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99 Wolves Run Headlong into a Glass Wall [PICS]
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Like a deer caught in headlights or moths to a flame, these wolves are doomed. It's almost like the artist took a snapshot of them in time, just as the front runners of the huge pack meet with a clear glass wall that painfully stops them in their tracks. Where did all these wolves come from, and why are the rest of them following their leaders to the same horrible fate?
Continue reading...DRB’s Walls of Death
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Walls of Death were where it was at in the amusement parks of the early 1900s, though it seems the spectacle of motorcycles and cars thundering loudly around the vertical face of a giant wooden barrel wasn’t danger enough for the crowds of the time. They needed something extra bonkers in their entertainment – not to mention an added roaring noise – and were duly provided with it in a version known as The Liondrome.
Continue reading...Cyclists Fight Back With Lasers
Monday, February 9, 2009
Riding a bicycle on busy city streets can be darned dangerous, and doubly so at night when there's no bicycle lane. Sometimes lights and reflective gear don’t cut it when you’re being hounded by motorists either blind or berserk. So we were pretty excited by a new concept that offers a smidgen more security when you get on your bike. Called LightLane, it projects an instant, virtual bike lane onto the road around cyclists wherever they go.
Continue reading...Flying Spaghetti Monster Found in Russia
Friday, January 2, 2009
All around the globe, the holidays are marked with dazzling displays of light, from the mini-bulbs that decorate the streets and houses to the fantastic fireworks that ring in each new year. As this season's festivities wind down, we thought we'd bring you a more unconventional (though no less spectacular) take on lighting to help you beat the winter doldrums.
Continue reading...Biofuel Racing Hits Atlanta
Monday, October 27, 2008
The flag dropped this month on the first-ever clean, green motorsports racing series at Road Atlanta's 11th Annual Petit le Mans. That's right. Green racing. Eco-conscious and a hell of a lot faster than prototype solar-racers. The need for speed is satisfied by three ‘street-legal’ alternative fuels including E10 Ethanol, Sulfur-free diesel, like Sweden's EcoPar, and mean, green(er) American corn-based E85.
Continue reading...The Car that Runs on Air and Magnets
Friday, October 17, 2008
With fuel prices rising and supplies dwindling, more and more inventors are turning their creativity towards cars that work without the need for barrels of gasoline. True, there have been a number of vehicles released that run on electricity but now designers are turning to another precious resource – air. Magnetic Air Cars, Inc recently revealed their sleek new design.
Continue reading...Feature: the Cradle and Grave of the SUV
Monday, June 16, 2008
Environmental Graffiti Reporter Matthew Simpson explores the past, present and future of an American icon in entropy. Rusted Willys Jeep. Image via Extra Funky The Sport Utility Vehicle has been an American icon ever since it was born into mass popularity during the days of World War II [...]
Continue reading...Could Old Computers Fuel Your Car?
Thursday, May 15, 2008
image from eurleif It’s always been an environmental hazard to toss out an old computer: there’s arsenic and mercury, and a host of other nasty things in the circuit boards that the technology depends on. Think of all that waste trickling into a landfill – not a terribly [...]
Continue reading...Chrysler Offers 2.99 Gas. Is This a Good Idea?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Don’t you worry about a thing, darlin’. That gas is capped at 2.99. Image from MShades I think I’ve been more than a little vocal about the gas price crisis in America, but have, aside from making fun of our Presidential candidates, left out all of [...]
Continue reading...Rent-A-Hybrid. Will It Work?
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
As gas prices in the U.S. continue to spiral up towards 4 dollars per gallon, and consumers become more and more environmentally conscious, at least one car rental agency is preparing to take advantage during the summer travel season. Image from bookykicka on Flickr
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Monday, April 27, 2009
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