[ALUmnus]

What's the best new thing that came out this year (and I'm not talking about Ray Boltz).

[sweetnahmah1]

[flamesbball84]

define best in this instance. is it best as in most useful, best as in really innovative but really of no use, or what?

[Cider Jim]

Fountain in front of DeMoss or third floor of DeMoss.

[ALUmnus]

define best in this instance. is it best as in most useful, best as in really innovative but really of no use, or what?

whatever you want it to be.

[flamesbball84]

iphone case for the blind and visually impaired. probably won't ever catch on due to the fact the blind and visually impaired aren't in the target market for an iphone, but to make a touch screen phone completely devoid of buttons usable for the blind and visually imparied is pretty innovative in my opinion.

http://critica.us/product-design/invisu ... le-iphone/

[Rooster Cogburn]

2008 Audi R8
I want one!
Only $115K
http://www.dragtimes.com/images/11346-2008-Audi-R8.jpg

Stats if you care:
Top Speed 187
0-60 4sec
Engine TypeGas V8
Displacement4.2L/254
SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM420 @ 7800
SAE Net Torque @ RPM317 @ 4500-6000
DrivetrainAll-Wheel Drive
Trans Type6
Trans Description Cont.Manual
EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG)12
EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG)19
Base Curb Weight (lbs)3605

[flamesbball84]

2008 Audi R8
I want one!
Only $115K
http://www.dragtimes.com/images/11346-2008-Audi-R8.jpg

Stats if you care:
Top Speed 187
0-60 4sec
Engine TypeGas V8
Displacement4.2L/254
SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM420 @ 7800
SAE Net Torque @ RPM317 @ 4500-6000
DrivetrainAll-Wheel Drive
Trans Type6
Trans Description Cont.Manual
EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG)12
EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG)19
Base Curb Weight (lbs)3605

Okay, why is that car innovaite other than that ridiculous 0-60 time and top speed, I basically know nothing about cars.

[Rooster Cogburn]

OK maybe not all that innovative other than being a mid engine sports car that only weighs just over 3600 lbs. and gets 420hp out of a fairly standard V8. Also, most typical "Supercars" don't get that good of milage because thy typically have V10s or V12s. OK sorry pardon the gear head and move on.

The Itouch screen for the blind IS more innovative. The car is cooler!

[RubberMallet]

www.turdtwister.com

[flamesbball84]

OK maybe not all that innovative other than being a mid engine sports car that only weighs just over 3600 lbs. and gets 420hp out of a fairly standard V8. Also, most typical "Supercars" don't get that good of milage because thy typically have V10s or V12s. OK sorry pardon the gear head and move on.

The Itouch screen for the blind IS more innovative. The car is cooler!

3600 lbs?

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

man i thought my trooper got horrible gas mileage, but 12 miles is just ridiculous

[Rooster Cogburn]

man i thought my trooper got horrible gas mileage, but 12 miles is just ridiculous

Most Super cars get much less.

[Hold My Own]

the R8 is sick...Rampage Jackson has one...never seen one in person though but I will say I'm quite impressed with them...but you can give me the 08 Lambo any day! Black and in Lynchburg so I can drive it and ride it often

[Fumblerooskies]

I figured HMO would be voting for those self-adjusting, fuse less, windshield wipers.

[PeterParker]

1. A device that turns any liquid, even contaminated or dirty liquids including human waste, sea water or puddles, into medicinal grade distilled water and can also generate electricity through an integrated stirling engine [which was originally invented by a Scottish Clergyman in 1816...Trivia Tidbit for Cider's Quiz Bowl research.]

Kamen has stipulated they will cost between $1000 and $2000 and can generate 1,000 liters/day of clean drinking water. If I were a missionary in a third world country or any country with limited clean water access/supply, this would be first on my Christmas wishlist from my sponsoring churches. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/he ... 890581.php >Video with Colbert http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/dean ... th-slings/




2. And another interesting innovation that the Aeronautics and Engineering minds at LU might be interested in as the creation of the newly minted Engineering School and Aeronautics School is coinciding with the popular/political/market push for green technology (the next investment bubble in the making after the commodities bull market reaches it's peak in several years...although we are still many years away from dot.com style investment mania, for those keeping score at home, but I digress.) If LU Engineering wants to capitalize on the growth trends, making green tech one niche in the program may prove to be a prudent long term move. http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation ... tric-plane

In August, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Randall Fishman’s ElectraFlyer-C made a virtually silent pass over the audience at a mere 200 feet. What they were seeing (but not hearing) might be the world’s first fully electric-powered airplane—representing, said one EAA official, “a groundbreaking technology that would be aviation’s first true alternative to a fossil-fuel engine...”

...Now Fishman is taking his creation to the public. He sells kits on his Web site (http://www.electraflyer.com/ videos) that include the batteries and electrical propulsion components. By mid-2010, he plans to offer ready-to-fly electric two-seat planes.