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This heavy duty segway features like 6 car rims, which probably slows it down but innovative.

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And check out this Segway Centaur, it’s the shi*!

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Check out this cool little hack, it’s an open-source motor controller for an electric bike. There’s no pictures of a finished version but can’t wait to see this circuit in action!

n brief the PicOx is a PicAxe 08M based digital Controller that performs an ADC of a Hall-effect throttle and an ADC of a Hall-based current sensor. These two parameters determine the “Mark” value of a 15Khz PWM signal that does the switching to the Output stage. At the end of the project the Controller can sustain 48V @ 75 Amps repeatedly for approx 5 second bursts and is really only limited by the In-Line breaker that cuts the supply voltage, though the entire system’s overall design objective is met reliably at 48V 50Amp operation…

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I first saw an article about Virgin’s Richard Branson on Wired magazine couple months ago. Virgin announced that it was launching a public service where people can experience zero-gravity.

Basically, Virgin is taking space travel into reality for normal people like you and me.

Anyways, I was SiteHoppin’ along for some random Entrecard tech blogs and found a blog post that now you can go make your reservations.

How much does it cost?

Flights require three days of training and cost 200k with a 20k deposit.

Wow, it sounds like a lot of fun, especially if you get to be weightless.

What do you get?

The Mother Ship known as Space Ship Two ( 2nd version of spaceship ) flies to an altitude of about 50,000 feet and disconnects a separate space ship. This rocket ship fires up and shoots into outer space at about 360,000 feet, for the ride of your life. Passengers will experience 3 to 4 g’s during the initial launch into space. The zero gravity environment is said to last about 5 minutes before its decent back to earth. The whole trip takes about 2 1/2 hours.

Although the whole trip only lasts about two and half hours, if you got money to burn, this might be better than most “earthy” experiences such as skydiving, snowboarding, etc…etc…  If you are interested, go get a spot for your first space travel here.

via TechCeleb

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Lol…here’s how you can turn your family van into a racing Jet Powered Van!

So you thought that driving a van was not cool? Think again, with this van when someone gives you a dirty look all you need to do is flip a switch to open the rear window and slide the two massive jet turbine exhaust ports out. Crank up the jet turbine and burn everything behind you! On the track it can do 1/8th mile in 7.65 seconds at 96 mph. Not bad for a vehicle that looks like the family van in the driveway.

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Tight, need to get one of these one day huh?

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Tight, this TANK “wheel chair” can go up stairs, over rocks, and anything you can’t do with a regular wheelchair.

Why didn’t they make this earlier?

Each chair is custom made to order and will have a heft price of around $15,000. If you’re hoping to snag one for yourself you can order now and have it by the middle of February.

via SlashGear

Check out this PocketComms, it’s basically got pictures of food, bags, and other human necessities needed for communicating with others when you go to a different country so you don’t have to learn another language and still get your mind across.

PocketComms…

The pocket sized global communicator with over 1,000 pictures

From the Nomads of the Desert, to the Eskimos of the Arctic, the Tribesmen of the Rain
Forest to the Hustle of Hong Kong. Simple, quick and easy to use just point at a picture
to get your message across

Designed to help whatever age, ability or nationality, hardwearing and waterproof, yet
pocket money priced…From Boy Scout to Pensioner you should only ever need to buy one

PocketComms…Language First Aid at your finger tips

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This thing is tight!

The Super Sport Gyroplane comes with has a roomier cabin (49″ interior width) for better cockpit management and comfort, and a very generous cargo room behind the seats. The cabin is equipped with forced air ventilation and cabin heat. The handsomely designed instrument panel is efficient and also compact. Its 2.5 liter Subaru engine producing 190hp is able to get the little machine to over 100mph.

Super Sport can be taken as a good day tripper, thanks to its range of between 300 and 400 miles from a 30 gallon tank full of ordinary 87 octane unleaded.

via BornRich

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Wow, wee! Dat thang is loud! We are on a blog marathon today folks to start off 2008 on a speed-blogging theme. We will be posting 30+ posts per day just like “we used to”.

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