Ioannis K. Erripis
@erripis.gr
designer / inventor
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“The art of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Douglas Adams
(quote from Life, the Universe and Everything)
*also an explanation on how LLM/AI works
Douglas Adams
(quote from Life, the Universe and Everything)
*also an explanation on how LLM/AI works
September 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“The art of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Douglas Adams
(quote from Life, the Universe and Everything)
*also an explanation on how LLM/AI works
Douglas Adams
(quote from Life, the Universe and Everything)
*also an explanation on how LLM/AI works
The bar is so low that a VW that is neither revolutionary nor ground breaking, just a conventional good designed car is sold out for months. That's how easy the road to salvation is, just don't make intentionally bad products and success is inevitable
www.electrive.com/2026/09/07/v...
www.electrive.com/2026/09/07/v...
VW ID. Polo sold out for months ahead - electrive.com
In Europe, a waiting list is apparently forming for the VW ID. Polo even before the start of deliveries — at least for individual configurations. The waiting
www.electrive.com
September 19, 2026 at 11:56 AM
The bar is so low that a VW that is neither revolutionary nor ground breaking, just a conventional good designed car is sold out for months. That's how easy the road to salvation is, just don't make intentionally bad products and success is inevitable
www.electrive.com/2026/09/07/v...
www.electrive.com/2026/09/07/v...
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New footage from Starship sea recovery from the latest SpaceX feature video (shown mostly on the second half).
Watch the full video here:
www.spacex.com/content/star...
Watch the full video here:
www.spacex.com/content/star...
September 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
New footage from Starship sea recovery from the latest SpaceX feature video (shown mostly on the second half).
Watch the full video here:
www.spacex.com/content/star...
Watch the full video here:
www.spacex.com/content/star...
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Artemis II Launch – 35mm High-Speed (slow motion) Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zn...
Artemis II Launch – 35mm High-Speed (slow motion) Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff
YouTube video by MechDesignTV
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Artemis II Launch – 35mm High-Speed (slow motion) Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zn...
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Artemis II Launch – 16mm High-Speed Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff
YouTube video by MechDesignTV
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Reposted by Ioannis K. Erripis
official video with technical presentation and the 1200+ km without recharging demo trip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nlA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nlA...
Volkswagen Mission Efficiency: 0.158 Cd & 6.89 kWh/100 km – World Record Electric Car
YouTube video by MechDesignTV
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM
official video with technical presentation and the 1200+ km without recharging demo trip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nlA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nlA...
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A true successor to XL1 and a great concept by VW. This is a prototype but 90% of what is shown and ~90% of its performance can be applied to a production car priced as an id.3. The "Mission Efficiency" use the drivetrain and battery of id.Polo, Cd 0.158 and 6.89 kWh/100 km
September 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM
A true successor to XL1 and a great concept by VW. This is a prototype but 90% of what is shown and ~90% of its performance can be applied to a production car priced as an id.3. The "Mission Efficiency" use the drivetrain and battery of id.Polo, Cd 0.158 and 6.89 kWh/100 km
Για όσους πέφτουν απο τα σύννεφα να θυμίσω ότι υπάρχουν ιατροί και ιατρεία στην Ελλάδα που έχουν άδεια απο τον εκάστοτε ιατρικό σύλλογο ΚΑΙ πουλάνε υπηρεσίες "ομοιοπαθητικής". Θα έπρεπε να αφαιρείται η άδεια ακαριαία, αλλά κανείς δεν ασχολείται, ίσα ίσα θεωρείται κάτι νορμαλ
September 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Για όσους πέφτουν απο τα σύννεφα να θυμίσω ότι υπάρχουν ιατροί και ιατρεία στην Ελλάδα που έχουν άδεια απο τον εκάστοτε ιατρικό σύλλογο ΚΑΙ πουλάνε υπηρεσίες "ομοιοπαθητικής". Θα έπρεπε να αφαιρείται η άδεια ακαριαία, αλλά κανείς δεν ασχολείται, ίσα ίσα θεωρείται κάτι νορμαλ
"the Cybercab is extremely spacious for a small car"
Cybercab looks roomy for two people, but look at the other photo, it is the interior of a shorter car, with room for 7 (let alone 2 or 4!), a car that also houses a diesel engine / drivetrain and was designed 40+ years ago
Cybercab looks roomy for two people, but look at the other photo, it is the interior of a shorter car, with room for 7 (let alone 2 or 4!), a car that also houses a diesel engine / drivetrain and was designed 40+ years ago
September 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"the Cybercab is extremely spacious for a small car"
Cybercab looks roomy for two people, but look at the other photo, it is the interior of a shorter car, with room for 7 (let alone 2 or 4!), a car that also houses a diesel engine / drivetrain and was designed 40+ years ago
Cybercab looks roomy for two people, but look at the other photo, it is the interior of a shorter car, with room for 7 (let alone 2 or 4!), a car that also houses a diesel engine / drivetrain and was designed 40+ years ago
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September 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I haven't seen anything by Nathan Fielder, that wasn't at least good, what he makes is usually profound and occasionally transformative. The only problem with his work is that you cannot explain why it is so good to people that have not see it.
ex:
youtu.be/r3-Y31ONZuI?...
ex:
youtu.be/r3-Y31ONZuI?...
