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Racing fans will from now on be able to stay in touch with what happens on more than 50 speedways across the US, as they all now benefit from the RainedOut first text message service for sports leagues and clubs.
RainedOut was started out of the need to inform fans ...
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Speaking on "Mobility for Tomorrow" as part of the Shaping Life Tomorrow conference, Jeff Zimman, Chairman of Posit Science, revealed details on a new technology destined to keep senior drivers safe on the road. According to Zimman, the new tech, dubbed ...
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It seems like the Japanese editors were quite impressed by Mazda’s i-stop, as the system received the 2009 Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC) Technology of the Year award, the carmaker announced in a release.
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Simulation software ANSYS announced today it is further expanding its collaboration with Italian carmaker Ferrari. After the two worked together for optimizing design and performance of Prancing Horse vehicles, ANSYS will now help Ferrari predict thermal comfort in the ...
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Beware: Blind Man DrivingTECHNOLOGYBeing blind can’t possibly be easy, but a team of Virginia Tech students and SolidWorks CAD software are trying to make things easier by helping blind drivers see with their hands and ears. Sure, driving can be really difficult even for people who can see, but a blind driver seems to be possible in the near future. “Many blind people prefer the concept of driving as opposed to being driven,” says Kimberly Wenger, senior and student leader of the Virginia Tech Blind Driver Challenge project. “There’s really no reason the blind can’t drive someday, and they’re already proving it in our semi-autonomous vehicle. The next step is perfecting the technology so they can drive on the open road without endangering anyone. Admittedly, that’s a ... >> Read more |
Global automotive and industrial technology supplier Bosch has just released details of its enhanced night vision system, that is now even safer for both drivers and pedestrians. Dubbed Night Vision Plus, the new active safety system provides a high-contrast image ...
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Everybody knows that Volvo has a “safety-first” policy when it comes to its vehicles. Next year, the Swedish will introduce the world’s first urban pedestrian collision avoidance system in its new S60 sedan. After that, the next step is to go ahead on ...
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Dana Holding Corporation has decided to give a serious push forward to the electric vehicles industry and make some money while doing it. So they developed the first cooling system for car batteries for both hybrid and electric vehicles. The technology just debuted ...
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As vehicles around the world have began being transformed in nature's most fervent advocates, the companies which build them try and come up with more and more innovative, wacky ideas to integrate as much nature into vehicles as they can.
The last development ...
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Automotive supplier EnerDel announced today it won a $1.29 million contract from the United States Army for the development and manufacturing of a new battery system for the hybrid version of the HMMWV (Humvee).
"This is an opportunity to showcase the true ...
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People seem to show a continuous need to have more. Nothing is ever good enough, so they keep searching for a better version. That's great, as we agree that this kind of thinking is the one that encourages progress and makes us think out of the box.
The German ...
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Just like any automaker, Lotus likes money. Back in the late Nineties when they introduced the well known Elise model, they made it very clear to everybody interested that its new sportscar platform was designed to be easily adapted to different applications ...
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A LoJack is, as you might already know, a transmitter hidden in your vehicle that helps the police track and recover your stolen property, whether it’s a truck, car, motorcycle or trailer.
The LoJack systems get their power from your car’s or ...
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Cyclone's external combustion engine passed with flying colors a performance test for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), showing that the water-cooled Mark II engine has 30 percent more thermal efficiency over original estimates.
That means that after ...
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Behind the fancy name chosen by the American manufacturer for their latest endeavor, hides the already under-development technologies (by BMW, for instance) needed to convert the heat of the exhaust of a car into mechanical energy.
And since GM seems not to do much ...
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Future cars seem to have one thing in common, which is sort of bad news for any car enthusiast. They will not need a driver. And we just got one step closer, as a group of researchers from the Stanford University are collaborating with Volkswagen to build an Audi ...
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Apparently studies show that backseat DVD players are just as boring as books for the youth of America. So General Motors is making an Internet router available as a dealer-installed option on some selected vehicles throughout its Buick, Cadillac, GMC and Chevrolet ...
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In an attempt to make its models quieter when it comes to interior cabins, US-based manufacturer Ford developed the so-called Noise Vision, a technology capable of detecting and helping engineers eliminate interior noises. The system comprises a small sphere that ...
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Ford seems to grow more and more keen on testing its ideas, as well as ways to see them through, in the virtual environment, prior to actually spending money for the final products. We've already seen this approach with Ford's Distraction Labs, or with its VR ...
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The announcement of the European's Union new SARTRE project has opened the way for the development of self driving cars, which could be used in what may very well become passenger cars road trains.
The idea is as wacky as it is applicable. In the near future ...
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