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ULTRA-SIMPLE HOVERCRAFT can lift several adults!

Posted on October 5, 2006 by max
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Another cool DIY on how to make a fullsize hovercraft that can lift several hundred pounds.

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DIY Hoverboard Hovers on Water

Posted on October 4, 2006 by max
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Hoverboard for going over water using 4 giagantic Ryobi leaf-blower engines building on top

of previous article. wow!

Well, here it is. Hoverboard vH2.0. And yes – it has successfully hovered on water (just not with me on it…. Damn it!) I guess I knew Neptune wasn’t looking favourably on my latest build when I felt compelled to don Bermudas rather than ride my creation in s

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DIY HOWTO make a Hoverboard

Posted on October 4, 2006 by max
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Build your own hoverboard using Jason’s instructions here:

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DIY Kits – Real Hoverboard

Posted on October 4, 2006 by max
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These guys sell hoverboard plans you can do-it-yourself to lift 200lb person 1inch off the ground, even in snow!

(if you work for futurehorizons, plz send me a plan, i wanna build one… ๐Ÿ™‚ )

They got some other cool plans…

The hoverboard uses high performance hovercraft technology to lift a 200+lb rider 1 inch above the ground. A 6 horsepower 4-stroke gasoline engine spins a multi bladed propeller to force air under the craft. The plans are easy to foll

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DIY – Hoverwing – Build a 120 horsepower hover-plane for $5200

Posted on October 3, 2006 by max
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Check these guys out, you can build your own hovering plane thingee for about $5200, they got DIY kits for building your hovercraft, hoverwing, etc…etc…

They claim it takes about 2500 hours = about 100 days to make one of these by yourself.

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What are people doing with Segways these days…Segway-ting

Posted on October 3, 2006 by max

Here’s a cool video I found on google video, it seems like they are using it on skateboard ramps and really funny how people are using emerging technology as an everyday fun toy like skateboard…

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Robot – Balbot

Posted on September 29, 2006 by max

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Awesome balbot w/ segway structure!

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Robot3 – Segway Humanoid Robot that can dance, run, and wake up at the right time!

Posted on September 26, 2006 by max
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Here’s a video, the robot seems to play good w/ kids… ๐Ÿ™‚

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Just in from Chosun news in Korea, robo3 just developed a robot based on Segway structure. The robot can dance, run, and wake you up in the morning. It has

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Mobile Robot Punch Ball

Posted on September 25, 2006 by max
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Yes, this will be the future of punch balls it seems like…

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Radar Golf Ball

Posted on September 24, 2006 by max
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find your lost golf ball using this golf radar, i wouldn’t use one myself, i really think it takes the whole “looking for ball” part of the game out of the game…

but cool technology for golf…

[via] radargolf

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