If the characters in the Star Wars movies have a car

Lately, the worldwide movie fans flooded the premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' has just been released. As quoted of Car Wow, on December 18, 2015, there was one of the automotive designers made several car modification designs in accordance with the movies characters.

The full-scale Vader HotWheels car uses a Corvette chassis and is reportedly has a speed of 80 mph. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1NsxpvI)

Here are 8 car designs are possible to be made and owned by the characters of Star Wars movies:

1. Luke Skywalker’s Mazda MX-5 Land Speeder edition

Light, nimble and easy to get into – Luke Skywalker’s 2016 Mazda MX-5 is the exact opposite of the Death Star. It’s been designed to rekindle his boyhood memories of darting about Tatooine in his beloved X-34 Land Speeder. The body modifications are fairly minimal, but Luke’s strapped one of his old land speeder’s turbine engines to the back to give the MX-5 a useful torque boost for overtakes. Naturally, the headlights mimic his lightsaber’s colour

2. Han Solo’s Milliennium Hellcat

Han always loved adding tonnes of power to a slightly rickety old ship that couldn’t really handle it, so it’s only natural he drives a Dodge Charger Hellcat. He’s given it a complete Millennium Falcon makeover, including a massive headlight that mimics his ship’s modified sublight engines. We can only imagine the modded Hellcat’s acceleration makes your eyes do that streaky warp-speed effect when you put your foot down, too – assuming a life-long friend hasn’t disabled it to avoid a hostile take-over.

3. Wedge Antilles’ Lamborghini A-wing

We have no idea how such a minor character from the first films saved enough money to buy and modify a Lamborghini Countach to look like a super-fast A-wing fighter, but we’re glad he did. Wedge’s Italian wedge also includes side-mounted blasters to get rid of anyone trying to enforce European emissions regulations. The Lamborghini’s comical rear spoiler has been modified into stabilisers to keep it planted when travelling at light speed.

4. Darth Vader’s BMW Z4 Death Star edition

If ever a Star Wars character was guilty of massive over-compensation, it’s good ol’ Darth Vader and his delightfully OTT approach to galactic domination. The theme continues with his car – a BMW Z4 with a built-in cow catcher that mimics his mouthpiece and a convertible armoured roof that lifts to reveal its fleshy innards. BMW badges have been replaced with the logo of his in-house ‘Death Star’ tuning firm.

5. Darth Maul’s 2016 Honda NSX

We’ve been waiting for the new hybrid Honda NSX for as long as we have a new Star Wars film, but luckily our favourite double-ended lightsaberist has convinced Honda to make sure he gets one of the first cars off the production line. Complete with horned exterior and enough aerodynamic bolt-ons to completely destabilise any car stupid enough to give chase, Darth Maul’s NSX is a wicked work of sinister beauty.

6. Alfa Romeo Giulia Stormtrooper edition

Hopefully, the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia will really hit the mark, but the Empire’s legions of foot soldiers have created a version that’ll almost certainly miss 10 times out of 10. While the driver might need to stick to target practice, the car certainly hits the spot – just bear in mind the Giulia is deceptively tall, so is liable to smack its roof against barriers that don’t quite raise high enough…

7. Boba Fett’s Mercedes G-Class

Landing inexplicably out of the sky on a desert planet near you – it’s Boba Fett and his 6.0-litre V12 twin-turbo Mercedes G-Wagen. Naturally it’s been armour plated to keep up with the rigours of killing people for a living, and the loud side-exit exhaust is based on our favourite bounty hunter’s blaster.

The headlight armour looks just like Boba’s helmet design, just so you know you should definitely run away when it shows up out of nowhere. As a bounty hunting vehicle, it’s almost flawless – it’s only weakness being a propensity to fall to a disappointingly inconsequential death at the hands (or teeth) of a massive sand worm.

8. Jar Jar Binks and his Nissan Juke Juke

Ugly. Divisive. Pointless. That’s what it’ll say on Jar Jar’s gravestone when he finally pops his dribbly clogs, and they’re also some of the words used by journalists when the Nissan Juke SUV first appeared. We’re fans of the Juke’s alternative approach but, unfortunately, that makes it the perfect car for Jar Jar Binks. The bug-eye headlights and drooping tongue make sure Binks is never confused for anyone else when he turns up to his after-dinner engagements. Sorry Nissan.

