If you haven’t seen a detailed CAD drawing before, just walk away with the impression that it’s incredibly detailed and the result of months, sometimes years of work. But because CAD is completely within the sphere of your computer, changes aren’t too difficult — edit here, delete there, shorten this length, make that width fatter. Pretty easy, right? How about recreating a CAD drawing/model in real life? Seems next to impossible. But it’s...
Being the gadget/electronic/computer hardware junkie that I am, seeing new and innovative ways to build your standard computer into something that’s very nonstandard is a treat. Like many of you here, I’ve seen my fair share of gadget mods. But along your travels, have you ever seen a computer mod as “out there” as this — a mini bike transformed into a fully working PC? The Pocketbike PC is powered by an Intel Core i7 920 processor, features...
The next time you see a car on fire off to the side of the road, picture a motorcycle or two hurtling towards the chaos to save the day instead of your typical gargantuan firetruck. That’s the goal of a test pilot program using some tweaked BMW motorcycles anyway. Weighing at £30,000 (that’s $46,000 USD to those living in the land of red, white, and blue), the bikes are far from cheap. Though in their defense, brand new firetrucks are well north of the six...
As far as I’m concerned, Dark Knight is one of the best Batman movies. Maybe not completely based on the overall theme and acting, but more-so on the rides, specifically the BatPod. Well, now you can actually own your very own. The BatPod project above was created by several Batman enthusiasts to mimic as closely as possible, the real BatPod. Hitting (I’m assuming 60) in 5.2 seconds is a breeze in this dark beast. Though plan your gas stops accordingly as...
Velcro + iPad + Motorcycle sounds like a unique combination, no? Jesse Rosten from Vimeo did just that. Think of all the nifty stuff you could do! My only cringe moment is when imagining the unfortunate event of laying the bike down and obliterating that fine iPad under a few hundred pounds of twisted metal. Then again, I’d take life over a busted bike and shattered iPad any day. You know the drill, video after the...
