archive: transport
August 9, 2007 - 2:22 PM


December 16, 2006 - 10:31 PM


May 18, 2006 - 1:19 PM


March 21, 2006 - 2:00 AM

[transport] - Dagen H "the day ... on which traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. ... all non-essential traffic was banned from the roads from 1:00 am to 6:00 am. Any vehicles on the roads during that time had to follow special rules. All vehicles had to come to a complete stop at 4:45 am and, after waiting five minutes, carefully change to the right-hand side of the road and then stop again before being allowed to proceed at 5:00 am." (larger pic)

Extreme Tractor(wmv 4mb (server slow to start))

How to build an Airbus A380 in about 7 Mins - Google Video
and how to tow a plane (wmv 21mb)

extreme dashboard and an unhappy driver and custom bodywork and size means nothing.

If lego made car engines and innards that looked like you might imagine that could, I would So learn mechanics. And if the whole car was made of lego, you could use a zorb as an airbag, and just explode out in a shower of bricks and bounce in any crash...!



February 28, 2006 - 12:18 AM

[transport] - backyard monorails for dogs

Vintage Golf Cart Parts. oh wow.

Daihatsu Move Latte X. standard immaculate design touches, including the most adorably useless toolkit i've yet seen. (yes yes, it's a girl's car. i still want one.)

junkyard jewels: field of dreams. "classic custom unrestored diecast 1/18 scale replica collectables for sale". genius. (closeups)

Universal Hovercraft. yikes.
see also: Hovercraft ride gale (1.5mb wmv). much more amusing.

2004 Toyota Engineering Society Festival - Mechanical Centipeded



February 10, 2006 - 4:09 PM

[transport] - Para-Cycle - Photo & Video Gallery

The Steam Car Club of Great Britain videos galore. many more via frontpage.

Unwheeldy.

1964-Rambler-Clipper-boat

two new video for the Wheelman: wheelman2.mov (3mb) and wheelman.wmv (14mb)

One Second in the life of a racer.



January 26, 2006 - 12:48 PM

[transport] - Funny cars you see in London

tokyo bike show 2005

Brent and Eivind's Couchbike Adventure (good pictures on pages 2, 7, 8, 10+)

Self-steering bicycle

Tiny 3-wheeled car - The CLEVER Project tilts through corners, same as the earlier (and already in production) Carver One (€30,000) (videos). See also the Volkswagen GX3 concept.

Arbortech Airboard - movie(.mov 3.5mb). crazy aussies.

Smart Car plus GSXR equals “Smartuki”. plus videos.



January 6, 2006 - 1:53 AM


November 22, 2005 - 8:36 AM

[transport] - Saskatchewan Snowmobile

Robotic racers achieve milestone. the first car to successfully complete DARPA's autonomous robot vehicle race. see also the Ghostrider Robot.

whilst i'm highly amused by the variety, and basic concept, of the popemobile (pejorative perturbs prior pontiff) , the newly required buddhist sidecar is quite sad.

GEN H-4 Personal Helicopter

Freeline skates - demo movie(6mb)



November 6, 2005 - 9:23 AM

[transport] - 1938 Maserati 8CTF in minty mint condition. Tons more eye candy at atspeedimages.com

1935 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic (more in links) (among my top 5 cars) and more historical Bugattis.
see also the 1938 Phantom Corsair (more)

Suzuki LC concept. more. oh so cute (which never survives through to production..), though it's not quite a Nissan Pao (more more more more) (another of my top 5 cars)

Smart Crosstown concept. (more more more more)

VW EcoRacer concept

Jeep Willys 2001 concept (more)

Mini Concept Tokyo. yikes. though if they lost the gold tires/grill, and the seat upholstery, it'd be really kinda nifty.



September 9, 2005 - 9:57 AM

[transport] - Metro Arts and Architecture - gorgeous gallery of international subway stations (via)

Mopah by Michael Tseng. gah. lovely student design project. your ipod is the key, and stereo. oh so emo friendly. (via)

KUKA Industrial Robots - Robocoaster "Wide range of motion sequences, speeds and ride profiles, from gentle to extreme, to meet the requirements of all customers"

Skoopy minicars. so cute. presummably photoshopped fakery.

How Could They Park Like This? japanese minimalist parking.

japanese minimalist humour



August 20, 2005 - 5:44 PM

[transport] - Snowplane

Walk on water with Seajogger. which looks almost normal when compared to...
the Aquaskipper. watch the video. the ending is so.. so.. ummmm... darwinian.

Paternoster videos. a continual motion elevator. (as a reply to the current elevator hacking threads )
see also: Residential Pneumatic Vacuum Elevators. with 3 movies. (via)

Unimotorcyclists. one-wheeled mud drag madness.

Gas-powered Pogo Stick (article)



July 20, 2005 - 12:42 AM

[transport] - Goodguys Street Rod of the Year. real purdy pictures. scroll up for more.

Geneva Motor Show 2005. more concept cars. less exciting, more plausible.

The Ugliest Cars in Britain.
there are some beautiful creatures here! how dare they!
Isetta bubble car, Corbin Sparrow, Bond Bug, Morgan Aero 8, Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite, Ford Anglia [well, okay, maybe not the Anglia 105E they refer to, but the 1953 Anglia is scrumptious], Daimler SP250, Jensen S-V8, and the cute little Daihatsu Copen.
Philistines.

