Archive | Automotive RSS feed for this section
Volvo S80 Hears Intruders’ Heartbeats
Apparently, the Volvo people love backseat-slasher flicks. The all new Volvo S80 luxury sedan will be equipped with a heartbeat sensor. If any psycho happens to be hiding under your backseat waiting to slash your throat, you’ll receive a warning via the wireless Personal Car Communicator (PCC) key fob. How cool, although we have [...]
Continue reading...Inflatable Seat Belts for the Back Seat
3. January 2006
Ford understands that safety for the back seat passengers is just as important. After all in a typical family ride, the youth and the aged are the ones back there. And seeing how air bag technology at the front seats has proven to be great at reducing injuries, it’s not surprising that Ford is having [...]
Continue reading...KeylessRide to Unveil New Car Remote System at CES 2006
2. January 2006
KeylessRide, a Texas-based company focusing on replacement automotive key-less remotes, has announced that it will showcase its latest key-less car remote system at the Consumer Electronics Show this month. Basically, the system allows you to link your Bluetooth devices, such as cellphones, to the original remote to act as a backup remote. Why need a backup [...]
Continue reading...New Mercedes Benz S-Class gets LCD Dashboard
26. December 2005
Not exactly news but worthy of a mention. The new Mercedes Benz S-Class W221, released a couple of months ago, sports a really cool LCD dashboard instead of the traditional analogue one. At night, the display can be switched to the Night Vision Assist mode, which uses infrared lights to capture whatever is happening in [...]
Continue reading...Nissan Introduces Self-Healing Scratch Guard Coat Paint
4. December 2005
Nissan has developed an awesome new paint. The Scratch Guard Coat is a clear paint, made from synthetic resin that will offer cars with stronger resistance to scratches. Not only does it resist scratches from car-washing machines (the main culprit of scratches) 5 times better than conventional paint, it can even “heal” itself of [...]
Continue reading...Honda to ship airbag-equipped motorcycles
16. September 2005
Finally, after 15 years of research, Honda is getting ready to ship motorcycles equipped with airbags, mounted on the front fork. The four crash sensors will detect collisions and inflate the airbag in a blink of an eye. 60 milliseconds to be exact. This system should help reduce the fatality rate of motorcycle accidents. Then again, this [...]
Continue reading...- Canon 50D & 18-200mm Announced
- Online Companies Offer New Reverse Phone Lookup Service
- Windows 7 Features Revealed
- Massive Adoption of Windows 7 by Gamers
- New Light Source that can Last 12 Years
- ATMs Hacked Using MP3 Player
- Netflix Coming to Nintendo Wii Soon
- World's First: Panasonic HD 3D Camcorder
- Hello Kitty Keyboard. My Eyes Hurt.
- MusicDNA: Successor of the MP3?
- RIM Announces Blackberry PlayBook
- 9 Minutes of Samsung Galaxy Tab Video Goodness
- Kindle for Android Adds Highlighting, Notes, and Voice Search
- World’s First: Panasonic HD 3D Camcorder
- MusicDNA: Successor of the MP3?
- ATMs Hacked Using MP3 Player
- Netflix Coming to Nintendo Wii Soon
- Massive Adoption of Windows 7 by Gamers
- Online Companies Offer New Reverse Phone Lookup Service
- Canon 50D & 18-200mm Announced
- willterbean on New Light Source that can Last 12 Years
- julie ann on Nokia L’Amour Collection Cellphones in time for Christmas!
- Mike S. on New Light Source that can Last 12 Years
- James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil on New Light Source that can Last 12 Years
- Pink Laptops on World’s First: Panasonic HD 3D Camcorder
- Latest Gadgets on World’s First: Panasonic HD 3D Camcorder
- Angel Mass on MusicDNA: Successor of the MP3?
- Serviced Offices on World’s First: Panasonic HD 3D Camcorder
- Sean on World’s First: Panasonic HD 3D Camcorder
- swoop on MusicDNA: Successor of the MP3?
9. February 2006
0 Comments