Thin Watermelon
YouTube video by nathanfielder
youtu.be
September 7, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I haven't seen anything by Nathan Fielder, that wasn't at least good, what he makes is usually profound and occasionally transformative. The only problem with his work is that you cannot explain why it is so good to people that have not see it.
ex:
youtu.be/r3-Y31ONZuI?...
ex:
youtu.be/r3-Y31ONZuI?...
"You Can See Everything"
directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
'The film follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, who invited a film crew to document her in the weeks before she began serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding investors'
👀
directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
'The film follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, who invited a film crew to document her in the weeks before she began serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding investors'
👀
September 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
"You Can See Everything"
directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
'The film follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, who invited a film crew to document her in the weeks before she began serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding investors'
👀
directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
'The film follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, who invited a film crew to document her in the weeks before she began serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding investors'
👀
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Bristol cars, under new ownership, will finish 5 unbuilt fighters (sold under IVA) with plans to resume regular production again under -hopefully!- the same values of the original Bristol. At £235,000 these "new" fighters will be a bargain
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
September 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Bristol cars, under new ownership, will finish 5 unbuilt fighters (sold under IVA) with plans to resume regular production again under -hopefully!- the same values of the original Bristol. At £235,000 these "new" fighters will be a bargain
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
3-D map of the Himalaya rock-ice collapse and flood zone - a shockingly accurate depiction of the disaster zone in #Nepal
ion.cesium.com/stories/view...
Planet Labs PBC / Landsat / Vantor
Hidenori Watanave Lab. The University of Tokyo
ion.cesium.com/stories/view...
Planet Labs PBC / Landsat / Vantor
Hidenori Watanave Lab. The University of Tokyo
August 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
3-D map of the Himalaya rock-ice collapse and flood zone - a shockingly accurate depiction of the disaster zone in #Nepal
ion.cesium.com/stories/view...
Planet Labs PBC / Landsat / Vantor
Hidenori Watanave Lab. The University of Tokyo
ion.cesium.com/stories/view...
Planet Labs PBC / Landsat / Vantor
Hidenori Watanave Lab. The University of Tokyo
day 1696 - every day - non stop
August 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
day 1696 - every day - non stop
Rave flyers were never appreciated as items of elevated design, there were a fringe fun area that was more of a mood than anything else.
Escape the current mush of AI slop by appreciating the creativity and passion of this OG Rave Flyers library
www.flickr.com/photos/villa...
Escape the current mush of AI slop by appreciating the creativity and passion of this OG Rave Flyers library
www.flickr.com/photos/villa...
August 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Rave flyers were never appreciated as items of elevated design, there were a fringe fun area that was more of a mood than anything else.
Escape the current mush of AI slop by appreciating the creativity and passion of this OG Rave Flyers library
www.flickr.com/photos/villa...
Escape the current mush of AI slop by appreciating the creativity and passion of this OG Rave Flyers library
www.flickr.com/photos/villa...
I saw the movie Hackers for the first time, ~30 years after its premiere. It is super cringe even for 1995, and easy to make fun of, but it is a genuine artifact of a time that people feel too superior to even acknowledge.
*some stuff really resonate with today's world :
*some stuff really resonate with today's world :
August 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I saw the movie Hackers for the first time, ~30 years after its premiere. It is super cringe even for 1995, and easy to make fun of, but it is a genuine artifact of a time that people feel too superior to even acknowledge.
*some stuff really resonate with today's world :
*some stuff really resonate with today's world :
F1 was mainly a Gordon Murray project, but the input of Peter Stephens, Ron Dennis and even Mansour Ojjeh made it what it was. T50 is similar but quite a departure in many ways.
S1/LM looks cool, better than the T50, but not better than the F1 (despite the 34 years gap!)
S1/LM looks cool, better than the T50, but not better than the F1 (despite the 34 years gap!)
August 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
F1 was mainly a Gordon Murray project, but the input of Peter Stephens, Ron Dennis and even Mansour Ojjeh made it what it was. T50 is similar but quite a departure in many ways.
S1/LM looks cool, better than the T50, but not better than the F1 (despite the 34 years gap!)
S1/LM looks cool, better than the T50, but not better than the F1 (despite the 34 years gap!)
