Honda will present many surprises in the Tokyo Motor Show 2015 at the end of October. And one of them plans to show off the facelift of NC750X motorcycle.
As reported by Indianautoblog, the Honda motorcycle will present the new faces as well as some technical changes. These changes create a motorcycle that is also known to have adopted the car technology look more handsome.
Some of the changes that stand out are the LED lights pinned in the front and rear, a 70 mm higher windscreen, new lighter mufflers and the luggage capacity enlarged from 21 liters to 22 liters.
Another novelty which also mounted on the Honda motorcycle is the reprogramming of DCT transmission system with three levels of S-Mode in order to complete the manual and automotive transmission options.
Especially for the European and Japanese versions, Honda plans was the NC750X uses the suspension with dual-bending valves for the front suspension and using a preload adjuster for the rear suspension.
In addition to introducing the latest NC750X adventure motorcycle, Honda also will demonstrate the Honda 400X also comes with some changes. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | INDIANAUTOBLOG]
If you feel tired of dealing with traffic congestion on the road. Soon maybe you will not experience it. SkyTran is an air mass transit system in the form of a car that is magnetically rolled 20-30 feet above the ground along elevated tracks.
A Mountain View-based company, SkyTran has developed a system over the last five years. The pilot project will made debut in Tel Aviv at the end of October. This system will go as far as 900 feet above the campus of Israel Aerospace Industries, which partnered with SkyTran to develop these cars.
Jerry Sanders, CEO of SkyTran, with the magnetically-operated SkyTran car. (Picture from: http://cnnmon.ie/1XoGwC2)
Initially, only one car that will run on the track on debut later. This taxi can accommodate up to four people. The trip by taxi can travel up to speeds of 60 mph. SkyTran expects to add more cars to debut. If all goes well, the company hopes to expand the system to three other Israeli cities, and some cities in the United States in 2018.
Mode of transport is cheaper and simpler to build than the railroads and the subway - and also more environmentally friendly, said Jerry Sanders, SkyTran CEO.
"This is why we think it's important SkyTran to be a public transport system," he said, adding that the underground system can cost between $ 100 million and $2 billion per kilometer.
"The surface system is more expensive and takes a lot of energy with the magnitude of the infrastructure, as well as the carbon footprint," he said.
Meanwhile, SkyTran only costs about $8 million per kilometer, and to produce a car only costs between $25,000 - $30,000. "It also uses one-third the energy of a hybrid car," said Sanders.
Compared with the cost of maintenance and expansion of existing mass transportation system, Sanders said SkyTran cheaper to urban areas. SkyTran system made of steel and aluminum. Sanders said the whole system can be assembled and installed in a matter of days.
The system uses magnetic levitation technology to move the car. In other words, electromagnets lift and forced to push the car forward, which makes energy-efficient systems. This technology is very useful in countries, where electricity is unreliable.
Sanders explained that several cities in the United States have expressed interest in SkyTran system, including Baltimore and Inglewood, California. SkyTran hopes to start building the system in Baltimore next year.
"One of the two cities can have the next pilot system immediately," he said, adding that major airports such as Paris' Charles de Gaulle is also considering it.
Head of Google (GOOG) Eric Schmidt, seek the cooperation of a venture fund for investing millions of dollars in SkyTran. (Sanders declined to reveal the exact number). With this, he hopes, will legitimize SkyTran system as a transport system that is credible future.. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SKYTRAN | CNN MONEY]
Automotive designers and architects are two different artists who very rarely work together. But Toyota wanted to combine both to create a special concept named Toyota ME.WE.
Since 2011 the Toyota Europe design studio in Nice, ED2 in collaboration with Jean-Marie Massaud, a French Architect, they have sought to create a vehicle that answered all the environmental challenges by bringing an independent vision and experience of the automotive industry.
Its name is derived from the simultaneous attention to a human (ME) and others (WE). This concept car has three main concerns, namely Accuracy, Synthesis, and Modernity.
This vehicle can be said to be a modern car with a global view, which is formed of the extent of adaptation to the environmental challenges that will shape the future of personal transportation. In short, Toyota Me.We reflects a transition from a culture of progress becomes a good culture.
Toyota concept car's structure is made of lightweight aluminum pipes and polyproylene panels. So the Me.We Concept has a weight of 750 kg, lighter 20% than the supermini car that uses a steel material. It has dimensions, 3,440 x 1,750 x 1,600 mm.
Interestingly, the Me.We Concept panels is also 100 percent recyclable. Its weight is very light, only 14 kg. And bamboo is used as materials for flooring and some horizontal ornaments, the material selection have been because it can be replaced easily and have a nice aesthetic value, as well as easy to clean.
The Me.We idea to pull in element to think about as well as windshield to be brought down the back seat rail that can be conveniently rooted out, bamboo ground area, and also a phase that vacates the storage space compartment as well as used to need added devices.
Toyota Me.We Concept is also equipped with 4 electric motors, which uses motors in the wheel (in-wheel motors) as owned by Toyota i-Road. As for the battery is placed under the car floor similar to the Toyota iQ EV. In the absence of an instrument driver that interfere in the cabin, the interior is only intended for passengers and goods.
Latest Toyota concept car that carries the unique design is indeed prepared to target the market segment of contemporary society with relatively low operating costs. And the Me.We Concept could be a city car, convertible, or pickups, and even the car with a box shape is with a box shape is able to bring you to crossed the off-road terrain.
