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Husqvarna's Panthera Leo is the mower of the future for your lawn of today

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 18th, 2009

Concept cars are a dime a dozen around these parts — but concept lawnmowers? A little more rare, and the latest from Husqvarna looks to be about as closely related to that rusty John Deere in your shed as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes McLaren F1 car is to your boss’s E-Class. It has paddles on the wheel……

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GPS coordinates lead demolition crew to destroy wrong house

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 18th, 2009

Tired of blaming GPS on petty mishaps like the destruction of cars, a demolition crew in Georgia has managed to accidentally destroy an entirely wrong house based on GPS coordinates. Oddly enough, it wasn't even the first time they'd been by: the man who cuts the grass noticed that the power box was ……

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Supermarket generates piezoelectric power in parking lot

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 18th, 2009

Remember that piezoelectric road prototype we saw late last year? Looks like someone (besides us) thought it was a good idea. According to The Daily Mail, a Sainsbury's supermarket in Gloucester, UK (you've never been there), has installed kinetic plates in the parking lot that use the weight of shop……

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Palm Pre makes conspicuous appearance at large gathering of cool people

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 21st, 2009

We don’t know a lot about driving cars really fast, but we do know one thing: this guy sure does seem excited about the prospect of a touchscreen-driven, QWERTY-equipped slider smartphone with webOS, from struggling handset manufacturer Palm. Apparently at some point during the race somebody from Sprint ……

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Video: Google Street View tricycle searches for Anita Ekberg

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 21st, 2009

Awww, isn’t Europe quaint? Those gas guzzling Google Street view cars in America have become tricycles on the twisted, cobbled streets of Europe. And by the looks of this rig, we wouldn’t be surprised to find Google handing out gelato in order to placate the local luddites. Video and another picture ……

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Miles Electric's totally electric family sedan one step closer to existence

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 7th, 2009

Miles Electric has confirmed that it's working on a family sedan-sized all electric car for release in North America sometime next year. The car — which will be released under a different, unknown brandname — will be a first for the company, which specializes in neighborhood cars that only go up to ab……

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Dell injects WiMAX into trio of laptops

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 7th, 2009

While making a point to assert it’s looking into LTE as well, Dell has for now jumped on the WiMAX bandwagon by announcing it’ll offer the technology as an option on its Studio 15, Studio 17, and Studio XPS 16 laptops. US customers can pick the Intel 5150 WiMAX / Wireless-N combo card for $60 under t……

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Mazda's hybrid hydrogen vehicles to hit the streets this year

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 30th, 2009

It looks like the world's first rotary hydrogen vehicle will soon be available for lease, courtesy of Mazda. True to its nature as a hybrid, the Premacy Hydrogen RE relies on a hydrogen rotary engine to create the electricity that powers the motor. The system is said to boost the fuel range of the vehicle……

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BMW devises smart car door that senses danger

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 30th, 2009

BMW has already clearly shown that it wants to make its cars as smart as possible, and it looks like that extends right down to the doors, which have now been smartened up with a little help from the Technical University of Munich. According to New Scientist, the pair have developed a prototype door that use……

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Seattle is latest lucky winner of an electric car partnership with Nissan

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 30th, 2009

Nissan’s EVs are coming, but if people are really going to buy them in droves they’re going to need somewhere other than the rusty outlets in their garages to charge them. So, the company has been working like mad forming partnerships with municipalities around the world, from California to China, to……

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