Paragliding motor trike concept heads for blue sky
November 23, 2011
It seems like such a simple concept, something Q
might whip up for 007 in the next Bond flick: hook a recumbent electric
motorcycle up to a paraglider, drive it off a cliff and see what
happens. That's the thinking behind this offering from Serbian designer
Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, and while the idea of attaching vehicles to parasails is far from new, there's something about Nedeljkovic's concept design that captures the imagination. Read More
Mercedez-Benz has managed to significantly reduce
the weight of its upcoming SL (sporty, lightweight) Roadster, thanks in
large part to a new 89 percent aluminum bodyshell that, at 254 kg
(559.9 lb), is 110 kg (242.5 lb) lighter than a comparable bodyshell.
The new bodyshell structure also enables a new "FrontBass" system, which
will make its world premiere in the SL series, that Mercedes claims
delivers "concert hall" sound with the roof up or down. Another
feature making its debut is the MAGIC VISION CONTROL wiper/washer
system that cleans the windscreen without the splash of road-obscuring
water seen in traditional systems. Read More
Do you think that you’ll never be able to afford a
robot of your own that isn’t a toy? Well, if you can get Swiss
robot-maker K-Team Corporation to sell you one, chances are you can
easily afford a Kilobot
– perhaps even a whole bunch of them. Designed and first built by
Harvard University’s Self-Organizing Systems Research Group, the
three-legged robots aren’t much larger than the 3.4-volt button cell
batteries that power them, and move by vibrating across smooth, flat
surfaces. They were created to study robotic swarming behavior, with the
intention that tens, hundreds or even thousands of them could be used
simultaneously in one experiment. Harvard has just announced that it has
licensed the Kilobot technology to K-Team, which will commercially
manufacture the robots so that other groups and institutions can
purchase them for their own research. Read More
Ducati's flagship 1199 Panigale: the full story
By Loz Blain
November 23, 2011
A formula one car, at 640 kg and about 800
horsepower, has a power-to-weight ratio around 1.25 horsepower per
kilogram. The new 1199 Panigale, with 195 horsepower and 164 kg, has a
ratio of 1.19 horsepower per kilogram. Granted, that figure changes
significantly if you add my porky badonkadonk and a full tank to the
equation ... but regardless, this roaring L-twin beast is not only the
new power-to-weight champion of the production motorcycle world, it's a
ground-up reinvention of the Ducati superbike that has reportedly been
in development since the venerable 1098 first hit showroom floors in
2007. Even without factory support, the 1198 won this year's World
Superbike championship ... and absolutely everything about the Panigale
looks significantly better, including Troy Bayliss' lap times. Let's
take a closer look at what is easily the most desirable supersports bike
of 2012. Read More
With the various aftermarket lenses
that have become available for the iPhone recently, it’s easy to forget
that the smartphone is capable of recording not only video, but also
audio. Should you not want to be limited by its single bottom-mounted
condenser mic, however, what choices are there? Well, you can play
reporter and get a handheld condenser, or as of this Monday, you can now pick up TASCAM’s iM2 Stereo Microphone for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Read More
Although Klingon-style disappearing spaceships
may not be in our neighborhood any time soon, the technology that could allow
a spaceship to vanish from sight may be here now. Scientists from the
University of Michigan have successfully made a three-dimensional etched
silicon image of a tank appear as a featureless black void, that
completely blended in with the backdrop surrounding it. The secret: good
ol’ carbon nanotubes. Read More
Affordable kit lets you build your own twin lens reflex camera
November 23, 2011
Back in the days before digital cameras and
printers, many do-it-yourselfers liked to develop and print their own
photos. While those days of darkrooms, chemicals and papers haven't
completely given over to CMOS sensors and printers just yet, nuts and
bolts photographers still have to work a bit harder to get their hands
dirty, so to speak. Now, camera gadget site Photojojo offers one way to
stay "retro," by offering a very affordable build-it-yourself twin lens
camera kit that shoots honest to gosh 35mm film. Best of all, even
though it looks like a toy, its plastic lens actually captures fairly
decent (read "lo-fi dreamy") photos. The small amount of vignetting and
lens flare is thrown in for free! Read More
Prototype contact lens brings Terminator-esque vision a little closer
By Ben Coxworth
November 23, 2011
Fans of the original film in the Terminator
franchise will recall how various bits of data were shown to be
overlaid on the cyborg's vision - in particular, they might remember the
list of possible responses that could be used when someone was angrily
knocking on its door (for those who don't remember, its chosen response
wasn't very polite). Such augmented vision systems are now a little
closer to reality, thanks to work being done by a team of scientists at
the University of Washington and Aalto University, in Finland. They have
created a contact lens that displays information, which is visible to
the wearer. Read More
EnviroTech's Lightning electric hot rod breaks cover
By Paul Ridden
November 23, 2011
While modifying cars for fast acceleration over a
short distance is said to date back to the 1930s, many will associate
the rise of the American hot rod with the James Dean era of the 1950s.
