Collaborate Disseminate
Nearly five years ago, in a vastly different world, Eddie Braun completed the stunt that famously defeated Evel Knievel, jumping a rocket bike clean over Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. It’s a special memory to me, because I travelled all the … Continue reading Interview: Rocket-bike pilot Eddie Braun on his new Stuntman film
eVTOLS, or electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, are a hot topic at the moment. Dozens, even hundreds of companies are working at fever pitch to create the new class of clean, quiet, cheap air taxi that many believe will fundamentally transfo… Continue reading Flying bus: Braeden Kelekona elaborates on his staggering 40-seat eVTOL
Toni Bou is not a normal human being. He’s historically unparalleled as a trials rider, undefeated in the last 28 indoor and outdoor FIM Trial World Championships.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Video, Honda, Crazy Continue reading Watch Tony Bou treat a 500-pound Honda Africa Twin like a trials bike
Italy’s Automobili Estrema is living up to its name with absurd performance figures for its first product. The Fulminea electric hypercar promises an absurd 2,040 all-wheel-drive horsepower, and 0-200 mph (0-320 km/h) acceleration in less than 10 secon… Continue reading 2,040-horsepower electric hypercar makes some crazy battery promises
Jet suits, jetpacks, jetboards … The new range of crazy personal flight devices all share some things in common: plenty of people would love to fly one, very few have the cash to own one, and even fewer can probably be trusted to fly them safely and … Continue reading Royal Marines test Gravity jet suit in ship boarding exercise
A digital artist called “Beeple” is now one of the top three most valuable artists alive – in any medium – after he sold a JPG file of his work for US$69,346,250. Welcome to the crazy world of NFTs, and the latest wild gold rush to hit the internet.
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Art, Christie’s, Crazy, Auction
Continue reading Money for nothing: NFTs spark a new digital gold rush
California’s Orbital Assembly Corporation reckons it will soon have the solar system’s first luxury space hotel open in orbit, offering spacewalks, Beyonce concerts and fine dining to space tourists at US$5 million for three and a half days.Continue Re… Continue reading Orbital Assembly plans to build Voyager rotating space station in 2026
With the Bloodhound SSC team flat broke, and the North American Eagle destroyed in a tragic fireball in Oregon, Perth’s Aussie Invader 5R is planning to take a run at the very elusive 1,000 mph (1,609.3 km/h) mark. In doing so, the team will need to sm… Continue reading 200,000-horsepower Aussie rocket car takes aim at 1,000 mph in 2022
Tesla has weirdly used a quarterly earnings call to drop blockbuster announcements about its extraordinary Model S, including some bizarre interior upgrades and a monster Plaid+ version that’s the fastest accelerating production car ever.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Tesla, Hypercar, Crazy, World’s Fastest, Electric Vehicles
Continue reading Tesla drops bombshell Model S upgrades, including the wild Plaid+
Shelby Supercars has cemented its claim that the SSC Tuatara is the world’s fastest car – but in a weirdly underwhelming fashion. Its new record of 282.9 mph (455.3 km/h) is nowhere near the previous claim, which was sensationally debunked last year in a storm of internet controversy.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: SSC, World’s Fastest, World Records, Hypercar, Crazy, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading SSC Tuatara re-takes world’s fastest car record after raging brouhaha