Join Mag Surf makes Hoverboards real thanks to superconductive liquid nitrogen
What you are seeing in the photo and the video after the jump is a demonstration by the Universite Paris Diderot at a science fair. This is the Mag Surf, and it makes our Back to the Future II hoverboard dream a reality.
The trick is that the super-cold liquid nitrogen in this board makes it superconductive, which means that it repels the magnetic field on the track. With one little push, this hoverboarder, for lack of a better word is floating across the room.
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In the future, you can walk on a Passing Cloud
At some point in time, I think we all thought the sky would be full of airships, sort of like the alternate reality seen on the television show Fringe.
This is concept known as Passing Cloud, and it is a stainless steel structure that can support spherical nylon balloons that link together to form a bubble cluster cloud. It floats up, and people take a literal walk on the clouds.
From the CG picture that I see here, it looks like there is some sort of wall to make certain the passengers don’t fall off. I’m guessing that it is similar to the wall around heaven.
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Lean Mean Green Machine
I know that the movie Green Lantern did not exactly make it big at the box office, but if you went to watch it without any expectations, then you would probably enjoy yourself somewhat with all the corny lines. Somehow superheroes tend to have hang ups in their relationships, don’t you think so? But I digress – being a Lantern, you can basically will anything and everything into existence, but for those times when you’re tired of doing so, perhaps it would bode well for Hal Jordan to have this $75,000 Lean Mean Green Machine sitting in his garage.
This 9′ long, three-wheeled motorcycle was inspired by the Green Machine, which is the classic big-wheeled pedaled tricycle that hailed from the 1970s. Closely resembling the original in terms of its proportion, color scheme, and 45″ diameter front wheel (incidentally being the world’s largest to boot), an air-cooled, 80″ cu. Harley-Davidson v-twin Evo engine delivers 60 horses to get you up and around, hitting your stride at 50 mph. Its front wheel will be driven by a chain that is housed in a protective cowling that will replicate the toy’s frame.
With an 8.5 gallon fuel tank that has been integrated into the frame, you get up to 400 miles with this puppy. At that price point, this is a plaything of the uber rich, when you can get an extremely nice car for yourself in exchange.
The eleMMent RV is luxury in a sexy odd shape
Just to let you know, the wheels of this eleMMent RV do not fold up, and it does not fly.
Yes, it looks like this craft is from the future, but this 40-foot vehicle is so now. It has 500 square feet of usable area, a master bedroom with a 40-inch flatscreen, and a couch and a table that can transform to a bar and lounge.
Still not sold on it? How’s 500 horsepower, plus a fireplace, along with a pop-up sky lounge and fog machine strike you? Did I mention that the paint glows in the dark? Yeah, this is probably the big band’s ride on tour, and roadies are not allowed on board.
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Sibling Tricycle promotes sharing
What’s life without a little bit of conflict here and there? The $299.99 Sibling Tricycle that you see above might cause a dent in your monthly budget, but at least it kills two birds with one stone, but I might dig up another feathered friend to the collection if I manage to find more points to support the purchase of this particular trike. For one, you need to buy only one tricycle instead of two, so that means a lower cost of maintenance in the long run. Even better if you gave birth to twins, don’t you think so?
Number two, you get to keep an eye on two of your kids simultaneously since they’d be on the same trike, instead of having one about to fall down from the tallest branch of the tree in the garden, while the other is about to make a dive into the shallow part of the pool. Surely managing two little kids on a single trike is far less heart-stopping, and easier of course.
Ah, the third ‘bird’ so to speak with a single stone – you need not purchase a larger bicycle for some time to come, since both sides are wide enough for stability, spring-cushioned for additional comfort and can be adjusted for growth spurts. There is even a wooden cargo box located behind the rear rider’s seat to stash away some toys or other items (but certainly not a third sibling!). Make sure you have a penchant for assembling stuff, otherwise this might lower opinions of you in the next parents’ poll by the kids.
Augmented reality brings Japanese popstar Hatsune Miku to life
If you happen to rock to iOS and Android-powered smartphones and happen to live in Japan, then you might be interested to hear that Japanese popstar Hatsune Miku might be making her way into your Toyota Corolla (2011 model) as a passenger. Of course, she will not be there as a passenger, but rather, she will perform “live” on a stage in 3D thanks to an Augmented Reality (AR) experience. This experience is unique only to those who own a Toyota – so Honda owners will miss out on this. The free Toyota Shopping Tool App that can be downloaded over at the iTunes App Store and the Android Market will give your next driving session a boost.
Just who is Hatsune Miku? Well, she is a fully synthesized vocal and visual character that was created by Crypton Future Media, Inc. four years ago, and her voice has already been featured in over 100,000 user-generated songs and videos. Toyota decided on Hatsune Miku as their official representative where the 2011 Corolla is concerned because the two of them are capable of realizing big dreams in compact packages.
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This concept aircraft carrier is mostly made of ice
During World War II, there were a lot of technologies proposed that seem outlandish by today’s standards.
One of them was by a British inventor named Geoffrey Pike, who wanted to build an aircraft carrier that was mostly composed of ice. He wanted to build it using Pykrete, a material that is 86 percent ice and 14 percent sawdust.
You might be thinking that the only place to build a carrier made of ice would be in Arctic regions. There might not be a reason to defend this cold area, but this ice carrier is actually made for warmer waters, too. Yes, it would begin to melt, but it can be repaired while at sea using the waters around it. Don’t ask me how it is supposed to do that.
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Texas cops get the first police gyroplane
If you are ever speeding in Tromball, Texas, don’t be surprised if you look up and see this vehicle on your tail.
Tromball is the first American city to own the first police gyroplane. This type of technology has been around for a while, and the Auto-Gyro MTOsport is cheaper than the average helicopter. This costs $75,000, while a helicopter costs $1.4 million.
The MTOsport has a rotax motor which allows pilots to descend quickly, and its top speed is 115 miles per hour. Too bad it is not very good in bad weather or at night.
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