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2018 BMW M5: Six Hundred Horses Drive All Four Wheels
– In 1979, Americans watched a total solar eclipse pass over the continental United States. Eight years later, another phenomenon crossed our paths: the first BMW M5. It was rare, it was heroic, and most of all, it was a four-door sedan that, at the height of the horsepower-robbing ‘80s, could outgun Corvettes and Ferraris. […]
Ben Heck’s ‘IoT on Wheels’
Ben and Felix are taking part in element14’s IoT on Wheels design challenge with help from a local electrical engineer, Bob Baddeley, to use ST Microelectronic’s Nucleo microcontroller board and Bluetooth module. The team decided to work on an Internet-of-Things project for use with a bicycle, perhaps to notify your local council about potholes found […]
Watch How Porsche Makes Its $15,000 Turbo S Exclusive Series Carbon Fiber Wheels [Video]
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Watch How Porsche Makes Its $15,000 Turbo S Exclusive Series Carbon-Fiber Wheels [Video]
– Weight is the enemy to manufacturers producing performance vehicles. Carbon fiber has played a major role in reducing vehicle mass, with some manufacturers such as McLaren creating monocoques of the strong and lightweight material. Lately, carbon fiber is beginning to be used for a component that had rarely used it in the past: wheels. Koenigsegg […]
Porsche 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series gets carbon fiber wheels
Porsche is doing its damnedest to make its 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series as exclusive as it can be. In addition to a bump in power and unique paint and interiors trims, a set of braided carbon fiber wheels will be available as an option. This simple seven-spoke design may not have the classic look […]
Justin Lin Will Make an Indie Movie Before ‘Space Jam 2’ and ‘Hot Wheels’
Justin Lin was on a Television Critics Association panel for the new CBS reboot of S.W.A.T., for which he directed the pilot. Afterwards, he spoke with reporters about his feature film projects. He said he will shoot an indie movie in the Spring, and that the studios responsible for the tentpole movies Space Jam 2 and […]
Cocaine on training wheels? Snortable chocolate raises eyebrows, angers Schumer
Enlarge (credit: https://www.legalleanstore.com/) Over the weekend, US Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer called upon the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the new “snortable” chocolate powder product, Coco Loko, made by Orlando-based company Legal Lean. The powder, released last month, contains cacao powder as well as ingredients often found in energy drinks, including taurine, guarana, […]
Hot Wheels releases Wonder Woman's invisible jet, sort of
The movie Wonder Woman is out in theaters today, and unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of buzz about the superhero. Along with that comes Wonder Woman-related merchandise, and one of the most interesting examples has got to be this Hot Wheels model of her famous invisible jet. What makes it interesting, and frankly quite funny, is […]
Catharine Pendrel keeps the wheels turning
Catharine Pendrel keeps pedalling forward. At age 36, the veteran of three Olympics and two Pan-Am Games refuses to let her sport pass her by, even as it continues to grow and change. “The thing about mountain biking is it’s a relatively new sport and it keeps evolving,” says Pendrel. “Physical, mental, tactical, technical — there’s always something you […]
