The mammoth two wheels of Unwheeldy will be rolling into Bay Area Maker Faire – In January of 2005, I began construction of a vehicle to enter into the World Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race from Arcata California to the nearby town of Ferndale. The race is held every Memorial Day, near the end of May. […]
On Dinosuars+ Robots, Mister Jalopy points us to this crazy-cool atomic age fiberglass bike featured on Nostalgia.net. The bike was designed and prototyped in 1948 and sold for one yea, by Bowden, in 1960. 1960 Bowden, Spacelander
This 2.5 metric ton bicycle bus built by students at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands has 32 seats where each rider must pedal to power it. A good way to describe it would be the Flintstones car meets a Viking oar-driven ship meets your local fitness center. Multi-Rider Bicycle Bus [via]
This “Walking Bike” by maker Max Knight exchanges its tires for 8 pairs of sneakers and some crazy wheel modifications. Each sneaker even has a black ankle sock to give it that “leg” look. Pretty cool idea, check out the video link below. SuperTed Walking Bike video, [via]
Here are some photo’s of Segway’s new RMP, debuting at RoboBusiness – there isn’t any information available about it at this time other than it “might” cost up to $50k and it can move in any direction (omnidirectional wheels, but the term was hyperdirectional?). It uses the same parts that a Segway uses but just […]
Identigene is selling a DNA paternity test collection kit in every state except New York (Identigene let me know that New York state requires a court order or Doctor prescription along with a 3rd party witness to do a DNA test, Identigene can do it – just need those requirements – so that’s why this […]
Nice “News from the Future” from BBC, a legal battle over a Warcraft ‘bot’. It will be interesting to read the verdict! The makers of World of Warcraft are locked in a legal battle with a firm that has produced a tool to automate many actions in the virtual world. Blizzard is suing Michael Donnelly, […]
