Honda V4 Victory bike concept: Two wheels too cool

At the Motorbike show in Cologne, Germany there was something that showed up from another planet. Planet Honda revealed its freezing cool bike concept called V4 Victory that might put some cool cars to shame when it comes to design. Read more

Toyota’s Winglet: Watch out Segway, here I come

Toyota just recently bought parts of a robotics department, and here is one product that gets our attention. Winglet is a personal transporter, just like the Segway, but the hands stay free on this one. This vertical, mechanized scooter is not as bulky as the Segway and might be useful for public transport. Read more

Veggie Cars: Substituting crude oil with old vegetable cooking oil

Being an environmentalist was always a feel-good factor. But hey, now it’s getting yummy. No, I’m not on some meat-bashing, you-are-responsible-for-world-hunger all vegetarian spree. What I’m trying to talk you into is that you can now enjoy the feel-good “environmentalist” factor by filling up your diesel engines with cooking oil, instead of crude.
A Los Angeles based company called Lovecraft Biofuels is somehow leading the clean revolution and has modified so far more than 1,200 vehicles and sells DIY kits for the mechanically inclined. And the Southern Californians will convert almost any diesel engine - however, German brands Mercedes and Volkswagen (as well as Ford engines) are their top choices to (clean) convert.

The cool thing is that you can just fill er up with used frying oil and bam! Your beauty will just go rocketing up smooth. So the next time you fry that steak, you know where to rid that stinky oil to. Read more