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cars
Magnetic Big Wheel or Ring of Death?
Car designer Harsha Vardhan has a different vision of tomorrow. While his vehicle calls for an electric engine, just like we see in cars now like the Prius or Volt, that engine drives magnetic fields, not wheels. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by geekpi: More like ring of retarded. There is no way it could stand like that while at rest. Gravity would pull... 16 Responses | Other threads
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clips
ATV Powered By a Jet Engine Could Be Batman's Golf Cart
Batman normally likes to stretch his legs and have trunkspace for a few accidental dead bodies. But he might pilot an ATV powered by a jet engine on a weekend at the links. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by mensrea: "Dooshbag Builds Idiotic Mode of Transport/Fun." There, fixed. [Yes I know it's spelled wrong.] 6 Responses | Other threads
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diy
MIT Students Build a Speedy Go-Kart Out of a Shopping Cart
When you were in college, you spent your free time drinking tallboys of Bud Ice and playing Mario Kart 64 until 5am. These MIT students, on the other hand, built a shopping cart go-kart cart and dubbed it the LOLriokart. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by OCEntertainment: If anybody had told me that MIT students get to make shopping cart go karts and emergency pizza buttons and... 5 Responses | Other threads
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iphone
Electric Superbike Uses iPhone As Its Dashboard
Scrap the new iPhone, Snow Leopard, and even the Apple tablet. What I really want is this MotoCzysz Erpc, an electric superbike that not only looks amazing, but uses the iPhone as its dashboard, as you can see here: More » -
solar
Driving the $1.4 Million Protoscar Lampo Solar-Powered Electric Roadster
Our gearhead brothers over at Jalopnik recently got a chance to take the insanely expensive Protoscar Lampo, a solar-powered roadster, for a test spin. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by G-Ram caved and started twitter :/: As I said before... 1.4 million bucks for an even uglier Saturn? No thanks. 5 Responses | Other threads
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bad ideas
CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop
You know you've made it as an inventor when you're selling a vacuum cleaner hose to cops for $50 that's designed to run from their car's AC vents to their shirts. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by .357: So what happens when there's a robbery in progress and he has to get out of the car? What happens when... 14 Responses | Other threads
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illusions
How to Make Your Car Invisible on the Cheap
Want to make your car invisible? It's an expensive and possibly impossible task, unless you want to get creative with it. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Curves: Have some fun and match/park it to the FIRST spot in the Walmart parking lot and see how many milliseconds... 8 Responses | Other threads
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concept vehicle
H-ergo Wheelchair: Fuel Cells Aren't Just For Young Whippersnappers
Even the Scooter Store demographic is getting greener these days. The four-wheeled H-ergo was designed by a coalition of companies in Italy with a hydrogen fuel cell for up to 2 hours of clean running. More »
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Comment by Josh Thon: FIRST! I love scooters. Mostly the stand up kind that Razor makes though. 3 Responses | Other threads
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heroes
Hobbyist Building World's Fastest Car Out of a Fighter Jet
Your hobby sucks compared to Ed Shadle's; in his free time, he's converting an old fighter jet into a land vehicle capable of going 800MPH. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by AreWeThereYeti: I call shenanigans. If you allow (and they apparently do) vehicles like this that don't actually power the wheels,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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biofuel
Buses in Oslo to Get Poop Power
Next time you hop on a bus in Oslo, it might not run on regular gas. Instead, it may be running on methane fermented from human waste. Awesome? More » -
trains
Obama's Crazy-Ambitious Plan for High-Speed Rail Lines in America
Europeans and Japanese already enjoy high-speed rail service, but Americans are woefully dependent on cars and planes to get from city to city. Not for long, if Obama has anything to say about it. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Pessimipposaurus: Oh you can build this alright, but who will use them? 101 Responses | Other threads
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motorboards
Scarpar Powerboard Is the Closest Alternative to the Hoverboard
Scarpar doesn't say much about their Powerboard; it's been in development since the 90s and EDAG's helping with manufacturing. Great. But the video speaks volumes, showing the Powerboard on sand, snow...even off-road. Awesome. More »
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Comment by The Analrapist: They need to sell this, Giz has a lot of cool thing that we will never see but the... 7 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
