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• One Wheel Electric Micro-Cycle Requires Less Than 1.21 Jiggawatts

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  Straight out of an 80′s flick comes the RYNO Micro-Cycle: A one-wheeled, electric motorcycle that is set to revolutionize the scooter industry.  You may have thought you wanted a Vespa to get around the overpriced metropolis you live and work in, but with the Micro-Cycle you look less like a pretentious European, and more like a Terminator-style Matrix villain.   The brainchild of RYNO Motors, this badass unicycle is powered by a zero-pollutant electric motor that [...]

   

• I Believe I Can Fly, Jetman Calls My Bluff

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  Meet Yves Rossy, known ’round the world as “Jetman.”   He has accomplished something that many have thought about but haven’t quite had the stones to try, and that is to become the first and only human being to actualize flight with a jet-propelled wing, which he can do for 10 minutes at a time.  Perhaps no one has ever quite dreamt up such a colorful goal, but basically the dude can fly.  10 years [...]

   

• Handpresso Auto Lets Have Your Espresso On the Road

  In Gadgets, Transportation

  

  Personally, I think coffee pods are evil – I like my coffee freshly roasted and freshly ground. However, there are certain times that one can make sacrifices and one of those times is when you are on the road. The Handpresso Auto is the latest in Handpresso’s tiny portable espresso maker range, but it represents something of a departure from the rest of the line in that this one is doesn’t have a hand pump [...]

   

• FAA gives OK to space tourism from the USA for 2014

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  If you grew up like me, watching the Jetsons jet around in their aircrafts, commuting to work in their flying hovercars, flying them on air highways, and spend a holiday on the Moon, or Mars, or Saturn then this might jerk a tear from your eyes. Starting in 2014, space tourism will begin to spread its wings in the United States, rocket planes and spaceships to carry passengers beyond the atmosphere, similar to the suborbital [...]

   

• This Electric Bicycle Has A Battery In Its Seatpost [Flow]

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  People are animals – want proof? Apparently electric bicycle battery theft has become a problem. The manufacturers of The Flow have a way around that problem: they incorporated the battery in the seat post so that it can easily be removed from the bicycle. Obviously that would make theft easier – but the idea is that you, the rider, remove the battery from the bike when it is left outside. Personally, I would rather have [...]

   

• Action Trackchair is the Most Badass-looking Wheelchair You Will See All Day

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  Meet the Action Trackchair. This tracked wheelchair – is the brainchild of Tim Swenson – who designed it to provide disabled people with a lot more mobility. It is able to ride over dirt, snow, sand, mud at speeds of up to 5mph. At $9000 it is pricey, but electric wheelchairs have never been cheap – according to Apparelyzed.com, prices for http://www.apparelyzed.com/wheelchair/electric-wheelchairs.html range from around $1500 to $30,000 but people spend around $6500 on average. [...]

   

• Foldable Bicycle Helmet is Meant to Be as Effective as the Real Thing

  In Concept, Transportation

  

  The Overade is a concept helmet designed by Patrick Jouffret of French studio Agence 360. It folds in half and is meant to offer the same amount of protection as a regular non-folding helmet. Being a concept, such claims are essentially meaningless, but a less bulky helmet, that can be packed away easily, might encourage more people to ride – or wear helmets – both of which are good things. [The Awesomer]

   

• Poor Man’s Segway Is Not Exactly Cheap

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  The scooter that you see above is the Personal Rover. It is not as fancy as a Segway, it won’t balance itself, it comes with ski poles and is somewhat challenged in the looks department. On the flip-side, you can pick one up for a cool $1000 and its 800W motor will give you a whole 12 miles of 15mph goodness, before you need to plug it in for a 4-8h charge. [Oh Gizmo]

   

• Ridekick Makes Any Bike Electric

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  If you want to ride a bike without having to exercise too much, you might want to check out the Ridekick. It works with just about any bicycle: you hook it up to your back wheel and let it trail behind you – and enjoy a 1hp boost thanks to its 500 W, 1 hp motor. The Ridekick comes with a handlebar-mounted control system that lets you adjust the amount of boost, so you could [...]

   

• Stormtrooper Motorcycle Armor Looks as Good as it Sounds

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  The stormtrooper armor that you see in the image above looks awesome, but does not come cheap. It was put together by the folks at UD Replicas – a suit will set you back $1,143. While the white armor does have a certain appeal, I think that the black looks a little more badass, which is a safety feature in and of itself. While the armor is a little pricey, the craftsmanship looks very impressive. [...]

   

• Electrical Flight With 16 Rotor Blades Sounds Interesting, Looks Scary

  In Concept, Technology, Transportation

  

  The e-volo multicopter is an experimental electrical aircraft that achieves lift by way of 16 rotors that spin around below the pilot. At first glance it looks kinda goofy, but on closer inspection it just might work. While the e-volo looks like a complicated mess, it is designed to be simple to fly. The aircraft’s onboard software makes flying more intuitive turning it into a Segway for the skies. The weak point, naturally, is battery [...]

   

• A Good Example of Why You Should Never Blindly Follow Your GPS

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  A truck driver in Somerset, England was led astray by his GPS – so what did he do? He decided that the best course of action would be to cut through an alleyway so that he could get onto a bigger road. The problem: the alleyway was about the same width as his truck… hilarity ensued. It took 24 hours to free him and his truck from the tight alleyway – a 300-year-old house was [...]