The First Ever Jet Turbine Bagger – The Voodoo Jet Bike

From many styles used by the big motorcycles in America, and the Bagger is one style that is widely used on motorcycles there. The Bagger-style motorcycles are cruisers outfitted with saddlebags on their tail which are ideal for touring, hence the name “baggers”.

Voodoo Bike Works teamed up with Krookid Photography and Felt Not Heard Productions to bring you the very first Jet Turbine Bagger.. There are no others like this! Its been featured on the History Channel and was a part of Sturgis Biker Build Off 2014! Take a look for yourself.

This motorcycle is deliberately created by Kody McNew and the crew of VooDoo Bikeworks in order to answer the challenges of a reality show called ‘Biker Battleground Phoenix,’ the show was initiated by Paul Yaffe, an American legendary motorbike-designer.

On the reality show series pits five rival bike-builders from Phoenix, Arizona, against each other to see who can design and build the best bike to put an end to their rivalry and smack talking.

The motorbike also had been featured on the History Channel and was a part of Sturgis Biker Build Off 2014! Take a look for yourself on the short video made by Voodoo Bikeworks teamed up with Krookid Photography and Felt Not Heard Productions.

Amazon’s Alexa can now set DVR recordings

Alexa’s ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced that it’s updated its Video Skill API so that Alexa can now start recordings, launch an app, or carry out playback commands. Multiple set-top box makers already committed to updating or building Alexa skills with these features, including Dish, Verizon, TiVo, and DirecTV. Amazon says some have already been experimenting with these new features.

Users will be able to say things like, “Alexa, record the Cubs game,” and the set-top box will plan a recording. They’ll also be able to tell the assistant to launch specific apps or services, like, “Alexa, launch Netflix.” Finally, they’ll be able to say, “Alexa, pause,” without having to explicitly name their set-top box. Some users have previously been able to use these commands, but the developers of these skills had to do additional work on their end to make it work. Now, other developers can implement them more easily. We can all shout at Alexa, even if our set-top box maker doesn’t want to do extra work. Anything that makes interactions with Alexa less painful is cool.

World’s First Bubble Powered Floating Biological Filter For Natural-Organic Pools

This prototype called “OLIVE” which cleans water using natural processes and is designed for Natural:Organic Pools. They are now being manufactured and should be available soon. OLIVE is a natural swimming pool filter that uses bubbles to organically clean the water.

OLIVE makes building and maintaining a natural/organic swimming pool easier than it has ever been before. My name is David, I developed my own air powered filtration system for natural pools which has inspired huge worldwide interest.

This is the first floating bio-filtration system to be created. It works using three types of filters – vortex, mesh and a biological filter – simultaneously. The water travels into the filter, where the vortex seperates it from any floating debris like seeds, which are then sent to the mesh filter.

Cleaned water then passes to the bio-filtration filter, where billions of beneficial micro-organisms remove impurities. Plants can also be grown in this filter, with anti-bacterial species being of additional benefit.

It is powered by the air with a remote compressor, which means it is completely safe in the water.The floating OLIVE filter makes a natural swimming pool easier to create and maintain.

Huawei’s wannabe AirPods look and feel good

I know I’m supposed to be outraged about tech companies blatantly copying each other’s designs, but I don’t have the naivety for it anymore. Huawei, the company that’s been shipping copycat Apple EarPods with its Android smartphones for years, has decided to also clone Apple’s wireless AirPods, and the product of that is called the Huawei FreeBuds. I got my hands on the FreeBuds at Huawei’s P20 launch event, and I found myself pleasantly surprised by their styling and comfort. Yes, Huawei is copying Apple; but I’m not a patent lawyer, I just want to see good tech proliferate, and the FreeBuds look promising.

If anything, I’m a little surprised that it took so long for another major company to copy Apple’s AirPod design. As I wrote in my recent assessment of the AirPods after long-term use, I’ve grown accustomed to their alien look and I believe the extended stem design is the right way to go with truly wireless earbuds. By pushing the Bluetooth antenna and the battery out of the earphone and into the stem, Apple’s been able to balance the contradictory demands of providing both a clean wireless signal and a highly respectable sonic output. Huawei is following the same blueprint with its FreeBuds


Regrettably, Huawei wasn’t allowing any listening tests during its P20 event in Paris, however I was able to quickly try on the FreeBuds and I liked their fit and comfort. I’ve never had any issues keeping the AirPods in my ears (which has proven problematic for others), and the FreeBuds were similarly effortless to wear. Unlike the hard-shell AirPods, the FreeBuds come with a silicone tip attachment, which goes deeper into the ear than Apple’s buds do. That provides a higher degree of noise isolation, which is a feature the AirPods almost entirely lack. After a brief try, I’m left with the impression that the FreeBuds are a close match for the (physical) ease of use and wear of the AirPods. If you’re going to copy something, you might as well copy it well, right?

