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Inflatable Cars Comming Soon

June 5th 2008 17:24
[quoteIt's hard to say what the most intriguing thing about XP Vehicles' inflatable car is. Maybe it's that the car can travel for up to 2,500 miles on a single electric charge (the distance across the US is roughly 3,000 miles).

Or maybe it's the fact that you buy the car online, it gets shipped to you in two cardboard boxes, and the estimated assembly time is less than two hours. Perhaps it's that the car is made out of "airbags" - the same polymer materials used to cushion NASA's rovers when they landed on Mars. Then again, it could be the company's claim that you can drive the car off a cliff without serious injury, and that it will float in a flood or tsunami.


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Together, these features characterize the Whisper, XP Vehicles' solution to the oil crisis. The company doesn't expect the car to be in production until 2010 at the earliest, but when it is, it will hopefully be an extremely affordable $10,000 or less. XP Vehicles envisions four body styles, along with a special low-priced model for the Southeast Asian market.

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Oh wonderful, now cars need to be assembled.
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I just wonder if it's 3D or just a flat 2D image you can see from any angle.

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Wii-Remote, Real Time Robotic Control

January 26th 2007 15:58
The Wii-Remote uses Bluetooth as its communications interface allowing the actual Wii-Remote to be compatible with any Bluetooth receiver.

As such it has paved the way for new and innovative designs on the PC. But now it is being taken to the next level, the Wii-Remote has been made to control a robotic arm in near real time.



People talk about Wii Remotes being flung from their hands, this thing could impale you, talk about taking it to the extreme.
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Flight of a Winged Robot

December 17th 2006 11:07
This is probably the first ever remote controlled robot that flies by flapping wings. Pretty cool, though as the video shows it sure doesn’t fly very well...


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Real Life Mech

November 2nd 2006 12:11
A mech is basically a vehicle on legs. Impossible to create? Well thus far, yes, very impossible.

More of a science fiction concept that is best known and recognized in sci-fi movies such as Star Wars (i.e. the ATST), or in videogames such as ‘Mech Warrior’ among many others


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