Energy Companies to Tell Electric Vehicles When it’s OK to Recharge via Cloud Communication
30 Jul 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The phenomena is not that big right now, but in the close future when the plug-in electric vehicles will substantially grow in number, energy companies will feel like the population suddenly doubled...
Ferrari Prepping Electric Turbo Technology to Eliminate Turbo Lag & Lower Emissions
29 Jul 2014, 16:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / My, how times have changed in terms of forced induction. Ferrari has jumped the electrically-driven turbo bandwagon in order to fight low revs turbo lag, but Audi's next-generation Q7 SUV is al...
Chinese Baidu Search Engine Making Its Own Autonomous Google Car
29 Jul 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A lot of people associate Google with “The Internet” simply because some can’t handle the web browser’s address bar and need to search the page that provides their mail for e...
Apple Making Maps App More Useful Via Crowdsourced Traffic Info
29 Jul 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / No, Apple’s maps won’t surpass Google’s yet, but the new feature will provide a more accurate time of arrival at the destination and will also better calculate the route according ...
Cycle AT Tire Pressure Monitors Look Rather Bulky
28 Jul 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Cycle AT is a new tire pressure monitor prototype, developed by San Francisco-based new company RDV labs. The CycleAT (Kickstarter campaign here) brings forth the latest low-power Bluetooth wireless...
Wireless Charging Now Available on the 2015 Cadillac ATS
28 Jul 2014, 14:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Every smartphone user knows that keeping the data connection on at all times drains the battery in record time. Carrying a charger everywhere you go is a bit of a hassle as well, so what can you do ...
Lithium-ion Batteries Using Peroxide Are 7 Times More Energy Dense
28 Jul 2014, 08:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As the humanity is trying get oil independent, more and more studies are made on alternative energy sources. And since electricity is the best candidate to power everything, including our cars, bett...
China-Spec Tesla Model S Doesn't Have Sat-Nav, Google Maps Not Supported
27 Jul 2014, 18:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Have you ever imagined that a car worth $121,000 can't do satellite navigation in the Republic of China? Neither did we, but it seems like Tesla didn't thought this through with the Model ...
Radial Brakes Explained
25 Jul 2014, 14:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The idea for such a short guide came to me after one of my buddies, a guy who contemplates getting an A license asked me what all the fuss on radial brakes was about. I kind of disappointed him a bi...
GeoTek Energy Promises to Reinvent the Rotary Engine, Not a Wankel
24 Jul 2014, 14:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Rotary engines go back as far as pre World War I aircraft; you know, those star-shaped engines sticking out through their front end. Eventually, they dropped all the pistons, but kept part of the pr...
Robotic Nose Will Replace World Trade Center Trakr Hero Dog in The Future
24 Jul 2014, 14:38 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Mexican postgraduate student of Technologico de Monterrey Bianca Lorena Villarreal has developed a device that allows multiple robotic platforms to follow the path on certain odors. Designed to sens...
Car-Hacking To Be Solved With $150 Device
24 Jul 2014, 11:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When people started to mess around over the Internet and created malware, companies formed quickly to create anti-malware softwares. We won’t get to discuss the conspiracy that those companies...
Stop-Start Popular Option on 2015 Chevrolet Malibu
24 Jul 2014, 14:30 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / For the 2014 model year, Chevrolet added its new stop-start technology to the Malibu sedan, and it is proving to be a very popular feature for customers. Since the introduction of this fuel-saving t...
The Taranis Drone Now Flies Fully Stealthy
23 Jul 2014, 18:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Named after the Celtic god of thunder, the Taranis concept drone is the pinnacle of UK engineering and aeronautical design, capable of undertaking sustained surveillance, marking targets and gatheri...
Solar Cells to Be More Efficient With Self Cooling System
23 Jul 2014, 17:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Until a cheap method of extracting hydrogen will come by, it looks like electric vehicles have the advantage when it comes to future green transportation. That is if the electricity is obtained with...
Continental Shows Its Augmented Reality Head-up Display for 2017
23 Jul 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Head-up displays, or simply HUDs, have a pretty long history. They evolved from the old reflector sight used on pre-World War II fighter aircrafts to eliminate parallax for pilots needing to take ai...
Watch this Guy Skateboarding in a Deserted Los Angeles
23 Jul 2014, 15:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Imagine one day you wake up and everyone in your city is gone, not necessarily dead, but simply gone away, leaving the streets empty and the whole metropolis in a dead silence. What would you do? ...
GUSS Is The Google Self Driving Car For Marines
23 Jul 2014, 16:22 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate, or GUSS for short, is an autonomous military vehicle designed by Torc Robotics based off the Polaris MVRS700 6x6 off-roader. Its hardware gives the vehicle free re...
Fusar Guardian, a New Next-Gen Motorcycle Helmet
23 Jul 2014, 11:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / New Jersey-based Fusar Technologies announces the Guardian, a new motorcycle helmets designed to enhance the riding experience and add a new level of road safety to everyday rides. While helmets equ...
HARKEN System Promising Driver Alert Monitoring on Cheaper Cars
23 Jul 2014, 09:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Everyone knows Mercedes-Benz luxury models come with more driver monitoring sensors than a hospital. Which is nice, but what do you do with the other 400,000 drivers that can’t afford an S Cla...