Nowadays, rodding has gone global, with hundreds of enthusiast
gatherings organized every year by clubs and associations so that
members can proudly show off their creations. Given this popularity and
the recent upsurge in electric car development, it's hardly surprising
that the two have been brought together in the shape of the Lightning
electric car from EnviroTech. Read More
Earlier this month Microsoft announced the Kinect
for Windows Commercial Program that will give businesses “the tools to
develop applications that not only could improve their own operations,
but potentially revolutionize entire industries.” Following this
announcement many wondered whether there would also be new PC-centric
Kinect hardware in the offing. The company has now answered in the
affirmative with confirmation that a new Kinect device with optimized
hardware components and numerous firmware adjustments tailored for close
up PC-user scenarios is on the way. Read More
It's been a week of intense speculation as to the
role and future of Spotify within the music industry. On Wednesday of
last week the UK-based distributor STHoldings put out a strongly-worded
statement (apparently since withdrawn) announcing its decision to pull
the catalogues of 238 record labels from the service, as well as from
Napster, Rdio and Simfy. The statement reignited the debate as to the
role of Spotify and similar subscription-based services within the music
industry, and it's a debate that hinges on what Spotify is, or, more
crucially, what it replaces. Read More
Camera trap app sends shots of random wild critters to your iPhone
By Ben Coxworth
November 24, 2011
Why do ecotourists travel thousands of miles to
catch glimpses of rare, exotic animals, when they could get long,
lingering looks at them just by turning on their TV? Well, partly
because it’s fun to travel. Also, however, it’s a lot more exciting when
you never know what you’re going to see, or when, or where. While it’s
not quite as epic as trekking through the African Savannah, the
Zoological Society of London’s Instant Wild App is bringing that same
sort of wilderness-lottery-like excitement to the iPhone. Users can
subscribe to feeds from camera traps located in several areas of the
world, and will receive photos of the animals that trigger those traps,
as they’re triggered. While that might be neat enough in and of itself,
users can then proceed to help conservationists protect those creatures.
Read More
DeLorme inReach gets the word out when you're lost in the woods
By Ben Coxworth
November 24, 2011
Whether they involve hiking, paddling, pedaling
or climbing, multi-day backcountry wilderness trips can be very
rewarding. For some of us, however, there’s always that one worry – what if something happens and no one knows where to find us?
A cell phone likely won’t do much good, as coverage isn’t available
across about 90 percent of the planet. A satellite phone would do the
trick, but they tend to be quite expensive. That’s where DeLorme’s new
inReach device comes into play ... just think of it as a
satellite-enabled panic button. Read More
Handheld projectors can be very useful devices
when you need to project a large image on-the-go, but many of them lack
enough brightness, resolution and battery life. California-based company
AAXA Technologies has rolled out its P4 Pico Projector with the aim of
addressing some of these issues - it offers 80 lumens of brightness, 75
minutes of battery life and can handle 720p videos. Read More
This stunning alpine modular lodge is the
creation of Italian design firm LEAPfactory. Dubbed LEAP (living
ecological alpine pod) the modules are built entirely off-site, ready to
be transported by helicopter to the summit of choice. Breaking away
from traditional alpine structures, the pod is fitted with high-tech
features and "at the end of its life cycle [it] can be lifted away by
helicopter without leaving any permanent trace of its presence in the
natural environment" says LEAPfactory. Read More
Lenovo has unleashed a new device which falls
into the HTPC or nettop PC category - the Windows 7-based IdeaCentre
