Drivers in the Netherlands who noticed that speed traps were a little too perfectly placed lately weren't just being paranoid; turns out local cops have had a wealth of TomTom driving data—including historical speed—at their disposal. Because TomTom sold it to them. Et tu, satnav?More »
That's what the Bloodhound SSC's attempt at breaking the world record for land speed will produce in greenhouse gases, claims its engineering lead, James Painter, who also said that driving just 10 miles in the car uses the same amount of energy that the whole of the Singapore Grand Prix uses in 20 minutes. More »
Or maybe it is, considering the plane fuselage is 9.3 meters while its wingspan is 12 meters. But then again, perhaps people shouldn't be driving planes through St. Petersburg at all. More »
I hadn't heard of ice rainbows before, but apparently they're quite rare. What's even rarer, apparently, is photo evidence of one. Photographer Reyaz Limalia spotted it while driving in the English countryside, and almost crashed his car because of it. More »
In a massive warehouse in Higashifuji, Japan, a striking white pod, 56 feet in diameter, is perched atop a mess of machinery. It's the Lexus driving simulator, the most advanced of its kind, and they're finally showing it in action. More »
