A few months ago, BMW created the 3.0 CSL Hommage as a tribute to the iconic 1972 BMW E9 3.0 CSL. Now, they’ve unveiled a racing model that celebrates the 40th anniversary of BMW North America. Featuring BMW Motorsport division’s red / blue stripes, air deflectors, laser / LED lighting, distinctive wheel arches, and a large rear spoiler for downforce. You can see it in-person at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance during Monterey Car Week. Continue reading for more pictures and information.
Yes, this is the second Tumbler golf cart to surface online, and similar to its predecessor, the vehicle rolls on six course-friendly tires – the rear four are smaller 28″ versions of the originals from the movie vehicle. It’s powered by a 6-horsepower electric go-cart motor, good for a top speed of 38mph on the green. The sleek, all-black alloy body comes complete with a rear afterburner and twin aerodynamic wings that fold around the passenger compartment to protect occupants from incoming golf balls. A 4-link rear suspension provides a smooth ride over fairways, rough, and paths, while rear disc brakes provide confident stops. How much? This mini Tumbler will set you back $28,500. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for the five most popular viral videos of today, including a tour of Industrial Light & Magic’s virtual reality lab.
Surfers from North Wales, UK now have a new place to call home: Surf Snowdania. Touted as the world’s largest wave garden, this surf park also produces the “longest man-made surfable waves on the planet.” Employees use a snow plow-like machine to create waves that sway back and forth along an underwater track stretching from one end to the other. As the machine moves, large waves appear on each side of the centered divider. A computer controls both speed and size, with heights ranging from 2-feet to over 6.5-feet. The park can support up to 36 simultaneous surfers at once, producing one wave every minute. Continue reading for another video and more information.
Nerf’s Rival tactical gun lineup includes the MXV-1200 and the Apollo, the former of which can fire foam projectiles at up to 70mph. The latter lets you experience intense head-to-head competition with the ultimate precision and power, unleashing high-impact rounds at a velocity of up to 100 fps (30 mps). Get one here now. Continue reading for an in-depth review and more information.
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Yes, a group of architects want to make Minas Tirth from “The Lord of the Rings” a reality by raising $2.82 billion USD on Indiegogo. Once funded, work will begin in Northern England in 2016, and hopefully be completed by 2023 if everything goes to plan.
Instructuables user Tez_Gelmir from Australia unveils his latest project, a custom Rocking Speeder Bike – based on an original concept drawing for the speeder bike from “Return of the Jedi” – made from plywood, PVC and 3D-printed parts. “The need to be strong enough to handle a beating led me to the first part of my design, a rigid backbone with a solid plywood top for the seat platform,” he writes. It also sports a light-up, Arduino-powered blaster cannon underneath that glows red, complete with sound effects that are triggered by a button on the rocker. Click here to view the first image in this week’s demotivational posters gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of a flight attendant who might love his job a little too much.
The Brainwavz AP001 Portable Headphone Amplifier is designed to help deliver more power to your headphones, earphones or other portable speakers than your standard iPod, iPhone, Smartphone or MP3 player, all for just $16.50 with coupon code: 9EDKUG6N, today only, originally $39.50. Using a OP Amp the AP001 is able to deliver powerful audio amplification and bass enhancement, without much coloring or distortion to the original audio signal. Product page – be sure to enter coupon code: 9EDKUG6N during the final checkout page for the additional $10 discount. Continue reading for a video review and more information.
Forget normal stairlifts, the Star Trek-inspired Lifestyle Home Elevator consists of a glass-paneled pod that can be installed in a corner, and runs along a pair of rails that hide the hydraulic mechanism from sight. What sets this elevator apart from others is its shaft-less design, which means that you can leave it upstairs when you’re downstairs, and vice-versa, leaving only rails visible. In case of an emergency, the microswitches on the bottom trigger an emergency brake as soon as one of them is touched.
Photo credit: Pedro Berg Johnson via Peta Pixel
Pedro Berg Johnsen from Norway specializes in combining portraits of celebrities to create surreal-looking people that should exist, but unfortunately, don’t. Above, we have a morph of Taylor Swift and Emma Watson. Some say that Chris Pratt should play Indiana Jones in the reboot, and you’ll probably agree after seeing the morph. “I use a bit of Photoshop for final touches and editing, but the actual blending is done in a program called SqirlzMorph. It’s free, and pretty easy to use. As for time, everything between two hours and a couple of days. It depends on image size, what level of detail I’m going for and how invested I am in the project,” said Johnsen. Continue reading to see more.
It’s not everyday that you see the Google, Google Play Store and WhatsApp logos plastered all over a city, but in countries where copyright / trademark laws are not strictly enforced, it’s just another day. What’s even more surprising is that they got the WhatsApp logo completely wrong, despite being able to head right on over to their website. Continue reading for more bizarre knockoffs that shouldn’t exist, but actually do.