USA TODAY: They call it “smart” but I think it’s genius: Concern about the environmental impact of excessive breaking and accelerating has led Mexico to develop a “smart” speed bump writes USA Today. When a driver is going the speed limit, the bump retracts into the ground. Says the company manufacturing the device: “With this […]
This strap-on kit that makes any car drive autonomously looks really neat. I’m sure that in five years, this is going to be as common on public streets as electric cars are now. Engineering TV: Vehicles retrofitted with the Pronto4 System can perform flexible roles in a tele-operational or semi-autonomous mode. The ProntoMimic Software Suite
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Slashdhot: “A campaign backed by automakers and some lawmakers to make electric or hybrid cars noisier in a bid to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists has taken a strange, Blade Runner-type twist. Nissan sound engineers have announced that the Leaf electric car set for release next year will emit a ‘beautiful and futuristic’ noise
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Wall Street Journal: Over the last three years, the number of armored cars in Brazil has doubled as an explosion of wealth has sent the newly rich in search of ways to live safely in a class-driven society where the murder rate is nearly five times that of the U.S. … Brazil’s armoring industry, including
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Bismarck Tribune: Dustin Staeffler, 28, will fold up the motorized scooter into a cube, lift its 63-pound frame into your trunk and drive your car home, with you in it, for $22 within seven miles of an establishment that serves alcohol. “A lot of people don’t believe me yet because it’s so new,”he said. “They
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Springwise: On even the most tastefully appointed of houses, garage doors tend to be drab and monochrome eyesores, designed apparently without even the smallest nod to aesthetics. A German company aims to change all that, however, with large-scale posters that transform the doors through highly realistic 3D images. Style-your-garage.com‘s photo tarpaulins are available with a
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Inc.: Although department store and restaurant sales continue to wilt, automotive and gasoline station purchases are enough to account for a slight uptick in overall monthly retail sales, census numbers show. In June, auto parts and vehicle sales climbed 2.3 and 2.6 percent, respectively, from the month before. Gas station sales rose 5 percent in
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One former Chrysler dealer is turning to India to fill his empty car lot: For August Russo, owner of the Lochmoor Automotive Group in Detroit, losing his Chrysler franchise pushed him to focus solely on a new franchise he’s been working on for six months. Russo has one of three local franchises to sell Mahindra
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Springwise: If a Twitter user tweets, but no one is following them, do they really tweet at all? Aiming to make such philosophical gymnastics less necessary, Tweet My Bumper helps Twitterers recruit new followers by targeting one of life’s few remaining captive audiences: drivers in traffic. Twitterers seeking followers need only visit Tweet My Bumper,
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PerpetualKid.com: Here’s a low cost way to advertise your business or web site. Scrolling License Plate Flash Frames (USD 39.99) allow you to express yourself while on the road or stuck in traffic. Simply create and enter up to 5 messages (up to 120 characters in length each) using the included remote control. Then select
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