Is a motorcycle still a motorcycle if it has four wheels?

The 2010 Cosmos 4RW V8 Muscle Bike is one crazy-looking motorcycle, but I can't help but think it's not technically a motorcycle. I mean, it has four wheels, albeit very close together. I don't think it'd be possible for it to just fall on its side.

In any case, it looks pretty serious. Those 17-inch wheels support a 350 cubic inch engine that's got 350 horsepower. If you want one, it'll cost you: $93,200, to be exact.

Hands-on with the latest Tasers

Helicam R/C helicopter, for spectacular aerial shots

This $9000 electric-motored SkyShutter is a whole lot cheaper than the $3000/day rental cost of previously available mini camera copters, and if you're already able to fly an R/C helicopter, you're already halfway there. You'll usually need two people to run this thing — a camera operator and pilot — resulting in ultrasmooth aerial footage, shot in places no full-sized helicopter can go. [Read more...]

Entourage PS, a car-grade tracking device in your pocket

Escort's Entourage Portable Security system is strong enough to keep track of cars, but it fits — albeit with a bit of a bulge — in your pocket. It's about the size of small cordless handset, and it uses Blackline's GPS network for tracking and positioning. [Read more...]

Ninite installs 59 free apps with one double-click

One click wonder. [Read more...]

Hey there, lovely readers. I found what I want for my birthday. If you guys and gals could pool together a measly $65 coughmillioncough, then me and 30 of you could crew this Excelsior Dawes hovercraft. Like roomy vehicles? This thing has room for 140 troops and three armored vehicles, able to haul up to 130 tons. Want security? Try two multiple rocket launchers and four portable air defense missile systems.

It's on sale from a company called Portland Yacht Sales, apparently. Pretty wild — I guess you really can find anything on the Internet. It was designed to land an attack force on an enemy shore, and for the aforementioned $65 million you could have your own floating bit of badassery yourself.

Tanks and shock troops not included. Check out more in the gallery below. [See more pics...]

Motorola Droid Ad - iPhone Competitor?

Something interesting this way comes... from Motorola.

We will have to wait to next month (Nov. 2009) to see if this cellphone can knock iPhone off it's pedestal.

iPhone owners, start your engines with Viper SmartStart

Tired of all those wasted seconds you spend unlocking your car, then turning the key in the ignition? Perhaps your iPhone can help you reclaim that precious time, thanks to a new app called Viper SmartStart. [Read more...]

Dyson Air Multiplier - Fan

Here is a fan from a Vacuum guy. [Read more...]

iMovie update reveals new Apple video format - iFrame

Dubbed iFrame, the new video format is based on industry standard technologies like H.264 video and AAC audio. As expected with H.264, iFrame produces much smaller file sizes than traditional video formats, while maintaining its high-quality video. Of course, the smaller file size increases import speed and helps with editing video files. [Read more...]

Newly revealed Apple patent application looks suspiciously tablet-like

The sharp-eyed bloggers at AppleInsider have noted a newly revealed patent application related to multitouch surfaces--leading to further speculation about Apple's purported tablet PC project. [Read more...]

Electric car batteries with 500-mile range on the way?

We're stoked about electric cars, but unless their range can exceed the 100 miles or so of today's electro-cars, they're going to be a nonstarter with mainstream consumers. IBM aims to change all that with its Battery 500 Project, just kicked off at the company's Alamaden Laboratory in San Jose, California.

They're pooling the resources of 40 of the world's best engineers and scientists, with a goal of creating lithium-air batteries with a 500-mile range, 200 miles farther than a typical gasoline-fueled car. Not only do they intend to make car batteries more efficient, they also aim to make them smaller and much lighter.

If IBM can create a 500-mile car battery cheap enough for the rest of us to afford, we might all be driving electric cars a few years from now. Armed with an impressive brain trust, key patents, and hopefully some serious economic-stimulus bucks, the Battery 500 Project could change the world.

Supercomputer to use new Nvidia 'Fermi' chip

Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced plans today for a new supercomputer that will use Nvidia's next-generation GPU architecture, codenamed "Fermi."

The Oak Ridge and Fermi announcements were made at Nvidia's GPU Technology developer's conference, which kicked off Wednesday in San Jose, Calif. The Fermi chip integrates three billion transistors, about three times the number of transistors in Nvidia's most powerful graphics chip now on the market. In the future, the chip will also find its way into Nvidia's GeForce product line for PCs. [Read more...]

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