DailyDirt: Cool Vehicles That You Can't Drive
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
The popular modes of transportation we have today might not be the same in a few decades. Obviously, there will be more Hyundais and Kias on the roads, but there are plenty of other concept vehicles that don't make it to the auto shows. Here are a few interesting links that look cooler than a Volt or Leaf.Hybrid air vehicles might look like Zeppelins, but they don't need special runways to land/takeoff. The US military has invested in them, apparently, but mainly as a surveillance ship. [url] Some Australians broke a land speed record for a solar powered car -- 88 kph FTW. Neither 1.21 gigawatts nor a flux capacitor were required. [url] If you're going to add a Segway mechanism to a car, this concept car looks like the way to do it. Make the two rear wheels into detachable personal motorbikes. [url] There's a pretty big picture of almost all the different Batmobiles with wheels. Given that many changes, Batman's ride probably never lasted long enough for an oil change. [url]
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If this is even a U.S. "innovation" (if it can even be called that), it figures that it has more to do with spying on its citizens (and others) than it has to do with serving the public good.
"Some Australians broke a land speed record for a solar powered car -- 88 kph FTW. Neither 1.21 gigawatts nor a flux capacitor were required. [url] "
This is actually surprising, given their patent on the wheel. and, as usual, no new innovations from the U.S. because we're too busy suing each other for IP infringement and all of our would be scientists have become IP lawyers instead.
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Still, there seem to be some questions about the IP background for HAVs:
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2011/01/hybrid-air-vehicles.html
Hopefully , the patent issues won't hinder this hybrid airship from taking off....
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http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2008/11/airship-dreams.html
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Segway Mechanism?
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KIA's Are IN For Sure -
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