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World's Longest Car
In 1986, this 100 foot long car broke Guinness World Record as the longest car in existence. Following the achievement, The American Dream, as it was called by its original builder Jay Ohrberg, enjoyed years in the spotlight. It made a lot of movie appearances. But as interest in it declined over time, the American Dream fell into disrepair. Many decades later, it ended up practically a junk pile in a New Jersey warehouse.But it was about to see another day in the sun. The car was discovered by auto museum owner Michael Manning, who bought it off of eBay and then restored it to its former glory. Manning overhauled the rusty ride, making it as good as new again. The whole process of making American Dream great again took three years to complete.The car is now on display at Dezerland Park Orlando’s Auto Museum in Orlando, Florida.Image: Guinness World Records#car #GuinnessWorldRecords #JayOhrberg #limo #limousine #worldrecord
Researchers at Toyota Have Successfully Taught a Car to Autonomously Drift
Professional drivers could probably handle extreme road conditions and come out unscathed in the end. For non-professional drivers, however, that statement probably won't be true. They don't have the skills of a pro, after all. It is no secret that numerous car accidents happen every year, and this makes us ask: how do we prevent car accidents even in extreme situations? The Toyota Research Institute is currently looking for answers to this question, and they have already developed a system that could be a potential solution to preventing said accidents.In this video, the Toyota Research Institute showcases a prototype vehicle equipped with a new active safety system that enables the car to drift around obstacles autonomously — a technology that temporarily amplifies the skills of a regular driver. The system also can calculate a whole new trajectory every twentieth of a second to maintain the car's balance as it navigates.We need this technology installed in every car!Image Credit: Toyota Research Institute/ YouTube#Car #Innovation #Safety #Drifting #Toyota #ToyotaResearchInstitute
Somersaulting Car: Russian Mechanic Garage54 Flipped a Lada Outfitted with a Rollover Bar
Rollover bars and roll cages in cars aren’t a new concept: they’re a necessity in rally cars and racecars because they help protect the driver in case of accidents, especially when the car rolls over on its side and roof. But the mechanics at Russian YouTube channel Garage 54 have something different in mind when they think of rollover bars: they actually made one to facilitate a car to flip over or somersault over its roof!In this wacky YouTube clip, Garage 54’s Alexander Lukyanov and Vladislav Barashenkov from Novosibirsk, Siberia, decided to flip an old Lada safely, so they welded a round-shaped rollover bar around the car.The Garage 54 team transported the car to a testing site, where Barashenkov drove the car in a straight line then suddenly stepped on the front brakes to cause the Lada to flip forward. It took several attempts before he managed to gain enough speed to flip the car end-over-end.#somersault #car #Garage54 #Lada
ClimaGuard: A Giant Ziploc Bag for Your Car to Save It From a Flood
Hurricane Harvey delivered devastating damage on August 24, 2017, in Port Aransas, Texas. Rahel Abraham and all her neighbor’s cars were totaled in the flood which made it difficult for them to mobilize for the recovery process. This crisis gave Abraham an idea that became ClimaGuard, a temporary enclosure made of heavy-duty, waterproof materials to protect cars and other belongings in a flood.
Russian Car Mechanic Turned His 1970 Lada Zhiguli Into a Flamethrower
Most people just use the horn, but driving in Russia is so intense, you might need something stronger. Like fire, for instance.Car mechanic Vahan Mikayelyan, who works in Krasnodar, southern Russia, restoring old vehicles decided to add an unusual function to this old Lada Zhiguli from 1970. He added a flamethrower!"We built the world's first flamethrower machine 'Dragon'," Mikayelyan wrote in his Instagram page, and added that he'll enter the car in an 'auto battle' on August 15.#car #flamethrower #Russia
Simulation City: The Virtual World where Waymo Tests Its Self-Driving Cars
To get its autonomous or self-driving cars ready for real life, Waymo (a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google) has been busy creating a virtual world where it can drive its cars on artificial streets and highways.The virtual world, called Simulation City, is one of two virtual worlds used by Waymo to train, test and validate its driving software that'll be used by self-driving cars moving on the open road.The Verge has some interesting details:Simulation is a critical piece of the puzzle for autonomous vehicles. These programs allow Waymo’s engineers to test — at scale — common driving scenarios and safety-critical edge cases, the learnings from which it then feeds into its real-world fleet.The key word is “scale” because these simulators allow Waymo to far exceed the distances its vehicles travel on public roads. As of 2020, Waymo said it’s simulated 15 billion miles of driving, compared to just 20 million miles of actual driving.In Simulation City, those real-world miles are now informing the miles driven in simulation, meaning the company has more confidence in the validity and reliability of the virtual situations it constructs for its vehicles.“Once that relationship is established in an increasingly strong way, we need fewer additional miles driven in the real world to basically say what we learned in simulation is correct,” Frankel said.#autonomousvehicle #selfdrivingcar #car #Waymo #simulation #artificialintelligence
What if Airplane Pilots Behaved Like Car Drivers?
