How 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 we [...]
October 2004
Renault 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?”
…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 [...]
Here’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.
