Google [GOOG] has been working on self driving cars for a number of years now. Over time the company has managed to fine tune the technology so that they are almost in a position to be used on the roads. In fact, one state has already approved them although the rule is that a driver needs to be behind the wheel to monitor things.
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Google self-driving cars log over 300,000 miles of automated driving
August 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Metropolis II Race Track for 1,200 Toy Cars
November 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Check out this crazy looking track. It’s called Metropolis II and is a custom build road system that can carry 1,200 cars at a time along with 13 toy trains. Around the tracks is scenery built from Lego.
Each of the 1,200 cars has been custom designed. The track starts by lifting 5 rows of cars up a steep hill and then letting gravity bring them down to the bottom of the track where they get lifted up again. [Read more…]
Key Fob Programming – Gain Access to Two Cars
July 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It is possible to reprogram keyless entry fobs for vehicles without using any equipment to do so. All you need is remote control and the car. To do this you need to follow a certain procedure such as switching your car on and off a couple of times and holding a couple of buttons on a remote control.
Filear has instructions on how to reprogram a GM, Ford, Dodge, Toyota and Nissan vehicles. In the video below it shows how one guy successfully managed to reprogram his key fob to open both his and his wifes vehicle. [Read more…]
Cars Gary Numan Track Played with Real Cars
July 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Have a look at the video below to see Gary Numan play the 1979 hit “Cars” on a couple of dozen real cars. The setup is quite bizarre where 24 cars are attached to a single car battery as well as a double keyboard. When a key is pushed the corresponding car horn sounds to make the Cars tune. [Read more…]
Mario RC Cars
May 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Check out these Mario RC Card found over at ThinkGeek. There are 4 RC cars to choose from which includes Mario, Bowser, Yoshi and Luigi with each costing $25.99.
Each cart is very small fitting easily in the palm of your hand along with the controller. The controller allows the car to move forwards, backwards, left and right and also includes a dash button for a burst of speed when racing friends. Along with the car and remote control you also get an accessory such as a banana peel or a Koopa Troopa shell to add obstacles to your home or desktop race track. [Read more…]
Doodle Track Slot-less Cars
February 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Doodle Track Cars are similar to Slot Cars although they travel at a lower speed and don’t run in slots. Instead, you simply doodle a track on a large sheet of paper and let the cars follow the track.
The downside of Doodle Track Cars are that you don’t control them as they just sit and follow your doodled track. If you don’t want to sketch a course on to paper then the other option is to create a track in the software and print it out on to multiple bits of paper stuck together. [Read more…]
USB Multi Charger for Cars
May 20, 2009 by 1 Comment
This new car charger allows you to charge more gadgets in your car then before. It features 2 USB ports and also splits the regular lighter socket in to 2 more sockets at 12 volts. With this device you have the ability to charge up to 4 gadgets at once.
Things you might want to charge at the same time are a couple of mobile phones and a Sat Nav for example. [Read more…]
Street Legal Bumper Car Cars
June 19, 2008 by 1 Comment
Most people, if not all of you will remember driving around in a bumper car in your earlier years (if not still today). The problem was that you had to stay with in the boundaries of the bumper car track. Now the bumper car has broken these boundaries and is now named the bumper car car. These bumper cars are [Read more…]
Pure Highway DAB digital radio for cars
November 2, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Pure Highway is an “easy to install” DAB digital radio for your car. Due to it’s rubber suction mount it can easily install on the windscreen of your car the same way a sat nav device would attach. Once mounted in the car it is powered by your lighter socket and has an aerial which attaches to the windscreen. Once ready the DAB digital radio will broadcast an FM signal which is picked up by your radio (like the iTrip on the iPod) and you just tune in to an available channel on your radio and experience the full DAB service. If you want to listen on foot then they have covered this too. The radio can be powered by 2 AA batteries which provide 6 hours of play. Headphones can be also attached.
The Pure Highway will cost £69.99 when it is launched in time for Christmas.
Mars GigaPan image uploaded for your perusal
August 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The image below is a collection of images taken by the Curiosity rover on Mars. The view is 360 degrees and allows you to zoom closely in to rocks and even to the mountain seen in the distance.
Nokia Confirms Windows 8 Tablets and Higher-End Lumia Smartphones
November 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia has somewhat confirmed that they will be launching a Windows 8 Tablet next year as well as another Lumia smartphone that will have higher specs than the current Lumia 800.
Tablets, Phones and Other Devices To get Ubuntu by 2014
October 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Canonical has announced that it is working on bringing the Ubuntu operating system to various tablets, phones and televisions. The new version of the OS isn’t coming any time soon though and could be as far away as 2014 before it appears officially on various smartphones and tablets.
