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Miniature Fully-functional V12 Engine: for Truly Compact Cars

Normally you can find a V12 in the back of a Lamborghini or an Aston Martin, but you’ve never seen one this small. This is the world’s smallest V12 engine and it actually works just like the full-size versions.…

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November 30th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

Outboard Engine Drink Blender Runs on Gasoline: But Will it Blend?

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This has to be one of the most unusual household appliances I’ve ever seen. What you’re looking at here is an old Johnson outboard motorboat engine, converted into a blender. Why? Because nobody had done it before, I guess.…

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September 1st, 2011 by: Technabob

Tony Hawk Tries to Ride Skateboard With 630hp V8

If you have never driven in a vehicle that had a lot of power under foot you might not know hard it is to keep a car in a straight line if you take off fast. I am not talking the 200hp V6 your mom’s car has. I am talking…

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December 6th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

747 Jet Bed: Just Try and Sleep With All That Engine Noise

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How’d you like to curl up for a nice nap inside the engine cowl of a 747? Well ask, and ye shall receive…

The madmen over at MotoArt have taken the engine nacell from a decommissioned 747 jet engine and turned it curvy metal headboard. The bed has an 84″…

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November 26th, 2009 by: Technabob

Strenco St-2 Steambot: Your Own Steam Powered Robot

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Batteries schmatteries. Electricity shmelectricity. Who needs modern energy sources when you can have scalding hot steam to power your gadgets? This unique robot from Germany gets its juice from good old H2O.

Strenco’s ST-2 Steambot lumbers along thanks to a tiny copper Wilesco steam engine that’s been implanted in his…

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January 4th, 2009 by: Technabob

Tech Demos From Next-Gen Star Wars Game

The folks over at LucasArts are showing off some pretty cool new tech that’s planned for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed…, planned for next-generation consoles.
The first video shows off the enhanced AI engine (called “Euphoria”) which provides each enemy with a “central nervous system,” which makes

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February 15th, 2007 by: Technabob

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