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Save Your Legs With This Self-Balancing Briefcase Unicycle
Honda has been demoing its sitting Segways for years now, but the Hammacher Schlemmer version has one crucial advantage over them: it’s actually for sale. So instead of just being tantalized by a future where legs are an unnecessary human feature, we’re now officially living it.
12 Floating Airports That Turn City Skylines And Rivers Into Landing Strips
Whether sitting atop the Hudson or drifting just above a skyscraper, these conceptual floating airports put landing strips where they’re needed most: in the middle of bustling metropoleis. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the best.
This Gigantic 1600 HP Engine Used To Power An Entire Stadium Single-Handedly
It may not be the largest diesel engine we’ve ever covered but this vintage, 30-ton diesel engine is no less impressive. It used to power the whole of the Auteuil Racecourse in Paris.
Grapefruit-Sized ‘Goal Balls’ Aim To Clear Indonesian Train Roofs Of Ruffians
Need to keep the riff-raff off the roof of your shiny new commuter train? Do what Indonesia’s state railway did and just sweep the little bastards off with a broom made of suspended concrete balls. Remember to duck.
Americans Are So Fat, Washington State Ferries Have To Carry Less Of Them
America’s gotten significantly heavier over the past 20 years and we should have seen this coming. First Kevin Smith gets booted off that flight, then that guy sues White Castle for not having plus-sized booths. Now, one of the nation’s largest ferry systems is obligated to carry fewer people on each trip.
What Batman Would Ride, Were He A Skater
I’d imagine this is the sort of thing the Dark Knight would use as a last resort. If the Batmobile, Batwing and even Batpod were all out of commission, he’d still be able to run down baddies at 20 MPH using this gas-powered motorboard.
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