Did you know there’s a division at MIT called the Smart Cities group? It’s true, and judging by the designs the team puts out maybe we should just leave city planning to them from here on out. They have a two-seater electric buggy in the works called the City Car that can stack against other Read more about MIT stackable City Cars reinvent the wheel[…]

The Mademoto Electric Cruiser has done the unthinkable and taken all of the beneficial purposes out of rollerskates, skateboards and other manual modes of rolling transportation. Thank of the Electric Cruiser as the front half of an electric moped, a juiced up unicycle or a severely gimped Segway. It is designed to happily drag you Read more about Electric Cruiser is a mash-up of a unicycle, Segway, laziness[…]

Unlike in the States, cigarette machines are everywhere in Japan. Rather than get rid of them due to the problem of underage kids being able to buy packs of smokes from them like we did here, they’re using technology to keep the machines around and ensure that only adults can make purchases from them. A Read more about Japanese cigarette machine reads faces to determine age[…]

If you’re still stuck on Velcro and hate the embarrassing skreeep that sounds a lot like “I don’t know how to tie my shoes,” Golaces might be the perfect solution. Golaces are a set of elastic bands you string through the holes on your shoes and look a lot like laces, but without all that Read more about Golaces convert any lace-up shoe into a slip-on[…]

huh… yeh? t’s very important for fire engines to get to their destinations as fast as possible, but it’s equally, if not more, important for them to be able to, you know, put out the fire using water. That’s where this MiG-engine-equipped fire engine goes wrong. Sure, slapping a jet engine on a fire truck Read more about Fire engine with a MiG engine not the most practical thing in the world[…]

Oakley is still at it. Despite only having one customer for their Thump line of MP3 sunglasses — the not-so-favorable Dog the Bounty Hunter — the latest in the line of Thump MP3 sunglasses, the Split Thump is now available. Design-wise, these sunglasses have definite stepped it up a notch from its predecessors by being Read more about Oakley still testing MP3 sunglasses market with Split Thump revision[…]

This, my friends, is one sexy bathtub. Appropriately named the Whirlpool Glass bathtub, it sports clear sides that’d give anybody a nice clear shot of your naked self soaking in tepid filthwater. Sexy! But honestly, it is really nice looking. Plus, it has sixteen jets all along the bottom and back that’ll give you a Read more about Whirlpool Glass bathtub makes getting clean showtime[…]

Your watch is an important accessory. It makes a bold statement about you, as much as what you’re wearing does. And if you haven’t yet ditched your watch entirely, relying on your phone’s clock to tell you the time, you might be looking for a new watch to freshen up that tired look of yours. Read more about Horological Machine No. 2 is one serious watch[…]

Benjamin, I want to say one word to you, just one word. Are you listening? Starch. Hawthorne, CA, based Cereplast is changing the world of plastics, creating a more eco-friendly version made from the starches in corn, tapioca, wheat and potatoes. The “natural” plastic is perfect for the food-service industry, as California now requires all Read more about Green Week: Corn starch is the new plastic[…]

Nothing says “I’m a classy guy with nothing to hide” like being really into spy cameras and equipment. But hey, I’m not here to judge, I’m here to inform. So, creeps of the world, let me introduce you to the world’s smallest lil’ camcorder. Fitting easily into a stick of gum or a pack of Read more about World’s smallest spy cam now available for classy uses[…]

Now THIS is how flight sims should be set up – several players in the simulators and a few in the air. So you have no idea if you’re shooting at something that is real or virtual or what. Because fighter pilots do so much of their work BVR nowadays, linking them into a network Read more about Boeing puts F-15 into simulated wargames[…]

An interesting little story about how breathalysers were put into use by making a mistake with a decimal point: basically the experts claimed a 2.3% false positive rate at the trial, but the research itself claims a 23% false positive rate!

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Most of us are familiar with various goofy little amphibious vehicles that are good for a lark. But this one is guaranteed to induce shore-side heart attacks the first time you drive it head-first into the lake at the campground. Built by a company that’s actually called Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International, I still wonder at Read more about What would Jesus drive? The Terra Wind amphibious RV[…]

These here are some fancy, expensive speakers. The Pantheon Loudspeakers from Siltech stand an imposing 63-inches tall and weigh a hefty 310 pounds, but it’s more than their size that makes them stand out. No, what makes them unique is the fact that they used “NASA-used software called multi physic Cosmol that helped them simulate Read more about $100k speakers used NASA software in conception[…]

Your golfing buddies are either going to think you have the coolest putter ever made or that you’re a complete dweeb, but few will be neutral about this limited-edition Golfsmith Enterprise NCC-1701 putter. We thought we’d seen in the most futuristic golf club yet until we saw this one, vaguely resembling the Starship Enterprise from Read more about Star Trek Enterprise putter boldly goes where no golf club has gone before[…]

You might think that your home theater setup is impressive, what with all the time, effort, and money you put in to getting it perfect. The big-screen HDTV, the surround sound, and the layout were all chosen so meticulously. Well, chances are, your setup really sucks compared to the winner of Home Entertainment’s “Installation of Read more about $3.4 million home theater setup is probably nicer than yours[…]

If the above photo of a “stretch Prius” looks Photoshopped to you, you’re not alone. The image elicited hundreds of deriding comments on the PriusChat message board before the car’s creator came forth and described how he “pimped” his Toyota Prius so that it would hold his family of six comfortably. Even in its modified Read more about Limousine-style Prius is hand made, still gets 50 mpg[…]

If you love danger, you might do extreme sports. If you love danger and also keeping your private areas neat and trimmed, you might like the very aptly named no!no! Shaver. It burns away your short ‘n curlys using thermodynamic wire. The “thermal heat signal destroys the hair, which is characterized by odor.” Sweet mother Read more about The no!no! shaver burns away your downstairs hairs[…]

The i-SOBOT robot from toymaker Takara Tomy managed to score an honor upon its release — i-SOBOT is the 2008 Guinness Book of World Record’s smallest humanoid robot in production, standing at just six and a half inches tall. Just because it’s small doesn’t mean the i-SOBOT skimps on being a fun toy, however. It Read more about Takara Tomy i-SOBOT named smallest humanoid robot in production[…]

Inspector Gadget fans can now look forward to imitating their hero with the debut of Yamaha’s BOBBY mini-scooter at the Tokyo Motor Show. On the outside, the BOBBY looks like a suitcase with wheels and even collapses into a smaller square form perfect for big city commuters. But in addition to the small form factor Read more about Bobby[…]

You definitely want to decorate your pad in a way that will impress people, but having one of these LOS! levitating lamps in the corner might steal the crowd. Designed by Angela Jansen, the Crealev LOS! lamps don’t simply use a see-through middle layer to simulate levitation, but rather a system designed in-house that looks Read more about Default title[…]