Jan 03

Star Trek Stick Figure Decals for Your Car: Family of Four to Beam up

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I’m not sure why, but family stick figure decals on cars always annoy me. Maybe I’m just jealous I didn’t think of the idea first. Anyway, I actually find these Star Trek decals to be pretty cool. Carpooling: The Final Frontier.

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This set doesn’t just include a few decals either. All of your Trek favorites are here and they look great. You get a total of 32 decals in the set, with 23 different characters from the original series.

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  • Tall characters (4 3/4″ tall): Capt. Kirk, Spock, Nurse Chapel, Uhura, McCoy, Sulu, Scotty, Chekov, Yeoman Rand, Romulan (female), Andorian, Gorn, Isis, Klingon (male), Orion (female)
  • Short characters (3 3/4″ tall): Capt. Kirk x 2, Spock x 2, Nurse Chapel x 2, Uhura, Chekov
  • Other: M-113 Creature (5 3/4″ tall) , Mugato (4 1/2″), Tribbles (1″) x 6, Star Trek logo

The full set of decals goes for $14.99(USD) from ThinkGeek. I guess the tribbles represent your pet dog or cat, while the Mugato almost certainly represents your mother-in-law.

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Dec 30

WSJ: Google and Audi Are Working on In-Car Android

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WSJ: Google and Audi Are Working on In-Car AndroidThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has been working with Audi to develop in-car entertainment and information systems based on Android—and the pair plan to make an announcement at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Dec 23

First 2015 Mustang GT to be sold at Barrett-Jackson auction in January

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Ford has announced that it will be auction off the very first retail 2015 Mustang GT for charity. The 2015 Mustang GT will hit the auction at Barrett-Jackson in January … Continue reading

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Dec 20

2015 Honda Fit to debut at Detroit auto show next month

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Honda is teasing one of its important new compact car models. The car is the 2015 Honda Fit and it will debut next month in Detroit. The car will make … Continue reading

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Dec 20

Lamborghini Huracan features 610 hp 5.2L V10 engine

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Lamborghini has unveiled an all-new sports car called the Huracan LP 610-4. The new car is powered by a big 5.2L V10 engine producing 610 hp and 560nm of torque. … Continue reading

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Dec 19

This Full-size LEGO Car is Powered by Air

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LEGO expert Raul Oaida and Steve Sammartino have built themselves the stuff of childhood dreams for many LEGO builders. I know I wanted to build a full-size car I could drive around the neighborhood more times than I can count. Their incredible black and yellow LEGO hot rod consists of over half a million bricks.

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This is very cool indeed and the project is known as the Super Awesome Micro Project. It’s unclear exactly how the LEGO-based motor of the car works, but it is said to run on compressed air. The engine has four radial units with 256 pistons. The car isn’t made completely from LEGO, there are some structural pieces, wheels, and tires. I would assume there is some sort of frame that isn’t LEGO.

The car can cruise at speeds of up to 18MPH. It might be able to go faster, but they won’t drive it any faster because of its fragile nature. The car was taken from a concept design to a finished product in 20 months. Incredibly, Oaida built it in Romania, and shipped it to Sammartino for final assembly in Melbourne, Australia.

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Dec 19

Life-size Lego car is powered by air and can go 17 mph

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I’m sure that I am not the only geek who built a lot of Lego cars growing up and wished I could actually climb behind the wheel of my vehicular … Continue reading

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Dec 19

Honda had highest fleet fuel economy for MY2012 reports EPA

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Each year the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA publishes a report that outlines the most and least fuel efficient automotive manufacturers on a fleet wide scale. The latest EPA report … Continue reading

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Dec 18

This Amazing Life-Size, Air-Powered Lego Car Hits 20mph

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What happens if you take 500,000 pieces of Lego and 256 pistons, then hand them over to Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida? This fully functioning, life-size, air-powered Lego car is what.

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Dec 16

2015 Lincoln MKC small premium SUV pricing announced

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Lincoln officially unveiled its new small premium SUV called the MKC in mid-November. At the time the SUV was unveiled, Lincoln offered up almost all of the details about the new vehicle. One of the key bits of information that was missing about the SUV was exactly how much it would cost. Lincoln has now […]

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