Man Arrested For Crashing Motorized Barstool While Intoxicated
A Newark, Ohio man was busted for an OVI (Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated) when he crashed his motorized barstool on a public street. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by ryanbrenner: roflol this is why drinking is so dumb 5 Responses | Other threads
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sony
Citroen Announces PSP Edition SUV, to Only Run on Proprietary Sony Gas
Get excited, European Sony and SUV fans! Citroen's new C-Crosser PSP Edition SUV is designed with you in mind. Both of you. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Kaiser-Machead: I'm still waiting for a Super NES Edition Subaru WRX STi so I can play F-Zero at red lights. 7 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
Best Buy to Sell $12,000 Electric Motorcycle, Probably with a $4,000 Service Plan
Best Buy is set to start selling the Brammo Enertia motorcycle, which is powered by large format lithium-phosphate batteries. Weird! More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Colage: Why does it seem like a bad idea to get electric vehicle speed + battery weight and then throw in... 4 Responses | Other threads
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tron 2
Tron 2 Vehicle Designer Daniel Simon Is an Intergalactic Hardware Visionary
Daniel Simon, the guy designing the lightcycles and other crazy vehicles for Tron 2, previously published Cosmic Motors, a compendium of otherworldly vessels you will never drive, but spend your life wishing you could. More »
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Comment by RedBeard: wow the lightcycle looks a lot like this [i.gizmodo.com] 4 Responses | Other threads
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cars
Top Gear America to Build 70MPG Car Out of a 1971 VW Rabbit for $7,000
Sure, you can get a fuel-efficient hybrid car, but it'll cost tens of thousands of dollars. That's too much for the Top Gear America crew, who've set out to build a 70MPG car for $7,000. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Hello Mister Walrus: Does the $7000 include labor, health care and pension contributions to the Top Gear staff? 10 Responses | Other threads
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morbid
China's Death Buses Deliver Executions, Organ Harvesting On the Go
If you're a criminal in China, you'll want to avoid its new death buses, vehicles that carry out executions while streaming live video of them, then provide some privacy for organ harvesting. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by ezman: Wow. This is just disturbing. I'm assuming only officials are able to see the streaming video? 14 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
VLAD Uses Sticky Tentacles to Stop a Car Whether the Driver Likes it or Not
Sometimes, you need to stop a moving vehicle and you don't want to smash it into a wall. Enter VLAD: a device that fires out a sticky web to stop vehicles in their tracks. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Kaiser-Machead: Am I the only one disappointed that something called VLAD in all caps doesn't impale anything? 10 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
'Mono Tiltrotor' Combines Helicopter, Airplane and UFO
Helicopters are so last century. The future is in Mono Tiltrotors, apparently, and AeroCopter is about to develop a scale-model flight demonstrator prototype of one. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by mcr_fan: Can Somebody please translate that gibberish?? Maybe explain how this thing really FLYS???? 5 Responses | Other threads
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aircraft
Insane Unmanned 'Mule' Drone Can Fly at 289MPH
This Mule unmanned aerial vehicle is huge, fast and crazy. It's just going through its first wind tunnel testing, but it might someday be hauling injured troops back to base with no pilot involved. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Aqualero: How is this thing even aerodynamic? Is it just supposed to rely on pure down-thrust to keep it aloft?... 3 Responses | Other threads
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stunts
Rhys Millen Screws Up Truck Backflip Yet Again, Keeps Spine Intact This Time
God is trying to send Rhys Millen a message: quit trying to backflip a truck, you'll hurt yourself. The question is how many times it will it take for him to receive it.
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By Adam FrucciComment by Kung-Fu Kurtis: I saw this. One of the most anti-climactic moments in extreme sports history. That motocross jump onto the Arc de... 5 Responses | Other threads
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dogs
Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
Your dog is lazy and shiftless, not paying his way through life at all. It's time to make your dog work for his food by attaching him to a scooter, bike or skateboard.
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By Adam FrucciComment by MagnoliaX12: I always thought dogs were invented for working, and that they even like it. 33 Responses | Other threads
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cars
Top Gear Crew Puts the Tesla Roadster Through Its Paces
If there's a more entertaining show about cars in the world than the BBC's Top Gear, I've never seen it. Which is why we're psyched to see them take on the Tesla Electric Roadster.
