Vitpilen Aero Concept appeared in Café Racer style at the EICMA 2016

Husqvarna still rely on Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 while performing at the EICMA Milan 2016. In addition, it turn out Husqvarna also brought a motorcycle concept called as 'Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Aero Concept' at the event.

Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Aero Concept shown up at the EICMA 2016 in Milan. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1g36JR)

As quoted from Rideapart on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, a motorcycle that appears as the latest models of the 401 series with café racer style is a manifestation of the modern interpretation of a motorcycle design. So it is not surprising that Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Aero has a handsome look.

Left side view of Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Aero Concept. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1g35mP)

Husqvarna 401 Vitpilen Aero Concept uses a 373 cc engine similar as Vitpilen 401 and KTM 390 Duke. But at the Aero concept motorcycle engine combined with 6 speed transmission system is capable of producing the power of 44 horsepower. Therefore, Husqvarna saw that the performance was the target of the new generation of riders today. 

Rear side view of Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Aero Concept. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1g36JR)

As on other motorcycles, the Aero Concept has a lightweight trellis frame structure, so that the weight of the motorcycle concept becomes very light at only 148 kg. Its bodywork design looks sustainable, with clip-on handlebars, WP Suspension, aerodynamic fairing, windscreen, single seat, and a pointed tail design, which makes this motorcycle concept has a very striking character of sport.

Husqvarna 401 Vitpilen Aero look lower and easier to drive because it is also equipped with many advanced features like ride-by-wire, ABS, slipper clutch, Brembo brake system and TFT screen as well. Husqvarna stated that whoever the rider of the motorcycle, will feel the harmony while riding, thanks to the windscreen line, helmet and rider made seemed to coalesce into a part of the motorcycle's groove while riding. This bike is planned to be produced in 2018.

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 | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | RIDEAPART]

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Mazda RT24-P Racing Prototype made a stunning debut in LA

To give a surprise to the visitor at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2016 which took place November 18 to 27, 2016, Mazda Motorsport displaying a prototype race car named 'Mazda RT24-P Racing Prototype' in between another Mazda's cars.

Mazda RT24-P Racing Prototype will debut for the racing season at the Rolex 24 Daytona on January 26 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fpVR5)

Yup, this is the latest prototype race car that is believed to be developed according to the regulations of Daytona Prototype international (DPi) in a prestigious prototype class of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Unveiled at the LA Auto Show, the Mazda RT24-P is a new race car for the IMSA Prototype class in the association's endurance circuit. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fpVR5)

It developed by using the KODO design base which is the current identity of Mazda. And Mazda RT24-P is projected will debut for the racing season at the Rolex 24 Daytona on January 26 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Powering the Mazda RT24-P is the MZ-2.0T engine the company used in the 2016 International Motor Sports Association race season. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fpVR5)

"KODO design is the heart of the vehicle is carried by all Mazda new cars, and really can be seen in the design of the 2017 prototype," said Ken Saward, Senior Manager of Design Americas.

Two Mazda Prototype racing cars is managed by Florida-based SpeedSource Race Engineering, and built using the Mk.30 Riley chassis developed by Riley Technologies in collaboration with Multimatic.

By carrying out an inline four-cylinder turbo MZ-2.0T engine is claimed capable of spraying power up to 600 hp was developed and raced with Advanced Engine Research (AER) for Mazda's racing team. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | NEW ATLAS]

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The new syringes-free medical device that promises an effective treatment

Syringes have caused fear in many patients since 1850. But now, there are findings of the latest medical devices free of syringes promising an effective treatment as well as away from the pain.

Kendall examines Nanopatches. Made from silicon wafers, they're embedded with tiny spikes that are coated with vaccine. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fygQo)

An Australian biomedical engineer named Mark Kendall made the Nanopatch, a new needle-free medical device that is smaller than a postage stamp, but it has a big effect. Its portability can help to lower the global death rate from tuberculosis, malaria, HPV, and other infectious diseases. Even this device can eradicate polio as well.

