After spending several days in NYC, their impressive network of subways is an uncontested success, a triumph of engineering and transportation. Their ability to whisk people around far-flung parts of the city is phenomenal. But despite all of the function, their form can’t match the artistic whimsy and intrepidness of Stockholm Sweden. Wow. Via BuzzHuntUKContinueContinue reading “Stockholm’s Subterranean Art”
Category Archives: Technology
Curiosity Gets More Curious
NASA did it. In a stunningly perfect landing, they did what the Russians have failed to do nineteen times in a row: land a craft on Mars. But no matter, the whole world gets to share in this endeavor. In what was surely the most complicated maneuver imagined for a planetary mission, Mars Science LaboratoryContinueContinue reading “Curiosity Gets More Curious”
Faraday Porteur
Hot on the heels of a story of a cardboard bike comes something a little more high tech, but similarly ingenious. Just two blocks from my office is a bicycle in a front window that won the 2011 Oregon Manifest award. The bicycle in question is called the Faraday, and it is a collaboration betweenContinueContinue reading “Faraday Porteur”
Izhar Gafni’s Awesome Cardboard Bike
Izhar Gafni is definitely someone I’d like on my side if the Apocalypse ever hits. An engineer by training, this Israeli set out to prove that a cardboard bike isn’t just technically feasible-but that it can look cool at the same time. Via Cnet: Gafni ran his idea by some engineers who told him toContinueContinue reading “Izhar Gafni’s Awesome Cardboard Bike”
Weekend Fun: 8 Of The Ugliest Cars, Ever.
Read up on some of the ugliest cars of all time!
California’s High Speed Rail Inches Forward
I’ve always been a big fan of high-speed rail, and I’ve been embarrassed that other countries have sped past the United States for decades, when it comes to transportation. Japan’s Shinkansen HSR (high speed rail) system has been operating since 1964, five years before we landed men on the moon. Yet somehow in the ensuingContinueContinue reading “California’s High Speed Rail Inches Forward”
Aerodynamics Through the Years
Some excellent aerodynamic cars throughout many different eras. Starting way back in 1914 with the Alfa Romeo Aerodinamica “Siluro Ricotti”, the Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia, The Norman E. Timbs Buick Streamliner, the Pink Panther car, Ford Probe Concept, VW L1 Concept, Bertone Nuccio, and finishing with the thoroughly futuristic Toyota Fun Vii.
Tesla: Exceeding Expectations
I’m a sucker for new technology, especially when it is smart and clean. And I have followed the development of the next car from Tesla for a number of years. It’s called the Model S, and it hopes to compete head-to-head with internal combustion luxury cars like the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series. However,ContinueContinue reading “Tesla: Exceeding Expectations”
Extinct Sporting Events
Perhaps some sports are best to be left in the past. From the Library of Congress’ Flickr page, some photos of “Auto Polo”, back when the automobile itself was still new. Pretty amazing images.
Bizarrely Excellent
The Geneva Auto Show just began, and Toyota’s new far-out concept car stands out from the crowd. Via DesignBoom: the ‘ft-bh’ concept hybrid by toyota has just been debuted at geneva motor show 2012, intended as an ultralight B-segment family car that attains less than half the CO2 emissions of the efficient Toyota Yaris (achieveingContinueContinue reading “Bizarrely Excellent”
Electric Future 