Transportation

Safe Turn Gives Bikers A Blink

Cycling is in the midst of a come back. With environmental fears and urban build-up making cars seem less and less like a smart transportation option, bikes are the choice of many city dwellers. The problem is that there are still way more cars than bikers, putting cyclists at risk of being run down by some disgruntled rush hour driver ...

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Teenager Turns a DeLorean Into A Perpetual Air Motored Car: Doc Brown Is So Proud

Just to prove that you don’t need environmental scientists to create green products for you, check out what this 15-year-old boy from Samarkand, Uzbekistan did to this DeLorean. We already know DeLorean’s are capable of so much, including time travel and stirring up buzz on the interweb. This DeLorean in particular is powered by a conventional internal combustion engine with ...

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Take To The Sea With The Pyle Seagoing Media Center

Screw water. There, I said it. If it weren’t for the fact that us you humans need water to survive, we would surely despise the stuff. Always getting inside of our gadgets and causing problems. Psh. Whatevz. For all of you solo pirates out there, Pyle has put together their Seadoo with a full media center, made for wave riding. ...

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Big Brother Is Watching You Suffer: Google Maps Catches A Car Accident

You never know what you’ll find when playing around with the 360-degree street view feature on Google Maps. For example, here is something spotted that we’re sure isn’t an experience that is to be remembered as a happy one. For some reason, someone (a woman no doubt) decided to slam her Mercedes into a pole, exactly where the panorama camera ...

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Hyper-Sub Takes To The Waves (And Under Them Too)

The Marion Hyper-Sub Submersible Powerboat is not your average sea bearing vessel. The Hyper-Sub can operate as both a boat and a submarine, both equally well. And it can look pretty sweet while doing it too. Creator Reynolds Marion enlisted the help of his mechanical engineer neighbor to help create the schematics for the Hyper-Sub, and as it turns out, ...

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CarCapsule Wraps Your Car Like A Matchbox

You are sure to have a friend who is very protective of their car. Maybe you are that person. Either way, you know that look that means “Lay a finger on the hood and I’ll shove a jack up your ass.” Much like a real life Bubble Boy, the CarCapsule domes your vehicle in an anti-static and flame retardant layer ...

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Tell Yourself Where To Go: GPS Starring Your Own Voice

Most GPS units come with a stock robotic voice which dictates directions to you in an awkward and mispronounced fashion. YourPND is a service which allows you to record your own voice, and than download the audio files to use for your GPS device. So far, the service only works for TomTom devices, but so many people who use GPS ...

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Mio Goes 3D For GPS, Really

A GPS is a GPS is a GPS. Most GPS devices are seemingly carbon copies of each previous one. Mio plans to change the 2D road schematics of in-car GPS platforms and add in a 3D twist, featuring topographic maps and 3D displays of landmarks. The new Mio C620 and C620T devices both offer a 4.3 inch display, based around ...

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These Toy Cars Have Paid Their Dues, But Not Their Repair Bills

Looking for a creative gift for a friend who collects car models? We aren’t either, but we do happen to think these “Urban Collectibles” cars are a nifty change on the usual spic and span version of model cars. Each model looks like a demolition car gone bad. Maybe even one of the cars used for a monster truck smash ...

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