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A South Australian company is ready to go into full production with an innovative aftermarket kit that impressively cuts fuel consumption, particulates and carbon monoxide emissions from big diesel engines, asking only for a little water in return.Cont… Continue reading Hydrogen injection device saves fuel and cuts emissions on big diesels
This cute, one-legged hopping robot out of UC Berkeley’s Biomimetics lab has been capable of doing sweet parkour-style double-jumps off walls since 2016. By 2018, it was hopping continuously to heights up to a meter (3.3 ft) or so, with pretty decent a… Continue reading Salto the jumping robot can now execute stylish precision landings
Larry Page and Sebastian Thrun’s personal flying carpet project has been grounded, as the Kitty Hawk company turns its attention to a larger, faster, longer range aircraft with better commercial potential in the emerging eVTOL air taxi market.Continue … Continue reading Kitty Hawk shuts down its Flyer eVTOL program
The Mercedes-Maybach S 650 Night Edition is here, and you can’t have one. Only 15 of these ultra-exclusive luxury sedans will be built, fitted with monstrous 6-liter V12 engines and beaten heavily with the luxury stick.Continue ReadingCategory: Automot… Continue reading Ultra-exclusive S650 Night Edition is the new top of the Maybach range
When we first saw the Hoversurf Scorpion flying motorcycle, we thought it was “just the vehicle for aspiring amputees.” Four exposed propellers spinning dangerously close to the rider’s limbs made us cringe, and we wondered how much would be left of th… Continue reading Video: Russian hoverbike loses control at 100 ft and crashes in Dubai
This has to be one of the weirdest electric motorcycle projects we’ve ever seen. The Emula aims to bring the noise, vibration, lumpy power curves and gear shifting of gasoline-powered motorcycles through into the electric age.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading The Emula electric motorcycle is a two-wheeled time machine
The first aerial showdown between a human fighter pilot and an autonomous aircraft is slated for July 2021, according to a fascinating interview with the outgoing Director of the US Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC).Co… Continue reading Human fighter pilots set to take on AI drones in aerial dogfights in 2021
Croatian company Greyp (pronounced “grape”) is a “sister company” to Rimac Automobili, which you may know as an ultra-high performance electric hypercar manufacturer. Rimac makes some of the world’s most extreme cars, and has leveraged its expertise in… Continue reading Review: The Greyp G6.1 is a techno-warship of an ebike
Japanese Diesel engine manufacturer Yanmar has signaled its intention to bring hydrogen fuel cells to the consumer marine market, collaborating with Toyota to develop the technology and prototype it in a small boat by the end of the year.Continue Readi… Continue reading Yanmar prepares to put a Toyota Mirai hydrogen powertrain in a boat
BMW has sharpened up its 4-series sports coupé in line with the “grille-o-rama” Concept 4 we saw last year, clearly differentiating it from the more conservative 3-series with a long, lean and ever-so-slightly muscular look featuring the biggest nostri… Continue reading BMW sharpens its 4-series for 2020, and just look at these photos