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By Adam FrucciComment by Daemonicus: i watched that last night ... that car is impressive but the claims that it can go for 200+ miles... 6 Responses | Other threads
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space
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo Performing Runway Tests
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo, the ship that will deliver SpaceShipTwo into orbit, just started performing runway tests. We're one step closer to personal space travel, folks.
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By Adam FrucciComment by dimsum4u: It's kind of sad that we are spending so much money on space exploration which in reality doesn't really benefit... 29 Responses | Other threads
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cars
Handmade Scythe Car Looks Like a Toy, is KITT-like Computerized
It may look like one of the wilder fantasy toy cars you used to play with all those years ago, but Scythe is nothing like a toy when you look at its stats. Two steering wheels, twin-supercharged 1,005 horsepower engine, composite body handmade by Galpin Auto Sports, backwards rotating door design and a 3G-connected Shuttle PC inside. This handles realtime traffic and weather monitoring, and is voice activated for some KITT-like chatting car action. There's even a set of flush-mounted external security cameras. OK, so that does make it sound a lot like a toy, but it's a toy for fast-driving grown-up kids. [Jalopnik]
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By Kit EatonComment by TerryinSt.Paul: Beautiful car. Too bad one could never drive it on the streets. One speedbump or pothole would swallow up the... 5 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
Helios Off-Roader is Designed Like a Dinosaur, Minus the Extreme Violence
There just aren't enough vehicles out there with designs inspired by dinosaurs. I mean, come on, dinosaurs! This Helios off-roader rectifies that with a totally badass design that's straight out of the Jurassic era. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by GTgeek: That's a really neat design. I was going to say it's pretty impractical as far as wind resistance goes, but... 2 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
R/C License Plate Covers Are a Tempting But Unwise Purchase
All of us have considered it at one time or another. What if we just didn't have a license plate? The cops could spot us speeding, we'd ditch out on a side street and then we'd drive the same car to work the next day without a hitch (or tasering). It was a fun daydream, but now with these RF License Plate Covers, we can live that dream. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Bailen: Im pretty sure that whatever offense you are committing, the penalty is going to look like nothing compared to the... 4 Responses | Other threads
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gasoline
BioBot Makes Bio Diesel at Home!
You would think that making your own Bio Diesel at home would be a tough, multi-stepped procedure that has a few dangerous spots to misstep. Well before the BioBot, a system that makes Bio Diesel from old cooking oil, you would have been right. Unfortunately, after the BioBot, you would have been right, too. Here is their simple, 8+ step process to make gas at home. And don't worry, that chemistry beaker is just for show! More » -
crazy ideas
DARPA Working on a Submersible Aircraft That Can Go From Air to Sea
DARPA is pumping money into developing a submersible aircraft: a vehicle that can fly in the air and dive straight into the water, becoming a submarine (kind of like this one). Badass! More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by GiltProto: Oooooooh, they had one of these on the old TV program Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea! 5 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
Ford MyKey System Lets Parents Control the Speed, Stereo Volume of Teenagers' Cars
Parents! Are you looking for a way to make sure your teenagers are safe while they drive? Also, are annoyed while they drive? Well Ford has your back. Its new MyKey system is sure to make driving an infuriatingly annoying ordeal. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by stryder100: Sometimes you need acceleration to escape from a dangerous situation (like between trucks that don't see you on the NJ... 6 Responses | Other threads
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the future
Chevy Orlando is Totally the Minivan of the Future, Dude
This is the 2010 Chevy Orlando, a concept vehicle due to be shown off at the Paris Motor Show next week. It's pretty similar to the 2010 Chevy Cruze, but as you can see, it's got some pretty dramatic blue lighting on its exterior. I'm not quite sure if its completely ridiculous or totally awesome; it probably falls somewhere between the two. I mean, Tron lights are awesome, but Tron lights on a glorified minivan? It's interesting, at least. Hit the jump for a shot of this with its sunroof glowing, then head over to Jalopnik to see many, many more pictures of this thing. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by frigg: This looks like it would be totally handy in a plane if the lights went out. You know, if they... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Kaiser-Machead: I saw a guy "strolling" alongside a friend on Delancey the other day while talking on his iPhone, and he... 10 Responses | Other threads
