Gabriel Brindusescu
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Personal motto:
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Later, his dad taught him how to drive on a field and from that point he started driving everything that had 4 wheels and an engine, including a van, a truck and a tractor. He usually annoys his friends by taking the keys and driving their cars when they have to go somewhere.
When it comes to car preferences, he will tell you that classic cars are the best, especially old American muscle. There are few modern day cars that get him really excited, and don’t ever dare to ask him about hybrids or EVs if you don’t want to see him
Dragster Engines Going Wrong Compilation
29 Sep 2014, 11:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / For some, drag racing seems a pointless burn of money, with teams spending millions just to go very fast over a quarter mile. But for others, the smell of high octane, the ground-shaking exhaust sound and those crazy-looking machines blasting by ma...
Solar Steam Boiler System Makes Electricity 24/7
29 Sep 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If electric vehicles are said to be the future, then we need a reliable and ecological way to create electricity. Solar panels seem to be the answer, but then what do you do when it’s cloudy or during the night? This Israeli company found the...
Google Glass Texting While Driving Is Almost As Dangerous as Using a Phone
29 Sep 2014, 09:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You’re probably thinking that Google Glass will help you a lot with staying in touch with friends while driving and still be safe. Well, you’re somehow wrong as a study reveals the device will get you distracted almost the same as a nor...
Uber Driver Accused of Hammer Attack by Passenger
29 Sep 2014, 08:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, we got protests from the regular taxi drivers against the Uber service so far, with some countries and cities banning the app but now comes the users’ turn to be upset as one rider got attacked by a black cab’s driver with a hamme...
The Alternative to EV Wireless Charging - PowerHydrant
29 Sep 2014, 08:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As electric vehicles start to gain more market share, different companies are trying to find ways to improve EV owners experience. Many are investing in wireless charging, but that comes with a slight loss of efficiency. The PowerHydrant however is...
Travel Like a Sir in this Abbot Downing Stagecoach for Sale
26 Sep 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Are you fed up with modern day transportation and its complex electronic gizmos? Want to downgrade? You can’t go under the stagecoach level and luckily, we found one for you that’s on sale. Beware though, these things don’t come c...
Robotic Octopus Is Cool and Almost Useless
26 Sep 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Nature inspired the mankind to create all sorts of machine and devices and just when you thought we mined every bit of information from the animal/vegetable world, boom - we started copying them by whole. Robot fish, snakes, a huge friggin’ c...
Buy a Brick To Raise the Tesla Museum
26 Sep 2014, 15:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Nikola Tesla was a man well ahead of his time, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system as well as several other major projects including the induction motor, rotating magnetic field...
Five-Stroke Engine Works and Might Enter Production
26 Sep 2014, 13:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Sounds a bit crazy to make an engine that uses an odd number of strokes, right? We have 2, 4 and even 6-stroker engines so far, with the latter being still a prototype that injects water in the cylinders right after the exhaust to create steam and...
Brabham Racing Needs You to Make History Again
26 Sep 2014, 11:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s been quite some time since Brabham took part into the racing world, but now, after over 20 years of absence, the team wants to put the name again in the top of the ladder-boards. And you can get involved in that if you love motorsports. ...
Lexus NX by will.i.am Gets Unveiled
26 Sep 2014, 09:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Some people tend to treat their cars like some sort of appliances only needed to reach a destination. Artist will.i.am says his car is more like an extension to his personality and that he tends to wear it like some kind of accessory. We couldn&rsq...
nVIDIA Proves Lunar Landing Was True Using Advanced CGI
25 Sep 2014, 15:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Until somebody goes back to the Moon, land close to the spot where the first mission took place to find the remnants of the equipment (they did left the lunar rover there) and video stream the whole thing, a large group of people will still believe...
Manic V8-Powered Ford Focus Is for Sale Again
25 Sep 2014, 11:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t be fooled by this 2000s Ford Focus’ humble looks. It might smoke your current car or at least get a lot of attention wherever it goes. Why? It has a V8 under the hood. And yes, it’s mounted the right way - longitudinally,...
Facebook Drones To Provide Internet in Remote Areas
25 Sep 2014, 09:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Internet is enabling you to read this article now even from a hand-held device on the run thanks to your data plan or a wireless connection nearby. You’re probably very accustomed with using this huge interconnected devices array and imag...
Trucker Pulls Cop Over to Teach Him a Lesson
24 Sep 2014, 12:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / No, the title isn’t wrong; sometimes, some law enforcers tend to disobey the rules they are enforcing. How many times have you seen cops that weren’t on a mission doing something that you weren’t allowed to do normally? How many t...
Handmade Science Fiction Alien Car Is for Sale · Video
24 Sep 2014, 11:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Can’t wait for the dubious-shaped cars of the future? You can now buy a one-off, hand built SF car and make your own future; with round windows and butterfly doors. Mike Vetter has a car-mods shop in Florida and, apart from your every othe...
Elio Motors Closing In To Production Phase: Should Start Next Year
24 Sep 2014, 09:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Those of you who supported Elio Motors with cash in its startup phase, you can rest assured as the company will start manufacturing the small economic trikes next year, according to its last report. The money raised so far helped Elio Motors to ...
Novitec Creates Rolls-Royce SPOFEC for Spoiled Rich Kids
23 Sep 2014, 18:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re a successful businessman, you may find that the perfect way to travel is to be chauffeured in a Rolls-Royce, be it the entry level Ghost or the Phantom flagship. However, your spoiled brat may consider the luxury car will be even co...
The Unmanned Ghost Ships of the Future - Project MUNIN
23 Sep 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Year 2025, a 400 meter long cargo ship slowly travels across dark sea waters... There’s no sign of life onboard; nobody seems to be on the bridge to guide the ship and no one seems to pick up the CB radio. Is this a scene from an apocalyptic ...
Kia Installs Superchargers in Europe for the Soul EV
23 Sep 2014, 15:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With the Kia Soul EV following go on sale in the following months on the European market, the automaker wants to increase its chances of success by installing a new network of supercharger stations for future owners to use. Currently, Kia Motors...