Kung fu master Chen Pengxian wasn’t just winging it when he claimed he could create the smallest carving in the world.
So Chen, 42, carved an entire sentence in Chinese characters on a fly’s wing to prove his ability.
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Smallest Car In The World
Now this car helps you reach a whole new level of cramped
Small cars are one of the solutions to our energy problems, but this guy’s gone too far. Thanks to 47-year-old Terry Watkins of the U.K., you’re now looking at the world’s smallest car, an absurd 39 inches tall, 26 inches wide and 51 inches long (that’s almost half the size of the current world record holder), and powered by an engine normally seen on lawn mowers. Continue reading… “Smallest Car In The World”
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PUMA: GM and Segway Take a Swing at a Small Car
Go Go Gadget Tiny Car
Take two companies whose products often come out on the wrong end of a joke, slap them together, and here’s the result: The P.U.M.A., a sort of giant, two-person Segway that is designed for commuters, with a 35-mile range from its lithium-ion batteries. It has a top speed of 35 MPH, which is plenty for city cruising.
What it isn’t is good-looking, but bear in mind it’s a prototype, which explains the caution stripes and (presumably) the lack of any real weather proofing or other creature comforts…
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Tiny Movable Desk For Small Spaces
Who needs a big, bulky desk? If you live in a small apartment, a desk takes up a ton of room you just don’t have to spare. That’s why the Ci Desk Mobile Workstation is so awesome. It’s tiny, yet big enough to be very useful when you need it to be.
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Small World Contest for Best Microscope Photos
1.) “Chick embryo” by Tomas Pais de Azevedo
Sponsored by Nikon, the annual Small World Contest showcases “the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. Here are the top 10 winners. (Pics)
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21st Century Car: Ford Model T 2.0
Made For Your Average Small Guy, and only 3 wheels
It’s been 100 years since Ford’s first Model T hit the road, and to commemorate the occasion, Ford commissioned a design contest to create Model T 2.0. Of the two winners of $25,000 in scholarship money, the Model T2 design you see above was our favorite, a three-wheeled coupe from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. It has motors on each wheel’s hub, powered by compressed air. It also sports an unspecified “novel steering system,” which we figure has something to do with all three wheels getting into the act.
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Micropayments Finally Finding a Home
Virtually everyone can afford micropayments, but they haven’t caught on until now
Micropayments have been one of the Internet’s most-hyped and least-successful ideas — until now, as virtual world creators and video game companies are beginning to expect, and even depend on, players to buy virtual goods in little chunks.
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