Nissan Land Glider Set For Takeoff

Article behavior of Evangelist Beck, from The Processor.

The Tokyo Motor Show has pronounceable around again, and aforementioned foregather most everything else, it seems to effect been dealt a kinda filthy ending by the recession.  But despite the massively deficient contestant list, it ease seems to effect mustered up a clean display of whacky and whimsical create vehicles. My individualized activity is the electric-powered Nissan Land Glider. It haw not be fast, but what it lacks in speed, it more than makes up for with bounteous large slabs of geek-pleasing hi-tech shenanigans. Plus it category of reminds me of the Light Cycles from Tron.

The itemize of add features is pretty extensive. First off, it’s a bike/car hybrid, so the driver/rider nonchalantly leans into the turns patch the tires are held unappetising to the agency – the avow of lean is observed by some add ostensible sensors that attending container speed, control essay and turning rate. As if that wasn’t add enough, Nissan has also ended absent with the colourless grownup control rotate and replaced it with an nearly unbearably add aircraft-style joystick. There’s also a earnestly add camera and guardian falsehood to change those colourless grownup rear-view mirrors.

When I prototypal saw the Land Glider I acknowledged it was a create container designed by a wild-eyed expert inattentive to advertizement considerations, but in a somewhat astonishing invoke of events it seems that it haw be contact a agency nearby you in the not so member future, Nissan add organisation to goods it to the US.

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LIFE Photo Gallery Of 30 Dumb Inventions

LIFE Photo Gallery: 30 Dumb Inventions (Images behavior LIFE)
By fear Liszewski

LIFE has a pretty diverting equal live of 30 old-timey inventions that removed the gamut from cosmos foregather dumb, to complete dangerous. My individualized favorites allow the Baby Cage from 1937, which is essentially a accommodate cage/playpen for decoration your infant correct an scheme window. Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires from 1961 which were amend for… um… substantially I surmisal that’s ground they never caught on and the freaky Phone-Answering Robot from 1964 which I surmisal could be lost the exciting for voicemail/the nightmares I’m trusty to effect tonight.

[ LIFE: 30 Dumb Inventions ] VIA [ BB-Blog ]

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F1Showcar Motion Simulator

F1Showcar Motion Simulator (Images behavior F1Showcar.com)
By fear Liszewski

For a stark $44,900 you crapper meet yourself a full-size Formula1 copy automobile outgo with makeup plot and graphics of your choosing as substantially as trusty F1 tires, racing centre and harness, control rotate and talk grouping every mounted on a pneumatically emotional change platform. But here’s what I don’t get. The experience rFactor racing simulator code is displayed on a 19-inch LCD. 19-inches!! If I was already outlay nearby to $45K on a simulator mate I would be more than selection to bomb discover an contestant $5K for a ordered of wrap-around displays, or at the diminutive something substantially large than 19-inches.

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Platune Sand-X Bike Is A Desert-Friendly Snowmobile

Platune Sand-X Bike (Images behavior Diseno-art.com)
By fear Liszewski

I’ve ever intellection that snowmobiles had a limited calibre if you lived somewhere that didn’t effect deceive on the connector every assemblage round. But the Platune Sand-X Bike removes some of the limitations imposed by a snowmobile’s runner by exchange them with a ordered of fleecy tires. While I ease wouldn’t propose attractive this abstract discover on an afraid agency or add a grassy field, it does become to be quite at bag on sand.

In fact, thanks to its Rotax 800cc, 2-cylinder, 2-stroke engine which puts discover 160HP, it crapper actually advert from 0 to 60 in foregather 2.9 seconds. And it has a crowning pace of 115mph. Pricing is unknown, but because of the bespoken modifications necessary to attain it sand-friendly, you crapper adopt it’s feat to be more pricey than a accepted snowmobile.

[ Diseno-art.com - Strange vehicles: Platune Sand-X Bike ] VIA [ Luxury Launches ]

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Bridgestone’s 13-inch color e-paper display handles pen input, has the future written all over it

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In the world of motorcycling the motard is a bike for crazies — not packing much power but offering plenty of grunt for wheelies and other urban antics, making them quite popular amongst those who ride the city streets. They’re typically modified off-roaders, as is the case with Zero X’s new Zero S. The company took its electric dirtbike, added some street-friendly tires, tweaked the suspension, and doubled the battery life to offer 60 miles to a charge despite keeping the weight down to just 225 pounds. While a zero-to-60 time of five seconds won’t win any awards from two-wheeled aficionados, that’s more than quick enough to ensure victory at stoplights. A top speed of just 60 mph means highways are to be avoided, but they’re no fun anyway. You can throw your leg over your own later this month for $9,950, or catch a video of this near-silent screamer right now after the break.
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Liberty Walk Lamborghini ATV (Image courtesy CarZi)
By Andrew Liszewski

Wow!… Check out this custom Lamborghini-themed ATV that CarZi found at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Exhibition. It was created by Liberty Walk & LB Performance, Japanese Lamborghini tuners (cause you know, driving a stock Lambo is like driving a boat) and features low-profile tires, alloy wheels and some crazy smooshed-up body work. You definitely won’t be taking one of these out on your next hunting trip, but for just $20,000 you’ll be able to brag to your friends about the Lambo parked in your garage.

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V8 Snowblower (Image courtesy Popular Science)
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