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12:36PM Nick Broughall | Microsoft has decided to bundle up their upcoming racing behemoth Forza 3 with their wireless steering wheel controller when the game launches on October 23. Yay! More »
Forza 3 Wireless Wheel Bundle Will Drive Your Lust For Gaming Peripherals
12:36PM Nick Broughall | Microsoft has decided to bundle up their upcoming racing behemoth Forza 3 with their wireless steering wheel controller when the game launches on October 23. Yay! More »
Vehicles
Gyrowheel Gyroscopic Bicycle Wheel Will Eliminate Training Wheels
5:00AM Jack Loftus | As a child, learning to ride a bike vexed me to no end. While my friends zipped around the neighbourhood on two wheels, I plodded along on four, thanks to an embarrassing set of “training wheels”. Good news: They’re doomed. More »
Random Stuff
Tonka the Bionic Tortoise Gets Wheels Upgrade, Kicks Hares Arse in a Race
3:40AM Adam Frucci | How do you upgrade a tortoise? With wheels, of course! Say hello to Tonka the tortoise. More »
Design
Concept Tyre Splits in Eight to Maintain Traction at all Times
11:00AM Adrian Covert | The idea behind these segmented, eight-part wheels is that your car can take a turn while maintaining speed and traction by having the wheels lean like the Tower of Pisa, More »
Gadgets
What the Shit?
12:48AM Mark Wilson | What is this? A clock? Steering wheel? The final, gruesome bout of sponsorship an F1 driver is subjected to before he dies? We’re so confused and oh so cold. [Yab Design via Nerd Approved] More »
Home
Boogie Woogie Salt and Pepper Shakers Make Passing Super Easy
8:40AM Jason Chen | Passing around the salt and pepper isn’t any kind of strain on our bodies, but what if you could roll it on the table instead of lifting it? More »
Vehicles
According Popular Science Magazine, We Should All Drive Humongous Wheels By Now
9:07PM John Herrman | Scouring the recently-posted PopSci archives on Google Books, reader Wesley Treat has put together a collection documenting the magazine’s odd, decades-long obsession with the idea of a personal monowheel. More »
Vehicles
The Corvini C6W Six-Wheel Speedster Is Actually Being Built
3:30AM Mark Wilson | The Corvini C6W is a (crazy? brilliant?) 6-wheel Italian sports car that’s specifically not a Photoshop. More »
Vehicles
Michelin Develops Revolutionary Active Wheel for Electric Cars
7:30AM Jack Loftus | Is this tire really the “Holy Grail of Eco-Transportation,” as Treehugger believes? Maybe. Time will tell if the electric engine inside the Active Wheel from Michelin will catch on and further drive down the cost of electric vehicles. For now, let’s delve deep into this tire-motor combo, and you can decide for yourself if it has what it takes to kill the gas-guzzling combustion engine for good. More »
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