Transportation Honda has developed a “dual clutch” auto-transmission for bikes. There’s a diagram at the bottom of the post that I’m still puzzling out. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/09/dual-clutch-honda/ It never really works but the gull wing sports car refuses to die. This one is sexier than most. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/mercedes-benz-2010-sls-amg A combination of watch porn and automotive history. This stop watch is going …
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Morning Linkage (Sept 9)
Transportation Finally. A custom that I would sell my Defender to own. Okay, maybe not the Defender but there are a couple of Schnauzers on the block. Swoon. http://www.bikeexif.com/triumph-rocket-custom These are some sweet cross sections of bits of the landscape. Honda UK ads. http://designlenta.com/2009/09/09/honda-roads-ot-wieden-kennedy-london/ Visualizing air traffic across the globe. 24 hours of aviation data. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/air-traffic-around-the-world ———————- Industrial Design (or …
Morning Linkage (Sept 8)
Transportation Moving backwards, as far as we are concerned. Samoans are now driving on the left. Why? The ability to import cheap used cars from their neighbors. http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5861QV20090907 A sweet little bobber from a Norton Atlas. This can’t be bad. http://www.bikeexif.com/norton-atlas-custom For my next blue trinket I want this Bentley. http://designyoutrust.com/2009/09/07/the-britto-bentley/ Presenting the Mosquito, an electric bike …
Morning Linage (Sept 7)
Transport The Boner-Brigade Bike. Custom paint by David Gwyther, a gent more known for his skate decks. Be sure to click on the tiny next button at the top. check out his “muscle bike” as well. http://www.deathspraycustom.com/index.php?/new-work/boner-brigade-bike/ ——————– Science If the sea rose 7 meters would your house become beach front property? An interactive map makes is possible for …
Morning Linkage (Sept 3)
Transport Unobtainable but brutally lovely. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/09/aston-martin-77/3/ R51 spotted in Greece. http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r51 ———————— Technology Open source hardware. How much storage for how little cash? Just in case you have a yen to start up a cloud storage company. Or own a truly awe inspiring porn collection. http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/02/how-much-for-67-terabytes-try-7867/ Opening up the Kindle. In this case running Linux on it. …