Surfers are super particular about what they ride, in the water that is. (They usually have the worst cars/bikes) I am not a surfer… so take what I write with a grain of salt. But I hear that typical fiberglass boards only last 18-24 months whereas a balsa board…
The engineers at Martin Jetpack are getting closer to a viable (= not so scary) product which should be for sale later this year for about $100,000. The video shows their chief design engineer hovering around in a warehouse. (Quit pussy footing around and take this thing outside) See…
Ronn Motors hydrogen assisted sports car – the Scorpion – gets 40mpg while pumping out a full 450HP. Get in line quick as they only plan to build 200 Scorpions ($150,000). “Our system does not require any pressurized hydrogen storage. It’s completely safe and uses water from your garden hose…
Gadget King has put numerous calls into Ferrari and is expecting them to deliver our demo Ferrari 599XX any day now. Once that happens we will wakeup from a very wet dream put the videos online. The 2009 Ferrari 599XX is based on the 599 GTB Fiorano and has a…
Gadget King likes this gadget and isn’t above begging for a sample. (Dear Mokai, please send us a product sample for a detailed review, pleeeeaaase.) Enough of the shameless begging. The folks at Mokai have created a kayak that goes from good old fashioned human power to a jet-propelled kayak…
I realize that this isn’t exactly a gadget… but it is pretty interesting to me. And, the pirates have some pretty nice guns gadgets. The folks at Danger Room got their hands on video from some arsehole Somali Pirates. The video isn’t from the latest hijacking of US sea Captain…
The folks at Zero Motorcycles have finally made a street legal motorcycle. They already own the electric dirt bike market. The bike is 100% electric, has a top speed of 60mph (bummer), 31 horsepower (similar to a 250cc gas bike), and fully charges in under 4 hours. I would own…
For years I’ve used the Segway as a sort of a milestone of humanity’s technological accomplishment in building something wickedly stupid, unnecessary and overrated – a remarkable blend of misplaced technological acumen and social ineptitude – a middle finger to common sense and “cool” if you will. Yes I clearly…
Bunch of tech sites covering the phenomenon called the Hotelicopter. They are being dead serious about flying friggin hotel inside of an old modded Russian Mil V-12 copter (NATO designation “Homer”). Apparently someone with good Photoshop and mad 3D animation software skills slapped together a “convincing” site complete with an…
We have talked about the Tata Nano in the past, and are excited to see a car that cost less than $3,000. The car is ready for it’s commercial launch. It will take some time before the car is shipped internationally so if you want to have one, get over…