Gizmodo: delorean

Lego DeLorean Is 100% Remote-Controlled Brick Awesomeness

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Dear Lego: You better make this remote-controlled Lego DeLorean a real product or I will go back to Denmark and burn your factory down. Kindest regards, J. P.S. Don't forget to check the video after the jump.

The Lego DeLorean was created by Tyler Clites—aka Legohaulic—who says he's loving it. No kidding, Tyler. Please publish the plans and instructions ASAP. [Young Spacers via Brothers Brick]

At Gizmodo Gallery: Back to the Future DeLorean Is Here

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:19:00 EST

Hey people! The DeLorean has arrived. From the past to the Gizmodo Gallery, straight from the 80s, like me and my pants!

[Thanks to REED ANNEX, Lego for the Gizmodo sign, and thanks to our benefactor gizmine.com]

Gizmodo Gallery

Reed Annex

151 Orchard Street

New York, NY 10002

Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup

The reader meetup takes place across the street from the Gallery, at a place called The Annex (not to be confused with REED ANNEX where the gallery is hosted.) The address is 152 Orchard Street and we'll be there at 9 PM SHARP on Friday December 5th.

Gallery Dates:

December 4th-7th

Times:

12/4 Thursday

12-8

12/5 Friday

12-8

12/6 Saturday

11-8

12/7 Sunday

11-4

[Read more about our Gizmodo Gallery here and see what else we'll be playing with at the event.]

Gallery Today: DeLorean, Meetup, Free Shirts, Deathmatch

Brian Lam — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:41:00 EST

Hey, the Gizmodo Gallery is open again, and we've got some fun stuff happening today and only today, including a reader meetup with free t-shirts and cheap beer. And a DeLorean.

• The DeLorean, with full Back to the Future rigging, will be here at 5pm, parked in front of the Gallery. Maybe we can arrange for rides?

• The reader meetup is happening tonight. The Gallery will be closed to the public at 8, but if you're a reader, knock on the REED ANNEX door and say the password ("password") for a private viewing until the drinks across the street happen at 9. We'll also be giving away a few iPhone t-shirts that Jesús designed for the original iPhone launch, and in the bar across the street (The Annex, not to be confused with REED Annex) beers will be $4, which I'm told is some kind of freaking discounted price in NYC. Got that? Full details for location below.

• Matt Buchanan and Adam Frucci have told me they think they can take on ANYONE in Call of Duty. And if you come in and beat them between 4PM-5:30pm, I've got some prizes for you from our giant stash.

Of course, we also have all the gallery items we've run before, plus some newly arrived Bug Labs gadgets and a 20th Anniversary Mac which we're giving away—more later on that.

At Giz Gallery: Reader Meetup With a Back To the Future DeLorean

Brian Lam — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:17:32 EST

We've been teasing out a few of our 40+ Gizmodo Gallery gadgets on display next week in NYC, like the 103-inch Panasonic plasma, Apple prototypes and the first Walkman. But did I mention we'll have a DeLorean parked outside the Gallery next Friday night December 5th, coinciding with the reader meetup? No? Did I mention its a car with full Back To the Future props. No? Huh, funny. I probably should have told you that earlier. Anyhow, here are the details for the reader meetup, which I hope you can come to.

The reader meetup takes place across the street from the Gallery, at a place called The Annex (not to be confused with REED ANNEX where the gallery is hosted.) The address is 152 Orchard Street and we'll be there at 9 PM SHARP on Friday December 5th.

Doug from Gizmine is coming, since the Gallery is partly his creation, and so will Adam, Benny, Matt, Jesús, John Mahoney, Seung the Intern and Chris Mascari. I'll be there, too, so please come on by and say hello, whether you're OMG Ponies or Buick Lesabre who are some of the best daily commenters a blog could ever ask for, or a casual Giz reader. I welcome you!

I'd also like to take the time to say thank you to Jesús Diaz for the wonderful banners in all the Gizmodo Gallery posts. Man is a rare talent.

The Annex is having another event for someone else at 10 and we'll likely wander somewhere else before then, so get there early so we can roam Manhattan like a pack of wild nerds.

[Thanks to REED ANNEX and thanks to our benefactor gizmine.com]

Gizmodo Gallery
Reed Annex
151 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup
The reader meetup takes place across the street from the Gallery, at a place called The Annex (not to be confused with REED ANNEX where the gallery is hosted.) The address is 152 Orchard Street and we'll be there at 9 PM SHARP on Friday December 5th.

Gallery Dates:
December 4th-7th

Times:
12/4 Thursday
12-8

12/5 Friday
12-8

12/6 Saturday
11-8

12/7 Sunday
11-4

[Read more about our Gizmodo Gallery here and see what else we'll be playing with at the event.]

$100,000 Electric DeLorean Can't Store 1.21 Gigawatts, Runs at 88MPH

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:30:00 EDT

This is the Electro DeLorean, a fully electric retrofit of the 1981 iconic Back to the Future car. It's also a completely wasted opportunity: If there's a DeLorean version that needed a lightning hook system, this is the one. Still, you can add it yourself, because it is for sale on eBay for $100,000 right now, including the obligatory flux capacitator prop. According to the seller, this is the "fastest and longest range electric DeLorean" you can buy, capable of doing 88MPH:

YouThis is a 1981 DeLorean, DMC-12 that was converted to run on electric power. It uses no gasoline what so ever. The stock V6 has been removed and replaced by a powerful electric motor. This car is quicker than a stock DeLorean and its top speed is over 88MPH.

This amazing car is powered by 13 12 volt 100 amp-hour deep cycle Deka 9A31 Intimidator AGM batteries. The famous Zila Z1K - HV motor controller supplies up to 1000 amps of current to the series wound WarP 9 electric motor.

