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more about #vehicles Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: very warhammer4okish... more » Smeagol92055: 3 looks like it wants to eat Johnny Rico's eyes for JuJubees. more » Hamslicer: Fantastic. more » Butts_McCracken: If the Terminator franchise ever gets back on its feet, they so need to get this guy to design Skynet's next round of hunter/killer toys. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Im sure Mangas already got the one-up on this. Dominion Tank Police's crazy general had a huge tank that had Mandibles at the front which allowed the ... more » hamshank: that rusty minigun on #1 would get really squeaky and annoying ... which attitude, I suddenly realise, shows how unsuitable I am for being allowed to ... more » Reavyn29: Is..is that a Campbell's soup can on the face of #4? more » SJ_Edwards: I'm liking the biomorphology and the techno-cruddiness. Yay, for future rust! Even titanium superalloys eventually 'tarnish' and pit. That's how we'l... more » codepage9: Get some wheels on the ends of their feet and you've got some kickass Tachikomas more » Belabras: Very cool. more » Bill-Lee: These remind of some of the things I used to do(Yeah used to do...)with Legos... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: These completely kick ass. Number 3 and number 6 are pure awesome. Two is bizarre beyond belief but cool all the same, and number 1 is sheer outrage... more » joetato: I'm quite embarrassed that I thought about the combat Porsche from Leonard Part VI! My first thought was of Space Battleship Yamato! The land carrie... more » iCurmudgeon: Reminds me of stuff that appeared in Popular Mechanics in the '50s -- especially that land battleship. more » Dirk Anger: I think you can use #2 in Red Alert 3 more » acrobatic rabbit: still not as awesome as the Badonkadonk. [www.amazon.com] more » FrankN.Stein: Yeah sure - give taxi drivers a tank, that'll make city-traffic worhtwhile. more » joetato: Does Jesse Ventura know about this? more » leicester: Wow. Yet another way to make a Hayabusa even uglier. Proud. more » mordicai: That is like saying Sesame Street is the toughest neighborhood-- you see the size of the pigeons there?! more » -
#conceptart
The Man-Faced Mechas and Bug-Shaped Vehcles of Our Future Wars
Concept artist Rael Lyra designs rusted, well-worn mechas with shapes inspired by fish, insects, and the human body. And sometimes human faces — and human skulls — turn up in unexpected places. More » -
#conceptart
Tank-Racecar Mashups are a Different Brand of Hybrid Vehicle
What do you get when you cross an oil tanker with a chopper? How about tank with a racecar or a taxi? You might end up with cartoonist Stan Mott's surreal illustrations of imaginary vehicles. More » -
#predatormotorcycle
Predator Motorcycle is the Fiercest Hunter on the Road
Imagine cruising along the highway and suddenly catching a glimpse of a Predator in your rearview mirror, its mandibles extended wide. It could mean an alien invasion, or it could be this skull-covered Predator motorcycle. More » -
#scifivehicles
Fan-Made Replicas of Science Fiction's Favorite Land Vehicles
While some science fiction fans like to dress as their favorite character, some handy fans prefer to dress up their cars as incredibly detailed replicas of movie machines. We take a look at the futuristic vehicles on the road today. More » -
#vehicularart
Burning Man's Evolutionary Mutant Vehicles
At Burning Man, the annual arts festival, mutant vehicles plod across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. And this year's art cars include a fully-functional spider walker, a remote-controlled trilobite, and a mobile mammoth skeleton. More » -
#jetpacks
Water-Powered Jetpack Takes You Up, Up, But Not Away
Raymond Li has designed a "jetpack" that uses water to push the rider into the sky instead of burning rocket fuel. It will certainly let you fly, but don't expect to be taking water jetpacks to work any time soon. More » -
#futurecommute
The Unholy Love Child of Bicycle and Monorail Could Revolutionize Your Commute
I'm still waiting for the day when humans navigate cities by being sucked through pneumatic tubes. But in the meantime, New Zealand's bicycle-monorail mash-up, known as the Shweeb, might be the next best thing. More » -
#conceptart
How You'll Get Around in Style After the First Global Superwinter
We're all worried about climate change, but few of us have really considered the cool new vehicles we'll get to use when the world become a snow-blanketed mess like in The Day After Tomorrow. Luckily, the Russians are all about getting through the 100-year winter in style. Here's a late-50s Victory aerosled design by Russian engineer I. Kamov. And it's not just crazy concept art - we've got the pictures to prove these babies are already hotrodding the frozen plains. More » -
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#design
A Soviet Steam Train That Looks Like a Moebius Strip
Luigi Colani is a world-famous, legendary industrial designer from Germany who has been inventing futuristic vehicles since the mid-20th century. He used ergonomically sensible, futuristic designs featuring giant pods and provocative aerodynamics way before anyone even thought it possible. This extraordinary design was devised for a steam train in Soviet Russia. Want to see the airplane he designed for a Japanese company? More »
