This consortium has a whole load of car manufacturers in it trying to create a decentralised network of road cars which beam each other driving information using 802.11 built in networks. The idea is to beam information about driving conditions, accidents, traffic jams, etc to cars within a few hundred metres. Nice idea, but how Read more about Car to car communication[…]
This guy allready has a test module in space – Genesis 1 and is planning to launch Genesis 2 soon. After that will come Galaxy, which will have some habitable space in it. Together with Lockheed Martin they’re designing a launch strategy to get people to the habitat. If this all works out, he’s going Read more about Bigelow aerospace space hotel[…]
China’s First Auto Works (FAW) has built a car that can drive itself up to 93mph. Damn, I was hoping that technology wouldn’t work – I like driving my car irresponsibly!
NASA has finally awarded the contract to build the new manned lander craft that will take people back to the moon in 2020 and hopefully to Mars. They are going back to the system that runs Arianne and Soyuz and the old NASA Apollo rockets: ie. a tiny capsule balanced on top of a huge Read more about Lockheed Martin to build landers[…]
It looks fairly easy and it costs a lot at the mechanic. This is a good guide that should have you done in an hour or so.
Yup those big bulldozers – they’ve built a yellow car to beat the previous 1973 land speed record for diesel cars. It’s called the Dieselmax. The driver will be the same guy that drove Thrust SSC to breaking the sound barrier and land speed record in 1997, Wing Commander Andy Green. The Guardian has a Read more about JCB goes for land speed record[…]
Another design for a modular space station / hotel for astronauts and tourists, using 7×4 m. capsules. Looking for funding – give it to them, but for heavens sake, use a different launch vehicle than that obsolete shuttle!
Honda is fed up with other jet manufacturers and hopes to make a splash in the business jet market. Production to begin somewhere in 2009 / 2010
Built to drive around on anything. Not in production.
Barabus has gone 4 bhp up on Bugatti’s Veyron with a car that will be unveiled in London tomorrow.
Tesla Motors has an electric car which looks cool and has the performance to match. It does 0-60 mph in something like 4 seconds and has a range of 250 miles. As it’s electric and has no transmission, accelleration is smooth throughout the speed range. They’re trying to qualify it for road use in the Read more about Tesla Motors[…]
This helicopter has four engines for backup, flies at 55 mph, has a fuel load capable of carrying a 70kg person for around 1 hour, is classed as an ultralight / microlight and costs only $30,000,-. It also claims to be the smallest co-axial helicopter that actually flies and takes 2 hours to learn how Read more about Gen H-4 One man helicopter[…]
An ornithopter is an aircraft that flies by flapping its’ wings. Surprisingly this has never been done before, despite drawings of whacked out genius mr. da Vinci. After 30 years of trying Dr. James DeLaurier and his team managed a 14 second powered manned flight. What a sight that must have been.
Brian Walker, mad scientist and all around crazy person, plans to shoot himself 20 miles into the air in a homemade rocket launched from the world’s biggest crossbow. The rocket, which has a jet turbine with 1,350 pounds of thrust, will shoot off the track of the giant crossbow shown above, which is equipped with Read more about Giant crossbow to shoot man 20 miles into the air[…]
This site has loads of videos involving cars, engines, motorcycles, women – mainly geared at the street racer type. Big collection.
This jacket is like an airbag for the motorcycle. Once the cable connecting the jacket to the motorbike is disconnected, the jacket inflates pockets in the jacket with gas, protecting the spine and other areas. The gas is released after a few seconds (hopefully after the impact) allowing you to move freely again. You can Read more about Hit Air Jackets[…]
Hopefully this thing will make it into production.
The New Austin Martin DBS pictures are out which James Bond will be driving in the Casino Royale remake. Looks nice
It’s on again – and you can follow the racers on GPS as they fly over the world’s roads in the worlds’ best cars.
The Freedom of the Seas is four times larger than the titanic at 158,000 tonnes. But they’re expecting to launch a bigger one, project Genesis, at 220,000 tonnes.
So you think you’re man enough for this? A T-58 enigne stuck into the back of your car? Next projects: attatching 2 cruise missles to a motorcyle and building a back yard missle silo. With video.
Yup, we all wanted one when we were young – and so I guess plenty of people went out and made them: there’s a wealth of stuff available to turn your car into a replicat Knight Industries 2000 clone. Or just buy the bits you think are cool, like the Turbo Boost button!
An interesting profile of the granddaddy of rocketry – Dr. Goddard. How he was snubbed and turned out to be right.
Damn! It runs on soybean bio-diesel and was developed by 5 kids! So why don’t the big automakers have this?! Oh, and it runs more than 50 miles to the gallon! And it looks hella cool too…