Strange transportation

Ships running on the streets, steam-powered bicycles or asteroid tugboat . These are some amazing inventions of transport vehicles around the world.

Ships run on the street

This novel work is exhibited in a car showroom in New York. On the road, this bizarre machine is a genuine American model. On the surface of the water, it floats thanks to the tight-fitting trunk. And the rear-mounted engine will help it glide like a patrol ship.

There is only one serious drawback: lack of roof to go in the rain. When traveling in the city, you can temporarily use it, but when running at full speed on the highway, it is difficult to hide behind the seat to avoid getting wet.

The first electric hot air balloon

Hot air balloon Electroplume 250. Photo: tovima.dolnet

'Electroplume 250' is the name of the first electric balloon, a very light aircraft made by a hot air balloon company in France.

Filled with 250 cubic meters of hydrogen gas, 18.6 meters long, 5.2 meters in diameter, this single-seat aircraft is propelled by three 2-KW engines. It is equipped with a battery set and can fly from 2 to 3 hours at 50 km / hour, but can fly all day with slow speed.

No noise or pollution, this Electroplume does not interfere with the area it passes through, a feature highly appreciated by scientists. The 2-seater type of 500 m3 gas is being studied, and this is a great idea for the love of the couple who want to fly.

Bicycle powered by steam

Another inventor turned an antique into a modern one. Inspired by a bicycle built from World War II, this resourceful Englishman tirelessly tinkered for decades to make it run on steam.

With a classic design, this odd car finally reaches 20 km / h. The only inconvenience is that when starting, it takes a few minutes to allow the steam pressure to be strong enough to allow the piston to move and spin the wheel. While waiting for an excursion on this ancient work, it is necessary to pedal.

New generation supersonic aircraft

This Japanese supersonic plane has reached a speed of 2,450 km / h in a test flight, possibly a future Concorde. It was carried by a rocket to a height of 19,000 m and flew alone for 15 minutes. Currently it is only a 11.5 m long prototype.

Thanks to this model, Japanese people hope to build bigger cars and fly faster. When flying at 2,940 km / hour, it will shorten the flight time from Tokyo to New York to only 6 hours instead of 11 hours and 30 minutes today.

The tugboat of asteroids

What to do tomorrow when an asteroid threatens the earth? Push it with rockets like Armageddon's way? Definitely not! Because their fragments are more harmful than asteroids themselves.

A group of American scientists has come up with a more subtle method: just by using gravity to deflect asteroids without touching it. According to the law of gravitation, two objects act together on a gravitational force proportional to their mass, so the researchers have the idea of ​​launching a spacecraft near the asteroid to suck it toward me Then gravity will act as an invisible cable stretching between two objects.

Thus, a 20-ton ship will be able to redirect an asteroid 200 meters in diameter, and pull it away for months, until it does not put the earth in sight anymore.