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For a short period of time in the last century, turbine-driven cars were all the rage. Manufacturers hawked them, race engineers played with them, and the public drooled over them. 8W takes a glimpse into our kerosene-fueled past. —Ed. More »
Few things light our collective fire — no pun intended — like rocket-powered motorcycles. Spot Motorcycles recently took this lighthearted look at the jet/missile/firecracker/flame-bike's fiery origins. —Ed. More »
Even for a metal-suited superhero film, Iron Man 2 destroyed an awful lot of cars. The list contains everything from smashed Rolls-Royce Phantoms to formula cars sliced in half by laser whips. Here's how the magic is made. More »
A multi-million-dollar, NASA-sponsored scientific space balloon crashed yesterday in Australia, destroying its payload and tipping over a car. Here's the first video of the crash. More »