The BMW Motorrad Smartphone Cradle Is Outrageously Expensive
1 Jul 2016, 13:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some motorcycle accessories come with steep price tags, but the BMW Motorrad Smartphone Cradle is ridiculously expensive and only offers basic functionality
Volkswagen Says Its Navigation Learns the Regular Routes
16 Jun 2016, 02:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Slowl but surely, Volkswagen is changing the way we think of German engineering, taking it from engines to infotainment systems
Piaggio Wi-bike Looks as Sharp as It Gets and We Love It
3 Jun 2016, 09:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Piaggio shows the Wi-bike, a new pedelec loaded with the newest communication technologies that should make both leisure and commuter rides more pleasurable
Woman Drives Her Car into a Lake, Blames the GPS
16 May 2016, 15:21 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A Canadian woman drove her car into a lake because of dense fog and poor instructions from her GPS system. She was not injured
Morgan Freeman Lends His Wonderful Voice to Waze GPS Navigation App
23 Feb 2016, 13:00 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If there's a way of turning even the most aggressive drivers into the calm, predictable people we like to see, it's having Morgan Freeman talk to them
Headwave TAG Helmet Music and Navigation System Reviewed
17 Feb 2016, 17:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We got the Headwave TAG Concert Capsule and hit the road and the off-road to see how well does it live up to the hype. Yes, it's a cool gadget!
TomTom Traffic Improved with New Features
14 Feb 2016, 10:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Now available in 50 countries, the TomTom Traffic suite of services will get better this April with the addition of four new features
3DMS Inertial Measurement Unit Makes You a Better Rider
7 Dec 2015, 14:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 3DMS is an Inertial Measurement Unit addon that can be installed on any bike and it provides ride data such as lean angle, speed, braking, lap times and more
BikeHUD Generation 2 Adventure System Announced, Teams Up with Premier Helmets
2 Sep 2015, 09:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BikeSystems announced the imminent introduction of the second-generation BikeHUD system dubbed Adventure, a smaller, fit-in-any-helmet unit
SmartHalo Adds Navigation, Anti-Theft and Biometrics Functions to Any Bike
31 Aug 2015, 15:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / SmartHalo is a simple and cool add-on for any bicycle, and it instantly adds smart functions such as navigation, anti-theft alarm and cycle metrics tracking
Octo Rider 1, Pay-As-You-Ride Telemetrics System Trading Your Privacy for Lower Insurance Rates
25 May 2015, 15:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Italian telemetrics specialists Octo release the Octo Rider 1 "black" box that can save you some money, but which also comes with a privacy downside
The EU Just Made Emergency Call Tech in Cars Mandatory. But What About People’s Privacy?
30 Apr 2015, 16:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In a controversial move, the European Parliament decided that emergency call technology should be mandatory on all cars in the EU starting with 2018
Tom Tom Announces All-New Rider Motorcycle GPS
15 Jan 2015, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Today Tom Tom launches the new Rider motorcycle-specific GPS unit, an evolution of one of the iconic satnav devices of the past years. Created to make motorcycle rides more thrilling, the new Tom To...
Japanese Man Covers 4,500 Miles to Write World’s Biggest Proposal via GPS Drawing
3 Dec 2014, 18:39 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / The Beatles used to say that all you need is love and sometimes life simply points out that this is really all you need to be happy. Tokyo artist Yasushi Takahashi, a.k.a. Yassan, spent six months ...
Quantum Compass to Revolutionize Sat-Nav Systems of Tomorrow
19 May 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Scientists from the British Ministry of Defense are working hard on a sci-fi gizmo called a 'quantum compass', said to phase out the global positioning system widely used by drivers, smart...
Gi-Bike, the Electric Folding Urban Commuter
14 May 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Welcome the Gi-Bike, another interesting project, aimed at bringing together the convenience of folding bikes and the road worthiness of the pedelec designs. The Gi-Bike takes 1 second to fold an...
Vanhawks Valour, the First Connected Carbon Fiber Bicycle
8 May 2014, 16:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Meet the Vanhawks Valour, the bicycle of the future, the world’s first connected carbon fiber bicycle. While bikes with frames and wheels made from carbon fiber are nothing new, Valour is brin...
Motorcycle Black Box Data Remains Private, Lawmakers Propose
16 Apr 2014, 11:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / US Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) seem to be more concerned about actually doing their job and working closer to the ones who voted for them, and in their benefit, as the ...
Scorpio Ride Offers GPS, Alarm and Telemetry in One Small Black Box
10 Apr 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ever dreamed about riding a smarter bike which can analyze, store and share multiple types of data collected as you ride? Scorpio Ride is the answer you’ve been looking for: a smart way to mak...
Garmin Reveals Zumo 590LM Premium Motorcycle GPS
3 Apr 2014, 16:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Garmin reveals a new GPS dedicated to motorcycles, the Zumo 590LM. Of course, this unit can also be used inside cars with the right holder, but its special construction makes it impervious to vibrat...