Gizmodo reported it a while ago, but a Canadian company called Japanoid is importing these and other tiny Japanese cars. How tiny? At or under 1.5 meters (under 5 feet!) wide with engines 660CC or under. They’re called Kei Jidousha, or Keicars, or just K-cars (though not to be confused with Chrysler’s K-Cars). Japanoid has [...]

Posted July 30, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: canadian law, economy car, economy cars, fuel economy, gizmodo, honda, honda acty, japanese cars, japanoid, k-car, k-cars, kei jidousha, keicars, mini, mitsubishi, mitsubishi minica toppo, nissan, nissan figaro, nissan pao, nissan s-cargo, smart, tiny. 5 Comments.

The MAKE: podcast pointed me to gumstix — really small computers built for hacking. Cool.

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Posted July 17, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: gumstix, hacking, hardware hacking, linux, linux computer, make magazine, make podcast, tiny, tiny computer, tiny linux. 2 Comments.