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Industrial designer Boris Dennler used a combination of 887 compact discs as well as DVDs to create a ‘Compact Disc Chair’ that you can actually sit on. The discs were shaped with heat and then affixed using screws, while assembly glue was used to give them the chair shape around a wooden exoskeleton.
Scot Burner has just set a new Guinness World Record in his C7 Corvette, but it’s not what you think. He earned the title of ‘Fastest Mile Driven in Reverse’ by smashing the previous record of 97.02-seconds and finishing in 75.18-seconds with an average speed of 45 mph as well as hitting a top speed of 54 mph.
A flying hovercraft is something you don’t expect to see in a catalog, that is unless…you’re talking about Hammacher Schlemmer’s. They’ve been around for 174-years, specializing in the unexpected, and this item most certainly falls under that category. It can glide over land as well as water, yet also soar in the air at up to 70 mph, thanks to a 130hp twin-cylinder engine.
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An artist known as Vicenzi is behind the ROBOMOJO project, a series of famous movie posters that have been reimagined by artificial intelligence. There is no information on what AI system Vicenzi used, but most of them require some kind of input during the training process, whether it be a few phrases and / or images.
Samson Sky’s Switchblade flying car has just received FAA approval, which gives the company permission for flight testing. Think of it as a luxury car meets personal flying vehicle, powered by a hybrid electric-drive system. After your flight, its wings simply fold into the sides of the vehicle, allowing you to drive on the road like a normal car.