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The venerable 600cc supersport motorcycle. Few who know their way around a racetrack need any convincing about their excellent capabilities, and yet many who don’t wouldn’t be seen dead on one given the existence of “leader bikes” with more ccs, more h… Continue reading Honda takes the CBR600RR fully electronic for 2021
A historic French brand is set to return with one of the most extreme hypercar designs ever. The new holders of the Delage brand are squarely focused on the Nurburgring lap record with the monstrous D12 and its 7.6-liter, naturally aspirated V12.Contin… Continue reading Delage returns with a 1,100-horsepower, $2.3-million tandem hypercar
British company Oxis says it’s developed safe, high-density lithium-sulfur battery chemistry and will supply Texas Aircraft Manufacturing with a 90-kWh, next-gen battery pack to power the eColt, an electric aircraft with a two hour, 230-mile range.Cont… Continue reading Super-dense lithium-sulfur battery gives electric plane a 230-mile range
Nemesis Yachts, a shadowy entity claiming offices in Dubai and Hong Kong, has put forward its vision for a super-fast, hydrogen-powered, autonomous luxury catamaran that can rise out of the water on hydrofoils to achieve crazy speeds in excess of 50 kn… Continue reading Nemesis proposes world’s first high-speed, luxury multihull hydrofoil
Motorcycle hillclimb racing has provided some spectacularly fun highlight videos over the decades. The basic tenet – find a huge, super-steep and dastardly hill and watch people try to get motorbikes up it – makes for some wild watching.Continue Readin… Continue reading Indian builds a one-off stretched FTR750 to go hillclimb racing
The most ambitious car in Mercedes-AMG’s history has been a long time coming. We first met the Project One back in 2017, which in Internet years is several lifetimes ago, so you’d be forgiven for forgetting it existed.Continue ReadingCategory: Automoti… Continue reading Mercedes-AMG’s 1000-hp Project One takes to the track
Australian scientists have discovered a previously unknown protective mechanism bacteria use to kill immune cells, opening up potential research pathways that could help doctors fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Sc… Continue reading Disarming a bacterial “secret weapon” could help fight superbugs
In December 2019, Germany’s Dr. Dennis Freiburg, mechanical engineer, stamped his name into the Guinness Book of World Records with the world’s lightest ebike: the 6.872-kg (15.15-lb) Freicycle. Now, he’s revealed how he did it – with a 600-watt friction drive motor.
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Continue reading The recipe for the Freicycle, the world’s lightest ebike
Arlo’s new entry-level, wireless home security camera packs everything a basic user will need into a simple, user-friendly unit at an affordable price. The only drawbacks are a couple of minor inconveniences and a monthly fee.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Review: Entry-level Arlo Essential wireless camera keeps security simple
Remember Martin Molin’s Music Machine X, the mechanical, musical Rube Goldberg machine that uses some 3,000 components and a hand-turned crank to drop marbles in sequences onto acoustic and electric surfaces? A ridiculously complex way to make music, b… Continue reading Love Hultén’s marvelously complex mini marble-dropping music machine