Much feistier than a bee, and sleeker than a wasp, the Aston Martin DBGT 2025 has the kick of a hornet, both in terms of body design and the cranker of an engine under the hood. Oh, and speaking of the nature theme, did I mention it was eco? The Aston Martin DBGT 2025 has a hydrogen engine!…trendhunter.com

The Japanese “Media Vehicle” seeks to combine transportation in the real world with the virtual world. The strangely futuristic looking vehicle treats the rider to the virtual world. Once inside, a spherical display surrounds the upper body of the rider, while the lower body remains free…automotto.org

Japanese researchers in Tokyo on Wednesday unveiled a robotic mall cop, a two-foot-high security guard on wheels that can track down bad guys running amok on commercial property and disable them with a ‘Spider-Man’ like web…foxnews.com

“We have basically designed the robot for corporate use and we expect private security companies to buy them instead of using human guards, but there will also be those tailored for use in homes,” said Tmsuk Co.’s Mariko Ishikawa

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A Boston-area company plans to begin flight tests this year of a two-seater airplane that moonlights as a car.

The aptly named Transition takes a stab at bridging the gap between automobiles and airplanes. Some people call it a flying car. The company designing and selling the vehicle prefers the term “roadable aircraft”… discovery.com

Watch out  George Jetson, here we come.

Oh, if  it was just this easy…

Depending on your nostalgic obsession (Disney fan boy, or Transformers geek), the new Mickey Mouse Transformer is either genius or the further erosion of a beloved robot franchise. This seemingly unholy alliance was on display at this week’s Tokyo Toy Forum 2009…dvice.com

More than meets eye!

The world’s greenest supercar project is progressing nicely. The last time we checked in with Joe Harmon and his team of craftsmen from North Carolina State University, the all-wooden car’s hand-laid bodywork had been mated with the chassis, which was awaiting installation of the twin-supercharged, 32-valve Cadillac-sourced V8 engine and six-speed rear-mounted transaxle from a modern Chevrolet Corvette. Those 600 ponies will be funneled to the rear wheels, which have center hubs made from pressed and laminated wood, naturally. Even the transverse leaf springs are made from orange osage wood…autoblog.com

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To combat the continued thinning out of elderly Japanese countryside farmers the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has unveiled a new robotic power suit. Although it appears a bit ungainly, the suit weighs in at a mere 55 pounds and uses eight motors and 16 sensors to function…dvice.com

Forget about Ironman, Farmbot to the rescue.

German industrial designer Luigi Colani has been rethinking the future since the ’40s, and over the course of those many decades he has applied a rounded, streamlined look to cars and trucks, kitchens, spacecraft, furniture, and whatever else he can dream up. We call him a designer, but he calls himself a “3-D philosopher.”…dvice.com

The earth is round, all the heavenly bodies are round; they all move on round or elliptical orbits,” Colani once said. “…I am going to pursue Galileo Galilei’s philosophy: my world is also round.