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Spotted at Laughing Squid is an link to the Jet Powered Go-Kart developed by Colin Furze.
From the linked YouTube video summary:
So it's finished and it's brilliant, it's stable it starts easy and the fuel system after a slight redesign (see website) works perfectly. Top speed so far is 60mph but i run out of airstrip so might be more in it.
More details are available at Colin's project site. Colin is also known for previously developing this Jet powered bicycle.
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Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two.
(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Friday May 15 2015, @06:39PM
I've never really understood why people bother making things like this
Because they can. Same reason why people climb Everest, build a boat out of bricks (yes it floats my kids have a Ripley's believe it or not book on strange vehicles), build cars to set land speed records, paint pictures, etc.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday May 15 2015, @06:53PM
There's a difference between an artistic pursuit (painting pictures), physical feats (climbing mountains), and being an "inventor".
If you're just fucking around making useless objects, that's fine, but don't call yourself an "inventor". The whole point of invention is to make useful things which solve real-world problems. TFA says this guy is an "inventor".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2015, @07:05PM
Do you consider someone who designs toys to not be an inventor? I would never say anything like that as I have seen some seriously crazy toys.
He conceived of his own toy and made it happen.
Would I build something like that? No.
Not everything has to have a serious point. Sometimes the point is to screw around and enjoy what you can do. I spent months ripping 2k in dvds. Why? Because it was interesting to me to have an on demand media library. Yet I could *just* as easy get off the couch and pop in a disc. Now everyone who comes to my house enjoys my media center.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2015, @08:08PM
Says you.
He wanted to build a thing, and he built it. The problem to be solved was in the wanting and in the doing. Those are real-word problems that he did solve. So even if accepting that vacuous interpretation, he is still an inventor.