The World's Most Efficient Cars, often breaking 10,000 miles per gallon. (a firefly/sprint gets about 38mpg. a prius about 55mpg. a pickup/SUV about 18mpg. check vehicles at FuelEconomy.gov)
This year's entries include the road legal Caterham 2R.



July 14, 2005 - 10:08 AM


July 3, 2005 - 1:23 AM
[transport] - streaming realvideo, which is hateful, but the content is fascinating enough to warrant overlooking. mosquito production in wwII. first 20 mins in particular. (De Havilland Mosquito - wikipedia)


June 24, 2005 - 11:37 PM


May 19, 2005 - 4:09 PM
[transport] - best crash test vid ever. (700k)


May 19, 2005 - 1:31 PM
[transport] - Das VW-Werk 1949 VW photography and sounds.


May 19, 2005 - 1:30 PM
[transport] - 42mb .mpg of ariel atom "My epiglottis is full of bees!" (via)


May 11, 2005 - 12:47 AM
[transport] - my object of lust and adulation. Ford MA concept car and more pics


May 6, 2005 - 12:37 PM
[transport] - christo - Speeder, modded segway gets 24mph. suddenly more impressive.


February 5, 2005 - 4:35 PM
[transport] - Michael's Automobile Photos Page. gooey delicious collection. now That's a car.


December 15, 2004 - 7:33 PM
[transport] - The flying machines website (with annoying embedded quicktimeaudio)


December 15, 2004 - 6:00 PM
[transport] - Toyota Joint Vehicle


December 3, 2004 - 7:30 PM


November 9, 2004 - 1:23 AM
[transport] - 2003-10-25 - Tokyo Motor Show. click twice for fullsize.


October 21, 2004 - 10:42 PM
[transport] - Motorcycles of the 20th Century. large gallery of wallpaper sized photos.


October 12, 2004 - 11:25 PM
[flight] - indoor model planes


August 20, 2004 - 8:23 PM
[transport] - atomiczombie sparky minibike and bicycles (and some robots)


August 9, 2004 - 12:10 AM
[transport] - Transportation Futuristics. heaps of postulatory wonder.


July 8, 2004 - 7:44 PM


May 21, 2004 - 5:03 PM
[transport] - Chunc Wheelchairs


May 15, 2004 - 3:46 AM


May 8, 2004 - 10:42 PM
[transport] - PiggyBackTrain


May 8, 2004 - 12:28 AM
[transport] - WhiteDwarf and project ornithopter and skycycle


May 6, 2004 - 4:42 PM


May 5, 2004 - 11:28 PM


May 3, 2004 - 2:13 PM
[transport] - Gyrocar


April 30, 2004 - 9:18 PM


March 31, 2004 - 8:36 PM
[vehicles] - hot rods collection (scroll)


March 19, 2004 - 5:47 PM


March 8, 2004 - 12:20 AM
[transport] - a Tucker snow kitten


March 6, 2004 - 11:49 PM
[transport] - blue car in snow


October 25, 2003 - 12:23 AM
[vehicles] - clive alive and hogster


October 22, 2003 - 2:06 PM


September 12, 2003 - 2:29 AM
[projects] - Solar hot air balloon. <cue cackling>


September 4, 2003 - 12:45 AM


September 4, 2003 - 12:16 AM
[vehicles] - wants. Metropolitan Pit Stop Museum


August 25, 2003 - 9:45 PM
[vehicle] - 1957 Pontiac Trailer


August 2, 2003 - 8:32 PM
[vehicles] - Art Car Agency - Conceptual Sculptural. 1 of 6 catagories. nice collection, though the pics could be larger.


July 22, 2003 - 12:58 AM


July 2, 2003 - 12:26 AM
[flight] - Starbrook Airlines


June 21, 2003 - 1:12 PM
[transport] - East Coast Minimoto - Pocketbikes. heehee!


March 27, 2003 - 10:33 PM
[transport] - 'Expression of Dynamism' concepts, and some more mundane concept cars


March 22, 2003 - 3:09 AM
[patterns] - Carfree Cities


February 21, 2003 - 7:25 PM
[vehicles] - 10 most technically sophisticated cars for 2003. they dont fly, but lemonjuice is ok too.
The 2003 Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle concept can almost fly.


February 14, 2003 - 12:55 PM
[fly] - AeroSite divies up the fetishable collectable goods. cliff muskiet supplies the clothing.


December 5, 2002 - 10:59 PM
[sigh :] - Schwimmwagen


September 18, 2002 - 2:19 PM
[concept] - car


April 18, 2002 - 8:10 PM
[transport] - Unusual HPVs (human powered vehicles) for land. including the springwalker, powerskip and kangoo jumps; also some thoroughly bizarre bikes: monocycle, no-hands bike, step-n-go bike, rail bikes, bamboo cycle (with sunshade!), and the jumping bicycle. Not to be left out, unusual unicycles.


January 8, 2002 - 7:09 PM
homemade foamcore hovercraft and its slightly bigger brother.


December 5, 2001 - 12:15 AM
Time.com - Inside the Segway. IT looks grand.


July 4, 2001 - 6:01 PM
ArtCar Fest. oh my.


December 21, 2000 - 8:36 PM
life is a rollercoaster. pass the barf bag


May 26, 2000 - 1:07 AM
from the latest issue of Wallpaper*: "When our resilient aviation safety consultant John Purvis is asked by his friends where the best place to sit on a plane is, his answer is always the same: the front - the seats are a lot nicer and the food is much more refined. Now that's the most sensible advice we've heard in a long time."