What's An R/C Track Doing In The Middle Of Afghanistan?

As anyone who's had to perform military service in a warzone knows, overseas deployments tend to involve hard work and long working hours. But the down time can be just as intense, with many of the troops turning to video games and pirated DVDs to keep their minds from drifting wistfully homeward while they're away.

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How To Finally Build The Lego Car Of Your Dreams

If you're like most of the population, all your troubles can be traced directly back to the fact that, when attempting to build a Morgan 4/4 out of Lego, you just can't do it accurately enough for your needs. Well, friends, I'm happy to say your problems are over, thanks to the Free Universal Construction Kit from Free …

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Watch A 3D Nanoprinter Create The Smallest Car In the Universe

I'm a big fan of small cars, and, like many small-car aficionados, I'm frankly tired of not having a car that can be mostly obscured by a grain of sand. Thankfully, that problem has been solved by researchers at the Vienna Institute of Technology, who have used a new 3D printing method to produce a racecar about 285 µm …

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A Three-Foot Model Of Tim Burton's Batmobile Is A Great Way To Blow $630

Even the Tim Burton-era Batman films look a little campy compared to Christopher Nolan's take on the Dark Knight. But it's hard to argue that the Batmobile driven by Michael Keaton wasn't iconic, which makes this incredibly detailed model hard to pass up.

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