This isn’t the first time we’ve mixed up the Star Wars movies characters and real-world cars – if you liked this, take a look at our Dodge's Star Wars-themed fleet, Fiat e-car with Stormtrooper costume and there's the Darth Vader 'official vehicle' from Hot Wheel. Then naturally, leave a comment below with the Star Wars cars that we missed! *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | CARWOW]

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Rare, the flasher deep-sea squid

There are different with squid on this one. It has a bioluminescent glow like a 'spotlight' on the end of her arms, and something that looked like a shiny red lips when passing at close range with a Remotely Operate Vehicle (ROV) in deep ocean waters near Hawaii.

The action caught on camera attached to the ROV operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. According to a report made by the vessel Okeanos Explorer site, even the squid itself was tether in the ROV and could stay in there for a few minutes.

On Sept. 19, this 1- to 2-meter-long (3.3 to 6.6 feet) squid was captured on video by a remotely operated NOAA vehicle during the craft's descent to the seafloor. (Picture from: http://cbsn.ws/1M3snBE)

Although initially identified by scientists on the ship as whiplash squid, the cephalopods animal was actually a Dana octopus squid or Taningia danae. The size is the same as the whiplash squid, but did not have tentacles to eat that are common in other squid species.

The underwater video 'star' was estimated has a length of 1 to 2 meters. Having a wide and flexible fins out of the squid mantle. With its flap, the organ function of regulating the speed of species T.Danae or Dana Octopus in the water.

On the bottom side of coat seen protruding out something that resembles a red lips. But in fact the unit was functioning removing water from the mantle cavity located behind the animal's eyes and pushed in the opposite direction. This is explained by Scott France, a marine biologist and leader of the expedition along with NOAA, which is also the owner of the voice who gave the explanation in the video.

Although the Dana octopus does not have the tentacles, it had an excess of amazing lighting system called 'photophores'. About the size of a lemon, these photopores is the largest light-producing organs in the animal kingdom today," said Mike Vecchion, a zoologist at NOAA's National Systematics Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution who is also the curator of cephalopods at the National Museum of Natural History, both located in Washington, DC as quoted from Live Science on Thursday, December 10, 2015.

According Vecchion, squid light beam toward the ROV can support another hypothesis that sea creatures use bioluminescence as a way to lure larger predators attack immediately. The Hohonu Moana expedition lasted from July 10 to September 30, 2015, to investigating the deep sea ecosystems, and take pictures and videos of underwater strange life - small, large, bright or dark - were there. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LIVESCIENCE]

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The first motorcycles in Indonesia

Did U Know? - Motorcycles, since their inception and global dissemination, have played a significant role in shaping transportation history. According to historical records from the Koninlijk Instituut voor Taal, Land en Volkenkunde (KITLV), the first motorcycle to grace the shores of Indonesia, known as the Dutch East Indies in the late 19th century, was introduced by an Englishman named John C. Potter in 1893.  

This type of Hildebrand und Wolfmüller motorcycle was brought by an Englishman named John C. Potter in 1893 and later known as the first motorcycle in Indonesia. (PIcture from: Wikiwand)

He was employed as the First Machinist at the Oemboel sugar factory in Probolinggo, East Java, also gained recognition as a car salesman trusted with delivering the Benz Victoria Phaeton, the first car in the country to His Highness Sri Susuhunan Pakubuwono X of the Surakarta Hadiningrat palace.

If John C. Potter indeed brought the Hildebrand und Wolfmüller Motorrad to Indonesia in 1893, it predates the motorbike's first introduction in America by two years, brought by a French circus performer to New York in 1895. (PIcture from: GridOto)

In the intriguing book titled "Krèta Sètan (de duivelswagen)," the story unfolds of how John C. Potter independently ordered a motorcycle from the Hildebrand und Wolfmüller manufacturer in Munich, Germany. The motorcycle arrived in 1893, a year prior to the arrival of the first car owned by His Highness Sri Susuhunan Pakubuwono X, marking Potter as the first person in Indonesia to embrace motorcycle usage.

The first motorcycle made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885 named 'Reitwagen' or Riding car. (Picture from: BlackCat200)

It's worth noting that the world's first commercial motorcycle, known as the Reitwagen or Riding car, originated in Germany in 1885 by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach but wasn't available to the public. The Hildebrand und Wolfmüller motorcycle factory in Munich, Germany, became the pioneer in selling motorcycles to the public in 1893. This two-wheeled marvel made its way to the United States in 1895, brought by a French circus performer to New York.

