rides
Robots
Design Epcot’s Newest Roller Coaster Each Time You Ride
10:00AM Mark Wilson | Opening today, Epcot’s Sum of All Thrills ride will change every time you ride. That’s because you’ll draw your design on a touchscreen computer before hopping on. More »
Random Stuff
Jet-Powered Carousel Makes Fiery Maiden Voyage
8:39PM Danny Allen | I love me some good old fashioned misadventure with jet engines. Brooklyn-based arts collective, The Madagascar Institute, had tested their jet-powered merry-go-round before…but never with people. Thankfully, Popular Mechanics’ Seth Porges stepped up to the plate: More »
Entertainment
Star Trek Experience to Reopen in 2010, Feature New Movie
10:20AM Jason Chen | The Star Trek Experience—that ride at the Vegas Hilton where you used to be able to tour the Enterprise D bridge and ride in shuttlecraft—is going to reopen next year. More »
Design
The Migraine Machine
10:52PM Mark Wilson | By artist Greg Brotherton, the same guy who gave us the vacuum-inspired minotaur robot, The Migraine Machine spins around its doomed pilot, who spins the opposite direction in dizzy delirium. [Brotron via Super Punch] More »
QOTD
What is the Best Amusement Park Ride You Have Ever Been On?
7:00AM Sean Fallon | The Spring weather I am experiencing has really put me in a summer mindset. The other day it was grilling and today it’s all about amusement parks. More »
Random Stuff
Singapore Flyer Strands 173 People for Six Hours, Makes Me Reconsider Riding It
6:03PM Elaine Chow | I’m in Singapore right now and had every intention to ride the Flyer, the world’s largest Ferris Wheel. But after it left 173 people were stranded for six hours last night, I’m… hesitant. More »
Random Stuff
Coney Island’s Astroland Amusement Park Rides Now Available for Purchase
1:45AM Adam Frucci | It’s a sad day in New York City history: Astroland, the amusement park at Coney Island, is officially closed for business forever. But New Yorkers’ loss is your gain: now you have an opportunity to buy the famed Astroland’s rides to recreate the dirty, dirty magic in your own backyard. More »
Vehicles
Six Tonne Walking Spider Takes Passengers on Giant Robot Rides
5:10AM Sean Fallon | Martin Montesano’s giant “Walking Beast” isn’t the first robot spider ever made, but it is the only one I can recall that is this enormous and has the ability to take on passengers. His 6 tonne, 23-foot-long creation was built over the course of three years at an expense of US$50,000–and it can carry up to six passengers in its steel belly and two (including the driver) in the head. More »
Random Stuff
Giant Phallic Inflatable Bungee Ride is the Most Fun Way to Break Your Neck Ever
12:30AM Adam Frucci | If you’re ever driving and you see a county fair with what appears to be three towering penises with clown makeup on them, pull over. You’ve just found the holy grail of dangerous rides. More »
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