Force Dynamics 301

Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 3:31 pm (UTC+1)
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Videos of this machine being played

This extreme gaming machine called “Force Dynamics 301″ is a high performance, commercial quality motion simulator. This system is designed from the ground up for racing simulation. This allows you to simulate the real feeling when driving a vehicle, like feeling the gravel under the car.

Things it can do:
3 degrees of freedom; high center of rotation
60 degrees pitch/roll
18″ vertical travel
80 degrees/sec maximum rotational velocity
24″/sec maximum vertical velocity

More Information at the
Force-Dynamics Website

The MDI Air Car

Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 12:45 pm (UTC+1)
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air car

After twelve years of reserch and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of the biggest technological advances of this century. Its application to CAT vehicles gives them significant economical and environmental advantages. With the incorporation of bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) the CAT Vehicles have increased their driving range to close to 2000 km with zero pollution in cities and considerably reduced pollution outside urban areas.

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The Skycar

Posted: Monday, September 5, 2005 at 2:30 pm (UTC+1)
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skycar

As a result of the recent successful hovering flights of the M400 Skycar, Moller International is accepting deposits to secure delivery positions for our M400 Skycar until after the Skycar has flown from hover to full aerodynamic flight and returned (transitioning flight). A limited number of delivery positions are available. The M400 Skycar can cruise at a very cool 350mph, and achieve up to 28 miles per gallon over a range of 750 miles. No traffic, no red lights, no speeding tickets. Just quiet direct transportation from point A to point B in a fraction of the time

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The Firefly reconnaissance rifle-mounted ballistic camera

Posted: Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 7:18 pm (UTC+1)
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firefly

The Firefly solves that nagging battlefield problem of needing a quick look over the next hill, by deploying a disposable ballistic camera from a standard-issue, rifled-mounted grenade launcher. There’s no special training required; soldiers just fire off the grenade-sized reconaissance device and wait about 8 seconds for the photos to come back to a carried pocket computer.

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