Giro Aerohead II bike helmet streamlines the head into slippery bullet

The Aerohead II is definitely one of the strangest-looking bike helmets ever made. It should be right at home in the world of time trial racing, however, where aerodynamics are king and style just doesn’t matter.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, Tran… Continue reading Giro Aerohead II bike helmet streamlines the head into slippery bullet

Monstrous SV Rover gas/EV ‘Hypertruck’ starts at $1.5 million

California auto builder Scarbo Vintage has launched its third vehicle, describing it as the world’s first street-legal Hypertruck. The two-seat SV Rover can be had with 1,100-hp supercharged V8 grunt or 1,000-hp electric drive, and is reported to start… Continue reading Monstrous SV Rover gas/EV ‘Hypertruck’ starts at $1.5 million

World’s first jet suit race is slated for February 28

Gentlemen, start your turbines – it’s time to see how these spectacular next-gen personal flight devices look and perform in the fire of competition. Gravity Industries has announced the world’s first jet suit race is happening in less than a month.Con… Continue reading World’s first jet suit race is slated for February 28

Water-injected 2.0-liter turbo-four hydrogen engine spits out 410 hp

Austrian mobility technology company AVL had a pretty good day for itself earlier this month, when it confirmed simulations that showed its prototype 2.0-liter turbo hydrogen race engine developing over 200 hp-per-liter. AVL uses a water-injection syst… Continue reading Water-injected 2.0-liter turbo-four hydrogen engine spits out 410 hp

For the first time, AI dominates humanity’s best in a real-world sport

Now they're beating us in real-world sports: an AI has dominated world-champion drone racers head-to-head

High-speed drone racing has just had a shocking “Deep Blue” moment, as an autonomous AI designed by University of Zurich researchers repeatedly forced three world champion-level pilots to eat its dust, showing uncanny precision in dynamic flight.

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Electric racer made from discarded electronics highlights e-waste problem

The disposable nature of modern gadgetry is leading to a worrying e-waste problem. To highlight the issue, Envision Racing and artist Liam Hopkins teamed up to create a Formula E Gen3 racecar built from discarded phones, laptops, vape sticks and other … Continue reading Electric racer made from discarded electronics highlights e-waste problem

Modified Formula E Gen3 race car sets new indoor land speed world record

As Season 9 of the ABB Formula E World Championships comes to a close in London, a modified Gen3 electric race car has smashed a two-year-old indoor speed record set by Porsche with a top speed of 218.71 km/h.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, Trans… Continue reading Modified Formula E Gen3 race car sets new indoor land speed world record

McMurtry’s “extreme, no rules” hypercar sucks its way to market

Designed more to ignore the entire concept of rules than to merely break them, the McMurtry Spéirling is nearing production, a year on since it raised the bar at the Goodwood Hillclimb and a half-year since it absolutely torched world acceleration reco… Continue reading McMurtry’s “extreme, no rules” hypercar sucks its way to market