In 1899, French made three-wheeled electric motorcycle named 'De Dion Bouton Tricycle' used to pull passenger wagon also seen run in Nederlands(ch)-Indië. (Picture from: DaftarHargaDanSpesifikasiSepedaMotor)

Remarkably, even though the motorcycle wasn't introduced by an Indonesian native, it holds historical significance as the first commercial motorcycle globally, arriving in Indonesia just a year after its manufacture. This motorcycle, distinct for its direct rear wheel drive by the crankshaft without the use of a chain, paved the way for the evolution of transportation in Indonesia. 

 

In 1899, Indonesia saw the introduction of a three-wheeled electric motorcycle, the De Dion Bouton Tricycle from France, powered by batteries and used for pulling passenger wagons. This electric marvel gained popularity in its time.

In 1902, Belgian-made Minerva motorcycles are also used to pull the wagon seen in the Indonesian street. (Picture from: DaftarHargaDanSpesifikasiSepedaMotor)

Additionally, a 1902 Belgian-made Minerva motorcycle, initially designed for pulling wagons, showcased Minerva's engine, later adopted by other motorcycle brands such as Ariel Motorcycles in the UK.

Fast forward to 1906, where the Bantool (Bantul) Administrator's residence in Yogyakarta proudly displayed motorcycles and several cars. During this era, only the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, along with the noble native elite, had the means to acquire motorcycles.

In 1906, at the residence of Bantool (Bantul) Administrator named FW. Pijnacker-Hordijk in Yogyakarta seen to have a motorcycle and several cars. (Picture from: DaftarHargaDanSpesifikasiSepedaMotor)

In 1932, the Hildebrand und Wolfmüller motorcycle, belonging to John C. Potter, was discovered in a deteriorated state in his garage after 40 years of neglect. With the assistance of top marine mechanics in Surabaya, the motorcycle underwent restoration and stored in the editorial office of De Motor weekly newspaper.

In 1934, The antique motorcycle found its new home at the Museum of Traffic (Police Museum) in Surabaya. It was later donated to the Museum Mpu Tantular in Sidoarjo, under inventory number of 10.81, in category of science and technology but it gives a different description, and cataloged as a Daimler's vapor motorcycle.

1893 Hildebrand und Wolfmüller motorcycle known as the first motorcycle in Indonesia sat rusty in Museum of East Java Province (Museum Negeri Propinsi Jawa Timur) 'Mpu Tantular'. (Picture from: MuseumMpuTantular)

As time progressed, the number of motorcycles in Indonesia increased, giving rise to motorcycle riders' clubs. Notably, Jakarta witnessed the establishment of the first motorcycle club named 'Motorfiets rijders te Batavia' in 1915, primarily composed of brass planters and sugar mills officers.

The burgeoning motorcycle culture in the country is evident in the advertisements for various motorcycle brands published in newspapers from 1916 to 1926. One such company, RS Stockvis & Zonnen Ltd, not only provided spare parts for cars and motorcycles but also facilitated orders for cars from Europe and America.

The first motorcycle rider club in Jakarta or 'Motorfiets rijders te Batavia' in 1915. (Picture from: Jakartapedia)

Despite its centuries-old existence, the world's first commercial motorcycle possessed groundbreaking technology, including a horizontal twin-cylinder, 4-valve, water-cooled engine with a substantial 1500 cc capacity running on gasoline or naphtha. However, despite its robust engine, it generated a mere 2.5 horsepower at 240 rpm. Notably, the motorcycle lacked gears, magnets, batteries, coils, and electrical cords. Starting and stabilizing the engine took approximately 20 minutes, showcasing the stark contrast between historical and contemporary motorcycle technology.

Motorcycles in the Dutch East Indies in 1922. (Picture from: Jakartapedia)

In conclusion, the evolution of motorcycles in Indonesia is a captivating journey marked by pioneering individuals, technological advancements, and the gradual integration of motorcycles into the fabric of transportation history. From the arrival of the first motorcycle in 1893 to the establishment of motorcycle clubs and the evolution of technology, Indonesia's motorcycle history is a testament to its rich and dynamic past. As we look back on these historical milestones, we gain a deeper appreciation for the role motorcycles have played in shaping the cultural and technological landscape of the nation.

Kept spur your adrenaline on the power of two-wheeled monster and stay alive with the true safety riding. May God will forgive Your sins and so does the cops...... *** [EKA [18122015] | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | JAKARTAPEDIA | GUDANG ILMU] | DAFTAR HARGA DAN SPESIFIKASI SEPEDA MOTOR | WIKIWAND ]

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Dodge introduced the Star Wars-themed cars

The famous American automotive manufacturers have introduced their fleet with the Star Wars-themed. This is done in order to promote the seventh series of Star Wars movie intitled 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.

