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Infrared Tracker Remote Control Car is guided by light

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Sep 26th 2008 1 Comment

Who needs fancy remote controls for a remote control car? I mean, all those joysticks and buttons and stuff can get confusing. So, to take the guesswork out of the play process, the Infrared Tracker Remote Control Car was developed.

Instead of fiddling with controls, all you have to do is point the controller where you would like the toy car to go and it will go there. Sounds simple enough. The controller is, in essence, a laser pointer and the car will follow the point of light by using an infrared tracking system.

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Musical road gets repaved after drivers complain

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Sep 25th 2008 1 Comment

Sometimes consumers complain about things that are just petty. But this time, I’m going to have to side with drivers traveling through Lancaster, CA that have to put up with a harmonic segment of road.

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Audi Travolution keeps track of when traffic lights change

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 23rd 2008 1 Comment

There’s nothing more annoying when driving than coming to a complete stop at a red light only to have it change one second later. Well, besides road rage, that is. But anyway, now Audi is looking to remedy the problem with a new system called Travolution.

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z59 Ariel Atom replica made from recycled parts

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 22nd 2008 1 Comment

The product of 800+ hours of work spread over fifteen months, this tubular beastie is a painstaking reMake of Ariel’s utterly bonkers Atom sportscar. Dubbed the z59 by its builder, Proximacentuari, it was constructed from scratch using stainless steel panels from old appliances, the Acura k20a3 engine from a crashed RSX, and the (few) bodypanels from a kayak and a doghouse.

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Chevy Volt is finally revealed

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Sep 17th 2008 1 Comment

Just a few weeks ago we got a look at a Chevy Volt production model as it was being driven around on the set of Transformers 2. But now, Chevy has revealed the car officially and we’ve got the pictures to prove it.

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Check out more images and a video after the cut.

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Chevy Volt production model in action

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Aug 29th 2008 1 Comment

Could an electric car that actually, you know, looks nice, be on the way? The Chevy Volt certainly does seem to possess a decent looking body, and though the spy shots don’t give a good idea of the car’s performance, it gives me hope.

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Car Charger with 4 USB ports for all your gizmos

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Aug 13th 2008 No Comments

Nowadays, we all have multiple gadgets that need regular recharging. But if you’re on the road, it can be difficult to get enough plug in time without draining your batteries dry. That’s where this car charger with 4 USB ports comes into play. Now you can keep your gadgets charged and get from point A to point B at the same time.

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Curse of the Bluetooth Headset

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Aug 8th 2008 6 Comments

Since recent California legislation went into effect that bans talking on cell phones while driving, the sale of Bluetooth headsets has significantly increased. And while it’s reassuring that motorists are actually abiding by the law, I’m not sure that Bluetooth will alleviate the problem that is cell phone-yacking drivers swerving all over the road.

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Connection Headaches: When will cars catch up?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 29th 2008 1 Comment

How much praise does a manufacturer want for a aux-in socket? Read through either the marketing for a new car, or a car review, and there’s generally an unusually large amount of interest heaped on the stereo having an input for your PMP. Contrast that, say, with one of our own reviews – a notebook, perhaps, or a cellphone – where the progress from one generation of devices to the next is often surprising; why are the car manufacturers so slow to catch up?

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Portwell PCS-8230 Atom powered in-car PC

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 25th 2008 1 Comment

Atom has already jumped from the netbook to the desktop, and now it’s set to cross out to your car, too. Portwell has announced the PCS-8230, a single-DIN sized PC running Intel’s 1.1GHz Z510 mobile processor with 1GB of RAM and three SDIO slots for expansion modules.

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