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11:20AM Sean Fallon | Next stop heaven? Actually, it’s the Bund in Shanghai. On the short trip between Pudong and the Bund, commuters are treated to one hell of an underground light show. More »
Ride The Train Towards The Light
11:20AM Sean Fallon | Next stop heaven? Actually, it’s the Bund in Shanghai. On the short trip between Pudong and the Bund, commuters are treated to one hell of an underground light show. More »
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Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom Coming In 2010
9:37AM Rosa Golijan | While we don’t have the official price, we’re reading that the electric Rolls-Royce Phantom will run just a bit higher than the current $US380,000 gas-powered model. Let’s round that to about half a mill and daydream together. More »
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HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Cars
6:00AM Jack Loftus | When it comes to luxury automobiles and pampering its customers, Rolls-Royce isn’t stopping at specialised purse holders. Nay, they’re extending the perks to include HD radio, now standard on all the vehicles they offer. More »
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Your Move, Captain Sullenberger
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Hudson River water landings? That’s so yesterday, man. Somewhere in the Congo today there’s a pilot who, after a slight, um, miscalculation, crash landed his plane in a lava field. More »
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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 »
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1:30PM Rosa Golijan | The GeoEye-1 satellite snapped a picture of the Dubai Airshow and we can see all the pilots’ pretty planes, lined up and waiting to zip-zip-zoom through the sky. Anyone wanna play Guess the Aircraft? [PopSci]
Bird’s Eye View Of Some Fast Birds
1:30PM Rosa Golijan | The GeoEye-1 satellite snapped a picture of the Dubai Airshow and we can see all the pilots’ pretty planes, lined up and waiting to zip-zip-zoom through the sky. Anyone wanna play Guess the Aircraft? [PopSci]
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World War 2 Japanese Super-Submarine Found In Hawaii
7:54AM Jesus Diaz | According to Dr Hans Van Tillburg, “[the I-201 submarine] was nothing like anybody had in the Second World War”. It had a streamlined body and conning tower, retractable guns and three catapult-launched bombers. They just found it in Hawaii. More »
Random Stuff
45,000kg Crane Smashes House In Half
5:40PM Dan Nosowitz | This 45,000kg crane was removing a tree when the tree broke loose, sending the crane’s massive boom down onto the owner’s house, smashing it like a Play-Doh sculpture. Check out the carnage. More »
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Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car, Part Fighter Jet
3:00PM Sean Fallon | There are plenty of electric bike designs out there, but few (possibly none) can compare to the Grace E-bike. Its CNC-aluminium frame is fitted with eurofighter and Formula One parts and it has a top speed of about 60km/h. More »
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