Accelerating from 0-100kmph in just 2.8 seconds is an impressive feat on road; do it with a half-tracked vehicle on sand and what you have is an totally awesome way to cull the herd. As a bonus it has a top speed of 185kmph.
Posts from — July 2009
[ July 29th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Sand-X Platune: 0-100kmph In 2.8 Seconds… On Sand
Turn a Netbook Battery Into a Portable iPhone Charger
If you have a spare netbook battery lying around gathering dust, you could turn it into a portable charger for your iPhone. The hack author claims that it took 2 1/2 hours to get a full charge into his iPhone, leaving a 50% charge in the MSI Wind battery that he used for the job.
The [...]
Phrenology Helmet Protects Your Noggin With Pseudo-science
Phrenology, one of the more interesting pseudo-sciences can now be put to good use, protecting your skull; hope you don’t mind explaining your phrenology helmet to everyone that “doesn’t get it.”
Price: $250 [Fashionably Geek]
Dangerous: Crazy Russian Mach 2 Ejection
This probably doesn’t need a disclaimer because the possibility of the Jackass crowd getting their hands on a Sukhoi Su-35UB prototype is small enough to render the warning redundant.
In what just might be the craziest stunt performed for entertainment’s sake, producers of upcoming B-grade action flick Kerosene Cowboys paid the co-pilot was paid to eject [...]
Anti-burglar Mat Possibly The Result Of Too Many Movies
This anti-burglar doormat from Rakuten is precisely the sort of product that you get when you get designers designing based on fanciful conceptions. The idea is that you put the super-sticky mat inside your doorway when you leave the house. On entering your home, the unsuspecting burglar will get stuck, have to free him/herself, be [...]


