Lee’s Journal

Automoblox is designed to allow kids to design their own toy car. Automoblox has Sportsvan, Sportscar, Sedan Pickup, Sports Utility and Compact toy car. All of them are made of wood instead of metal or plastic; with real rubber tires and a variety of innards for kids to get familiar with the real vehicles.
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The Nissan Pivo concept was demonstrated recently at Nissan’s Design Museum in Ginza, Tokyo.

Nissan Pivo features electric sliding doors and several cameras mounted outside the cabin. It’s one of the first cars with a spinning cockpit.

Watch the video of the single lithium-ion battery powered Nissan Pivo after this jump.

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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a Superbus that looks like a futuristic stretch Limousine.

The Superbus is built as a public transportation as wide and long as a standard city bus but only 1.7m high (as high as an SUV) and can reach speeds of 250kph (155mph).

As the aerodynamic Superbus is too low for passengers inside to stand up, each of its 30-odd seats has a separate door.

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Jada Toys has released i-Playaz Volkswagen Beetle speaker for iPod or any MP3 players. It has built-in hip hop sounds and speakers and with multicolored lights interact with music for the ultimate entertainment experience.

Just connect it to your Mp3 player or iPod and it will move up and down, side to side along with your favorite music.

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Casa Linda Lace is the name of a 1970’s Volkswagen Beetle in Calfiornia. Built in 1985, the Beetle’s body is made of wrought iron.

The Super Beetle body shape was chosen to give it a more modern appearance although it rests on a standard Beetle chassis. Four months of construction, 7000 welds, 2500 curly-cues (each of which took approx 50 hammer blows to shape) and the car was finished.

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