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GPS vs. Radar Speed Challenge Update: Radar Wins

The ground-breaking GPS vs. Radar case has been decided and, much to the chagrin of perpetual speeders like myself, the Sonoma County Superior Court has ruled that 17-year-old Shaun Malone was guilty of speeding. https://gizmodo.com/speeder-argues-that-his-gps-unit-proves-the-police-rada-315783 The court case represented the first time that anyone had contested a ticket based on the data obtained by a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 21

Airbus Planning 900-Passenger Super A380?

According to Kansas.com, Airbus SAS plans to build a 900-seat version of its famously enormous A380 superjumbo. Currently, the A380 is intended to carry between 500-800 passengers depending on the configuration—although it has held up to 873 on at least one occasion. https://gizmodo.com/video-873-people-ditch-a-downed-airbus-in-77-seconds-257841 That could mean a “stretch” Airbus A380 could be adjusted to hold…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 19

Ocean Life by Klaus Bürgle (1960s)

Although I can’t read the language, Retro-Futurismus has some great paleo-futuristic images, such as these from Klaus Bürgle. See also: Sealab 1994 (1973) Man’s Future Beneath the Sea (1968) Undersea Cities (1954) Hubert H. Humphrey’s Year 2000 (1967)

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 13

Take Me With You Dearie (1909)

A friend just sent me a link to Early Aviator, which has some great images of flight from the early 20th century. Some are serious photographs while others are fanciful illustrations of what aviation was to be. Some of the sheet music imagery and titles feel like they could be part of a Mr. Show…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 12

Solar Ships May Carry Passengers in San Francisco as Early as 2009

The concept of solar ships is nothing new, but it appears that Austraila’s Solarsailor may be on the brink of bringing the technology to the mainstream. Hornblower Yachts in San Francisco is in the midst of negotiations with the Coast Guard to install a Solarsailor sail on one of their commercial ferryboats. If all goes…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 7

Electric Cruiser: Cooler Than Segway, Still No Exercise Involved

The Electric Cruiser by Mademoto provides users with all of the joys of skateboarding and in-line skating with out all of the pesky benefits of exercise. With a monstrous 250W engine under the hood, this bad boy will tug you along at a breathtaking 18 mph (probably less if you are a bit on the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 5

LCD Rims: Enjoy Them While You Can

Let’s face it, spinners and gigantic rims just don’t have the appeal that they once did. So what can a modern Cadillac owner do to take car pimping to the next level and potentially cause dozens of onlooker car accidents in the process? The folks at LCD Wheels just might have the answer. Displayed at…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Nov 1

Speeder Argues That His GPS Unit Proves the Police Radar Gun is Wrong

If you have been on the fence about picking up a GPS unit for your car, consider this: accused speeder Shaun Malone of California is fighting a speeding ticket citing that his GPS system proves that the police radar gun is wrong. According to the police report, the 17 year old Malone was going 62mph…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 26

Palm Partners With Garmin For New GPS Navigator

Today Palm announced that a partnership with Garmin has produced a new Palm GPS Navigator with Garmin Mobile XT software. Users of Palm smartphones like the Treo and Centro can now enjoy access to over 6 million points of interest and turn-by-turn voice prompted directions, as well as free access to Garmin Online for info…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 23

Sky Toboggan (1935)

Forget personal jet packs, where’s my sky toboggan? The April, 1935 issue of Science and Mechanics featured this wonderful “Sky Sled” on its cover. See also: Cyclonic Rocket (circa 1930) ‘Flying Saucer’ Buses (1950) New York in 1960 (1935) Amphibian Monorail (Popular Science, 1934)

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 16

Cayago Magnum Turns Navy Seals Into True Aquamen

The Cayago Magnum is the latest in Seabob’s line of underwater propulsion devices, and one look at the statistics will tell you that riding this bad boy will either kill you or give you the ride of your life. Perhaps that is why they are pitching it to rugged military professionals and not pasty nerds.…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Oct 10

