Funny you should say that... http://www.rcvengines.com/corporate/motorcycle_applications.htm

This is my weirdest engine. It's a Rotating Cylinder Valve (RCV) engine. The cylinder is, in fact, contained within, and is part of, the drive shaft. It works like this...the piston moves forward and backward along the drive shaft's axis of rotation. The crankshaft has a 45 degree bevel gear that rotates the…

It could have been worse...Milano Torino could have 'designed' a car based on the 360 and called it a "Ferrari Monster Modena." Then they'd be assaulted by the most litigation-happy company...in the worrrrllldddd!

Don't you hate it when you get a song stuck in your head?

I would improve America's roads by enforcing traffic laws with real penalties. They decriminalized traffic citations in VT to help clear "court congestion." Now the process works like this:

Ha ha! That's all I need, a tire that helps me sleep better :) Instead of TPMS they come with LDWS!

They're just injection molded like most plastic things. 3D printing doesn't have a durable and flexible enough media that I know of, and 3D printing would be prohibitively slow and expensive. Injection molding could do several a minute while 3D would be several hours each. One problem with 3D printing is that you…

Since I posted that a few days ago I've found this "Michelin equipped an Audi A4 with Tweels made with five times as much lateral stiffness as a pneumatic tire" so now we're back to "where's my Tweel?"

Hmmm....now that begs the question, "Do colored tires leave colored skid marks?" I imagine they would. That'd be purty!

I was always worried about the ability to handle lateral loads on those.

Ya see, now if that Rover were royal blue instead of silver.....I'd still have a little throw-up in my mouth.....

I'm still waiting for my colored car tires.

Soap. Box. Derby.

Oh no! Too slow...

Hmmm, dropped it out the window of my apartment block? Mistakenly called in a Predator strike on 4th & Main instead of that little hovel in Pakistan? (that E/W longitude thing gets me every time) And since I'm can't use my 2 tons of self-propelled steel, does it have to be a jogger?

Transformer? Got one.

It could be worse. They could be giving away something really dangerous, like smartphones. It takes a certain amount of skill and/or luck to kill somebody accidentally with a gun, but just about any idiot can run down a jogger while texting.

I've always been a big fan of John Buffum. And it's not just because his shop is just down the road from my house :) He didn't do a lot on the international circuit, but he won 11 titles in North America back in the 80's. The cars he builds today are still winning championships. http://www.libraracing.com/

Cessna 310. One of the infamous "Doctor Killer" aircraft. Back in the day, rich doctors would have their own planes for recreation and for actual medical-related commuting. The 310 was known to catch out the inexperienced (being a good doctor doesn't mean you're a good pilot) doctors by running out of fuel. The…

"Corners to watch."