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>30 days ago by dbldbl, 1 User, more info saveTwitter Tube Tracker
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>30 days ago by andypiper, 1 User, more info saveNew Propellantless Thruster Experiments
"A propellantless thruster would resolve the issue, but most theorists think that producing accelerating forces without expelling some kind of propellant mass from the vehicle is an idle dream.&q
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWoodward, Mach and Breakthrough Propulsion
"... a vehicle powered by a so-called Mach-Lorentz Thruster [...] could not only make the four lunar trips a day but deliver almost 3000 tons of cargo a year." As long as the theory isn't bu
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe RIOT Wheel - Single-Wheeled Vehicle
I cannot possibly explain how desperately I want one of these.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFlapping Solar Aircraft (The Bird Plane)
"This flight vehicle would integrate airfoil, propulsion, energy production, energy storage, and control into one seamless design with no conventional mechanical moving parts." Pure sensawun
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDriverless car goes on show
"A car driven by a hi-tech ghost of laser sensors and computers went on exhibit in London on Wednesday, before it competes against other robot cars in the United States in November." Taxi dr
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFlying Tricycle By 2009
"Find your way to an airstrip (or a long straight piece of road), and a tail pops out, rotors unfold, and off you go, climbing up to 4,000 feet [...] at speeds of up to 200 kph." It'll never
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveMolecule Walks In A Straight Line And Carries A Tiny Sh ...
"A research team [...] was the first to design a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface. Now this team has found a way to attach cargo: two CO2 molecules, making the nano-wal
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveAeros to develop peacetime Walrus that will will do to ...
"[It] could equally offer myriad peacetime solutions, opening land-locked countries to trade, enabling heavy construction materials to be delivered into urban centres ... and facilitating a more
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBrazilian technology company to export ethanol-enabling ...
"In a recent press release, Brazilian technology company Abcesso announced that they would begin exporting an add-on component that essentially turns your standard gas-only car into a flex-fuel v
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info savePedestrians get pollution sensors
"Sensors will be fitted to pedestrians and in buses as part of a £4.1m project aiming to measure pollution levels across England." Participatory pollution panopticon? Link via Warren Ellis.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveEEStor Ultracapacitor: 5 Minutes To Charge, 500 Miles P ...
"...an electrical storage device that they’re reluctant to call a battery, for the simple reason that it does not use a chemical reaction to store the energy."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhy We Need An X Prize for Eco-Friendly Air Travel
Does what it says on the tin.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveLooking Back at Orion
"Driving the ship would be a nuclear arsenal of staggering proportions: 30 million nuclear bombs, each of which would explode 120 kilometers behind the vehicle at intervals of 1,000 seconds."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhy hasn't the UK built superfast trains?
"If the Conservative party wins the next general election, would it be willing to build an ultra-fast rail link that could connect London and Manchester in just 45 minutes?" Unlikely, but it
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveKawasaki Heavy Industries to unveil NiMH-powered SWIMO ...
"...The SWIMO streetcar is set to make mass transit a greener endeavor...rather than relying on fancy fuel cells, the juice is delivered from those tried and true nickle metal hydride batteries..
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHumanCar® - "Whenever you're ready..."
Ol news, apparently, but still news to me...pedal-powered car-type thing, on sale right now.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info saveSKYACHT - The World's First Practical Personal Blimp
Omigod, yes! I want one! Link via MAKEblog.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveClutching At Straw
Captain Sterling strikes again...laying out plans for a new America, one with a fuel economy based on locally grown ethanol crops.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Terrafugia Transition - is this the first viable fl ...
It looks good, and the company talk the talk pretty good, but I'm not making any bets yet.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDewey Weber Twin Motor Skateboard
I want one! Link via TechEBlog.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Hyanide - half tank, half motorbike
Although still only at the concept stage, this has to be one of the coolest futuristic vehicles I've ever seen - a hi-tech motorbike with a single catterpillar track. Makes the bikes in Akira look wus
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveSir Clive's pocket-sized bicycle
Looks like a better proposition than the laughable C5...slightly.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save