Friday, June 6, 2008

Electric/Hybrid Motorbike/Car

Initially only available in California, this vehicle called the Aptera (meaning wingless flight in Greek) is a two and a bit seater electric or hybrid three-wheeled enclosed motorcycle.




A prototype with a parallel hybrid diesel boasted an average of 230 MPG
(1.02 Litres per 100K). But because of emissions restrictions, the
hybrid model will use a small water-cooled EFI gasoline engine with
closed loop oxygen feedback and catalytic converter.

More info at http://www.aptera.com/

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Gadget recommendations wanted

We have booked our flights to visit New Zealand. We don't have a lot of money left after this, but we want to get some duty free gadgets on the way. Any recommendations?

We're thinking electronics such as a digital camera, smarter phones, etc.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Riding the Robot Caterpillar

My kids rode a robot caterpillar at the local mall the other night.


The guy controlling seemed to have a wireless remote control to start and stop it, but otherwise it followed the black lines on the floor.