What happens when you give a bunch of tools gearheads all manner of power tools and a few extra sets of wheels? Obviously, they put em together and go racing!
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If you have kids, then you’ve already been subjected to the madness surrounding the Build a Bear Workshop concept. The kids choose a bear, watch while he is filled with stuff and then choose from a wide array of clothes and accessories. They’ve even got a little stuffed Harley to go along with those jeans and pleather chaps.
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So maybe The Garage is a couple of weeks late posting on this, but yours truly is learning to use new technology. FTP??? What the hell is FTP? So now I know how to get things into a gallery, now we just need to make them prettier!

Our man on the west coast, the guy from the Savage Speed Garage was at the Grand National Roadster show a couple of weeks ago. That’s Aaron’s ride up above. This sweet beast won a Gearheads Club Award. In the new gallery, there are pics of a copper coloured 32 Roadster, built by Troy Ladd at Hollywood Hotrods. Some of you may have seen pics floating around the blogosphere a few weeks ago of a belly tanker that Coop did some work on. Well, we’ve got some pics of the finished product and this thing is just too cool.

Be sure to click through and visit our newest gallery and choose GNShow.

Watch tomorrow for another gallery of Aaron’s photos.

Looking back to 1968, Arthur C. Clarke predicted a computer who’s intelligence had risen to the point of self thought. Hal thought for himself. At the time, it was unthinkable. Today, most of us probably think it’s just a matter of time. Of course, when there is new tech floating around, there is always some gearhead who will apply it to cars.

Over at Togelius, a couple of guys with really big brains are applying technology to create video race cars that actually are able to think their way around a race track! They even use a reward system that the neural systems react to, to affect the way the cars drive around the track. They can go for the fastest lap, or they can just try to out do the other car. In that case it becomes like a short track stock car race, where competitors are stuffing each other into the wall.

It has been said for some time that modern Formula 1 cars could be driven by monkeys, but perhaps in the future they will drive themselves! Move over Michael, Hal is movin in.