YouTuber Papa Kilo, a self-described former bush pilot turned airline pilot, had some spare time on his hands during the COVID-19 lockdown, so he put together some video clips of airplanes and mashed it up with sound effects of automobiles.The results are a series of funny short video clips of what would happen if airline pilots behaved like impatient car drivers stuck in traffic.#airplane #pilot #car #driver
Flying Car AirCar ProtoType Completes Its First Inter-City Flight
It's 2021, where's my flying car?Well, it's almost here, thanks to Slovakian company Klein Vision who has just completed the inaugural inter-city flight of its new AirCar. The 35-minute flight on June 28, 2021 between the Nitra and Bratislava airports fulfilled a key test for the two-seater vehicle.The AirCar Prototype 1 is equipped with a 160 HP BMW engine with fixed propeller and a ballistic parachute. After its test flight landing, its inventor Professor Stefan Klein clicked a button to tuck the wings and transform the aircraft into a sports car in under three minutes."This flight starts a new era of dual transportation vehicles. It opens a new category of transportation and returns the freedom originally attributed to cars back to the individual," said Professor Klein after exiting the AirCar cockpit in Bratislava in a press release, "AirCar is no longer just a proof of concept; flying at 8,200ft at a speed of 100kt, it has turned science fiction into a reality." Added Anton Zajac, the co-founder of Klein Vision.#FlyingCar #car #aircraft #KleinDesign #AirCar
Starlink Satellite Dish on a Car Gets You Internet Connectivity AND a Traffic Ticket
Apparently, adding a Starlink satellite dish to the hood of your car not only will get you Internet connection, it'll also give you a traffic ticket and Internet fame!"Sir I stopped you today for that visual obstruction on your hood. Does it not block your view while driving?" asked CHP officer T. Caton as posted on the CHP Antelope Valley Facebook page. To which the driver replied, "Only when I make right turns."#Starlink #satellite #Internet #car #trafficticket
Lightning Strikes a Car
Storm tracker Carl Hobi (@pattrn) was driving behind a sports utility vehicle on a highway near Waverly, Kansas, during a thunderstorm when he captured this amazing moment of lightning striking the car.In an interview with Newsweek, Hobi explained what happened:"They were in shock and first thing they did was make sure the kids were ok and they were relieved that everyone was just fine," Hobi said of the parents."The car was dead and stuck in gear and we could not get it in to [sic] neutral to push off the road. It will most likely be considered Totaled," Hobi said.#lightning #car #thunderstorm
This Cessna Plane on a VW Bug Chassis is a Cute 🛩️ Car!
What do pilots drive when they have to travel on the ground instead of in the air?Take a look at this amazing Craigslist find over at Aviation Humor: a 1959 Cessna 172 on a 1968 VW bug chassis. The planecar (carplane?) has a 1600 VW 4 cylinder engine, is street legal and has the original instrument panel.#car #airplane #Cessna #VWBug
3D Optical Illusion Ad for Nissan's New Electric Car
Now this is how you do a car ad!Advertising agency TBWA\London created this cube-shaped display in London's South Bank to create 3D optical illusion effect showcasing Nissan' new electric car, the Nissan Qashqai.#advertising #OpticalIllusion #Nissan #car #trompeloeil #LED #anamorphic #LEDCube
Warning! I Can't See Anything Due To This Totally Awesome Sticker
Just a little sticker for the rear windshield. Next up, Fig Newton sticker for the front windshield!#sticker #windshield #car
These Guys Created a Bicycle-Powered Car
No engine, no problem! The crazy mechanics over at Life 0D welded a tandem bicycle onto an old Honda Civic and made a bicycle-powered car.They took it for a ride around the neighborhood, including a trip through a McDonald's drive thru ... then they got pulled over by a cop who didn't know what to make of the contraption!#bicycle #tandembicycle #car #carhack #Life0D
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