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Amazing Video Of A Crane Lifting A Car Using Two Phonebooks
You probably knew that it’s impossible to pull apart two phonebooks put together with interleaving pages. But did you know that the bond — caused by the mechanical friction of the interleaving pages — is so strong that it can lift an entire car? This video demonstrates exactly that. The best part, however, may be to watch the car fall when they burn the phonebooks.
The Font On Your Car’s Dash Might Increase Your Risk Of Crashing
Drivers beware: new research from MIT’s Age Lab suggests that a badly chosen typeface for your dashboard can worsen distraction and increase your chance of crashing.
Block Your Kid’s Phone When They’re Driving
AT&T’s new safe-driving initiative is more than a little creepy: it’s developing software that parents can use to remotely turn off text messaging and voice calls on their children’s mobile phone when they’re out driving.
The World’s Least Practical Flying Car Takes Flight
Flying cars are the Jetsons dream that never came true. But wait, some Dutch dudes have cobbled together a weird helicar contraption that combines all the worst, most impractical elements of car and helicopter into one amazingly expensive prototype! Thank goodness.
This Remote Controlled Car Can Jump 9 Metres Up In The Air
There is a new version of Sand Flea, the amazing 5kg radio-controlled car beast that can race and jump over buildings.
In-Car Facebook: Making Mercedes Drivers Near You Concentrate Less
Everything comes with Facebook integration these days: phones, TVs, probably even a fridge somewhere. But why stop at the home? Mercedes Benz has announced in-car Facebook because, y’know, drivers need some casual distraction.
The First Kickflip Car Jump In History Is Also The Craziest Car Jump I Have Ever Seen
This is the first time in history that a man has kickflipped over a car, a Chevy Sonic. On December 16, 2011, Rob Dyrdek became the first man to do it. It’s quite crazy. [Thanks Karl!]
The Google Street View Car Is A Repressed Artist
The Google Street View car works hard, taking pictures for maps all day. Who knew that it longs for something deeper, truer, more meaningful? While we rarely notice, it captures beauty everywhere it goes. It’s simply a misunderstood artist.
Print Your Own ’69 Mustang
Pretty sweet ride, right? Sweet right up until the point that you get into it and it crumples, or simply melts away in the rain; this is a full-scale 1969 Mustang made entirely of paper.
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