Q180. The book-sized computer will fit easily alongside any television
set, where it can serve as an entertainment hub, given that it handles
1080p videos and optionally supports Blu-ray videos in 3D. Read More
The Iguana 29 - the upmarket amphibian 10-seat tender vessel
By Mike Hanlon
November 24, 2011
The Iguana 29 is a new take on amphibious vehicles,
using retractable caterpillar tracks to deliver surefooted drive across
extreme terrain at up to 8 km/h while on water it is quick to plane and
has 35 knot speed. Most impressive of all is that the hybrid version of
the Iguana can run in electric only mode in nature's most delicate
areas. The Iguana 29 and its retractable caterpillar design looks to
address an important need for boats capable of entering and exiting the
water in complete independence. The Iguana has enough carrying capacity
to be very versatile and could serve as tender, to land anywhere, as a
leisure craft offering freedom from marinas, berths and other
constraints, or for transporting goods and equipment. Larger versions of
the currently ten-seater amphibian are planned. Read More
Colorfly portable music player takes Hi-Fi on the road
By Paul Ridden
November 24, 2011
The modern smartphone has quickly become an
essential part of modern living. It's a powerful portable computer, a
high resolution camera, and a mobile communications center. However, if
you're of the school who thinks that just because such a device can also
play music, there's no need to spend good money on a separate audio
player - the Colorfly Pocket Hi-Fi C4 pro may well be the dedicated
music player to change your mind. Hidden within a gorgeous walnut outer
shell with hand-carved motif and controlled by deliciously old-school
physical buttons and sliding volume pot, the black circuit board heart
of this music player is home to some top notch tech with one purpose -
to deliver audiophile-pleasing, Hi-Fi-quality audio. Read More
Just four decades ago, Ducati was known for its
outdated desmodromic singles and little else. On April 23, 1972, Paul
Smart and Bruno Spaggiari debuted Ducati's new desmodromic 750 v-twin
with a 1-2 victory at the Imola 200 Mile Race. They beat Giacomo
Agostini's MV Agusta, plus the best that Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki,
Triumph, BSA, Laverda and Moto Guzzi could offer. The famous victory set
Ducati on a course that saw its big desmo V-twins dominating superbike
racing for four decades. The official factory reserve bike from Ducatis
most famous moment is coming up for auction, with bidding expected to
finish beyond EUR150,000. Read More
Insects have served as the inspiration for a number of Micro Air Vehicles
(MAVs) that could be deployed to monitor hazardous situations without
putting humans in harm’s way. Now researchers at the University of
Michigan College of Engineering are proposing using actual live insects
enhanced with electronic sensors to achieve the same result. The insect
cyborgs would use biological energy harvested from their body heat or
movements to potentially power small sensors implanted on their bodies
in order to gather vital information from hazardous environments. Read More
Protexo aims to help asthmatics breathe easier while sleeping
By Ben Coxworth
November 25, 2011
Asthmatics have it hard enough when they’re
awake, having to periodically use their inhalers, or remove themselves
from situations that could trigger an attack. For some of them, however,
their symptoms get even worse when they go to bed, preventing them from
getting a good night’s sleep. Airsonett, a Swedish medical tech
company, is attempting make life easier for those people. It has created
a device called the Protexo, which it claims should be of great
assistance to night-time asthma sufferers. Read More
Minimalistic Bluetooth speaker is activated by twisting the cap
By Pawel Piejko
November 25, 2011
Bluetooth speakers are not particularly complex
devices in terms of operation - you just pair them with a
Bluetooth-enabled device, adjust the volume and enjoy the sound.
