No, we're not talking about robotic charging stations that roam the highways and recharge your car without even stopping (sadly), but a new system proposed Zafer Sahinoglu and his colleagues at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts may just help to fill in some of the gaps on the road. While exact specifics [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Researchers propose 'roaming' charging stations to keep electric cars powered
Posted: 9th September 2010 by Nicr in ArticlesOptical illusion lets you safely run over fake children
Posted: 9th September 2010 by Nicr in ArticlesTraffic: it's one of our least favorite things in the universe, especially when it's caused by rubbernecking. A Canadian organization called Preventable has taken a bizarrely proactive twist on the motorist's compulsion to stare at accidents by putting the “accident” in front of the car. Drivers on 22nd Street in West Vancouver approach a large [...]
Motorola Milestone 2 arrives, 720p HD video, Android 2.2, and Motoblur Enhanced in tow
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Nicr in ArticlesEven without yesterday's premature video promo, you had to know Motorola wouldn't leave its international audience without a successor to the Milestone, so today — surprise, surprise — we're being treated to the Milestone 2's launch. The first thing to be said here is that if you've handled a Droid 2, you've also handled a [...]
Sony's head units Xplod into the infotainment scene with TomTom GPS on in-dash screens
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Nicr in ArticlesThey may not have been the highlight of Sony's IFA 2010 press conference, but the company's new XNV head units deserve a place of their own, given they integrate full-blown TomTom GPS units and audio/video playback into their 7- and 6.1-inch WVGA touchscreens. Presently destined for Europe, the XNV-L77BT, XNV-770BT, XNV-L66BT and XNV-660BT will ship [...]
Sonos and Spotify join hands to stream sweet sweet music, at last
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Nicr in ArticlesSonos owners, like most nerds, have been patiently waiting for three things: jetpacks and flying cars to go mainstream and the Spotify music service to play on their beloved whole home wireless audio system. Of these, only one is being announced today. At this very moment, in this very time, upstart media darlings Spotify and [...]
