you cross a state board with a tank? something maybe a little like this. it s called the d tv shredder, a new take on the all terrain vehicle, the company behind it is pitching it as a must have vehicle for soldiers in the war zone. let s get an opinion on that. we bring in former cia officer and ceo of the global security firm xpg international, jimmy smith, welcome, good to have you with us. good to be back. martha: it looks pretty cool, buzzing around there, and it looks like something a lot of kids might want to get their hands on. is it something you think would be good for soldiers? well, i think it s an overall overall it s got potential but there are things that you probably won t to adjust here. i mean, you ve got a guy with gear on, ammunition and weapons, going to be weighing around 300 pounds, 6-foot tall average and now he s on a 2-foot tall piece of gear riding around, it s an 8-foot target for somebody to shoot at. so maybe the man s version may not be the best app
of the mind-blowing yait minute or less talks that people give at these conference. called tech talks. early favorite for cool stuff i didn t know about it before the person who invented if went to t.e.d. is this thing. it s a skateboard, snowmobile scooter hybrid. the dtv shredder. could you drop the bug so we can see the bottom of it there? there we go. it can go 30 miles an hour. it makes p wicked sharp turns and of course it looks totally awesome. it s available to the public now for about $10,000 but the canadian company that makes them which is called bpg works are accepting down payments when they cut the price in half the next few months. the kid who 230u7bded the company is a 2010 t.e.d. fellow. next up a correction not for something i said or something a guest on this show said but for something someone said about something a guest on this show said. on his increasingly radio show