However, a duo of industrial designers have created the Hidden Radio And
Bluetooth Speaker in an attempt to make it even simpler and more
intuitive. The unit is also claimed to offer an impressive 30 hours of
battery life. Read More
China/Taiwan commercial hub planned for Pingtan
November 25, 2011
International architectural firm 10 Design has
recently won the opportunity to master plan a 93-hectare (230-acre)
waterfront central business district as part of a new development for
Pingtan in China. Pingtan, being the closest Chinese island to Taiwan,
is to be transformed into a new commercial hub in an effort to attract
trade between the two sides of the Straits. Read More
CompuLab's fit-PC3 gets redesigned and released
By Paul Ridden
November 25, 2011
CompuLab has taken the time between announcing its fit-PC3 back in January
and actually releasing it to give the low power, fanless mini computer a
bit of a redesign. There's more processing and graphics power on offer,
support for more memory, two casing designs and something the company
has called the FACE Module, which alters the system's I/O capabilities
to suit different needs. Read More
The Switchblade is a new form of miniature
unmanned aerial system (UAS) which is man-packable and offers a
loitering, silent, almost invisible, over-the-horizon aerial presence
for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance duties. It also
carries a warhead, so if a target of opportunity presents itself, the
Switchblade has imaging sensors capable of identifying, tracking and
guiding itself right to that person before exploding - with the aim of
causing minimal collateral damage. The UAS is currently being readied
for initial deployment by U.S.Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More
Inaugural ATRA safety list shakes up the airline top ten
November 24, 2011
A recent system of ranking commercial airlines
devised by the Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA), and based largely on
safety criteria, radically overhauls the perceived order of airline
superiority. In fact, a grand total of none of the ten best
airlines according to the 2011 Skytrax awards, which reflect customer
service, feature in ATRA's safety top ten. Read More
While Toyota took out the Tokachi 24-Hour Race in 2007 with a Supra HV-R hybrid race car
featuring a quick-charging supercapacitor-based regenerative braking
system, battery storage has so far been the norm for these systems in
production vehicles. Now Mazda is charging things up with its new
"i-ELOOP" system intended for internal combustion engine-powered
vehicles. The i-ELOOP is billed as the world's first passenger vehicle
regenerative braking system that uses a capacitor in place of
rechargeable batteries to temporarily store energy captured from
braking. Read More
Could multitouch desks be the wave of the future?
ExoPC thinks so, and has posted a video of its new 40-inch multi-touch
desk on YouTube - a desk it plans on officially announcing at the
Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of January. Read More
There's no doubt that sources of renewable energy
such as wind and solar are critical to a clean energy future, but just
as important is a way to store the energy generated for use when the sun
isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. Researchers at Stanford
University are reporting the development of a new high-power electrode
that is so cheap, durable and efficient that it could enable the
creation of batteries that are big enough and economical enough for
large-scale storage of renewable energy on the grid. Read More
The human brain contains approximately 100
billion neurons, and each one of those communicates with many others by
releasing neurotransmitters. Those neurotransmitters cross a gap –
properly known as a synapse – between the sending (presynaptic) and
receiving (postsynaptic) neurons. Ion channels on the membranes of the
postsynaptic neurons open or close in response to the arrival of the
neurotransmitters, changing the neurons’ electrical potential. Should
that potential change to a sufficient degree, the neuron will produce an
electrical impulse known as an action potential. It’s a very complex
process ... and scientists from MIT have now recreated it on a silicon
computer chip. Read More
While traditional mixing desks can bury DJs
behind bulky equipment in a dimly lit corner of the club, this
transparent, 46-inch multi-touch system from software development
company Smithson Martin puts the person spinning the discs - or in this
case the touch display - front and center. Read More
The first lab-grown hamburger will cost $345,000
By David Szondy
November 27, 2011
How much would you pay for a hamburger? How about
US$345,000? No, it's not wrapped in edible gold leaf and held together
with a skewer made out of a diamond stick pin that you get to keep. It's
an ordinary burger that doesn't include the bun, lettuce, pickles or
onions. It isn't even super-sized. This may seem like price gouging on a
monumental scale, but it's actually the cost price for this particular
burger. That's because even though it is a real hamburger made from real
meat, it doesn't come from a cow at all. So where is all this heading?
David Szondy investigates the past, present and future of lab-grown
meat. Read More
Philips Bio-light concept lights the home using bacteria
November 27, 2011
The search for greener, more power-efficient
lighting systems won't stop with compact fluorescents and LED systems if
Dutch electronics giant Philips has anything to say about it. In an
effort to embrace a truly natural approach to lighting, the company took
a cue from fireflies and deep-sea creatures to create a (literally)
green light powered not by electricity or sunlight, but by glowing
bioluminescent bacteria. Read More
Printrbot has designs on making 3D printing simple
By Bryan Clark
November 27, 2011
Since I was a small child, I've always wished
that I had a machine that could produce anything I wanted at my command.
Every once in a while, technology aligns with childhood wishes and you
get magical products as a result. The Printrbot is one such concept.
