Transportation

Scientists at Boeing have developed a hijack-proof piloting system, designed to make it impossible to crash the plane into buildings or ground. The feature would be activated either by a simple switch, in close range, or through door sensors which could sense when the cockpit door was forcefully opened (which we think would lead to many false alarms). Once triggered, ...

Imagine this. You wake up half an hour late for work, jump in the shower, swallow down a bowl of cereal, run out to your car with a few minutes to spare, only to find that your car battery is dead. It’s happened to some of us, and the rest of you, it will happen eventually (though we hope not!). ...

While we’re still waiting for the PSP GPS module to be released in North America, we can take a look at what  it can do in Japan. The guys at NikkeiBP have taken the PSP GPS module for a spin this weekend, this time they’ve used  the MaPlus Portable Navi software. Data stored in the 1.8GB UMD is enough for ...

This is perhaps one of the most dangerous designs we have seen for a while: TV screens on the sun visor at the driver’s seat. It is only meant to be used when you are not driving, or it’s for the person sitting next to the driver. Depending on what’s playing there, it can be very tempting to glance at ...

Designer Arnold Freidling designed the eXplorious Hydro Foil Yacht which is a sleek and beautiful piece of design work. Though, the real magic happens under the yacht. A special underwater hydro foil fin ensures better stability, less friction, and faster speeds for you luxury sea liners. The sophisticated connection between the yachts mast and hydro foil fins transfers and lifts ...

Venture Vehicles has announced its VentureOne, an extrememly cool hybrid plug-in tilting vehicle. The two passenger Venture will get a huge 100 mpg, to much applaud from the greeners. The VentureOne will also be able to accelerate from 0-60 in 6 seconds and reach top speeds of over 100 mph, yet keeping a price tag of under $20,000. Not only ...

Forget cellphones, all the screens going into cars nowadays are causing all of the crashes. It’s not that the driver of the car is driving wrecklessly, it’s the driver of the car behind the car with the movie playing. Really people, watching movies while driving is not safe! Now we have the Visor. It is a flip-down visor has a ...

Today must be the day of oddities. The Air Genie is a flying orb shaped screen which has video cameras built in to reflect it’s surroundings. We think that its some sort of ploy for advertising, kind of like the Goodyear Blimp, but extremely high tech. The diameter of the sphere is 115 feet with a massive volume of 792,764 ...

Are you one of the few left who are still obsessed with Tom Cruise? If not, don’t worry, this car still looks hot, and you can still buy it. This gorgeous Lexus was made completely custom for the movie Minority Report (w/ Tom Cruise). Now don’t be suprised when I say that this picture isn’t of the real car, it’s ...

Is putting your keys into your car door too complicated or stressful for you? If so, the Deluxe Remote Car Starter is for you. And so is therapy because no one should be that bothered by keys. This little device which costs about $90 has a range of 1,000 feet, quite far for your normal house. For technical reasons, this ...