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While I was walking to go get lunch today, I almost got pancaked by a bus! Luckily my lunch buddy was paying more attention than me, and he pulled me back just in time. This might make it sound like it was all my fault, and it was in part because pedestrians should always look before they cross a busy street, but I feel I can defend my case to a certain extent considering the traffic light was, you know, Completely Changed to Red. This near “Reverse Jessika SMASH!” (the unholy counterpart of the world renowned and thoroughly awesome “Jessika SMASH!”) got me thinking about pedestrian safety, and I thought I would pass on what I learned.
Crazy Aircraft #69 – A human powered ornithopter takes to the air
by Marshall Brain | September 23, 2010
The idea of an ornithopter – a machine that flies by flapping its wings like a bird – has been around for a loooong time. And people have had a lot of success building small, bird-sized versions. Like this…
Skylon – The British space plane that could revolutionize space travel
by Marshall Brain | September 21, 2010
If nothing else, the Skylon space plane is ambitious. It will be a shuttle-like vehicle with wings and a cargo bay, and it is reusable. However, it will take off from a runway and be able to turn around for its next mission very quickly…
You do not have to sell that many cars to be a legitimate car company
by Marshall Brain | September 14, 2010
Think about how much press a car company like Porsche gets. Or Tesla, which just went public recently. There’s the magazine and newspaper stories, the reviews in Motor Trend, Car&Driver, Consumer reports, etc., the huge TV ad campaigns and the TV stories that result from them, appearances in movies and all the rest… Car companies get a huge amount of attention in our culture.
But have you ever thought about how many cars a company has to sell to get all that attention?
Invention – The DTV shredder offroad tracked Segway-like vehicle
by Marshall Brain | September 13, 2010
If you think of Segway as a device that can move a single person on sidewalks and carpeting, then the DTV shredder is a device that can move a single person over rough trails at over twice the speed of a Segway. This video shows one in its native habitat…
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