Dodges unveils Star Wars-themed Hellcats & Viper ACR. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1OqtgG6)

As reported by the Worldcarfans on Sunday, December 13, 2015, is planned the special designed cars is ready to travel around the city of Los Angeles this weekend. The fleet of Dodge ie Charger SRT Hellcat and Challenger SRT Hellcat inspired by the first Order of Stormtroopers.

The cars covered with white exterior with black accents and tinted windows. In addition, an each of the Charger and Challengger SRT Hellcat using a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine capable of producing power up to 707 bhp (527 kW) and 650 lb-ft (880Nm) of torque. With those engines power allows the car to run the quarter mile in 11.0 seconds and reaches a top speed of 204 mph (328.3 km/h).

While, the Viper ACR black model using a 8.4-liter V10 engine capable of producing power up to 645 hp (480 kW) and 600 lb-ft (812 Nm) of torque. Other amenities include the Brembo's carbon ceramic brakes and adjustable track-tuned suspension with Bilstein racing coilover shocks. In addition, there is also a minimalist 19-inch alloy wheels and special interior has bespoke on Kumho Ecsta V720 high-performance tires.

The fans can track the cars in real-time on Twitter with the hashtag #Dodge and #TheForceAwakens. This is to tell the fans where the car is located so they can be photographed together. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | WORLDCARFANS]

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Collection of rare Lawrence of Arabia motorcycles found in a barn

A collection of eight rare Brough Superior motorcycles made famous by Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) have been found, it stored in a dusty warehouse for over 50 years.

Just 380 of the motorcycles were built with TE Lawrence (pictured on the bike talking to George Brough), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, who died when he crashed his SS in 1935. (Picture from: http://dailym.ai/1UrHvj2)

For years the motorcycle enthusiasts talk about the 'urban myth' of Brough Superior motorcycles. But now a fleet of eight motorcycles have been in Cornwall, the experts call it one of the biggest motorcycle discovery in decades.

Brough Superior motorcycles were produced from 1924 to 1940, is a means of two-wheeled transport the most sought after in the world.

A collection of the Rolls-Royces of the motorbike world which were made famous by Lawrence of Arabia has been discovered in a barn where they had been gathering dust for 50 years. (Picture from: http://dailym.ai/1UrHvj2)

As reported by the Daily Mail on Monday, December 14, 2015, only 380 units of motorcycles made with TE Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, a famous owner. Lawrence died when he crashed his SS in 1935. In good condition, the motorcycle is now sold at price above £300,000 or approx US. $458,043 each. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | DAILYMAIL]

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The world's first underground park

In The Lowline Lab, which is an example or demo place that will be the first underground park in the world, this striking of the park is the distinctive aroma of herbs.

This scent is the result of dozens of species of plants that grow in a space of 5,000 square meters, located in the former market in New York's Lower East Side, United States. The demo place will be opened for a few months. This place allows visitors to peek into the real Lowline park will operate after opened for public in 2020.

The Lowline Lab in New York City is a demo of the world's first underground park. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1QqT0sr)

James Ramsey, an architect of the New York-based Raad Studio has developed a system that uses sunlight through optical equipment. The optical equipment is placed on the road, then transfer the light in the room through the tube protector and finally diffuse over the underground site.

The Lowline Lab is a plan to turn an abandoned trolley terminal under Delancey Street into a public green space using special technology that pipes sunlight underground. (Picture from: http://on.wsj.com/1Lt1sU8)

For Ramsey, who had worked at NASA, the possibility of opening the Lowline Lab seems almost limitless. So many requests, from Paris, Seoul and Ankara, as well as other cities in the world, have expressed an interest in the park.

"This is not just an underground park. We are working to create a new branch of horticulture. This is just the first step toward new possibilities in the world when it came to gardening in the underground, and reuse the basement of an abandoned," said Ramsey.

The Lowline Lab, which opened for public on Saturday, will continue to serve James Ramsey and the Lowline Lab cofounder, Dan Barasch. They experimented with their underground technological capabilities.

"We work here very much time. The Lowline Lab belongs to the public, visitors can come, see and smell like a public space but located in the basement," said Ramsey.

According to him, the final success after 2020, when The Lowline Lab is fully open to the public if he could tell the children that what they see is real. He also wanted to say, mathematics and science makes everything else possible. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | BOWERY BOOGIE]

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