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spaaace caaars
21 Real-Life Space Cars
Everything is cooler when it is designed for space travel—from ice cream to cars. Speaking of cars, OObject has put together a list of 21 space vehicles that includes prototypes, retro creations like Wernher von Braun's MTA from 1966 and modern unmanned rovers. [OObject]
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By Sean FallonComment by darthuv: Suddenly I'm in the mood for some Tang. 3 Responses | Other threads
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vehicles
DARPA Developing a Helicopter with a Spinning Disc Instead of Blades
DARPA is investing in developing a new kind of helicopter, one with what they're calling a Disc-Rotor. What makes a Disc-Rotor Helicopter different than a boring old helicopter? Well, when the blades start spinning fast, they're retracted into a disc. This disc continues to rotate, and it acts as a "rotating circular wing." The benefit of such a system would be to provide "mobility and responsiveness for troop and cargo insertion, satisfy an ongoing military interest for higher speed VTOL and hover capable vehicles, be survivable and bridge the gap in helicopter escort and insertion missions." Ho-Kay! I don't get it, but it sure will be neat looking, so I guess I'm on board. [The Register]
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By Adam FrucciComment by WMyers: Except that a spinning disk doesn't generate lift...if it did your hard drives would be flying out of your case.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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star wars
Drivable Star Wars Landspeeder Will Not Take You To Mos Eisley, Still Kicks Ass
This Star Wars Landspeeder is a full-sized, drivable, Jedi-approved replica built by Daniel Deutsch, who designed his version from the ground up. Neatorama dug up this 1:1 scale speeder, which has a custom aluminum chassis, fiberglass body, and an electric drive system that hits lightspeed at 25 mph (UPDATED: with gallery). More »
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Comment by btonetbone: I'd still take that Toyota (or is it a Nissan?) in the background anyday. It offers more protection from... 2 Responses | Other threads
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two headed
Dual Gooseneck Sat-Nav and Cellphone Holder: One Big Blind Spot
In an effort to make driving as dangerous as possible, a UK company called Santok has developed this hideous two headed freak of a gadget holder. The dual gooseneck design makes it easy to stick your sat-nav and your cellphone to the windshield, and it seems to do a fine job of creating a massive blind spot wherever you choose to put it. Fortunately for most of us, it looks like drivers in the UK are going to be the only ones dealing with this problem in the foreseeable future. Available soon for around $37. [Santok via Geekalerts] -
vi-fi
Microsoft Working on "Vi-Fi": Brings Seamless Internet and VoIP to Vehicles
As if you didn't already spend enough time on the internet, Microsoft is looking to feed your addiction even further by developing a reliable "Vi-Fi" system for automobiles. The major problem that must be overcome is the fact that current Wi-Fi networks suffer hiccups in service as you pass through. This is especially true when moving out of the range of one base station and into another. To smooth the transition process, Microsoft and a team from the University of Massachusetts are working on building a network based around a base station anchor that is backed up by several auxiliary base stations in the area. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Junginator: Yes, because we need more self absorbed jerks on the road doing other things besides driving. 9 Responses | Other threads
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diy
Make Your Own R/C Hovercraft Out of Old Junk
My guess is that most of the guys out there would love their own R/C hovercraft, but the bottom line is that not everyone can afford a fancy commercial version. Well, if you have some junk lying around the house, some time on your hands, and you don't mind a hovercraft that is butt friggin' ugly, you can build your own R/C model for under $50 (depending on what kind of junk you have lying around) and the instructions from Project Hovercraft. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by rsjames: @grok666: Junkyard Wars! Man I loved that show.... more » | Other threads
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golf
Bad Ass Golf Carts will Help You Overcompensate on the Golf Course
So, golf isn't manly enough for you? The stupid pants and old man gladhanding don't bring enough excitement to the table? Well, the Bad Ass Golf Cart aims to change that with a little help from some gigantic tires. There are a wide number of Bad Ass Golf Carts available, from the off-roading type to the luxurious. The above model is the 24hp Super Jumper, and it'll set you back a hefty $12,800. Sure, you'll still be playing golf, but at least you'll feel a little bit cooler while you're doing it. Maybe. [Product Page via Gadget Lab]
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By Adam FrucciComment by ninjamurf: @ford4life: where do go? My buddy got his wife a "golf cart" but their are a few of the... more » | Other threads
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