Thanks to our good friend Susan who gave us this design heads-up, we now know that Aquaduct has won a pedal-powered machine contest called Innovate or Die. The contest was sponsored by Specialized and Google. Aquaduct is amazing in that it is a bike designed for third world countries (or maybe Raleigh if this drought [...]

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Kelly’s post on the Tata made me think about the Smart Car. I first saw one in Europe in 1999 and have been wanting one ever since. The car is supposedly made in an eco-friendly way (at least in Europe). It’s super cute, and I love that there is at least some chance that I [...]

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The Tata Nano by Tata Motors recently flexed it’s 2-cylinder, 623 cc engine at the New Delhi auto expo. It is currently named the world’s cheapest new car at approximately $2500 (100,000 rupees). Touting low emissions and about 54 miles per gallon the new ‘People’s Car’ will go on the market later this year. (No, [...]

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Woke up this morning and went to our neighbor’s to buy some eggs from their chicken coup, but got distracted by an amazing sight - an incredible, straight out of 1978, mega custom van. It woke me up like no cup of coffee ever could. I wanted to “breaker 1-9″ on a CB radio [...]

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Congratulations Charlotte on being the first city to build a light rail in North Carolina. Last Saturday the LYNX Blue Line South Corridor opened for operation, and in celebration of Charlotte’s new feline, CATS (Charlotte Area Transit System) ran the trains for free through the weekend. I had the chance to be one of the [...]

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