While 3D printers aren't new, the Printrbot aims to be the smallest and the simplest to construct on the market. Read More
Mars Curiosity Rover successfully launched
November 27, 2011
On Saturday at 10:02 a.m. EST an Atlas V rocket carrying its precious cargo, the Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover,
took off successfully from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral. A
statement from NASA Project Manager Peter Theisinger confirmed that all
had gone according to plan. "The spacecraft is in communication,
thermally stable and power positive," he said. "We're on our way to
Mars". Read More
Toyota will be officially showing its GT 86
sports car in Tokyo, after several years of concept cars and redesigns
and extensive collaboration with Subaru, which will sell an almost
identical car. The compact 2+2 sports car is an incredibly important
release from the world's largest auto manufacturer, which is hoping to
bolster its reputation by creating a superb handling, driver-focused,
low center of gravity, beautifully balanced with excellent
power-to-weight ratio. The front-mounted 197bhp Subaru 2.0-litre
flat-four has rear wheel drive, goes on sale mid-2012 and is expected to
sell below GBP30,000 in the UK to "those for whom driving is a passion,
not a necessity." Read More
Autonomo - fully autonomous vehicle designed for the year 2030
By Jan Belezina
November 26, 2011
Charles Rattray’s vision of what the automotive
industry will be capable of by the year 2030 is far more feasible that
it may seem at first glance. Autonomo, his fully autonomous vehicle
concept, certainly looks the part, but should not be dismissed as just
another flashy concept car. As car makers worldwide gear up to face the
enormous challenges posed by congestion, pollution, and infrastructural
deficiencies, Rattray’s final year student project offers a glimpse into
the world where these challenges are already a thing of the past.
Inspired by biomimicry, sustainability, artificial intelligence and
information technology in general, the concept draws on technologies
that are already being developed in R&D centers around the world.
Read More
For some time now, scientists have known that
certain nanostructures are very sensitive to the presence of various
chemicals and gases, making them good candidates for use in
explosives-detecting devices. Unfortunately, because they're so small,
mounting a single nanostructure within such a device would be an
extremely fiddly and costly process. They would also be quite fragile,
plus it would be difficult to clean the detected gas from them, so they
could be reused. Recently, however, scientists from New York's
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have figured out a solution to those
problems. They have created a postage stamp-sized piece of foam made
from one continuous piece of graphene, that is easy to manipulate,
flexible, rugged, simple to neutralize after each use ... and is ten
times more sensitive than traditional polymer sensors. Read More
Something of a prospective big stepbrother to
Arduino, BoardX is a new DIY electronics kit dreamt up by robotics
enthusiast turned entrepreneur, Kevin Green. Like Arduino,
BoardX is a customizable and expandable motherboard that forms a base,
schematically and structurally, to whatever electronics wizardry the end
user has in mind. What separates BoardX from Arduino is its larger
physical size, greater current-carrying capacity, and the fact that the
board does not come with an integrated processor. Users must select
their own. Read More
Ant-Roach illustrates potential for inflatable robots
By Ben Coxworth
November 25, 2011
What weighs a little under 70 pounds, has six
legs, and is full of air? No, it's not conjoined monkey triplets with
gas - as you've doubtless already gathered from the picture, it's a
walking inflatable robot known as Ant-Roach. Earning its name by looking
like a cross between an anteater and a cockroach, the wonderfully-kooky
beast is the creation of San Francisco-based engineering/design group
Otherlab. Besides providing amusement, the device was built to showcase
the high strength-to-weight ratios and carrying capacities that are
possible with inflatable robots. Read More
DisplAir brings interactivity to FogScreen projection display
By Darren Quick
November 28, 2011
Finnish company FogScreen has been wowing
attendees at major events, trade shows and conventions and giving
advertisers another way to capture our attention for over five years now
with its FogScreen
technology - a display system that projects images onto a curtain of
fog so they appear to float in the air. Now Russian company DisplAir has
added some interactivity to the technology by giving it multi-touch
capabilities that allows users to manipulate projected images in
mid-air. Read More
We've been keeping one eye on aspirational social network Diaspora
since its inception, and now that it's rolling out the invitations
ahead of its forthcoming Beta, and having apparently addressed the
security issues of the past, we took the Alpha for a spin. The first
thing that strikes you is just how much the user interface resembles
that of Google+, from its three-column layout, down to the specific
content of those columns and more besides. But given the gradual rollout
of the Diaspora Alpha it may not be immediately clear to new users just
