“Where are the flying cars?! They promised me flying cars!” That was the infamous lament of actor Avery Brooks in a popular IBM commercial a few years back and he has a point. Where are the flying cars? Well, we’ve seen many announcements that they’re coming with the most famous is the Moller Sky Car. Now it seems that with losing over 40 million in development costs, even Moller executives are leery about the prospects for the future of their flying car.

Get geeky and help the environment at the same time.

Dell Computers

– With surveys suggesting the number one thing people want for Christmas once again being a computer, it makes good eco sense to think green. Dell Computer is, recently announcing an initiative to make Dell Computers more eco friendly. As the second largest computer maker in the industry, Dell is taking their leadership position very seriously and should be rewarded by those looking to buy a PC for the holidays. In addition to creating more energy efficient computers, Dell plans to also lean on their their suppliers to follow their lead. And if they don’t, Dell may levy penalties to motivate them. Although their pledge mostly relates to becoming carbon neutral in their manufacturing processes, it’s a start, and makes Dell the first major computer manufacturer to seek to become carbon neutral by next year.

Amazon.com

FREELOADER SOLAR ENERGY CHARGER

There are literally dozens of solar chargers out there for technology. The iSun, the Solio, but come on, what says cool other than a solar charger called the Freeloader? This collapsible solar charger can power your mobile phone, Bluetooth headset, digital camera, MP3 player, sat nav, iPod, PDA, PSP and just about anything else with a plug. With an impact resistant, rust-free aluminium body, the freeloader charges in about 5 hours and maintain that power for up to 3 months. Additionally, it can simultaneously charge hand held devices while at the same time charging the internal battery via its solar panels or via USB (which takes 3 hours less than solar). It will also provide power to an iPod for 18 hours, a mobile phone for 44 hours, a PSP for 2.5 hours and a PDA for 22 hours

About $70 from Amazon

With gas hovering around three dollars a gallon (US), it only makes sense that more and more commuters would chose to get some exercise and ride their bikes to work and school. But with Daylight Savings time right around the corner (Sunday), most will end up coming home riding their bikes in the dark. When riding a bike, you need to be able to signal the cars behind you in traffic your intentions. Usually, you point to the right with your hand to turn right, point your hand in the air to turn left, and point down to your side to signal stop. But if you’re riding home in the dark, the cars behind you may not be able to see that. Enter BiCygnals.

Flying cars are the stuff dreams are made of - or are they? While the M200G Volantor doesn’t exactly take to the skies in a dramatic fashion, it does float around for a start. Moller International has already begun production on this two-seater floating vehicle, hovering up to 10 feet across most surfaces at a top speed of 50 mph. It costs $90,000 a pop, but I wonder where you’re going to park this thing. Looks like traffic officers can’t exactly fine the M200G Volantor for speeding in a 30 mph zone as they can’t exactly catch up with it. The preferred fuel of choice would be ethanol, and it is interesting to note that this machine meets the Ultra Low Emission Vehicle standard without the need for exhaust after-treatment. The age of the Jetsons are upon us!

Source: TMZ

So the folks over at Jalopnik, who by the way are awesome, and if you have ANY love of cars at all you should check them out (after coming here to Coolest-gadgets.com of course!)

They have a wonderful piece about how to jack up your car (in the good way, not the steal all the parts from someone’s car way).

I felt compelled to include this, as we have many a reader who can likely rebuild a linux system with one hand behind their head (it’s harder than behind your back ok). Yet, they likely had trouble identifying anything under the bonnet of their car, (see there, I used bonnet, not hood, do I get any English points?)

The nice thing is, well they go through the whole process for you. Which, if you’re a newbie at it, can help a bundle.

Furthermore, they tell you what you need to get, and thereby our gadget goodness comes into play. I could tell you what the best budget plan to do this is,,,but this is Coolest-gadgets, and quite frankly, this is how we roll.

With the SWEETEST setups. (follow the jump baby!!) (oh yeah, catch live timing for the Rolex 24 here (you have 22 hours left (starting now)!)