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Rocket-Powered Truck
This mean-looking truck is rocket-powered! Not just any rocket mind you, but a 2,750-pound thrust nitrous oxide rocket. The engine is controlled by a handheld gaming controller, and a dash-mounted LCD lets both the driver and the passenger enjoy looking at the engine while setting grasses on fire. It’s a pity that we didn’t get the [...]
Continue reading...Watch Out, Self-Driving Car Hitting China Streets!
14. September 2006
Chinese company First Auto Works has wowed everyone with its latest Hongqi HQ3 self-driving car! The luxury sedan features two onboard cameras that detects the car’s surroundings and feed it to a computer, which analyzes the situation for safe steering. The company claims that the vehicle is able to recognize turnoffs, street crossings, and stay [...]
Continue reading...What? Hello Kitty Exhaust Pipes?!
7. September 2006
How crazy can Japanese get over Hello Kitty? The fact that these Hello Kitty exhaust pipes were spotted on different cars suggests that some goofy mechanic is out there Kitti-fying exhaust pipes.
Continue reading...Thieves Using Mysterious Gadgets to Find Laptops Hidden in Cars
23. August 2006
According to Malaysia’s Petaling Jaya Deputy Chief Superintendent Abdul Rahman Ibrahim (mouthful), Malaysian thieves are getting smarter. For the past seven months this year, they have used an unknown gadget to track down and break into 255 cars that have laptops hidden in them. “The thieves operate in pairs. They smash car windows and break into [...]
Continue reading...Shape-Shifting Supersonic-Speed Bomber Plane
26. June 2006
You win some, you lose some. That’s how things are for the large part of life. And this is true as well when it comes to military aircrafts. Those that are capable of flying at supersonic speeds are not able to stay in-flight for long hours. Whereas those capable of staying in the air [...]
Continue reading...Volkswagen’s Amazing Automated 20-Storey Garage
16. May 2006
Beautiful isn’t it? Looks like it’s taken right out of a sci-fi movie. But the fact is, the Volkswagen’s vehicle storage facility located at Wolfsberg Wolfsburg, Germany, is real. And this is exactly how cool it looks. The 20-storey garage is fully automated, and is meant to present to new car owners their latest purchase with [...]
Continue reading...Beckham Lost Two BMWs To Hacker Thieves
5. May 2006
Automobile thieves are becoming increasingly tech-savvy, and among the victims is our dear David Beckham. Two of his BMW X5 ($60,000 each) were stolen from him in the past six months, which I assume is mere inconvenience than any real loss. Did our football star forget the locks? No, it is because the BMW X5 is [...]
Continue reading...Toyota’s Self-Parking Assist Coming to US
6. April 2006
Soon, Americans buying the Toyota Prius will be able to perform parallel parking with greater ease like those already doing it in UK and Japan. The $700 optional feature helps drivers parallel park so all they have to do is tap on the brakes. According to Toyota, 70% of the Prius owners in Britain are [...]
Continue reading...Video: World’s Smallest Remote Control Helicopter
27. March 2006
60mm rotor diameter, 72mm airframe diameter and a 3.3-gram weight, the Picoflyer is the world’s smallest remote control helicopter. No doubt its flight time is just 30 seconds, but it’s very cool nonetheless. More pictures of Picoflyer More tiny remote control helicopters, including a lighter but bigger Nanoflyer
Continue reading...Toyota’s Parallel Parking Assist
25. February 2006
As cool as it seems, the Toyota’s Intelligent Parking Assist system isn’t fully automated. You’re still required to tap on the brakes and make sure the area is clear of wandering babies. Nevertheless, it’ll prove useful for people who can’t for their life parallel park within a few tries. The IPA system is expected to be [...]
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