Mitsubishi Electric unveiled it latest automobile In-dash player with a Linux-driven Blu-ray player to be integrated with its Windows CE’s car navigation systems. Like most automobile in-dash player, the thin profile 1D1N Mitsubishi Blu-ray player is a shrunken version of home-used Blu-ray player, at the size of 1/3 smaller than the regular shelf component units.
Tesla have announced the official unveil date of their Model S electric-powered car, the four-door version of the existing Tesla Roadster. While details on the Model S are currently scarce, we do know that it will use the same high-capacity battery technology as found in its sportier sibling; the new, road-legal prototype will be launched on March 23rd at The Tesla Design Studio inside the SpaceX factory in Hawthorn, California.
Update: Tesla have released a new photo:
Despite my being a big geeky kid at heart, SlashGear wouldn’t fly me out to Japan for the Tokyo Gift Show. That means I’ll have to drool over this 1/6th scale The Dark Knight Batmobile collectible from afar, with its opening roof panel, movable wind-brakes, and impressively detailed cockpit.
I’m a sucker for a full-sized vehicle replica, which is why I’m madly jealous of OXM’s Alistair Wallis. He was invited to test-drive the full-sized Warthog made by New Zealand firm WETA for the Neil Blomkamp Halo movie pitch. While the pitch wasn’t successful, WETA certainly was in their build, hence the monster you see here.
It’s almost the weekend, which means only one thing: a desperate race to find an all-consuming project lest one be found for you by your nearest-and-dearest. You could do a lot worse than put together a Shopping Cart Go-Cart, the entertaining end-result of MAKE’s shopping cart chair tutorial.
Video demo after the cut
Shelby Super Cars (SSC) have unveiled their Tesla-trashing Ultimate Aero EV, an electric-powered sportscar apparently capable of 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds thanks to 1000 hp and 800 lb‐ft of torque. Keep your right foot planted and SSC claim you’ll see 208mph. Given that normally you’d expect to punctuate such performance with a few hours of recharging, what’s even more exciting than the speed stats is SSC’s promised 10 minute full battery rejuicing, courtesy of their “Charge on the Run” system.
High-end PC power supplies get asked to do a lot – you don’t think that multi-head graphics card setup runs on pixie dust, do you? – but they’re seldom taken into the garage and asked to turn a car engine over. That’s what the Cooler Master guys have done, though, to demonstrate their 500W PSU. Check out the video after the cut!
Kenwood have announced [via] a set of new in-dash touchscreen navigation and media players, all but one of which include Parrot Bluetooth functionality for using the system as a hands-free kit. The range kicks off with the eXcelon DNX9140, Kenwood’s new flagship, with a DVD player, 6.95-inch WVGA display, integrated Garmin navigation, and voice control. It’s also capable of 5.1 surround sound, via an onboard decoder, and can link to and control your iPod, iPhone or mass storage device.
Gracenote has come out with a new technology that is being integrated into car navigation systems that helps users navigate thorough there music while staying safe on the road. One of the highlights of this technology is the music CD recognition.
Dashboard Devices has announced that they will formally launch their Carputer at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. Dashboard Device plans to market their Entertainment and Navigation for Vehicles (ENV) as a two-part system. The ENV-XC includes the CPU, graphics unit and other basic computing features, as well as a choice of head-ends, including the ENV-100.
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