If Batman Played Golf, This Is Probably What He'd Drive

As badass as the various Batmobiles have been over the years, no self-respecting country club would ever let one of them onto their courses. So if the Dark Knight were to ever slip away in the middle of the night to relax with a round of golf, the Mansory Currus is definitely what he'd be driving.

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It's Too Bad This Insanely Light Dining Table Is Also Insanely Expensive

One of the few non-kitchen related tasks on Thanksgiving involves prepping the dining room table with inserts or expansions to accomodate extra guests. But why wrestle with heavy slabs of lumber when this lightweight table made from carbon fiber, kevlar, and titanium can be set up and lifted by a single person? Oh,…

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This Gorgeous Carbon Fiber Sled Could Be Your Perfect…

If hurricane Sandy turns into a blizzard and dumps snow everywhere, the best way to get around Northeastern hills might be this lovely Snolo carbon fiber alpine sled. It's lightweight, it folds down for easy transport, and it looks like a Ferrari suited to six feet of snow.

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How Will Hipsters Afford This Gorgeous and Insanely Expensive Carbon…

They're the preferred mode of transport for flannel plaided hipsters, sure, but when a fixie is crafted from carbon fiber by a company with a mastery of the material, it's downright impossible for anyone not to lust over. Oh, UBC Coren bike, you are purdy. Even if $32,500 in a stupid amount of money to spend on a…

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18 Stupid Uses of Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber is one of mankind's greatest engineered materials. And because it's lighter and stronger than most metals, it has revolutionized everything from the aerospace industry, to auto racing, to artificial limbs. And while its distinctive woven appearance makes it even more appealing, that doesn't make it ok to…

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This Carbon-Fiber Kamikaze Bomb Fits in a Backpack

The innumerable caves, crags, and hiding spots dotting the Afghan mountains render conventional tactics useless. So rather than play reactionary whack-a-mole with insurgents, our Special Forces may soon deploy these radio-controlled, explosive-laden planes to find and eliminate targets in one deadly fell swoop.

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Parachute Bag Collapses With a Tug of Its Ripcord

Collapsing the average reusable bag into its compact form is more challenging than most MENSA puzzles. So save yourself the frustration with Michael Pappas' brilliant Chute bag that automatically collapses as you yank on its built-in ripcord—like a bizarro world parachute.

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This All-Carbon Fiber Ultrabook Weighs Just 2.1 Pounds

Carbon fiber has, without doubt, got to be one of the most exotic materials you can choose to build things out of: race cars, road bikes and, umm, laptops? It seems that the Dell XPS 13 has started a trend because now Gigabyte is hot on its heels with an all-carbon fiber notebook which is, as you'd expect, insanely…

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How Can This Giant Twisting Bench Weigh Just Eleven Pounds?

Based on a smaller design he created a few years ago, Mathias Bengtsson's gigantic Spun bench is now on display at an art gallery in Washington DC. But how can this giant installation only weigh just eleven pounds? It's made from that uber-material known as carbon fiber.

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