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The Frictionator: Jet Powered And Street Legal
11:31PM Danny Allen | This is what happens when you strap a 7000hp General Electric J85 Jet Engine (with a top speed of 320km/h) to a Ford F650 ute. Video after the jump. More »
Vehicles
With SoundRacer, Your Kia Can Fake It With The Best Of Them
8:00AM Jack Loftus | Poseurs rejoice, your faux V8 and V10 engine sounds are here. More »
Design
2:45AM Jesus Diaz | Say whatever you want. It may be naff. It may be tacky. It may not attract buxom women in tiny black dresses. It will make me look like that guy. What. Evah. The Motoart PW-747 Cowling Bar rocks my world. More »
Obviously, A Bar Made Out Of A 747 Engine Attracts Girls
2:45AM Jesus Diaz | Say whatever you want. It may be naff. It may be tacky. It may not attract buxom women in tiny black dresses. It will make me look like that guy. What. Evah. The Motoart PW-747 Cowling Bar rocks my world. More »
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Videos Show This Solar System’s Most Powerful Engine In Action
5:59AM Jesus Diaz | These beautifully stunning videos show the formidable power of the Ad Astra’s VASIMR VX-200, the most powerful space engine in existence. Running at 1,000,000 degrees Celsius, it looks like Satan opened the peephole of the doors of hell. More »
Vehicles
11:00AM Nick Broughall | Sure, it was the Prius that made Hybrid engines popular, but Toyota were actually working on hybrid technology long before that. Their first hybrid engine, the Gas Turbine Hybrid, started development back in 1965. It took 12 years, but the engine eventually made it into a prototype Toyota Sports 800, which was shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1977. It had a 22kW engine with a 2-speed transmission. More »
Toyota’s First Hybrid Engine Started 40 Years Ago
11:00AM Nick Broughall | Sure, it was the Prius that made Hybrid engines popular, but Toyota were actually working on hybrid technology long before that. Their first hybrid engine, the Gas Turbine Hybrid, started development back in 1965. It took 12 years, but the engine eventually made it into a prototype Toyota Sports 800, which was shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1977. It had a 22kW engine with a 2-speed transmission. More »
Vehicles
Dreamliner Starts Its Engines for the First Time
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Remember the Boeing 787 Dreamliner? You know, the eternally-delayed wonderplane? Well, rejoice because it has started the engines in a huge puff of smoke. All on its own, which is a first according to Boing: More »
Science
Gates, Myhrvold To Patent Crazy Electromagnetic Combustion Engine
6:40AM Wilson Rothman | Bill Gates may love his Ford Focus, but he’s got plans to improve on age-old combustion, applying—along with Nathan Myhrvold and others from the Intellectual Ventures gang—to patent a smart engine with electromagnetic pistons. More »
Science
Skylon Rocket/Jet Hybrid Is, Scientifically Speaking, Super Cool
1:30PM Wilson Rothman | The Skylon reusable space plane takes off from an airport runway, burns atmospheric oxygen, switching to liquid oxygen and hydrogen to hit escape velocity and attain orbit. At least, it will in 10 years. More »
Vehicles
What Happens When an Aeroplane Engine Blade Gets Loose
11:00PM Jesus Diaz | Here’s a crystal-clear video showing what happens when an aeroplane engine fan blade gets loose when you fire a chicken at 250 knots into a turbojet using a chicken gun. Result: (Contained) Boom. Update: Corrected. More »
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