who is mimicking whom. Read More
In these days of reducing, reusing and recycling,
it may seem strange that anyone would be going out of their way to make
a potentially reusable product disposable. It all makes sense, however,
when that product is a syringe. According to the World Health
Organization, every year approximately 1.3 million people die worldwide,
due to diseases contracted through the reuse of syringes. Part of this
can be chalked up to needle-sharing by users of illicit intravenous
drugs, but much of it is due to health care workers (particularly those
with little training or in impoverished conditions) using the same
syringe to inoculate multiple patients. If a syringe simply ceases to
function after one use, however, reusing it is impossible. That’s the
idea behind Star Syringes’ K1 Auto Disposable syringe. Read More
Whereas the majority of vertical farming concepts and projects featured in Gizmag over the years have either been huge dedicated structures or add-ons to existing buildings,
the Windowfarms system downsizes and personalizes veggie growing by
placing an indoor farm in the window. The original plastic-bottle-based,
do-it-yourself hydroponics system design has been available for a while
now but the developers are getting ready to make a new, improved kit
version available. Read More
Gamers don't need to be a whiz to play new video game system
By Ben Coxworth
November 28, 2011
As any barkeep will tell you, the bar/pub
industry is a very competitive one, with business owners taking every
opportunity they can to attract clientele to their establishments. If
the usual approaches such as cheap drinks aren't doing enough on their
own, however, now there's something else that may help draw the
customers in ... or at least, into the men's washroom. It's called
Captive Media, and it consists of urinal-mounted video game systems,
where men control the gameplay by changing the trajectory of their urine
stream from side to side. Hey, whatever it takes to make your watering
hole Number 1, right? Read More
Although we may not yet have reached the stage
where manned submarines can be shrunken down and placed inside the body,
à la the movie Fantastic Voyage, current technology does allow
us to do something almost as impressive – it is now possible to obtain
images of the inside of the intestinal tract, by getting patients to
swallow a camera-equipped capsule. Japanese company RF System Lab
reported success using its Norika 3 RF Endoscopic Robot Capsule to
transmit live video from inside test subjects back in 2004, while just
last year Olympus
announced the creation of a similar device. Now, Norwegian researchers
are stating that they are in the process of developing the “next
generation” of camera pill. Read More
Flying robots to build a 6-meter tower
November 28, 2011
The FRAC Centre in Orléans, France will for the
first time host an exhibition to be built entirely by flying robots.
Titled "Flight Assembled Architecture," the six meter-high tower will be
made up of 1,500 prefabricated polystyrene foam modules. The exhibition
has been developed by Swiss architect Gramazio & Kohler and Italian
robot designer Raffaello D'Andrea, to inspire new methods of thinking
about architecture as a "physical process of dynamic formation." Read More
The scooter and motorcycle are morphing into a
new class of two-wheeled machine, with the power, acceleration, braking
and roadholding of the motorcycle, and carrying capacity, weather
protection, comfort, safety and ease-of-use of the scooter. The SRV 850
is Aprilia's performance version of the Gilera GP800, which was already
the world's fastest and most powerful scooter. It is now a red-blooded
Italian V-twin sports bike with a CVT (no gears) and the acceleration to
smoke a Bugatti Veyron at legal speeds. With Honda's Integra due to be
unveiled in Tokyo, and new entries from BMW, the superscooter class is
burgeoning in response to the need for this new class of super commuter.
Read More
Spanish engineer crafts "world's smallest" V-12 engine
November 28, 2011
Anyone who appreciates the precision art of
engine design ought to get a kick out of this offering from a Spanish
engineer named Patelo. Starting with hunks of aluminum, bronze and
stainless steel, he spent over 1200 hours designing, milling, turning
and drilling what he claims is "probably" the world's smallest V12
engine. Powered by compressed air injection (0.1kg/sq cm), this little
marvel boasts a total displacement of 12 cubic centimeters from its
twelve 11.3 mm diameter pistons and works like a charm. Best of all, you
can see it come together in the detailed video that follows. Read More
New intuitive release binding system separates riders from their board
By Darren Quick
November 27, 2011
Andy Keel, the man behind the Motorcrossboard,
has developed a new binding system to minimize the risk of injury for
not only riders of his company’s vehicles, which he describes as
essentially stand-on light motorcycles, but for participants in a range
of boardsports. The intuitive release binding (IRB) system, which is
designed for any boardsport that sees the rider connected securely to
the board, features a binding that allows the rider to separate
themselves from the board at will by releasing their grip on a handheld
control. Read More
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