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Honda Innovation in Motorcycles – no surprise

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Have you seen ASIMO? Honda's humanoid robot is constantly improving and they just came out with an upgrade that makes the little guy oh so helpful. He can perform the duties of receptionist, museum guide and deliver your coffee or various office supplies. Helpful, cute and almost a little, hmm..., what's the word I'm looking for, a little creepy. I'm not sure we're ready for an … [Read more...]

Rapid prototypes and computer graphics

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"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." said Napolean Hill, author of many success books in the 20th century like his best known, "Think and Grow Rich." I've always liked that quote, and, though he wasn't referring to computer technology, which didn't exist at that time, were he alive today to see it, he might be writing about it now. When I … [Read more...]

Extreme Gravity Racing by GM

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We mentioned Extreme Gravity Racing before and I notice GM has a story on the Fastlane Blog about their entry. Looks pretty swoopy. The bit about spinning out and crossing the finish line backwards at 52mph was neat. Just think what happens if they can average this into their corporate average fuel economy figures. Along with Craig Vetter's streamlined fairing for … [Read more...]

Hydrogen Motorcycles – Not so fast

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Now it's water vapor, not CO2, causing global warming, at least that's the result of a new study in Europe to discover the cause of increasing temperatures on their continent. Water vapour rather than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the main reason why Europe's climate is warming, according to a new study. The scientists say that rising temperatures caused by … [Read more...]

Freecharge Weza Portable Energy Source – and range extender?

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Here's something for The Kneeslider garage. You've all seen those portable jumpstart packs you can attach to the battery of your car or motorcycle or whatever and get going when your battery is dead and you've probably also noticed how many electronic devices like radios are coming out now with a hand crank charger for emergencies. The Freecharge Weza (where did that name come … [Read more...]

Oil, lots of oil, let’s start digging

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Don't sell your gasoline powered vehicles just yet, there's a barrel or two of oil still out there and as prices rise, more of those barrels will appear in the pipeline as new resources become profitable. I mentioned oil shale or tar sands before but if you never bothered to look into it, you really should. There are deposits, according to Syncrude, in Alberta, Canada, that are … [Read more...]