Teenager adam lansing has converted a 1980 toyota celica into an electric car he spent four years building his homemade EV. A 30-kilowatt-hour lithium iron phosphate battery pack gives the toyota a 130-mile range. Lansing has now started his own company, hawkeye innovations llc a company that performs gasoline-to-electric conversions. Transcript: ELECTRIC CELICA BUILT BY […]
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Microsoft’s ‘Ink to Code’ builds an app UI from your sketches
Sometimes, inspiration strikes in inconvenient places, and the best you can do to make sure the idea doesn’t escape you is to write it down on scraps of paper or a napkin. The latest experimental project out of Microsoft’s Garage program, which encourages employees to work on their innovative ideas, wants to make it easier […]
How Honda Builds the Business Jet of the Future
We get a look at how humble Honda puts these little birds together. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a3c3781eb016307a6518645/master/pass/jet-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
How IBM builds an effective data science team
GUEST: Data science is a team sport. This sentiment rings true not only with our experiences within IBM, but with our enterprise customers, who often ask us for advice on how to structure data science teams within their own organizations. Before that can be done, however, it’s important to remember that the various skills required […]
British firm builds first Tesla Model S shooting brake
Didn’t we just hear about a Tesla Model S shooting brake conversion, you might be asking? Why yes, we did — plus this stretch limo conversion just yesterday. But this here is a new wagonized Model S, from a British customizer that touts it as “the world’s only and fastest electrically powered SportsWagon.” It’s also […]
Dallara Stradale Revealed! Longtime Motorsports Brand Builds One for the Road
– Although it has never been a racing-car constructor in its own right, Dallara has long been one of the most famous names in motorsport. The Italian company has been involved in everything from Formula 3 to prototype racing to IndyCar and is the world’s biggest manufacturer of racing chassis. On a typical weekend, the […]
Alias Grace Review: Netflix's Elegant Murder Tale Builds to a Killer Finish
Patience is a virtue… especially when judging a TV series. My feelings about Netflix’s 19th-century crime drama Alias Grace, which debuts today, see-sawed back and forth as I made my way through all six episodes. There’s a lot to like about it — it’s gorgeously shot and quietly compelling, with a potent lead performance from Sarah […]
ScienceofSpeed Builds a Special Acura NSX with More Wing
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Model Behavior: Toyota Builds a Modern, Full-Size Tamiya Bruiser
– During the 1/10-scale, off-road RC boom of the 1980s, toymaker Tamiya’s bread and butter came from the demand for such memorable machines as the Frog, Grasshopper, Fox, Hornet, and Blackfoot; but the company also sold more mechanically advanced radio-controlled cars, like its all-wheel-drive Porsche 959 replica and, of course, the Toyota Hilux–based Bruiser, a […]
Model Behavior: Toyota Builds a Modern, Full-Size Tamiya Bruiser!
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