Archive for the 'Automotive' Category
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| Posted May 8th, 2008 by travis [e-mail, website]
A USB charger with 4 ports for the car is a handy gadget to have around. This is great for any geek who is on the go and needs to charge their Ipod or camera. Ipods and Cameras are only a few examples of what this little critter can do, it is capable of working […]
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| Posted Apr 9th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
If you ever take long road trips or spend a lot of time commuting, then you’ve probably experienced the pain of being stuck in your car with a dead iPod or perhaps your road-trip buddy’s laptop just sucked the last electron out of its battery.
No more do you have to suffer silently through your trip. […]
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| Posted Apr 4th, 2008 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Leave it to those crazy Dutch to create a motorized monocycle that isn’t even street legal! This wheel operates by using a centrifugal clutch on the inner steel frame to engage the 67″ diameter outer flywheel which makes contact with the ground using a rubber tire. A single rider can achieve speeds […]
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| Posted Feb 25th, 2008 by Mr. Alex [e-mail, website]
A cursory glance of the latest Fords, Chevys, Toyotas and cars available from any of the other big automakers in any given year reveals little in the way of truly new or revolutionary features. A redesigned cupholder here, a different color backlight on the instrument panel there, but when you think about it, there is […]
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| Posted Jan 15th, 2008 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Are you the frequent target of police brutality? Do you want to have video evidence of what your teenager does behind the wheel? Ever wish you had a video black box to record an accident to help argue your side? When is the last time you took your new car […]
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| Posted Dec 20th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
My friend, the BMW Geek, sent me this clip from BBC’s Top Gear showing off a self-driving BMW 3 series making turns at up to 95mph! The guy’s reaction to the first turn is priceless.
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| Posted Nov 27th, 2007 by amwo [e-mail, website]
Do you have $80,000,000 and you don’t know what to do? Do you think that a normal flight over the ocean takes too much time? You and eleven more friends want to go from Paris to New York in less than 4hours and a half? Do you want too fly at 1.4Mach? Aerion Supersonic Business […]
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| Posted Nov 19th, 2007 by methodshop [e-mail, website]
Every once in awhile I’ll find something really random or weird on Amazon.com (like a Mongolian Goat Hide Pillow!?). But I think that a personal land cruiser/tank named after a giant ‘ass’ takes the cake.
The JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser is a custom made tank modeled after Jabba’s Sail Barge from Star Wars. The exterior is […]
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| Posted Jul 11th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
The solar-powered Auto Vent II helps reduce excessive temperatures inside your car by moving overheated air out the window and drawing outside air in through your vehicle’s open air vents. The Auto Vent II can shorten the time it takes for your air conditioning to cool down the interior, which, without ventilation, can get […]
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| Posted Jun 26th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
Wait! Before you click away because the picture just looks like a typical tin metal mint case, read on. This is actually a case designed to store your iPod Nano in while completely disguising what’s actually inside. Inside the tin metal case is high density EVA foam to protect your Nano, while hiding it. No, […]
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