A group of young minds at the Saint Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, MN have constructed from scratch a lithium phosphate ion-powered motorcycle that can travel at speeds of 60 MPH for 50+ miles before needing to be recharged. Safer than any Vespa you’ve taken for a ride, this electric bike has been built with the driver’s safety in mind.� ...
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Infectious Car Murals
I’m sure the gas mileage you get in that ’94 Accord is breathtaking but it really needs to get jazzed up a little. Your car is like a second home, so why not decorate it like one? Infectious has got the top graffiti artists coming up with (surprisingly) low-priced designs that will have chicks hopping into your front seat faster ...
Read More »Tie the Knot in Space
A Japanese wedding planning company has teamed up with space transportation provider Rocketplane Kistler Japan. Using half-airplane, half-space shuttle transportation, they plan on hosting weddings aboard a one hour space flight that reach altitudes above 62 miles. They’re charging a little over two million dollars for such an affair but are kind enough to include a photo and video album, ...
Read More »Illusionary Speed Bumps Make You Crash Into A Parked Car
Reviving WiFi isn’t the only new thing Philadelphia is doing. As part of a city-wide campaign called “Drive CarePhilly,” which is against aggressive driving in Philadelphia, PA-100 junctions have been painted with fake speed humps. These said speed bumps offer an illusionary appearance of a three-dimensional barrier to any oncoming motorist while in fact the road is completely flat. This ...
Read More »Cellphones, Charities and Extreme Sports
We talk about all three of the above topics here at Gearfuse. What better way to merge them all together than a charity auction being held for the Tony Hawk Foundation? If you head over to eBay right now, you’ll find the mother-load of charity auctions that features a DUB Edition Jeep Wrangler customized for Tony Hawk, VIP tix to ...
Read More »New Element Deck Pushes The Envelope
The lightest most durable decks to hit store shelves, Element’s new “Push Construction Positive Negative” series of decks is leading by example and showing old-timers that wood isn’t good. Element had previously released a featherlight helium deck which trapped air in between the layers of the deck. Combining that with with carbon fiber material has spawned the first three pro-skateboarding ...
Read More »Mazda Nagare Concept Car
Just what we need another sports utility vehicle to guzzle up the remaining fossil fuels we think we have.� Similar in design to nearly any SUV released in the last four years, the� Nagare concept car is going to be unveiled at the 2008 Moscow International Automobile Salon in late August. Sporting monster truck tires, this SUV is sure to ...
Read More »China Develops Prototype Flying Saucer
The AFP is reporting that a Chinese company has built a real flying saucer. Right out of Mars Attacks!, the UFO looks like an egg but is so much more. It can be driven remotely without the need for a pilot or anyone on board and can go about 50 MPH. To boot, it can hover an an altitude of ...
Read More »Bi-Cycle is an Accident Waiting to Happen
Imagine you had two unicycles with handlebars. You take a big metal bar, about four-feet long and weld the two unicycles together. Essentially, you now have a Bi-Cycle, a bike built for two dumbasses with a lot of money to spend. apparently it works just fine if you trust each other and pedal/steer carefully. I’d like to see a pro ...
Read More »The Burnout Machine
Ever seen a radical car do a crazy burn out in the movies? It seems Steven Laurie was big on watching that kind of stuff. So big that he decided to make his very own Burnout Machine. It looks like a moving dolly mixed with a lawnmower to be quite honest. The machine works by powering it up and revving ...
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