The rocket powered shopping cart is powered by a liquid fuel pulse rocket made from instructions found on the Internet and some scrap parts.<p /><p />At 50mph it becomes unstable - no kidding, like its creator.

The Rocketman site has a fantastic collection of images of rocket powered creations by Ky Michaelson, including this rocket powered toilet.

No rocket powered list would be complete without a rocket powered skateboard link.<p /><p />Anything stupid, performed on a skateboard is a Youtube staple, so here we link to some Youtube rocket powered skateboarding attempts.

The advantage of a rocket powered luge is that you get to see the maximum effect of speed, or account of being 2 inches off the ground on a dinner tray.

Tim Pickens rocket bike is the real thing. It runs on roofing tar, of all things.

People who could remember the C5 could immediately see that the Segway was destined to be an instant failure.<p /><p />Like the Segway, the C5 was a device which naively ignored the cultural aspects of design. It is the last thing on earth you would associate with being rocket powered, and so someone has, of course, built one.

Evel Kneivel made his living dressing up in late period Elvis satin and jumping over as many buses as possible on a motorbike. In 1974 he attempted to jump Snake River Canyon, in what he called a Skybike. <p /><p />This was, in fact a large, rocket powered, bomb. He survived when his parachute opened prematurely.<p /><p />When Evel Knievel died last year, the Onion ran the famous headline: Evel Knievels Rocket-Coffin Launched Over 17 School Buses Into Grave. RIP Evel.

One of only a handful ever made. This cart was for sale on eBay six months ago.<p /><p />It was made in the 60s by Turbonique in Florida and used a fuel called Thermolene rocket fuel, a combination of nitromethane, propane and oxygen.

This amazing rocket car was built in 1932 by dirt track champion Sig Haugdahl. It was driven at the Bo Stearns Speedway.

Rocket powered systems are normally associated with large ultra high torque vehicles, not something designed for delicate movement.<p /><p />This bionic arm uses rockets to enable lifting items of up to 25 lbs.