Hot take:
this is *a* solution but not *the* solution, topology optimised structures like these may be good (like this Czinger) or bad. People treat them as THE optimum solution, it's not, in most cases you can visually see that there is material (or lack of) in the wrong places
this is *a* solution but not *the* solution, topology optimised structures like these may be good (like this Czinger) or bad. People treat them as THE optimum solution, it's not, in most cases you can visually see that there is material (or lack of) in the wrong places
August 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Hot take:
this is *a* solution but not *the* solution, topology optimised structures like these may be good (like this Czinger) or bad. People treat them as THE optimum solution, it's not, in most cases you can visually see that there is material (or lack of) in the wrong places
this is *a* solution but not *the* solution, topology optimised structures like these may be good (like this Czinger) or bad. People treat them as THE optimum solution, it's not, in most cases you can visually see that there is material (or lack of) in the wrong places
If you're missing the solar eclipse now, get ready for the total solar eclipse next year, 2 August 2027.
It will be visible on Southern Europe and North Africa. 78% from Athens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e...
www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola...
It will be visible on Southern Europe and North Africa. 78% from Athens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e...
www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola...
August 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
If you're missing the solar eclipse now, get ready for the total solar eclipse next year, 2 August 2027.
It will be visible on Southern Europe and North Africa. 78% from Athens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e...
www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola...
It will be visible on Southern Europe and North Africa. 78% from Athens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e...
www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola...
Gallardo & Murcielago are two of the best looking Lamborghinis ever. Luc Donkerwolke really was a worthy Gandini successor. He said that working for Lamborghini was a sharp contrast from the central european or california based design studios but the result was outstanding
August 10, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Gallardo & Murcielago are two of the best looking Lamborghinis ever. Luc Donkerwolke really was a worthy Gandini successor. He said that working for Lamborghini was a sharp contrast from the central european or california based design studios but the result was outstanding
partial solar eclpise - photo from 2006 nearby Athens, shot with my 5mp Sony DSC-H1 (my first digital camera!) with a custom "filter" made from two old film negatives. No tripod or zoom lens, I just wanted to see the solar eclipse without eyesight damage! Cool photos was a bonus!
August 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
partial solar eclpise - photo from 2006 nearby Athens, shot with my 5mp Sony DSC-H1 (my first digital camera!) with a custom "filter" made from two old film negatives. No tripod or zoom lens, I just wanted to see the solar eclipse without eyesight damage! Cool photos was a bonus!
Τα ίδια άτομα που πριν ~10 χρόνια οπουδήποτε στην Ελλάδα έξω απο την Αθήνα έλεγαν "τα έχουν αγοράσει όλα Γερμανοί" και αγανακτούσαν με αγενείς Γερμανούς τουρίστες, σήμερα λένε "τα έχουν αγοράσει όλα Ισραηλινοί" και αγανακτούν με αγενείς Ισραηλινούς τουρίστες. Τα ίδια ακριβώς
August 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Τα ίδια άτομα που πριν ~10 χρόνια οπουδήποτε στην Ελλάδα έξω απο την Αθήνα έλεγαν "τα έχουν αγοράσει όλα Γερμανοί" και αγανακτούσαν με αγενείς Γερμανούς τουρίστες, σήμερα λένε "τα έχουν αγοράσει όλα Ισραηλινοί" και αγανακτούν με αγενείς Ισραηλινούς τουρίστες. Τα ίδια ακριβώς
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Bugatti Destrier looks like a swan song of Bugatti's VW-era. Unfortunately it's just a one-off, but like its Bolide sibling it shows the potential and range of the original W16 architecture.
Tourbillion despite its V16 engine looks a bit derivative compared to the W16 range
Tourbillion despite its V16 engine looks a bit derivative compared to the W16 range
August 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Bugatti Destrier looks like a swan song of Bugatti's VW-era. Unfortunately it's just a one-off, but like its Bolide sibling it shows the potential and range of the original W16 architecture.
Tourbillion despite its V16 engine looks a bit derivative compared to the W16 range
Tourbillion despite its V16 engine looks a bit derivative compared to the W16 range
Reposted by Ioannis K. Erripis
Γιατί το ΕΛΚΑΚ δεν διοργανώνει διαγωνισμούς όπως το lift challenge της DARPA?
Το κόστος είναι αστείο και αντί για να χρηματοδοτούνται ήδη καταξιωμένης εταιρείες, θα δώσει τεράστια ώθηση σε νέες καινοτόμες ομάδες και startup
Το κόστος είναι αστείο και αντί για να χρηματοδοτούνται ήδη καταξιωμένης εταιρείες, θα δώσει τεράστια ώθηση σε νέες καινοτόμες ομάδες και startup
August 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Γιατί το ΕΛΚΑΚ δεν διοργανώνει διαγωνισμούς όπως το lift challenge της DARPA?
Το κόστος είναι αστείο και αντί για να χρηματοδοτούνται ήδη καταξιωμένης εταιρείες, θα δώσει τεράστια ώθηση σε νέες καινοτόμες ομάδες και startup
Το κόστος είναι αστείο και αντί για να χρηματοδοτούνται ήδη καταξιωμένης εταιρείες, θα δώσει τεράστια ώθηση σε νέες καινοτόμες ομάδες και startup