Nanopatch unlike most vaccines require cold chain protection to keep the medicinal properties from the plant to storage. The device is actually equipped with thousands of small dry nails coated vaccine. Additionally, Nanopatch attached to the skin with a spring device, push the drug into some of the cells under the skin. This feature is a boon for those areas in underdeveloped and electricity shortages.

"Thus, the immune response will be more effective than a syringe, which inserts the drug into the muscle," said Kendall. This device is also safer than syringes which injuring many and becomes one of the openings for the spread of disease to the medical personels.

"An old technology may be difficult to beat, but we have a new technology that may eventually beat the old ones," he added.

Kendall first designed the Nanopatch in 2004, when he was a researcher at Oxford University. He also has to figure out its potential uses in Papua New Guinea, a country with levels of HPV-related cervical cancer cases highest in the world, but do not have access to preventative treatment.

"Papua New Guinea is so a good place to test. The country with the size of France only has 800 refrigrators but not all of them can function properly, and not easily accessible by many people," said Kendall, who is now a professor at the University of Queensland.

Vaxxas, a biotechnology company founded by Kendall, has attracted the interest of the World Health Organization (WHO), which will conduct studies injectable polio vaccine in 2017.

Earlier this year, Vaxxas and Kendall's team at the University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and WHO, tested the vaccine inactivated polio virus in laboratory mice. The tests found that the Nanopatch effective use 1/40 of the doses of usual poliovirus vaccine.

Kendall said he realized that the discovery takes at least a decade before it could be produced commercially.

"The prospect of making something that could make a difference for millions of people is a wonderful feeling, is not there something more I wanted to do. But I will not be satisfied until this technology out of the lab and onto the places that need," he concluded. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | VAXXAS | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC]

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There's South Sumatra's ethnic touches on these custom built board tracker

The world's motorcycle design trends not only grow on the sport type motorcycle, now on the automatic scooter type is also starting to used by the builder.

Well, there's a 2007 Honda Vario 125 scooter custom-built with the boardtracker style done by a Palembang-based modification workshop named Tito Jaya Motor (in Sapta Marga street No.6, Kalidoni Perumnas - Palembang) worthy called as a qualified example.

The Flying Songket boardtracker style based on 2007 Honda Vario 125. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fwP6E)

Interestingly, in addition by changing its standard chassis that changed the scooter look into a boardtracker typical motorcycle, the presence of cultural themes are also thick felt on this motorcycle. Yes, there are the engraving of songket motifs which is applied to most of the motorcycle bodies. Because of that, this bike was nicknamed "The Flying Songket".

Dian Tito of Tito Jaya Motor posed on The Flying Songket. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fwSWL)

Due to carrying the board tracker theme, so the most targeted changes was on the frame sector. Engineering process immediately conducted to generate a new bike's frame, and removed all the manufacturer defaults, leaving only its engine alone.

Although it looks simple, but we can be sure the building process is not easy, especially to set up the position of the machine to look proportional.

There're the engraving of songket motifs which are applied on the front fascia and fueltank. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fwP6E)

Not only that, as a result of the frame changes and also totally change the holder position of the suspension and swing arm, and now the motorcycle doesn't has the single swing arm on the rear, but has been replaced by a rigid model.

In fact, after the engine block is shifted slightly to the front and in order to drive the rear wheel the role of CVT rubber replaced by the chain.

The engraving of songket motifs also applied on the engine cover. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fwSWL)

As mentioned earlier, due to the frame changing then automatically the fuel tank had to be remade. Interestingly, the placement of the custom tank is placed under the frame with positions created as if hanging. Be guaranteed, You couldn't find the typical look of scooter now.

The engine block is shifted slightly to the front. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fwP6E)

And for highlighted the local content, then on each side of its custom tank, and front fascia as well as the engine cover given the engraving touches of songket motifs of South Sumatra and wrapped in copper color. After that, on its front and rear elevated by using the 21-inch size rims that has been fitted with a custom drum and springer suspension systems.

