cockpits
Geek Out

These Kids Want To Blow Up The White House

Hordes of children ran around as wild as a locust swarm at the recent USA Science & Engineering Festival. The main attraction: the Lockheed Martin booth, with its faux F-22 cockpit and Orion spacecraft simulator.

24 April 2012

Geek Out

New F-18 Cockpit Display Looks Like An Awesome Video Game

This is the new LCD display in the cockpit for the new revision F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It looks like an awesome ’90s arcade video game. One that doesn’t allow you to insert a coin to continue when you die.

20 October 2011

Geek Out

Hey, Samsung Makes Advanced Fighter Cockpits Too

Samsung, best known for awesome TVs, tablets that get them in legal trouble and crispy new smartphones, is more than just stuff at Harvey Norman: they’re designing the cockpit for South Korea’s K-FX stealth fighter. Watch out, Cupertino!

5 October 2010

Cars

Climb Inside A Concorde With These 360-Degree Panoramas

Ever wondered what it was like to fly in a Concorde? Every wondered what it was like to fly a Concorde? Then dive into these pannable, zoomable panoramas of the aircraft (as well as some less peaceful supersonic birds).

3 July 2010

An Aeroplane Cockpit Bedroom Is All Class, No Business

Some of us spice up our bedrooms with He-Man sheets and scented candles. But the guy who turned his domicile into an aeroplane cockpit is operating at a whole other altitude.

13 April 2010

Entertainment

The Interior Of A Nazi UFO

In an alternative Earth, Hitler had a Plan B: A secret colony on the Moon, founded by troops launched from Antarctica. According to Iron Sky, that’s exactly what happened. And soon, they will be back to fight back, flying UFOs.

25 January 2010

Cars

A Tale Of Two Cockpits

By way of our own Joel Johnson we get to see a very gritty, very geeky collection of photographs this fine evening. Above, the svelte cockpit of a Virgin Pendolino train. Below, the gritty cab of a Panther Command vehicle:

28 March 2009

Gaming

Puke Into the Centrifuge That Is the Storm-G Arcade Game

Just like any other racing game, the object of Sega’s Storm-G is to get down to the finish line as quickly as possible. However, unlike other racing games, there’s a twist—literally.

29 January 2009

Software

Photo of SpaceShipOne’s Slick Cockpit

In direct contrast to the overloaded interface of the shuttle is SpaceShipOne’s cockpit. Sure it’s a simpler machine, but the UI is better. Until the screen goes out at 4:40 in this old video:

21 January 2009

Japanese Robot Takes the Word ‘Cockpit’ Literally

I’ve always wanted a giant bipedal robot to drive around. I’ve also wanted said robot to have the cockpit in the robot’s crotch to provide me with an easy pun. Finally, my prayers are answered!

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