Archive for October, 2004
Great minds think alike
9 October 2004Am I psychic or what? Yesterday I suggested an X prize for other technology and now they are starting multiple X prizes. You can even suggest the categories. Hmm… imagine the possibilities.
X prize
8 October 2004How about an X prize for motorcycles or cars? Now that the X prize has been won, everyone is talking about how it stimulated private development of space flight technology. But what about technology we use all the time? A hydrogen car for instance, was built by a teacher and his students. What might [...]
Thought so
8 October 2004Renault is investigating that runaway car and so far it seems perfectly normal. Hmm… what a surprise. What they need is a CSI team like on TV. “Could I see your shoes?”
OK, just call me skeptical
6 October 2004…but I have a hard time believing this one. A driver in France said his car just accelerated to 120mph and would not slow down no matter what he did. A magnetic key wouldn’t shut off the engine. After 125 miles it finally slowed down. Now, suppose he just floored it and cooked up this [...]
Monster mods
6 October 2004Here’s another example of possibility thinking. The transformation of a Ducati Monster. I appreciate the work involved, I’m still mulling over the design but I applaud the effort and “make it happen” attitude.
Wheelie School!
5 October 2004Keith Code, who runs the famous superbike school, is now conducting a one day wheelie school. What bike is he using? Why, a Triumph Speed Triple, of course.
Yeah, that’s what I’m talkin’ about
2 October 2004As someone who has owned two V-Max’s I was always looking for a company that could make one into the bike it could be, after all, Yamaha seems to be sucking dollars from a 1985 motorcycle sold every year as a new model. Well, there is one company in France producing an interesting variant, [...]
Do it yourself
2 October 2004If you’re handy with a wrench and a voltmeter you can build your own two wheel transportation, of course the wheels are in parallel instead of tandem but it is very cool and you save a lot over the factory model. Build your own Segway, or at least a scooter that does the same thing. [...]