Donkey Powered Mobile Business Unit Comes Fully Loaded

The HAPV or “Human and animal powered vehicle” puts a high tech twist on the old fashioned donkey cart by adding a solar panel that charges a 12-volt battery under the driver’s seat. The power is then used to facilitate cell phone connectivity, front and rear emergency lights and a small neon tube at night.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 9

Technology and Man’s Future (1972)

The introduction to the book Technology and Man’s Future has a tone appropriate for 1972. The words seem to offer a first glimpse into true disillusionment with early 20th century futurism. And yet, the book nurtures remnants of optimism; of hope that the future may hold some version, however imperfect, of that shiny, happy future.…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 21

Mecha Musume Combines Hentai With Transportation For Your Pleasure

If masturbating to jet planes or the Titanic seems a little too weird for you, Joel over at BB Gadgets sheds some light on the Mecha Musume genre, which combines hentai girls with modes of transportation to form one weird-looking pin-up picture. By modes of transportation, we’re talking fighter jets, big boats, cars, Gundams and…

Gadgets Jason Chen Sep 18

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bike

It may look unassuming, but this bike by Shanghai Pearl Hydrogen Power Source Technology Co is pretty revolutionary. Behind the seat is a hydrogen fuel cell. So not only do you get a nice little motor to help propel you 15 mph for up to 60 miles when you’re sick of pedaling, but you can…

Tech News Blongo3 Sep 11

Closer Than We Think! Magic Beam Highway (1961)

This Closer Than We Think! strip ran in the October 15, 1961 Chicago Tribune. The government may soon build an automatic highway, on which drivers can look the other way while electronic controls pilot their cars. One type of robot road has already been demonstrated by General Motors and RCA. Guidance strips and loops in…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 11

Yet Another Flying Car Company

The IsraGood blog points us to yet another company promising that ever-elusive flying car of the future. Urban Aeronautics claims that they will be producing the “X-Hawk” by early 2009. It seems like an intelligent business plan to first introduce the vehicle for urban rescue and medical evacuation purposes but, even if it flies, the…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 7

Car-on-Train Pallet System (1968)

This “car-on-train pallet system” is featured in the 1968 book Transportation in the World of the Future.

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 30

Progress to Counter Catastrophe Theory? (1975)

The November 24, 1975 Middlesboro Daily News (Middlesboro, Kentucky) ran an editorial countering the “catastrophe theory” predictions made by the Club of Rome. Per usual, neither party got everything right. Excerpts appear below, along with the piece in its entirety. In health care, for example, a cure for cancer will be found by 1995 and…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 29

GM’s Three-Wheeled Runabout (1966)

The 1966 book Automobiles of the Future features these images of General Motor’s Runabout concept car. Besides having three wheels it also features a built-in shopping cart that slides out of the trunk: Two views of the GM three-wheeled Runabout. This car of tomorrow is fitted with two shopping carts that make up the car’s…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 28

GPS vs. Radar Speed Challenge Update: Radar Wins

Airbus Planning 900-Passenger Super A380?

Ocean Life by Klaus Bürgle (1960s)

Take Me With You Dearie (1909)

Solar Ships May Carry Passengers in San Francisco as Early as 2009

Electric Cruiser: Cooler Than Segway, Still No Exercise Involved

LCD Rims: Enjoy Them While You Can

Speeder Argues That His GPS Unit Proves the Police Radar Gun is Wrong

Palm Partners With Garmin For New GPS Navigator

Sky Toboggan (1935)

Cayago Magnum Turns Navy Seals Into True Aquamen

Donkey Powered Mobile Business Unit Comes Fully Loaded

Technology and Man’s Future (1972)

Mecha Musume Combines Hentai With Transportation For Your Pleasure

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bike

Closer Than We Think! Magic Beam Highway (1961)

Yet Another Flying Car Company

Car-on-Train Pallet System (1968)

Progress to Counter Catastrophe Theory? (1975)

GM’s Three-Wheeled Runabout (1966)

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