The FreeBuds have a slightly longer, slightly flatter stem than the AirPods, and their case is a little larger. Huawei promises double the AirPod battery life from a single charge, claiming you’ll get 10 hours of music from the FreeBuds without their case (and the case will recharge them to extend that further, just as with most other truly wireless buds). I like Huawei’s case, which has the same sort of shiny plastic finish as Apple’s. It closes with a satisfying click and opens with a simple push of the thumb, again just like Apple’s.

Huawei’s more generous with the colors than Apple, and you’ll be able to buy the FreeBuds in a glossy black variant as well as the familiar white. Even with the AirPods’ help, I’m not sure the world has yet adapted to seeing snow-white hockey sticks protruding from people’s ears, and so the even less common black might be the more socially disruptive option here. Then again, the black FreeBuds won’t be immediately confused for an Apple product, and that might be valuable to you.

In Europe, Huawei is pricing the FreeBuds at €159, which is a nice bit cheaper than the €179 AirPods price across the continent. The key question remaining is whether Huawei has succeeded in copying not only the look but also the sound and reliability of the AirPods — if that’s the case, I don’t think many consumers will mind what the FreeBuds are a copy of.

BionicFlyingFox – A Robotic Flying Fox That Can Fly Like the Real Thing

Flying fox as inspiration: thanks to its intelligent kinematics, the BionicFlyFox can master the agile flying manoeuvres of its natural role model. In order to be able to move in a defined space semi-autonomously, it communicates constantly with a motion-tracking system.


Due to the combination of the integrated on-board electronics with an external motion-tracking system, the ultra-lightweight flying object is able to move semi-autonomously in a defined airspace.

With a wingspan of 228 cm and a body length of 87 cm, the artificial flying fox weighs just 580 g. Like the natural flying fox, its wing kinematics are also divided into primaries and secondaries and covered with an elastic membrane, which continues from the wings down to the feet.

The model’s flying membrane is wafer-thin, ultralight whilst also robust. It consists of two airtight films and a knitted elastane fabric, which are welded together at approximately 45,000 points.

Expliner Robot – High Voltage Transmission Line Inspection Robot

Expliner is a robot designed to perform inspection of live high-voltage transmission lines. Inspection of transmission lines is physically demanding, may affect the supply of electricity, and often puts inspectors at risk. Remote sensing techniques have been developed, such as helicopter-based cameras and more recently drones, but the level of detail is still limited.

With Expliner, there is no need to stop the transmission of electricity. Since Expliner moves along the transmission lines, it is able to place sensors directly over or around the lines, acquiring an unprecedented level of detail of the conductors.

Expliner is able to overcome obstacles such as cable spacers, dampers and even suspension towers, while maintaining the operators in safety, and with no need to interrupt the transmission of electricity.

With Expliner, inspection of transmission lines becomes safer, more affordable, repeatable and more precise, paving the way for predictive maintenance and better asset management.

Toyota’s High-Tech Realistic Driving Simulator

It looks like something out of science fiction perhaps a flight simulator for an advanced spacecraft. Inside this white dome in a hanger at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan is something just as high-tech, but with a more down-to-earth aim.

It’s the world’s most advanced driving simulator, designed to replicate the sensations of sitting behind the wheel of a car. It’s part of Toyota’s research into reducing road accidents.Designed to replicate the sensations of sitting behind the wheel of a car.

The dome itself, which acts as a giant 360-degree video screen, can be moved via precision computer control around an area the equivalent of four tennis courts, simulating a real driving experience that includes a sense of speed, acceleration and riding comfort with sound effects thrown in to complete the virtual driving experience.

But for engineers at Toyota Motor Corp., their new machine is anything but a toy. It’s the culmination of a four-year project to build the world’s most realistic driving simulator.

A 500hp Tractor Smashes Record For World’s Fastest Tractor – 80.87mph

When it comes to breaking records Top Gear haven’t exactly been shy, furthermore these records never seem to be what most people would call normal or conventional.This time in something which is renowned for being slow, a tractor.



Not just any tractor however, this time in a heavily modified tractor which will be used in the next episode of Top GearCan Top Gear’s 500hp, 5.7-litre V8 ‘Track-tor’ set a new Guinness World Records title for Fastest Tractor?



