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Built by Ron Laycock, this custom 3800hp jet bike is touted as the world's most powerful. Though still under construction, it definitely looks to be on the right track. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Mad Ron Laycock is the father of this beast, a contraption still in the works but able to toss some serious flames, we cannot fathom the idea of running this at a strip. 3,800 HP jet bike

Boasting a pin-art inspired, mechanical digital display, the Opus 8 watch "works using a complicated system of mechanical pixels that rise up from the display when the user activates a mechanism on the side of the case." Click here for first picture in gallery.

Throw all of that fancy technology in a case with a cool looking retro vibe and you have yourself one hell of a timepiece. Just don't get your hopes up about owning one yourself

Home Simpson might be the first, but certainly not the only one to be remade with desktop folders, as these amazing examples prove. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Purple Tentacle, Iron Man, the Spaghetti Monster, a super cool MacBook Air, Master Chief, Ren & Stimpy, and even a Blue Screen of Death made entirely of folders? Oh yes.

Designer Ben Wilson built this simplistic monocycle for the XXIst Century Man exhibition in Tokyo -- will be shown until July 6th. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Wilson's one-wheel wonder is stunning in its simplicity, like many of the other product designs on his website. The Brit, who has several other bike designs under his belt, claims to be a fan of propulsion "ever since cycling for the first time without stabilizers."

If you want business class seating at economy class price, check out Delta's latest upgrade. These suite seats let you "recline without smacking into that unfortunate soul behind you -- there's a footrest along with an extra 2 inches of legroom." Click here for first picture in gallery.

Designed by Thompson Solutions, Delta Air Lines plans to place the "fixed cocoons" in its Boeing 777 and 767 economy classes by 2010. With the seats’ staggered arrangement, the design not only keeps that person next to you out of your face, you also end up with a comfy place to rest your weary head

Microsoft has developed a new force-sensing display technology that lets users twist, bend, squeeze the device to perform actions. No word yet on availability. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The modded Samsung UMPC has four sensors that detect how you're trying to manipulate it, so it doesn't have to actually be flexible. The researchers think the tech will complement - not replace - touchscreens, making devices more active and engaging

At $28,700, the Ford Flex (SE model) boasts a "3.5L V6 and six-speed transmission, fog lamps and 18-inch painted aluminum wheels." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

A full list of additional options and their price are included below, but the highlights include a MINI-like two-tone roof for $250, Sync for the SE or SEL at $360, DVD navigation for $1,800, a Vista Roof for $1,290 and rear console refrigeration for $670. The most expensive Flex we could build came to a grand total of $46,170.

Scrooge McDuck may not have bought many gadgets over the years, but that didn't stop this model builder from skillfully recreating his money bin. Click here for first picture in gallery.

This is a set of images documenting a model of the world's richest duck's money bin, built by me in 2002/3, using blueprints created by the great Don Rosa and Dan Shane

Yes, the vehicle above is really an "Isuzu pickup with eight wheels, a V8 engine, and zero ground clearance." Click here for first picture in gallery.

What? Why? How? Well, it was all just a dream inside the mind of a Texas man who wanted "a truck that stands out." He started building it about three years ago

3D graphics artist Andre Kutscherauer wanted to get creative with robots so he came up with the masterpiece above, showing a light bulb plugging itself in. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The works all include some form of evil robot madness, and with titles such as Brute Force, Selfillumination and Dandelion of Screws, how could we be anything but massively impressed? If you think we're talking junk, as usual, dive into the gallery and be amazed by the fantastic art installations