? Motor Trend compares the two cars in a race at Willow Springs Raceway. Watch the video after the break to see which car wins.
Smart folks at the University of Kobe Gakuin (in Japan) have built an actual hover-chair. It does about what you would expect a hoverchair to do, it floats around on a cushion of air. They best part, it can carry Americans as it has a payload of 330-pounds. Video of…
A German company called Kettler will soon be selling pedal powered ATV's for kids in the US. These days kids get the best toys. The pedal powered ATV is called a Kettquad and will sell for around $800. The four-wheeler has pneumatic tires for off-road action, an enclosed drive chain,…
Porsche is finally updating the 911 Turbo S after five years of the same. The new 911 Turbo S will get a 30HP boost to 530HP which will get the car to 60Mph in under 3.3 seconds. All this from the famous Porsche six cylinder boxer engine.
We have seen the BioLogic FreeCharge (renamed ReeCharge) that charges a 1600 mAh Lithium Polymer battery while you pedal your bike. Now there is another competitor, High Tide (a California company) is making a bolt on bike charger called the RollerGen. The RollerGen can make as much as 30 watts…
Recently Toyota has been getting headline news because of some quality issues, and it is starting to look like a classic witch hunt. Let me start off with my disclaimer and bias, I think Toyota makes a quality fair priced product and I am a big fan. Now on with…
"Even if titles like “Most Powerful Production Motorcycle in the World” don’t last forever, earning one at all is quite an achievement. The current title holder is the Vyrus 987 C3 4V ($70,000 and up). Ditching traditional front forks for a unique design that’s steered via a center hub, the…
At first I thought this bike and website was a joke, some of the bullet points for the bike say things like, "shape shifting frame", "7-speeds Ceramic-Kevlar Clutch", "Kevlar Body", "Double Wishbone Suspension", etc, Not to mention the bike is a bit fugly. The whole thing seems to be a…