All the stories tagged with car
iPad Used To Drive A Car In Russia
03/12/2013, As cool as it would seem to physically get into your vehicle to drive it around, it’s a way cooler to hack your car to be driven through an iPad app. Some Russians decided driving their Opel Vectra around town was [...]
Cushion Car Has Interests Of Pedestrians At Heart
12/19/2012, Being hit by a vehicle is no laughing matter, and over time, we have seen vehicle manufacturers come up with different technologies that are more pedestrian friendly. Some cars have sensors in front as well as a different way where [...]
Black Boxes To Be Required In New Cars
12/07/2012, Black boxes on cars aren’t entirely new. Last year, we wrote to you about a new plan initiated by federal officials to use black boxes on all cars. Well, after months of waiting, it seems that the National Highway Traffic [...]
Cars to run on biofuels harvested from whisky leftovers?
09/25/2012, They say not to drink and drive, and obviously, alcohol is the offending chemical here, but nobody mentioned anything about your car clocking up additional mileage through shots of whisky infused into its fuel tank. We are referring to by-products [...]
Apple Patent Talks About Syncing iPhone And Car
09/06/2012, Apple’s patents often allow us a peek into where the company may be headed. The company has now been granted a new patent which shows that it may be trying to find ways to sync an iPhone with a vehicle. [...]
Gaming Technology Makes Car Crash Testing More Accurate
09/04/2012, Under federal rules, it is a norm for the authorities to check new vehicles for their safety in case of an accident. Manufacturers, too, test their vehicles for different crash scenarios to tweak their designs accordingly for maximum protection of [...]
Self-Driving Car Now Available For A Mere $10,000
09/03/2012, Google’s self-driving cars have been quite a sensation. These cars have completed a run of thousands of miles and the search giant hopes to make them commercially available soon. While the world eagerly waits for this to happen, a Chinese [...]
Remote control driven car from China
08/24/2012, Have you watched “Tomorrow Never Dies”, where 007 controlled his BMW 750iL with his Ericsson handset? Well, that was certainly fantasy back in the day, but just like how most folks wondered when will large scale touchscreen technology arrive in [...]
Volkswagen hover car concept
05/09/2012, This Volkswagen hover car is a concept vehicle that is used for personal transportation in the same way a modern car is employed. You must steer it, like you would a normal vehicle, but the only difference is that it’s flying [...]
Car expresses itself, will future vehicles go all emo on us?
04/26/2012, Men who love their cars often describe their rides in feminine terms, and perhaps advancements made by Nicholas Pennycooke of the MIT Media Lab could very well usher in a new age of loving one’s vehicle in more ways than [...]
A wind-powered car emerges from a farm in China
04/25/2012, There is no doubt that China is a true pioneer in technology, not to mention its countless inventions such gunpowder, the compass, papermaking and more. Even in today’s web 2.0 world, China continues to invent cool amazing stuff. One such [...]
From transportation to lifestyle, the car’s journey is far from over
11/29/2011, In its relatively short lifespan, the car has gone through a great deal of transformations, from a curious object to a real transportation tool, to today’s fun vehicle without forgetting the “status symbol” aspect. But there’s never been a better [...]
Siri can start your car remotely
11/25/2011, Forget about asking mundane stuff like how the weather would be like, or to schedule your appointments. Why not have it do something far more interesting, like starting your vehicle remotely? Of course, we do know that Apple is notorious [...]