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Joules the robot cyclist no threat to Lance Armstrong

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 12:04am

The skinny little rider you see perched atop the back seat of this tandem is Joules, robot cyclist extraordinaire. He's the creation of a guy called Chris who, challenged by his son to create an electric tandem that worked via...

Evergreen folding electric motorcycle is as bare bones as you can get

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 11:14am

UK-based designer Nick Fisher has dreamed up a folding electric motorcycle called Evergreen that may be too simple or just right depending on how you look at it. You probably wouldn't want to take this thing on the highway, but...

Can GreenGT's all-electric roadster win one of the world's oldest races?

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 4:23am

Swiss-based startup GreenGT has a car in the works called the Twenty-4 it hopes could compete in the demanding France's 24 hour Le Mans race in 2011. That's a rather lofty goal in itself, but it gets even crazier —...

Airbus competition craziness: windowless cabins, planes made from plants, and more

Kevin Hall

Friday, May 8, 2009 - 12:06pm

Back in October of '08, Airbus launched the "Fly Your Ideas" competition, where teams would compete with one another to come up with the best idea to reshape the future of air travel. An amazing 2,350 students from 82 countries...

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