In order to drive the rear wheel the role of CVT rubber replaced by the chain. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fwP6E)

Now the look of the Flying Songket custom built board tracker deserved got two thumbs up, and not surprising if becoming the best motorcycles and grabs the first place in the All Tracker class of Suryanation Motorland 2016.

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 | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | MOTOVAGANZA | OTOMANIA]

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Rare Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR supercar was sold at exorbitant prices

Recently, one of the 25 units of Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR supercar was sold by its owner. The price offered to bring home these street-legal supercar reaches US. $2.6 million or equivalent to Rp.34 billion.

1997 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1g0y0o)

Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR is a street-legal supercar specially designed based on the Mercedes-Benz racing cars participated in the famous racing event 24 Hours of Le Mans. As already known, in addition to developing a racing car, the German automobile manufacturer also produced the CLK GTR limited edition.

Right side view of 1997 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1g0y0o)

For the street-legal version, this supercar has a ferocious V12 engine with 6.9 liter capacity capable of generating the power up to 604 horse power with torque of 572 Nm. Through the power capability of the engine, these German supercar able to accelerates from 0-100 kilometers per hour in just 3.8 seconds.

Rear side view of 1997 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1g0y0o)

As quoted from Carbuzz on Monday, November 21, 2016, the 1997 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR is offered in a roadworthy condition, with all parts are original. This car has been used as far as 1,741 km (according to the numbers on the odometer). Do you want to have it? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | CARBUZZ]

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Revealing the largest ancient sea monster in Antarctica

Approximately 66 million years ago, an ancient sea monster that has a very large size roughly the size of a five-story building once dominated the dark Antarctic marine life. Those sea creature called the mosasaur, an aquatic reptiles that lived during the Cretaceous period. One of its characteristics is the use of its limbs like tail for paddling.

Unfortunately, there is not plenty of evidence that can be used to uncover these sea monsters. Until the end of an expedition was held to find evidence of the continuation of the specimen.

Kaikaifilu hervei was as long as a five-story building is tall. See the human for scale. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fq3Fj)

For days the researchers who are members of the Chilean Paleontology Expedition try their luck to get a mosasaur fossil. But before the days of their trip, in the middle of a storm and bad weather the researchers did not find any. Had felt desperate and consider their journey in vain, until finally they managed to find a mosasaur skull on Seymour Island in January 2011.

This discovery became the long-awaited given this specimen was the second fossils found in Antarctica. But unlike before, this time the mosasaur fossils have very large size. It is based on the size of the anatomy of the skull found with a width of 4 feet or 1.2 meters. While the entire body of reptiles stretches about 33 feet (10 m), making it the largest marine predators in the region.

Researchers also gave the name 'Kaikaifilu hervei.' In which Kai-Kai-filu is the myth of the culture of the Mapuche in Southern Chile and Argentina, which means the giant reptiles were in charge of the oceans. While the hervei word derives from the name Francisco Herve, a Chilean geologist and also an Antarctica adventurer.

Researchers found the mosasaur Kaikaifilu hervei in Cretaceous-age rocks on Seymour Island in Antarctica (upper left). Kaikaifilu was quite large. See the human for scale (upper right). Paleontologists struggled through Antarctica's extreme climate when they excavated the specimen (lower right). The muddy site where experts found Kaikaifilu (bottom left). (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1fq3Fj)

"Previously, evidence of the existence of such gigantic size mosasaur like Kaikafilu hervei was unknown. Yet Antarctica has an abundant amount of plesiosaur," said Rodrigo Otero, a palaeontologist from the University of Chile as quoted by LiveScience on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

Plesiosaurs was a long-necked marine reptiles that became the main prey of Kaikafilu hervei. Although now Antarctica is a cold continent, but when the dinosaur age the conditions are much warmer. A group of swimming animals in the region to make a food haven for Kaikafilu hervei.

This research has been published online on November 4, 2016 in the journal Cretaceous Research. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LIVESCIENCE]

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