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For Just £1.5 Million You Can Have Your Own Underwater Plane

It's one thing to have your own submarine. It's another to have your own submarine that's an awesome jet. And for just £1.5 million that dream can come true with Spymaster's custom Orcasub. Read More >>

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If Batman Played Golf, This Is Probably What He’d Drive

As badass as the various Batmobiles have been over the years, no self-respecting golf club would ever let one of them onto their courses. So if the Dark Knight were to ever slip away in the middle of the night to relax with a round of golf, the Mansory Currus is definitely what he'd be driving. Read More >>

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Pontoon Treads Let This Tank Tear Across Land and Water

Many wonderful things have come out of the US Military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—or DARPA— including the internet. But none are as insanely awesome as its new CAAT (Captive Air Amphibious Transporter) which is essentially a tank that floats on water thanks to its oversized inflatable treads. Read More >>

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London Minicab Firm Installs Wi-Fi in 300 Cars; Makes Leaving Your Phone in One Even More Likely

London-based eco-friendly minicab company Greentomatocars is claiming to be the first fleet of cabs to offer full Wi-Fi to its passengers, with its 300-strong fleet all now offering a 7.2Mbps 3G hotspot for enhancing your journey home. Read More >>

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Instructions for Building Your Very Own Awesome, Mario-Inspired Go-Kart

Remember the Chibikart—that awesome, Mario-inspired go-kart built by MIT student Charles Guan? We loved it in an only-an-MIT-student-could-come-up-with-something-this-sweet sort of way. Luckily for us, Guan has just polished off the finishing touches on a newer, more accessible design that he says can be built even by those of us without a tricked out makerspace and the perks of being an MIT genius. He calls it, rather aptly, the Democratic People's Republic of Chibikart. Read More >>

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The High-Speed Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle That Would Make Even Master Chief Jealous

The Warthog might be Master Chief's vehicle of choice in the Halo games, but once he sees the amphibious Scamander, we suspect he'll be putting in an official requisition for a new ride. Read More >>

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MIT Student Builds Awesome Working Mario Kart, Documents Process Every Step of the Way

A self-described electromechanical hobbyist and MIT student named Charles Guan is the mastermind behind the Chibikart, a motorised Mario Kart-like vehicle built from scratch. Read More >>

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transport
UK Prepares for Hydrogen Explosion (Dull Eco Car News)

Electric cars haven't exactly been flying off the forecourts of dealers across the UK, and now there's another eco technology on the way to battle for the incredibly small low-carbon car market. Get ready for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which the government expects to hit the market in 2014 or 2015. Read More >>

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transport
London’s Neo Routemaster Arrives, Due in Service Next February

The first of the new London buses that will replace the ditched bendy bus has arrived in town, with the Routemaster-inspired, hybrid-powered double decker ready for private testing prior to launch. Read More >>

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US Army Testing Ghost Hummers to Take IEDs for the Team

The military can't beat IEDs. For every way we have of jamming or avoiding them, militants find another crafty way to blow people up. So why not just give and sacrifice remote controlled vehicles? That might be the plan. Read More >>

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Qualcomm Wireless Electric Car Chargers Coming to London in 2012

Qualcomm is launching a very small-scale test of a wireless electric car charging service in London next year, with 50 electric cars getting kitted out with its inductive power transfer technology for cable-free battery filling. Read More >>