Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Alan Boyle on Oct 6, 2017 at 5:58 pm October 6, 2017 at 6:11 pm ...
The Miss DiJulio/J&D’s thunderboat is moved into Lake Washington for this weekend’s hydroplane races. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The roar of this weekend’s Seafair hydroplane races on Lake ...
Backflips are dangerous if you don’t pull them off. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about doing it in a car, bike, or boat—get it wrong, and you’re likely to break your neck, or worse. One ...
To paraphrase a very popular meme, Ferrari doesn’t always build boats, but when it does, it builds rockets on water in an almost literal sense. Now’s your chance to get your hands on it. Follow us: ...
But when a hydroplane gets moving, the hull's design is what provides lift. As the speed increases, the wing-like shape of the boat causes it to rise slightly out of the water and basically skim ...
After a year’s absence, Unlimited Hydroplane racing will return to Mission Bay in September. And, if things go right, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson might celebrate his 50 th birthday on ...
An unlimited hydroplane, though, rockets our flimsy bodies to un-survivable speeds, largely unprotected, and our brains know it. And so, in a quixotic moment in the Thriftway, I realized that while we ...
If you’ve ever driven through a heavy California downpour—especially on 680, 580, or 101—you know how quickly a harmless sheen of water can turn into a skid. Hydroplaning happens when your tires ...
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the third unlimited hydroplane race of the season, Miss HomeStreet and championship driver, Jimmy Shane, won the HAPO Columbia Cup today in Tri-Cities, Washington. Over ...
Summer is just weeks away and if you're anything like me, you've already started making a big list of plans for the warmer weather and longer days ahead. Though my to-dos can vary summer to summer, ...
Hydroplane has installed a prototype of its hydrogen-electric powerplant in a Piper Cherokee. Credit: Hydroplane U.S. startup Hydroplane is working with Enstrom Helicopter and uncrewed cargo aircraft ...
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