The electric DeLorean can travel up to 40 miles on a charge and it takes only 2 - 3 hours to recharge when the on board charger, a ManzinitaMicro PFC-20b is plugged into 220 volts AC or 8 hours when plugged into 110 volts AC.

[eBay via Jalopnik]

Lightning Power For Energy, Time Travel Another Story

Sean Fallon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:20:52 EDT

Lightning. It just goes about it's business—mocking us. We have always known there is potential there for an alternative energy source, but harnessing that power has proven difficult. However, an inventor names Steve LeRoy may be on the brink of changing all that with a device that generates lightning then harvests the resulting energy. The prototype can generate bolts 3-feet in length, but that is only enough electricity to illuminate a 60-watt light bulb for 20 minutes. However, LeRoy notes that a full-scale version has the potential to power 30,000 homes for a day with just one lightning bolt. Impressive. With that kind of juice you could easily get a Delorean traveling through time. [Buisnessweek via Sci Fi Tech]

DeLorean Confirms: New Cars to Roll Out in '08

Charlie White — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:15:00 EDT

Just as we mentioned last month, the DeLorean sports car is indeed going back into production, and you won't even have to go back in time to get one of those vehicles so memorably featured in the science fiction movie Back to the Future. Our beloved blood brothers at Jalopnik spoke to one of the guys who's going to make this happen in 2008.

James Espey, VP of the DeLorean Motor Company, said work will begin on the first car in the third quarter, and delivery of that vehicle will be in the first quarter of 2008 at a price of $57,500. The good news is, it will still look like a DeLorean, with a stainless steel body, gull wing doors and squared-off front end. Let's just hope they double the horsepower, because those 130 horses under the hood weren't too impressive back in the day.

These cars will be handmade, so that $57,500 price sounds like a bargain. Follow the link for Jalopnik's exclusive report and gallery. [Jalopnik]

DeLorean Going Back Into Production

Charlie White — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:50:00 EDT

The DeLorean, the car from Back to the Future with the gull wing doors and gleaming stainless steel finish, has come back to the future, going into extremely limited production thanks to a group of greasemonkeys in Houston who like to refurbish cars. They have about 200 of the original DeLorean 2.8 L V-6 engines on hand, and will start making the cars from scratch next year.

There's no exact price attached to the exclusive cars, which will be built at a rate of around 20 cars per year. The last time a DeLorean was rolled off the assembly line was 1982, when the last model was built in DeLorean's Northern Ireland plant.

This new car company, which actually acquired rights to the name DeLorean Motor Company, didn't mention a specific price, but it's currently selling its refurbished DeLoreans for $42,500. [Wired]

The DeLorean Watch: It's Retro Time

Jason Chen — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:00:36 EDT

As famous as the DeLorean car is, you've probably never heard of the DeLorean Time watch—and for good reason. John DeLorean made this garish silver DeLorean-esque monstrosity for the sole purpose of raising funds for him to build a new sports car, the DMC2.

Each watch was to be $3,495, and by buying it, you were placed on a list for an exclusive early chance to buy a DMC2 when it was available. John unfortunately passed in 2005, so neither watch nor car made it to stores. However, you can still see what the planned watch design was going to look like, except that the dial was hidden in the picture on the left. – Jason Chen

DELOREAN TIME - The DMC2 Wristwatch [Watchismo]

Purdue University Develops Mr.Fusion, Finally

Travis Hudson — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:29:42 EST

A team of scientists and researchers at Purdue have developed a fully functional Mr. Fusion. (For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, go rent Back to the Future II asap.) This tactical biorefinery can munch up food, paper and plastic garbage and turn it into energy. This machine was commissioned for the U.S. military (so don't expect it on top of your DeLorean anytime soon) for use in the field to create energy. It is roughly the size of a small moving van, so there is still some work that needs to be done to make it a little more functional. This biorefinery can supposedly produce 90-percent more energy than it consumes, which is a damn impressive feat. Next step: flying cars, hoverboards and self-drying clothing. –Travis Hudson

Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity [Via SCI FI]

Top 5 Creative Uses for a Mac mini, Sort Of

Matt Buchanan — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:05:59 EST

TechEBlog's editors have put together a list of the top five creative uses for the somewhat underexposed Mac mini. While I suppose they're all creative, one of them is pretty useless, so it'd probably be more apt to call it the top four creative uses for the Mac Mini, since the word "use" implies that it has some sort of purpose.

The DVR setup is actually how I imagined the mini would catch on when it first launched, given its pint size and processing power, but it didn't exactly explode on to the scene the way I had expected, either. The list:

Mac mini DVR
Mobile mini (a mini on wheels and my nominee for totally useless)
Mac Prius (cool)
UMPC mini (awesome)
DeLorean mini (too geeky for me)

– Matt Buchanan

Top 5 Most Creative Uses for the Mac Mini[TechEBlog]

Back to the Future DeLorean Flux Capacitor on eBay

gizmodo.com — Fri, 05 May 2006 11:31:58 EDT

If you've got a DeLorean and a few extra hundred bucks lying around, get your bad self over to eBay and bid on this gorgeous flux capacitor. The seller/builder used real glass tubes, accurate to the one that appeared in Back to the Future and long out of production (i.e. rare), and the gold bases were machined out of aluminum to match the movie prop. It plugs into any car battery and is guaranteed to fit into a DeLorean. Oh, and there are no nasty strobe lights in this baby, only white LEDs that chase to the center.

The highest bid out of 46 so far is $450.00, with two days and twelve hours to go. If you're broke or just cheap, you can always just make your own, but we doubt it'll be this pretty.

Back to the Future Delorean Flux Capacitor [eBay, via productdose]
Flux Capacitor [Wikipedia]