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A true believer of speed

For as long as he can remember, Jeb Corliss has dreamed of flying. One of his earliest memories came when he was 6 and sitting in the back of his aunt’s car watching birds jump from telephone poles, opening their wings and soaring. “When I get older, I’m going to do that,” he said. His aunt explained that when he got older he would realize that humans can’t fly.

“Maybe you can’t,” he replied. “But I’m going to.”

Jeb Corliss participates in International BASE jump Malaysia, Menara KL Tower.

For 4 days the fine government of Kuala Lumpur and the Menara KL organizing committee allows selected jumpers from around the world to come jump off the famous Menara KL Tower.

Tight squeeze: Spectators watch as Jeb Corliss hurtles though the mountain's natural arch hundreds of feet in the air

Jeb Corliss launched himself from a helicopter at 6,000ft today, zooming through the air at 75mph towards the imposing Tianmen mountain in Hunan Province, China - Mailonline.com 25 Sept 2011.

Bird's eye view: A still from a camera mounted on the helmet of Jeb Corliss as he sweeps through the corridor of rock

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Ferrari gives a lesson on driving the 458 Italia

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Posted May 1st 2011 6:06PM on http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/01/ferrari-gives-a-lesson-on-driving-the-458-italia/

The 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia is magnificent. With a vast array of electronic wizardry, a glorious 570-horsepower mid-mounted V8, statuesque bodywork, the track manners of an F1 car and the street manners of sleeping kitten, it may be the finest supercar available.

There is, however, a catch. The myriad controls for all those electronics and the information output by the car is enough to give even the most ADD driver sensory overload. With that in mind, Ferrari has released a video to walk you through the 458 Italia's controls one at a time, breaking down their use and functionality.

Study the vid carefully a couple times, and you can stop worrying about hitting the turn signal when you simply wanted to tune the radio. Tired of turning off traction control when what you wanted to do was de-couple the suspension? The electronic instruction manual has you covered.

This is a bike...

Never in a million years will Ferrari build a motorcycle — and with Ducatis being so awesome who needs it to? — but it’s fun to think about what might roll out of Maranello if it ever decided to give two-wheelers a try.

These are only mock ups.

Cigarette AMG Electric Drive

What happens when you transfuse the 2200HP electric drive train from the world’s fastest and most powerful production electric car, the Mercedes SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive, into a 12m racing hull?

You get the world’s fastest and most powerful production electric speed boat. Duh.

This luxury racer was developed by Mercedes-AMG in collaboration with Cigarette Racing (together forming the AMGCR group) and recently debuted at the Miami International Boat Show.

The power train, however, is all Mercedes. The Top Gun’s main electronic components including the electric motors, power electronics, high voltage batteries, and AMG Powertrain Controller (APC) were ported wholesale from the AMG SLS Coupe.

On land, the AMG SLS is powered by a quartet of electric motors with a combined output of 740HP and 985nM of torque. The Top Gun, however, packs triple the number of engines under its hood.

A total of 12 185HP compact permanent-magnet synchronous electric motors are arranged into a pair of six-engine clusters, each driving one of the boat’s propeller shaft.