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Prof. Batty's slipper hooning

Postby Taro Toporific » Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:40 am

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Futuristic personal vehicle
KyodoNewsPhotos \ March 22, 2012
Masaharu Komori, asso. professor of mechanical engineering at Kyoto University...operates...the Permoveh, or Personal Mobile Vehicle, can move back and forth, from side to side, or obliquely as it uses omnidirectional wheels...more...
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Postby Coligny » Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:55 am

Nothing new, used in expensive forklifts for years...

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What's next ? They are working on a boat that can go underwater and come back up I presume...
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Postby yanpa » Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:40 pm

Coligny wrote:What's next ? They are working on a boat that can go underwater and come back up I presume...


The British have already designed one which can stay submerged for more than a century
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Postby Coligny » Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:58 pm

Fookin' overachiever...
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Postby Screwed-down Hairdo » Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:11 pm

yanpa wrote:The British have already designed one which can stay submerged for more than a century


Wish I could design something like that for my No. 3...
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Postby plaid_knight » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:45 am

Let me know when I can get the Roadbuster's car.
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Postby American Oyaji » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:10 pm

Honda has a device that uses that technology. I think they may have gotten the tech from Honda. Only reason I say that is that they illustration describing the while motion looks just like the one we had in Detroit when we were debuting the U3-X

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Postby American Oyaji » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:11 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:[floatl]Image[/floatl]
Futuristic personal vehicle
KyodoNewsPhotos \ March 22, 2012
Masaharu Komori, asso. professor of mechanical engineering at Kyoto University...operates...the Permoveh, or Personal Mobile Vehicle, can move back and forth, from side to side, or obliquely as it uses omnidirectional wheels...more...


What is Slipper Hooning?
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Postby Taro Toporific » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:59 pm

American Oyaji wrote:What is Slipper Hooning?


The professor is oddly wearing flimsy slippers on his new power scooter while "Hooning" --- driving recklessly, racing, doing burnouts, anti-social road behavior, etc. "Hooning" is Australia's greatest contribution to the English language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoon
http://jalopnik.com/140176/hoon-of-the-day-man-oh-man?tag=carsnovelties

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Not that any no-gimp person should know, not wearing shoes while on a wheelchair is a big no-no in the rehab/medical community since the feet are the first get smashed (just as stupid as wearing flipflops on a Harley).
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Postby American Oyaji » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:27 am

Gotcha! Thanks for the knowledge TTsensei!
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Postby Coligny » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:55 pm

American Oyaji wrote:Gotcha! Thanks for the knowledge TTsensei!


Dat's the cool thing when hanging around old peeps... always some war stories to tell... plus free candies... plus first dib on their stuff...
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Postby FG Lurker » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:42 am

Coligny wrote:Nothing new, used in expensive forklifts for years...

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Ain't got nothing on da Germans:

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Postby Coligny » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:36 am

Klaus the Forklift driver...that's a great classic...
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Postby FG Lurker » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:13 pm

Coligny wrote:Klaus the Forklift driver...that's a great classic...

Yeah, I think I posted it to the YouTube thread some years ago.
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Postby Coligny » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:12 am

FG Lurker wrote:Yeah, I think I posted it to the YouTube thread some years ago.


Was more thinking aboot the anorak army than the FG reposts...

http://www.commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog
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