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Makes those West Coast Choppers look lame! John Levey, Rotec Engine dealer, shows off his custom-built chopper complete with the R2800 7-cylinder Rotec aircraft engine at Oshkosh. Full image at www.airventure.org www.rotecradialengines.com
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Recently I blogged about digital design of Aircraft using the title “The end of paper flight?”. The odd thing is that many flights, especially in light aircraft, are totally dependent on paper – thick books of charts and flight instructions. It seems rather primitive to have pilots carrying hundreds of bits
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I saw the promotional photos for the new Porsche 997 Targa 4 and recognised the view… See the website http://www.porsche.com/all/skydriving/usa.aspx (Found via) Article and more photos at www.eurocarblog.com (Found via) Article and more photos at www.eurocarblog.com My photo from
In a word, brilliant! (watch to the end) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6E7R4IbCM&w=425&h=350] Via The Obvious?
This has nothing to do with CAD but it’s just so cool. Treehugger: Take the Park With You Treehugger: Take the Park With You Click thru for the full image. Click thru for the full image.
Air New Zealand are putting Tablet PC’s into the cockpits of their new 777 aircraft to monitor monitor fight plans and procedures. Scoop: Toshiba Tablets take to the skies “Tablets are a very versatile tool and perfectly suited to this environment where space is at a premium” Scoop: Toshiba
This video review is a neat introduction to the Toshiba M400. It’s the first really grunty, maybe even part-time CAD capable, Tablet/Convertible Notebook. It has the processor power (1.8 Core Duo) but uses integrated graphics (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950) which may be a limitation. Intel mention
Hugo Ortega has some good news, seems like it won’t be long until we see Origami [UMPC] devices in Australia & New Zealand. He also pointed to a interesting review of the Tablet Kiosk V-700 UMPC. Uber Tablet: a Tablet PC Talk Spot!: Origami Device in Australia - April
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School was ok, but not this cool! Living their lives on the fast track - SGVTribune.com - News Stretching out to the corners of the gymnasium, the indoor roller coaster at Royal Oak Intermediate School appears gargantuan compared to its creators. "It's pretty amazing how us
It looks nice, cool even, except Ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) is a clunky name – I prefer “Origami”. Then I see Robert Scoble’s comment on the video page: “The team tells me they are getting two to three hours of battery life with the first devices” Ultra-mobile, but not for long
Origami is the art of paper folding. Generally you start with a clean sheet of paper and create something small & elegant. So what is Microsoft Origami Project all about? Kevin Tofel seems to have found the answer: jkOnTheRun: Origami video? Kevin 2.0 » Origami video: the real deal? Much
