She can make Flutter Nutters! This is a NASA video. In her final days as Commander of the International Space …
Flashback to the WW2 B29 in this training film
AAF Training Film “The B-29 Flight Engineer” from WW2 takes us back to a different world and not just the …
Time to Shut Down the Ethanol Racket
by Dan Mitchell When I wrote yesterday that Trump’s overall rating on economic policy was “bad,” a few people wrote to complain. I …
How the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Forces Average Americans to Subsidize Rich Californians
Congress in 2008 passed the Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit to make electric vehicles more affordable, thereby encouraging …
300+mph – In a car!
Settle in and strap in. You are about to enjoy a ride in the Bugatti Chiron. This is Bugatti’s replacement …
A reality check on electric cars: Arithmetic required
By CFACT Bill Lynch, Dr. Jay Lehr During the Obama Administration a regulation was passed requiring all automobile manufacturers to achieve an …
Have You Heard of The Special Forces Ghost Car That Operated in Bosnia?
How an American muscle car became a wartime hero In the early 1990s, a former Danish special forces soldier felt …
Man invents battery that will go 1,500 miles without a recharge
This revolutionary new type of battery which, unlike those used in conventional electric cars, can also power buses, huge lorries …
The ‘Chicken Tax’ – It’s why we can’t buy camper vans like this in the USA
Based on the market-leading Ford Transit Custom and converted by Ford’s long-term motorhome specialist partner Westfalia, the Nugget camper is …
Loading the car with kids? Read this first.
(BPT) – For many parents, you buckle up your kids and off you go to day care, school or the …
Technician ‘Accidentally’ Fires Vulcan Cannon, Destroys F-16 on Runway
A maintenance worker accidentally fired a 20mm Vulcan cannon from an F-16 jet he was working on at Belgium’s Florennes …
Is the future six-stroke?
One of our regular readers tipped me off to the six-stroke engine and its potential for fuel efficiency and lower …
The Platform Economy explained – and why we need to keep the government’s mitts of it!
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is an important think tank battling meddlesome government, climate nonsense and cronyism. I am a big …
VIDEO: The worst driving habits. Is this you?
Scientists are still working on self-driving cars that eliminate human error and failings. Until then, the YouTube automotive experts at …
Elijah the Inventor – You’ve heard of him, but you didn’t know it!
Elijah was born in Canada in 1843 to two fugitive slaves. He became one of the great innovators of the …
Buckle up for the new passenger economy
(BPT) – A hundred years ago, few thought that the clunky automobile that broke down so often would ever replace …
Are Flying Cars Coming to the Skies?
Since the very first science fiction hit the shelves, the world has fantasized about flying objects. For nearly a century, …
Want fewer car crashes? Take down the signs.
Hans Monderman, the Dutch traffic engineer, observed that when the power went out to a set of traffic lights, accidents …
BETTER THAN CONCORDE: Boom Supersonic ~ New York to London in THREE HOURS
Supersonic flight has existed for 70 years, but until now, it hasn’t been efficient enough for routine travel. Boom’s airliner …
Talking of canoes….
A fishing canoe with outriggers, a 480W battery and a place to store your catch!
Awesome! EcoHelmet: Bike Helmet Made out of Paper
If you ever visit a touristy town you often find they operate a shared bike system. The bikes are available …
Plastic modular roads. The answer to plastic waste?
According to the inventors, PlasticRoad features numerous advantages compared to conventional roads, both in terms of construction and maintenance. They claim, …
So cool! Transforming Mobile Homes
Most of us love the idea of being able to get out of Dodge. Well this method looks like a …
Live report on what to do – and not to do – during a flood
Last year one of our team had a terrifying viewpoint as torrential rains flooded the street outside his apartment block in seconds and …
I know it’s not winter, but this is awesome!
He makes a meal of setting it up, but it’s not that long compared with say, getting a boat ready. …
Drive safer at any age using these technologies
New technologies are responsible for many of the advances, comforts and conveniences of modern life, from the smartphone to wearable …
Who doesn’t want a flying car?
I’m a sucker for pushing technology to the limits. I love the idea of a flying car although I’m sure …
Santa Baby, I want a 3D Printed Supercar!
Conventional cars are wasteful in the way they’re built and the way they’re operated. A startup called Divergent Microfactories has …