INT.CI – Google Patent Search
Rowing needles
Category > transportation
YouTube – hultonclint's Channel
A quasi-systematic project of recording examples of the sea chanteys (shanties) in Stan Hugill’s book of the same title.
Metro: Bike There! map on Google Earth
Fly across the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region as you view the bike map in this 3-D simulation.
Maple Seeds And Animals Exploit The Same Trick To Fly
Lockheed Martin attempted to develop inexpensive “maple seed drone cameras” that could be deployed in large numbers for surveillance, “although the project is no longer funded,” Lentink says.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Penal Tour de France pedals off
Nearly 200 French prisoners are preparing to take to their bikes in the first ever penal Tour de France.
Never forget | MetaFilter
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Marvin Heemeyer’s killdozer rampage in Granby, Colorado. This resulted in the destruction of 13 buildings and an estimated $7 million in damage, a surreal heavy equipment duel with the police, and Heemeyer himself the sole casualty. Watch a fan-assembled montage of footage from the event.
YouTube – Bomberguy's Channel
330+ old aviationation films.
YouTube – TV Detector Van Licensing Propaganda
70s Public Information Film – TV Detector Van
Flight Control – A game for iPhone and iPod Touch
Touch and drag your aircraft to their landing zones, and avoid mid-air collisions.
Sikorsky Cypher – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sikorsky Cypher and Cypher II are types of unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. They are vertical takeoff and landing aircraft which use two opposing rotors enclosed in a circular shroud for propulsion.
Wings That Waggle Could Cut Aircraft Emissions By 20%
Wings which redirect air to waggle sideways could cut airline fuel bills by 20% according to research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Airbus. [implications for pollution, fuel consumption, commerce, so much more.]
Technomadics | MetaFilter
Steven K. Roberts is an interesting guy with a bit of a hobby problem. In 1983 his recumbent bike sported “only” a security system, lights, a CB radio and a state-of-the-art TRS80/100 laptop. [Another bit of what I thought the future would be like, 20+ years ahead of its time]
GM – Government Motors || kuro5hin.org
With the recent announcement of the US and Canadian Government takeovers of Chrysler and GM it seems appropriate to revisit some government produced automobiles from the past and how they performed
We Built This City on Sunken Ships | MetaFilter
Much of downtown San Francisco is built on landfill based on sunken ships that were abandoned during the Gold Rush
