INU Folding Electric Scooter
The INU sounds cool. It's a completely connected folding scooter configured to send text messages, make a road movie, or take a selfie right from the handlebars. The folding mechanism is automatic and smartphone-controlled too, taking less than 5 seconds to open and close. At first I thought the INU looked cool too. But then I saw the dude sitting on one in that other photo above and decided it looks like the riding end of a handicapped / obese person transporter at the grocery store or airport. All it needs is a little basket for Triple Stuffed Oreos and carry-on luggage attached to the front.
The INU's high-end features put it on the high end of scooter pricing too, but if you plan to use it as a license-free commuter in place of a car, the gas and, more importantly, city parking savings will probably cover its costs in a year or two. The INU is built from an aluminum alloy frame and weighs just 55 pounds. When folded it condenses to 47" tall x 12" wide x 16" long (unfolded it is 59" long). Additional scooter specs include:
- Speed: Up to 15 MPH; acceleration at 0 to 15 in 4 seconds.
- Motor: Brushless hub-motor, 500W / 750W.
- Battery: Li-Ion with charging time at 1 hour for 50% to 100%, 3 hours from 0% to 100%.
- Range: 25 miles with a 175-pound rider.
At printing the INU was available for pre-order for an anticipated 2016 release.
/hydrogen-reactor-10586.jpg?mode=crop "Hydrogen Reactor")
Hydrogen Reactor
While it sounds like something Batman would be called upon to save the world from, Brunton's Hydrogen Reactor is actually an innocuous, albeit robust, deliverer of power to portable devices. It's a piece of scientific...
/vibrating-bicycle-seat-8731.jpg?mode=crop "Vibrating Bicycle Seat")
Vibrating Bicycle Seat
A heads up to politicians and city planners: stop wasting your money on bike lanes, tax incentives, and PSA campaigns. All you need do to persuade your constituents to trade in cars for bicycles on their morning commute...
/mosquito-xe-single-seat-28953.jpg?mode=crop "Mosquito XE Single Seat Helicopter")
Mosquito XE Single Seat Helicopter
Composite FX's single seat helicopter is definitely the first mosquito I've ever seen that I don't want to squash between my hands, or watch fly right into a zapper. The company's XE line of Mosquito choppers is intended...
BW650 Motorcycle
You might have seen Daryl Dixon riding around your TV on a Classified Moto build. And like their Walking Dead Motorcycle, the company's BW650 is a stylized, sick, and even sexy beast...
/belt-scooter-14780.jpg "Belt Scooter")
Belt Scooter
In describing his Belt Scooter, Hungarian student Adam Torok talks about humans' physical need to move around, the invention of the combustion engine, the independence of owning a car, and some mumbo jumbo pertaining...
/honda-motocompacto-61431.jpg?mode=crop "Honda Motocompacto")
Honda Motocompacto
What do you get when you combine a toaster, an external hard drive, and a 1990s Kodak camera? Nothing. But add some wheels, handlebars, and a seat, and voila! You've got Honda's new Motocompacto all-electric scooter!...
The 100 MPH Bicycle
And by 100 MPH Bicycle, Donhou Cycles really means Bicycle That Has Peaked at 60 MPH on the Open Road but Could Theoretically Make It to 100. I'm not sure how that theory was developed. I think it's how fast frame builder...
ONDA Cycle
ONDA terms itself a recumbent stunt bike/trike that can also be used to commute to work. Commute to work? What am I, the imp from Game of Thrones? Cee Lo Green? I'm not willingly placing a 3-foot-high version of myself...
Turbospoke Bicycle Exhaust System
Hey kids, here's a surefire way to make your parents construct an advent calendar counting down the days until you go back to school next fall. The Turbospoke system, a battery-free, pedal-powered child's dream, fits...
The USB Kill 2.0 Computer Killer
If you're using a USB Kill stick you're either pen-testing, trashing your old PC for recycling, or being very, very...very evil. Come on now, I know he cooks eggs in the staff room microwave, and eats beef & bean burritos...
Wheelman 50cc Gas-Powered Skateboard
Wheelman on the street. Wheelman on the grass. Wheelman on the beach. Wheelman past the Pee-wee Herman-clad cyclists at a whopping 26 mph. Oh what's that, padded spandex ass? Yeah, my speed is generated by a 50cc 2-stroke...
The WalkCar - Laptop-Sized Super Car
Tokyo-based Cocoa Motors refers to its forthcoming WalkCar personal transporter as "the world's smallest car," and a "laptop-sized super car," and are you thinking what I'm thinking? Was something lost in translation...