January 29, 2008 – 11:55 pm
What’s 3.8 liter V8 (VR38DETT) + twin turbo + 480 horsepower equal? Why, the Nissan GT-R of course!
The lucky boys over at Nihon Car were able to get some seating time behind Nissan’s latest Skyline. Complete with engine, exhaust, and boost sounds, they’ve shot a beautiful video of the car running around a closed road and in night-time Tokyo. They even give us a peek of the car’s interior, especially its digital gauges.
They claim the interior isn’t quite to par with the Porche 911 or Audi R8. But, the thing’s a beast! 0-60 mph comes and goes in about 3.8 seconds.
Enough talk, go watch the video.
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Via: Nihon Car
January 29, 2008 – 9:48 pm
This isn’t no ordinary bike. Called the Glow Rider, the Puma branded bike (made by Biomega) glows in the dark. So now you can ride in the dark without wearing those silly looking reflector jackets. However, that’s not all. It even partially folds for easy carrying and storing. You simply need to disconnect the wire down the frame and fold away. The tension wire also acts like a lock, so it doesn’t fold on you while you are riding. So, you won’t need any bike locks to prevent this bike from being stolen. Just disconnect the wire!
Let’s just hope the thieves don’t have their own fitting tension wire.
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Via: TreeHugger
January 29, 2008 – 9:35 pm
Designer, Jordi Canudas, designed a two sided furniture called the Wallfa for the D3 contest at this year’s Imm Cologne. Made from a stretchy membrane type of material, it provides comfortable seating on both sides. The stretchy material causes the wall in between to stretch outwards when in use, indicating that someone is sitting on the other side. You and your friends will have to sit around the “bump”. The wall provides almost no privacy, since sound and touch is easily transferred through the wall.
I don’t think that looks comfortable with a bump present if someone is sitting on the other side. It’s a little awkward especially if the person on other side is of some heft. Nonetheless, it is snazzy looking!
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Via: Yanko Design
January 29, 2008 – 9:07 pm
Yes, finally you can have Hot Pockets wherever you are with this awesome portable microwave from inventor, Phil Davis. Called the iwavecube Personal Microwave, it’s got all the features you’d expect in a microwave except that it only takes one cubic foot of space. It’s even got a handle, Gamecube-style! If there’s an outlet available, you can plug this baby in.
Coffee in the bathroom, anyone?
The iwavecube costs $130 at The Sharper Image.
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Via: Geekologie
January 29, 2008 – 5:21 am
For the Tiger Woods wannabes, here’s a digital putter that’ll help your golf game…at least when it comes to putting that is. The Adam DIXX Digital Putter analyzes your putting swing, such as the path, impact position, face angle, swing tempo, and speed balance.
Depending on your putt, the display on the club will even tell you whether or not your swing met the ideal standards for a perfect putt by displaying a “NICE PUTT” message. If your putt was below ideal (it sucked), you’ll get a “TRY AGAIN” message. The putter can even save up to 50 putts for future analysis to see if you swing is improving.
The Adam DIXX Digital Putter costs just under $400 on Amazon.
January 29, 2008 – 5:00 am
For all of you tea drinkers and Ramen eaters, imagine making tea or Ramen without having to boil water in a kettle. Imagine getting instant hot water straight from the tap. InSinkErator, a UK based company, states that the Steaming Hot Water Taps is easy to install and provides 98 degree Celsius water, with a capacity of 100 cups. On top of that, the water leaving the tap is filtered, removing chlorine, lead, and other chemicals for better tasting water.
The Steaming Hot Water comes in twelve different finishes, including chrome and matte black. It’ll cost you £444 for hot water only or £498 for both cold and hot water ($879 or $986 USD respectively).
Product page.
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Via: Shiny Shiny
January 29, 2008 – 12:11 am
Some people are just gifted with the talent of seeing beautiful art in something so plain. Like the guy behind Hubcap Creatures. Taking hubcaps found on the side of the road, he transforms this rejected pieces of car into beautiful art, mostly resembling fish.
His work is on sale, prices start at around $300 USD and approach the $1000 barrier depending on the complexity of the piece.
More pics at the Jalopnik and the Hubcap Creatures website.
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Via: Jalopnik
