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Plane Lands On Highway!

nateroe — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:19:20 +0000

When’s the last time that you saw a plane actually land on the highway? This plane in the video was forced to land on the highway on his way to an air show because of engine problems! See what happens in read more!

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Ferrari F430 Scuderia (Pictures)

nateroe — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:13:53 +0000

This Ferrari F430 Scuderia is planned to be unveiled by Michael Schumacher, the famous F1 driver, at the upcoming Frankfurt Autoshow. This is a light Ferrari with increased power, a dangerous combination. The Scuderia is packed with a 4.3L V8 producing 510 horsepower with a time of zero-to-sixty in just 3.5 seconds. Check out the other beautiful pictures in read more!

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Car or Transformer? (Video & Pictures!)

nateroe — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:43:08 +0000

This is one car that is just a little over-accesorized. It has 360-degree revolving doors, 24-inch wheels, and much more! Check out the pictures and video in read more!

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Hydrogen-Power Now Being Used

nateroe — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:27:18 +0000

Finally it looks as though hydrogen may replace petrol. Hydrogen is one of the only elements that has the capability of replacing petrol. Not only is hydrogen cheap, more importantly it is environmentally friendly. Though this BMW does not completely run on hydrogen gas, it shows that we are going in that direction. Unlike running on gasoline and emitting polution, running on hydrogen emits nothing more than water vapor! Though this BMW Hydrogen 7 runs on hydrogen it still performs.

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Zero Gravity Flight

nateroe — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:17:43 +0000

This European aerospace company, EADS, is offering a Zero Gravity flight which will take these rich tourists 100 km off Earth’s surface. For a minute and a half these passengers will experience near-zero-gravity.
Round trip will last around 90 minutes, carrying four passengers and a pilot. Yet the price is not so small. This will be the most expensive 90 minutes you spend though, as it will cost you $267,000!

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Huge Ship Transports Oil Rigs! (Pictures)

nateroe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:08:09 +0000

Some of the largest ships in the world have to be transported as well. So who transports something like an aircraft carrier, oil rig, and factory. Some of their only ways across the ocean is an enormous boat. This is where the “Mighty Servant III comes in. This boat is big enough to transport all of those. So we are left with one question. Who transports the “Mights Servant II”? Check out pictures of it at work in the read more!

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Car Runs on Both Land and Water (Video)

nateroe — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:44:27 +0000

This incredible car runs on both land and water. Also unlike other vehicles that are known to do this such as duck boats, this is very small, and much faster. You will notice in this video the car has no problems switching from land to water. Check out the video in read more!

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Future Cars (Video)

nateroe — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:50:48 +0000

You may be very surprised what some of the cars planned to be released in the future may feature. A functionaly flying car? A self parking car? Self driving VW? Don’t believe it? Watch the videos in read more for proof!
Flying Car

This is the Alfa Romeo Spix. This is currently a concept car, and we can only pray it goes into production.

Self-Parking

Take your hands off the wheels, this BWM will take the challenge of parking away!

Self-Driving

So is it truly practical to have a car drive itself? Well as seen in the video, it may not be the fastest while tracking the course, but once it knows where it is going this as practical as you can get!

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