August 23, 2009 - 11:21 am
Tags: BBC, car track, james may, race, scalextric track, top gear, toy, world recod
Posted in Gaming, Toys, Vehicle | 1 comment
James May a presenter on BBC’s Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond broke the world record for the longest slot car-racing track. The record attempt was filmed for a series called James May’s Toy Stories on BBC2 later this year. More pictures after the jump.
[via telegraph.co.uk]
Jem Stansfield invented his own vacuum gloves that made from ordinary vacuum cleaner for BBC science show “Bang Goes the Theory” and climbed up BBC bulding (120ft) for the demonstration. Video after the jump.
[via Likecool.com]
July 12, 2009 - 1:32 am
Tags: bicycle, bike, display, Electric, image, led, light, Monkey, monkeylectric, persistence, pov, rgb, spoke, video, vision, wheel, zigbee
Posted in Miscellaneous | No comments
MonkeyLectric have developed a new bike wheel display system for cyclists to show stabilized images and videos on spinning wheels. The system is using the 256 ultra-bright LED’s to display full color moving images. The thing works when bike speeds between 12 to 40 km/h and it is suitable for all weather conditions. The system [...]
Marcin Cecko. Kid + Adult = Kidults. When you’re an adult, don’t act like kids, else this is how you look like. More pictures the jump.
[via LikeCool]
