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By Yan Fortin
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
What do you get when you cover an old Volvo with singing fish and lobsters and combine the whole thing with a Linux server? This is what you get:

Texan Richard Carter took a Volvo, 5 miles of wire, five 6-volt golf cart batteries, a screw drive mechanism using 12v DC reversible [...]

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
This design is straight from the future, don’t you think? And yet Igarashi Design has unveiled an innovative single-seat helicopter you can buy and fly someday soon. (No word on pricing) The catch? you can’t have an instructor on board to help you fly it, so you need to take flight lessons first [...]

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Now this is what I call being green! The first all-electric super bike from Vectrix sports a very innovative new look, and can top out at 124 miles per hour (or 200 kph.) It has no unsightly exhaust pipes spoiling the sleek new lines, no bulky engine, or fuel system, and I’ll bet [...]

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
When I was at CNET we were obsessed with “Rascals” or personal mobility scooters. We would send away for literature and post pics on our office doors. Don’t ask me why. But I couldn’t help but marvel at this new concept design for a new and much improved mobility device.
This concept design [...]

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Anyone who rides on two wheels instead of four knows the dangers of being invisible on the road. Here’s an innovative cycling vest that shows the rider’s speed in real-time.
The complete system consists of a wheel speed sensor mounted on the bike, the numerical display and the open source computing platform Arduino which [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
As I noted earlier, Chrysler was planning to add wi-fi to the list of distractions available in cars, in addition to text messaging / email, reading, putting on makeup, talking on cell phones, and the like. They’ve now announced that the increased distraction will begin on August 25th, when 2009 Chrysler [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
You may recall I wrote earlier about how quiet hybrids are, and the test conducted by the U.S. National Federation of the Blind’s Committee on Automotive and Pedestrian Safety. And yes, a hybrid car running totally on battery power is so quiet a blind person, or even a sighted person not [...]

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
OK – so this won’t solve the energy mess we are in when it comes to our cars, but it’s a pretty cool little gadget just the same.
No batteries – just power from the sun!
No assembly required
Measures just 33 x 22 x 14 mm.
When the sun shines on the solar panel, the [...]