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7, Oct 2008
Smart Car Monster Truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA7oADAI9lo Again… more crafty folks with more money and time than I can comprehend.  These folks took a Smart Car and made it into a mini monster truck.  After I saw this I ended up finding a bunch of other too much time/money modifications to other types of cars.  See…

3, Oct 2008
All Electric Delorean For Sale

The stainless steal bodied Delorean (made by John Delorean the coke head) was made, more, famous when it was used in the Back To The Future Movie has been futurized (Kinda like strategery).  The maker is selling the car on Ebay and claims that it is the fastest (88MPH) and…

2, Oct 2008
Jaguar Motorcycle = WTF

Lee J. Rowland you should be ashamed of yourself for making this motorcycle.  The bike jaguar cat uses a 1200cc Buell 97 S3 Thunderbold engine and looks like it may be technically sound…. but… you will not look cool on this thing.  In fact, you will look like you are…

30, Sep 2008
Aptera – New Design

Looks like the folks at Aptera have made some changes to the Typ-1 vehicle they plan to start selling this year.  From the picture it looks like Aptera has added a window behind the doors, added side mirrors (big bummer because the cameras were cooler), shrunk or removed the rear…

29, Sep 2008
Nissan’t Latest Robot Car Avoids Crashes

Nissans latest jump into the accident-avoidance world is the BR23C robotic car.  The BR23C uses a laser range finder (LRF), which works like a bumble bee’s eye, to detect obstacles up to two meters away.  Supposedly this system then allows the “car” to “instinctively” react to obstacles and avoid them. …

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29, Sep 2008
Personal Submarine – Battery Powered

The C-Quester 3 by U-Boat Works is one bad lil personal submarine that is actually available for sale, unlike the hard to find Seabreacher.  Although, not cheap at around $575K the C-Quester is both a boat and a submarine.  The unit can dive to depths of 100m and can stay…

29, Sep 2008
Man Crosses English Channel With Jetpack

  Yves “Fusion Man” Rossy crossed the English Channel last Friday, going from England to France with a jetpack strapped to his back.  Believe it or not, he is the first person to do this.  49 year old Rossy is a pilot who normally flies large airliners for a living.…

26, Sep 2008
Brakes For Skateboards?

Folks, I can’t make this up.  I know, I know… some parents reading this are thinking this is the best idea ever… and that they are going to buy them for Johnny’s skateboard.  And I guess if Johnny sucks at skateboarding and lives on lombard street, this might be a…

25, Sep 2008
30 Minute Charge = 30 Miles Of No Pedaling

I love it… I get 30 miles of pure non-pedaling laziness with only 30 minutes of charge time.  Very nice.  I can hear my BS story already… “I rode my bike to work 5 times this week… who’s the man!?”  The 2009 Schwinn Tailwind eBike manages to hide the electronics…

24, Sep 2008
Chinese Building The Emdrive – To "Boldly Go" And Stuff…

Chinese researches claim they have confirmed the theory behind the so-called “impossible” space drive called the Emdrive. They are building a prototype, evidently believing that Newton’s laws are for pussies… If they are right, this would be a huge boon for the space exploration and for the Chinese Space-Uberness.  The…