Nov 5th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Everett Bradford has created a device that aspiring superheroes and supervillains alike will be drooling over: The Prometheus Device. Put simply, it allows you to cast fireballs from your hand. This is the kind of thing I expect Mickey Rourke to be sporting as Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
From Everett’s YouTube page:
Prometheus is version 3 of the Pyro [...]
Jul 29th, 2008
by Nar Williams.
The Long Now Foundation has purchased a high desert mountain top property in eastern Nevada as the site for their planned public 10,000 Year Clock. Inventor and Long Now co-founder Danny Hillis designed the 8 foot prototype pictured above, and is now designing the mechanisms that would be used in a large scale version that will tick [...]
Mar 6th, 2008
by Nar Williams.
The Morgan Motor Company plans to unveil the hydrogen-powered Lifecar at the Geneva Motor Show this week.
The Lifecar is a zero-emission sports car. It has a top speed of 90 mph, produces little noise, and emits only water vapour from its exhaust. How? It runs on hydrogen fuel cells.
The Lifecar was developed by an alliance of UK companies and universities and partly [...]
Feb 4th, 2008
by Nar Williams.
I’ve read a lot about the Tesla Roadster over the last couple of years. On Friday the 100% electrical car was officially released. I’m sure it would make it’s namesake proud by boasting an amazing 220 MILES on one electrical charge — Awesome! Not so awesome: the $98,000 price tag.
Nikola Tesla embodied the spirit of Nerdvana Enlightenment by attempting [...]