You Won't Need Chairlifts with the Fastest Snow Car In the World [Cars]

This Ken Block's new Subaru-based Trax STI and it's the fastest snow vehicle in the world.
I guess I won't be driving the Trax—with its 400hp engine, cat tracks, and four-snowboarder sleigh.
[via Gizmodo via Autoblog via Techeblog]

Nissan's Idea Of A Personal Mobility Device Is A Pair Of Skis on Stilts [Personal Mobility]

I thought the Honda U3-X was weird, but this personal mobility device prototype by Nissan and AIST actually separates into a whacked out pair of motorized skis on stilts. With its unstable seeming controls, I think I'll stick to walking.
When the the device is in one piece, you can control turns by shifting your weight, but when the sides are split up you're supposed to lift your feet and step around as if truly on stilts. Great, everything already look unstable and you want me to lift a foot without a nice soft pile of snow to fall face-first into?
Thankfully, neither Nissan nor the National Advanced Institute of Science and Technology appear to be in any rush to actually market this thing.
[Gizmodo via Plastic Pals via Engadget]

Matthiew Tarrit's Polar Vehicle Is Like a Giant Laboratory In a Train Rolling On Skis [Concept]

It's only a concept at the moment, but designer Matthiew Tarrit claims that his Polar Vehicle arctic base was created in cooperation with polar scientists.
If it ever does come to fruition, scientists working in some of the most inhospitable areas of the planet will certainly be living in style. [Coroflot via Core77]