SignalGuru uses network of dashboard-mounted smartphones to help drivers avoid red traffic lights
Posted by admin in Auto on 29. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
The continuing increase in gasoline prices around the world over the past decade has also seen an increase in the practice of hypermiling – the act of driving using techniques that maximize fuel economy. One of the most effective hypermiling techniques is maintaining a steady speed while driving instead of constantly stopping and starting. [...]
Shockwave-Generating Wave Discs Could Replace Internal Combustion Engines
Posted by admin in Auto, Science on 17. Mar, 2011 | 5 Comments
Michigan researchers have built a prototype of a new auto motor that does away with pistons, crankshafts and valves, replacing the old internal combustion engine with a disc-shaped shock wave generator. It could slash the weight of hybrid cars and reduce auto emissions by 90 percent. The generator is about the size of a saucepot, [...]
Mobileye claims ‘An End to Motor Vehicle Collisions’
Posted by admin in Auto on 08. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Mobileye’s warning system alerts drivers to imminent forward collisions and other driving hazards Before we go any further, let’s get this out of the way right up front – nothing is ever going to stop cars from running into things. Until drivers are taken out of the equation completely, accidents will always happen. Nonetheless, Dutch [...]
Pearl River Necklace bridge: a twisted solution to an unusual traffic problem
Posted by admin in Auto, Design on 12. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Pearl River Necklace concept design Luckily there aren’t many countries that drive on the opposite side of the road and share borders. However, they do exist, such as China, which drives on the right, and the former British colony of Hong Kong, and former Portuguese colony of Macau, both which drive on the left. [...]
Nifty Low-Res Design Process Drops Polygons From Lamborghini Countach, Beauty Ensues
Posted by admin in Auto, Concept, Design on 07. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lo-Res Lambo United Nude Lo Res Project This is a Lamborghini Countach. It was created by taking a hyper-accurate 3-D model of an actual Lamborghini (made up of millions of polygons), then gradually decreasing the resolution of the model with 3-D software until the object is lo-resed down to its stealthy essence. United Nude, a [...]
