LOCUST Bike
We have all seen compact folding bikes before but Josef Cadek has taken compact to the next level with his LOCUST Bike. Thanks Keith S.
Insane Equipment
Dial-a-Time Watch
Have a big watch collection? I am betting that you don’t have this one… “Back in the 80’s telephones had dials – some of you might not have be born in the age of the manual dial telephone. Those of you who do remember might like a bit of Retrofone wristwear to remind you of the good old days. The Retrofone, depicts the time in a classic dial phone layout,
Jet Powered Scooter
Well this is one way to get a bit more speed out of a moped! “Here’s my wife’s Honda Metropolitan scooter. She wants it to go faster than 40 mph. So I have these two little JFS 100 jet engines and I am thinking how to put them on the scooter. Engines are 50 lbm each so weight is an issue. Will probably use air-start with a carbon fiber tank
Ballbot Balances Itself On One Ball
Move over Segway this technology might spawn some cooler creations! “Our research goal is to gain a deeper understanding of how such dynamic agility can be achieved in mobile machines interacting with people and operating in normal home and workplace environments. We are developing novel dynamically-stable rolling machine and walking machine research platforms to study this issue. We will evaluate the efficacy of this type of dynamic locomotion in
Fire Fighting Robot
I can see these fire fighting robots being positioned on street corners ready to spring into action when needed. “This firefighting robot presented in July 2006 has many advantages among others, as: -It is four times more powerful in its traction system; -It has Fault Tolerant Architecture with redundancy in its moving system; -It has lighting system; -It was constructed completely modular; -It has at least 100 % more autonomy,
Skydiving with Turbine Engines
Strap a turbine engine to anything to enhance the cool factor! “Well, one gutsy, and apparently rich, skydiver decided to have a go at flying without wings by strapping a pair of turbine engines to his boots. Lucky for us, there was video coverage, and the internet. Youtube has it all for us to gape at” Via: TechEBlog
Car PC Build
Not the easiest thing to install, but the results are fantastic. Read more about the Car PC Build here. “What’s a CarPC? Simply put, it’s a PC that goes into your car. This can be easily and clumsily done with a laptop and a stereo that has a line-in adapter, but for a more permanent and elegant solution, you need to do some tweaking. Luckily, that’s one of the areas