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Gadgets
My Weak Muscles Need This Self-Pulling Suitcase
11:30AM Jason Chen | I have the musculature of a ten-year-old. Thus, I really want this self-propelled suitcase that holds up to 30kg and scoots at up to 4.8kph. More »
Gadgets
Honda HP450: The Crazy Offspring of a Tank and a Wheelbarrow
6:30AM Sean Fallon | Motorised wheelbarrows have been around for years, but the uninitiated might want to check out the Honda HP450 and its 163cc, 5.5hp 3-stroke engine. It can haul nearly 450kg on level ground. More »
Vehicles
Cruzin’ Cooler Operator Gets Charged With DWI
9:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | We first wrote about the Cruzin Cooler, literally a motorised cooler scooter, here on Giz way back in 2006. Frankly, we’re kind of baffled today that it took more than two years for the thing to log its first DWI arrest. First of all, yes, the Cruzin Cooler counts as a vehicle, and that is why Whitehall, NY resident Leslie J. “Bomber” Marr, 57, faces felony DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle charges, for swerving and driving on the sidewalk. The cooler contained 14 beers, but Washington County DA Kevin Kortright wasn’t impressed. “They tell us he’s been riding around town on that cooler for years,” Kortright said, completely serious. “You can’t cruise around on your cooler if you’re intoxicated.” Indeed. [PostStar] More »
Vehicles
Motorboard 2000XR Electric Mini Scooter Will Let You Scoot Your Heart Out
7:26PM Haroon Malik | The Motorboard 2000XR is to scooters what sex is to reproduction: the awesome bit that will make you accidentally do something you secretly do not want to, in this case, that would be commuting. The machine packs in twin motors with a two-hour charge time, tops out at 15 mph and weighs a portable 16.5 lbs. The battery will give you five miles of assisted scooting, but thereafter you will have to do it the Flintstone’s way and kick your way onwards. More »
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