Baroni have released 2 new electric motorbikes, the EFV150 and EFV200. Both bikes can be recharged from a normal mains power outlet and offer speeds up to 40mph.
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This is an amazing idea for a gadget. If you find yourself driving late at night and fear falling asleep at the wheel, you could keep yourself from getting drowsy with this great gadget. The Drive Alert Master uses a smart recognition technique to awaken you whenever you’re about to fall asleep.

It’s an easy to use gadget as it fits comfortably onto your ear just like a headphone. It’s designed to be warn for many hours at a time without becoming irritating and still lets you hear the traffic outside.
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This is a really amazing idea for a gadget which makes you say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” The TruScene camera is a cool little camera which easily attaches to your rear view mirror so you can find out what really happened to your car while you were away.

The camera continuously records 30 second clips of what’s happening to your car and records over itself so only the last 30 seconds are saved, making it very light-weight as you don’t need to store a lot of footage. Inside the camera is a small g-force motion detector which detects when your car has been bumped in any way. When your car is bumped, the last 30 seconds that were recorded are saved permanently so you can see exactly what happened.
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There is something compelling about a car that doesn’t require gasoline. Even before our current gas prices people were tinkering with solar power, hydrogen and other alternative fuels. Wikipedia even has a picture of Thomas Edison standing with an electric car prototype. To me the biggest problem with these cars was not their limited range or that you had to plug them in each night, it was how they looked. Nothing says dork quite like a three wheeled car with a bubble-shaped cockpit and covered rear wheels. Not surprisingly the idea hasn’t really taken off when people are forced to drive around in the automotive equivalent of knee-high black socks, coke bottle glasses and a pocket protector. The term “love affair” is commonly used to describe the relationship we have with our cars and until Tesla Motors came along, electric car manufacturers had left love completely out of the equation. Heaping on the love – and let’s face it – outright burning passion, Tesla Motors has released an electric roadster which not only looks fantastic, but is a serious high performance sports car.

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This gadget is just too cool. It’s a contraption that lets you move in the water when you can’t be bothered to swim really, and that’s the kind of gadget I like.

When you’ve been swimming in the sea on holiday and your tired and want to relax and cool down, use the Seaboo to slowly glide across or under the water with no effort at all. Since it only moves at 2mph, don’t expect to get anywhere fast!
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Magellan is widely known for its maps, however they also make a wide range of travel supplies, one of these being the Pack-A-Cone.

The Pack-A-Cone is a collapsible traffic cone. When in use, the cone is 16 inches tall, but when in its collapsed form, it is only 2 inches thick and measures 9.5 by 9.5 inches. With those dimensions, it’s easy to store this device in your trunk, glove compartment, under your seat, or about any free spot in your car.

According to Magellan’s website, about 40% of all auto accidents occur when visibility is low, making the Pack-A-Cone’s LED flasher a powerful safety device. The flasher is powered by three triple A batteries, which will run the unit for about 300 hours before needing to be replaced. Batteries are included with the unit. Another use for the flasher would be stick them on deer, so often they dart across roads unseen, wouldn’t it be useful to see them coming from off in the woods.

The unit is constructed of nylon and polyester with a solid polyethylene base, so it should last you awhile. The Pack-A-Cone is available from Magellan’s for about $25 each. Breaking down is always be dangerous, incoming cars may not see you, and having your Pack-A-Cone handy will benefit everybody.

Magellans found via gizwizbiz.

What is it about new cars and scuffs? Try as you might to keep that precious vehicle pristine and scratch-free something always seems to happen and mysterious dings show up. Even when you can prevent people from harming your new car nature herself may conspire against you. My father had just bought a new Toyota and was visiting my house in Dallas when we had a freak hailstorm appear from a clear blue sky that produced golf ball sized hail. BMW has introduced a device to aid in this quest for vehicular perfection – a car which can park itself without a scratch, even in the tightest spot in your garage. 

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This has got to be the craziest transportation we’ve reported on at CG, a ride-able robot. It might be 3 years old but it still looks like a robot from the future.

The robot named R7 was invented by a Korean company who invent and manufacture robots purely for fun, which must be a great company to work for. You can buy the robot walker for $5,250 but don’t be surprised if you got a few strange looks if you take it (or it takes you) to the shops.

If you understand Korean you can find more info here, found via Born Rich.