Toyota Me.We concept cars have been exhibited at Le Rendez-vous Toyota experience center in Champs Elysées, Paris in 2013 ago. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | CARANDDRIVER]
A modification work is always presenting various kinds of results that are sometimes unexpected by automotive enthusiasts. Especially with classic custom that is not only attractive because of its design, but also where the builder came from.
And what happens when two old friends met and both have the same hobby, namely building a custom motorcycle? Then later was born the 'Bagong ti Wetan' (in English mean 'Hog from East'), a custom street bobber based on 1977 Yamaha XS650 as a collaboration result of two Bandung-based motorcycle home modifications, Glanets Radical 77 and Retrogrades Slaughter House.
Bagong ti Wetan, a 1977 Yamaha XS650-based custom street bobber as collaboration result of two Bandung-based motorcycle home modifications, Glanets Radical 77 and Retrogrades Slaughter House. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1GuFO1M)
Actually, Purnama Glanets as the owner of the motorcycle already has a bobber concept to build his 1977 Yamaha XS650. On the way, his old friend from junior high to high school, Didot who also have the same hobby is tinkering with motorbikes came to the Glanets Radical 77 workshop.
Left side view of Bagong ti Wetan, a 1977 Yamaha XS650-based custom street bobber. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1PQYydX)
From the conversation of the two old friends, it gives birth to interesting ideas to create another concept of Purnama's motorcycle. "Finally we agreed to collaborate between Glanets Radical 77 and Retrogrades Slaughter House or GR77 x RSH," said Purnama.
The frame including swingarm was the Glanets Radical 77 design result, while many parts of the body handed over to Retrogrades Slaughter House is famous for its unique style. Do you still remember the BSA-based Careeta Machine, the champion of Kustomfest 2012? Yes, it was one of Didot custom motorcycles has caught the attention of the judges from overseas and finally made it as the champion in the FFA class.
Right side view of Bagong ti Wetan, a 1977 Yamaha XS650-based custom street bobber. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1PQYydX)
"Well, the Yamaha XS650 custom motorcycle is a third generation continuation of the Careeta Machine after that there were 'Teng Wadja' also made by Retrogrades Slaughter House based on the Triumph T120," revealed Purnama further. And as a symbol of the next generation of Careeta Machine, the Bagong ti Wetan custom motorcycle is given the identity of the writing 'Generatio of Careeta Machine'. Here are several detail pictures of the Bagong ti Wetan street bobber. (All pictures taken from: http://bit.ly/1PQYydX)
As the name implies, Purnama explained that the name is adapted to the chubby body construction design including its muscular legs and fins accent on the right. "In addition, the word of 'bagong' in Indonesia is often being said as the expression of vexation.. hehehe," said Purnama while chuckling.
Purnama also added as a Bandung boy and East cultured, he can not be separated from the local culture, including in building motorcycles that combine these elements. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | NAIK MOTOR]
A thousand years from now, roughly what's the human form in that time? AsapSCIENCE revealed that 1,000 years to come the human form will change. The impact of global warming will be more pronounced and affect human physical. As a result, an estimated 1,000 years from now the humans have darker skin than today. Furthermore, the human body is also estimated to be higher and thinner. Therefore, the body shape like this, would be better to remove the heat from the inner-body.
Humans will be very different creatures 1,000 years from now. Climate change, artificial intelligence and genetic mutations are all set to transform our bodies in drastic ways, according to a recent video. We could for instance, develop red eyes as our DNA mutates, and have darker skin as an response to global warming. (Picture from: http://dailym.ai/1OQmK0K)
As reported by the DailyMail on Friday, October 23, 2015, human mutations in other forms will also occur that affect the color of the human eye and is expected to have unique abilities.
In addition to the features of the body has changed, the human who live in the next 1,000 years is estimated would changed in the use of language. In the next thousand years left only less than 100 language of the current language in the world, ie the 7,000 languages. The superior languages are Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, and Portuguese.
But not until 1,000 years, only in the next 30 years the scientists have even predicted that humans would be more intelligent, with many technologies are implanted into their body, such as headsets, bluetooth, and instant smartphones in the ears, and also fingers have a chip plate to facilitate their work. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SORUCES | DAILYMAIL]
Sometimes,
you have go deep down to the corners of cyberspace to find the sort of
contraptions that are special, such as a modified car by mixing a few
cars of different brands. The Frankenstein car we are discuss in here
serves as a perfect example of this.
As
we know, MINI is synonymous with little body, now turned into an SUV
with high ground clearance and ready to be invited accross the off-road
terain. This modified car is somewhat unique, because tiny MINI looks
instantly changed when using the Range Rover's platform.
This
is a Mini that uses the carmaker's Mayfair edition flavor, while the
Land Rover underpinnings mean the vehicle has genuine offroading
abilities. As a result, the MINI became an off-road beast. To make this
kind, the chassis has been cut down in order to fit the MINI clothes of
the vehicle, while the floorpan is a custom job, one that seems to have
taken quite a bit of work to complete.
This
modification also change the machine that was carried by the car into a
3.9 liter V8 engine along with the automatic transmission. Well, for
those who want to have this yellow MINI beast, the car now is being sold on Ebay. This car is expected to be sold at £7,900 or €10,980 or $12,100. Let's find out on eBay site now, before too late! *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | EBAY | AUTOEVOLUTION]
