The YikeBike is what you get when you cross a penny-farthing with a big wheel and add a dash of Segway, but I must admit it looks like a lot of fun. It is an electric bike that starts off at around 10mph and has a not-so-fast top speed of 13mph. It folds into a [...]
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[ September 3rd, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]YikeBike, the Ugly Lovechild Of a Penny-farthing and a Big Wheel
World Land Speed (Steam) Record Tumbles
A British built steam powered car has broken a record that has stood for more than a century. More than 100 years ago, Frend Marriot drove a steam powered vehicle at 127mph, a remarkable feat in its time, and one that proved very difficult to beat until Charles Burnett III climbed into the 25-foot, 3-ton [...]
Panasonic In-car BluRay Player, Because Everyone Needs High Def Video While They Drive
I don’t quite see the point to having a Blu-ray player in my car, but this is the first so we are going to run with it. The Panasonic CY-BB1000D comes with a 7-inch 1,280 x 720 display, HDMI input and is compatible with Bonus View.
For the privilege of all that middle-end high def goodness, [...]
Lazareth Wazuma Bio V12 Looks an Inventive, Expensive Way To Die
If you are looking for an expensive toy that goes really fast and totally has the potential to end your life, then it doesn’t get much stupider or more expensive than this (both in name and in function), the Lazareth Wazuma Bio V12.
People Move: 24 Hours Of Air Traffic In One Minute
Whether or not you have an interest in planes or traveling, this video provides some interesting footage of what the movements of an entire planet look like, compressed into a very short space of time.
A 24-hour observation of all the large aircraft flights in the world (from airplane flight transponders via geostationary orbital satellites) patched [...]