Even with the wet test track severely limiting traction – not really! – the tractor managed to smash the old record by a full seven miles per hour Speed to beat 80.87mph and officially claiming the Guinness World Record for Fastest Tractor.



The bright orange farm vehicle also sports 54-inch tyres, a push start button, barometer and a wellington boot and spade rack.Equally as impressive is the engineering expertise of the Top Gear team that made this possible – the combination of their skills makes for brilliant record-breaking fun.

Custom Green Camaro Sits On Massive 32-inch Rims

CAR-lover Corey Jones has customised his Camaro with a massive set of 32-inch rims. The 32-year-old, who works at Excalibur Motors in Joliet, Illinois, has been building custom cars for six years.

Corey got his first car at age 17 and since then has owned over ten custom cars – but considers his green Camaro his best build to date.

He believes his car, which features rims twice as big as the standard set, has inspired his hometown of Chicago, USA to join a new car culture.

It is not an off-road car with heavy-duty suspension (s one may think at first, but a regular Chevy Camaro fitted with 32-inch rims, which comes about twice as big as a regular set of wheels.

International LoneStar Limousine, One Of a Kind Super Limo

A limousine or limo is a luxury sedan or saloon car generally driven by a chauffeur and with a partition between the driver and the passenger compartment. a limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.

This is a 30 passenger limousine KING. The magnitude and extravagance of this beast cannot even be imagined through pictures alone. Located in beautiful Los Angeles, this Super-Limo makes the Hummers, Escalades, Navigators and all other limo’s look like mere toys in its presence.

International LoneStar Is a once in a lifetime limousine experience. No other limo can match its size and extravagance. Taking over a year to build, we held back on no expense in making the world’s biggest and most luxurious limousine.No other limousine can match her luxury and style.

Prom should be a day that you remember, and arriving in a limo with your group of friends will be a memory you cherish forever.Your wedding is a special day. Make a lasting impression on your guests, and cherish the moment forever by arriving in class.

The Megatron of Transport Trucks “Catalist”

“Catalist” The Megatron of Transport Trucks

Did you know there are more than 750,000 trucks on the road in Canada? Now a new technologically advanced transport truck is coming to play- and it’s not messing around! Meet the Super Truck!CatalIST achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 104% compared to the baseline vehicle (a 2009 ProStar-powered rig).

Its engine achieved brake thermal efficiency of 50.5%, and 13 mpg in real-world over-the-road and urban duty-cycle test runs.Aerodynamics played a huge role, while advanced technology such as kinetic energy recovery, off-engine accessory drives, variable-speed compressors, and lightweighting shared the rest of the glory.

“We are pretty well tapped today on what we can do with the tractor alone until we clean up the trailer. Once we did the trailer, speaking in relative numbers, a 2-3% improvement on the tractor became an 8-10% improvement because of the overall reduction in drag on the rear of the trailer.”

The 475-hp, 1,850 lb-ft, N13 engine has a prototype exhaust-heat recovery system using ethanol as the working fluid. But low power demands at cruise does not generate a lot of engine and exhaust heat to reuse.

“At speeds above 50 mph, we drop the front and rear suspension by 1.5 to 2 inches,” says Oppermann. “The boat tail at the rear helps to reduce the low pressure area at the base of the trailer, too. That relatively small shape change is very good for air flow.”

The Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet, A G-Class Like Never Before

The Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet

The new 2017 Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet surpasses all standards. This extrovert G‑Class thus represents a unique combination of luxurious chauffeur saloon and off-roader.The Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet is surely the most exclusive form of stylish open-top motoring.

After the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class and the S 650 Cabriolet, the open-top G-Class is the first off-roader from the Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand.

The exceptional G 650 Landaulet follows the equally spectacular variants AMG G 63 6×6 and G 500 4×42. With its superlative V12 engine, portal axles, electric fabric top and exclusive equipment specification in the rear compartment.

This very special all-terrain vehicle, which is limited to 99 units, meets the expectations of customers who demand the very highest standards of their vehicle.

High drive comfort comes courtesy of the most powerful available engine, the Mercedes-AMG V12 biturbo, which delivers a maximum output of 463 kW (630 hp) with a peak torque of 1,000 Newton-metres.

Fuel consumption combined: 17.0 l/100 km; combined CO₂ emissions: 397 g/km.* A G-Class like never before: With the G 650 Landaulet, Mercedes-Maybach presents a new masterpiece of automotive engineering.