• Cars

    Flying Saucers Come Home

    By SciIll Staff Posted on 11.17.2008 28 Comments

    It’s designed to seat two, take off and land vertically, fly 10 feet above the ground, and reach 75 miles an hour. It’s about the size of a car, but it’s round instead of boxy. Yup, it’s a flying saucer. Next year, California-based Moller International hopes to introduce the M200G personal recreation craft, the first of what the company expects to be a full line of “volanters”—vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. The design is 300 years in the making.

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    11.5.2008 at 12:23pm - Comment by macOSX

    I agree with SpeedyB

  • DIY

    Boo! Bug Bot

    By Dave Prochnow Posted on 10.29.2008 5 Comments

    Want to add some robots to your Halloween party plans? Even better, how about some robot "bugs" dancing around the candy bowl? Then Boo, the light-loving bug bot, might be for you.

    Article Rating:
    11.5.2008 at 12:18pm - Comment by macOSX

    cool



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