Motor Vehicles
Fish-Operated Vehicle
Scientists at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev trained goldfish to drive a "fish-operated vehicle" or FOV. Details from scmp.com:So how long before your Uber driver is a fish?
More info: "From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals"
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 13, 2022 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Experiments, Fish
Unique Bus of the Future
Lots of swimming pool sloshing when you hit a speedbump.Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 13, 2021 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Motor Vehicles, 1930s
Two Milk Trucks
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 15, 2021 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Advertising, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #514
A face to inspire confidence?The source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 30, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Intelligence, Motor Vehicles, 1900s
Square-Wheeled Tank
In 1957, Albert Sfredda secured a patent (No. 2,786,540) for a square-wheeled tank. He explained:
Sfredda was correct that square wheels would provide better traction on rough terrain than circular wheels would. The video below explains why. But the problem, of course, was that his tank would have difficulty moving on a regular, flat road.
Along similar lines, Macalester College has had a square-wheeled bicycle on permanent display since 1997. More info: macalester.edu
image source: StanWagon.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 21, 2021 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, War, Weapons, 1950s
The Jiger
My 2 favorite parts of this video: when they launch off a ramp into water; and the vaguely retro-porn-style musical score that someone added.Wikipedia says this was the very first ATV.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 16, 2021 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, 1960s
10-Four, Good Buddy Board Game
Did any fad ever evaporate as quickly as CB radio?
Learn details here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 10, 2021 -
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Category: Fads, Games, Motor Vehicles, Technology, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #503
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 24, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Sexuality
Getaway
Getaway, by Ronald George Eriksen 2 (is the '2' an alternative form of Jr.?), offers instruction on evasive driving techniques. Or, as he says, how to handle a car in the event that someone tries to kill or kidnap you while you're in the car. It was published by Loompanics in 1983, but you can read it for free at archive.org.
In it, you'll find tips such as how to make a smoke screen blow out of your exhaust:
Also, how to do a bootlegger's turn:
(2) Get off the gas and crank the steering wheel to the left ¼ to ½ of a full turn. At the exact same time, hit the emergency brake hard. Those of you with manual transmissions will have to depress the clutch, also.
(3) When your vehicle is at approximately 90 degrees, release the emergency brake, step on the gas, and straighten out the steering wheel. If you have a manual transmission, you will have to let the clutch back out as you are hitting the gas.
(4) Get out of the area fast.
Bootlegger's Turn
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 24, 2021 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Cars, Books
The Traveling Candy Store
I must confess that the notion of a vehicle that brings candy directly to you had never occurred to me before. But what a great idea!Here's the tale of a modern incarnation.
Here's their website, with an itinerary.
And here's the tale of someone who had the idea 100 years ago! (Scroll up.)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 19, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Retailing, Motor Vehicles, Travel, Candy, 1920s
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