giving it twice the weight to horsepower ratio of a Bugatti Veyron. The Blade is fitted with a 700 horse power engine that runs on natural gas,
"he told Reuters. Sato says he is confident that Walkcar goes beyond bulkier devices such as the Segway or Toyota's Winglet."
said Macfarlane. ars driven by fuel cell electric engines are becoming available from a number of car manufacturers.
"Right now, we have a plant that is essentially the Ferrari of the plant world when it comes to producing the chemical of interest.
No doubt Filimundus was looking at the several Toyota service centres in Gothenburg which switched to a six-hour day 13 years ago
"This research was funded in part by Airbus Group, Boeing, Embraer, Lockheed martin, Saab AB, Tohotenax, ANSYS Inc.,the Air force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air force base,
and Frederik E. Pinkerton of General motors R&d Center. The research was supported by the U s. Department of energy's ARPA-E REACT program (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy-Rare earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies) which develops cost-effective alternatives to rare earths,
hold on to your seat. Researchers at the University of California, Los angeles (UCLA) have developed recently a device that can turn any smartphone into a DNA-scanning fluorescent microscope."
in which a fast rotation creates a force that causes the seats to drift radially away from the ride's center--to capture the tiny bacteria directly from patients'samples of bodily fluidsn this case, urine.
led by CNRS senior researcher Peter Ford Dominey, has developed"an autobiographical memory"1 for the robot Nao,
On the other hand, the brain is the seat of natural vibrations created by the blood pulsating in the arteries and the circulating cerebrospinal fluid.
In the future, car manufacturers will be able to achieve further weight savings by designing cylinder blocks in which certain parts are made of fiber-reinforced plastics.
On the other hand, the brain is the seat of natural vibrations created by the blood pulsating in the arteries and the circulating cerebrospinal fluid.
Lead author, Dr Caroline Ford, said the discovery is exciting because the receptor molecules identified seem to be expressed universally in all epithelial ovarian cancer patients,
said Dr Ford from UNSW Lowy Cancer Research Centre. or the majority of patients with ovarian cancer,
Dr Ford and her team are currently investigating the role of these receptors in endometrial cancer.
Dr Ford believes it is imperative that the relationship of the two receptors is investigated, to further understand their individual and combined roles in the progression
Dr Ford said. The UNSW study focused on epithelial ovarian cancer which is the most common type making up about 90%of tumours of the ovary.
For starters, Mahaffey tells auto makers to start putting their cars'critical systems into closed networks that are isolated from the infotainment systems or information clusters.
causing parent company Fiat Chrysler to recall 1. 4 million vehicles. And it's only worse press for the firm from there.
Short after, another white hat hacker revealed a flaw in Onstar's connected system that left any General motors car equipped with the service wide open to remote door unlocks and ignition starts.
but rather theye in the back seat with the windows dark, doing a crossword puzzle or reading the newspaper, talking to family or whatever,
No, not the hoverboard you saw Lexus create last month for a brand activation, but one made by a little company called Arx Pax.
which is to say it doesn't have to float over magnets nor utilize superconductors (like the Lexus hoverboard does).
Healthcare research is also moving beyond the lab. Motor vehicle manufacturer Ford is working alongside other organisations to investigate how connected devices can help people monitor
--which seats about 150--it was already over half full. The event was standing room only and
As young people turn away from cars--a phenomenon so powerful that it has had the marketing departments of car companies running scared for years--they are left with no other option than mass transit,
Toyota announced in December that the 2013 Toyota Avalon Limited will be the first car to offer wireless charging with a Qi-powered console included under the dashboard.
and dodge security to enter no-go exclusion zones. Several media outlets, including TIME have documented also cities within the exclusion zone.
Box specifically has been keen to stress its more than 300000 seat roll out to the General electric client base.
This second industrial revolution was refined by Toyota Kaizen process of continuous improvement and, later, lean manufacturing and Six Sigma process control.
Big brands like Walmart, BMW and Nike have taken videos using drones. Video production companies have been very quick to use drones to get difficult-to-reach shots.
#Ford#s Applink Will Soon Support Third-party Navigation Apps Most carsbuilt-in navigation systems tend to be compared a bit clunky to modern smartphone apps like of Google maps.
It looks like Ford is among the first car manufacturers to acknowledge this. The next version of Applink its system for connecting smartphone apps to its SYNC infotainment system will allow third-party navigation apps to project their maps from the phone onto the built-in screens in its cars.
Ford will roll out the latest (and much improved) version of SYNC later this year but Applink 3. 0 will only become available at a later date (SYNC can be updated over Wifi and through a connected smartphone).
Chances are other companies will jump on board as well though it worth noting that Ford has to explicitly whitelist applications to run on Applink.
but with Glympse it has featured long a location-sharing service As well as Ford notes Applink 3. 0 will use the Genivi alliance open-source Smartdevicelink service
The members in the Genivi alliance besides Ford include the likes of BMW Honda Nissan renault Volvo and John Deere as well as chip manufacturers like Intel Qualcomm and Nvidia and plenty of aftermarket manufacturers.
For example, how many of Lamborghini 11 million Facebook fans could actually afford that car? While Facebook could make an educated guess,
Former Lib dem MP Julian Huppert, who lost his seat in the election this month but was a prominent critic of the Communications Data Bill,
#Lexus Teases A Real, Liquid nitrogen-Cooled Hoverboard Well everyone now racing to make a hoverboard
Lexus is the latest to throw its hat into the ring, posting a teaser for its own hoverboard technology with at the promise of a long,
To its credit, Lexus has the best-looking Hoverboard Ie seen, provided it does actually work, with nice bamboo surfaces and even a Lexus grille.
The car company is keeping things dreadfully close to the chest about what going on here, but says that it uses agnetic levitationand iquid nitrogen cooled superconductors
and permanent magnetsto achieve hover flight. The board is real enough to be undergoing testing with an actual skateboarder in Barcelona (with videos of actual use to follow)
with matte grey casing and the bulbous contours of a Ford taurus. But it is clearly the product of some very clever engineering and an ambitious product strategy.
Although adaptive headlights already have been introduced in recent years by car manufacturers such as BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Volvo,
Luth did a project for Ford motor company this yearord wanted to better understand customersath to purchase.
All of that behavior can be analyzed to help Ford figure out where to best spend its advertising dollars.
Ford can focus on commissioning reviews, partnering with the sites, and buying ads there. Ultimately, Luth found that
by the time a customer actually visits a car manufacturer website, theye most likely ready to buy a car. hat a big deal,
but founder and CEO Matt Scullin says it currently working with car companies to see if tetrahedrite can be used to harness heat from car exhaust.
The factory plan mirrors an idea Musk introduced at one of his other companies, Tesla motors,
Toyota, a Witricity investor, plans to use its technology in forthcoming electric and hybrid cars, and TDK recently licensed Witricity for use in electric car batteries.
Yet Freeboard stands out among the various platforms because t the easiest to use, says Venkatesh Prasad, group and technical leader for vehicle design and infotronics at Ford motor.
Yet Elon musk, CEO of Tesla motors, says he intends to build a factory in the United states three years from
he will have to sell more than 10 times as many electric vehicles in a year as Nissan managed last year
(and Nissan has sold more electric cars than any other automaker). Musk has some reason for confidenceast year Tesla sold as many electric cars as Nissan in the United states,
even though Tesla Model S costs two to three times as much as Nissan electric car, the Leaf. He seems to be betting that a huge factory will significantly reduce the cost of making batteries,
which remain the most expensive part of electric cars. In the ideal scenario, that cost reduction would help Tesla produce a mass-market car similar in cost to the Nissan leaf or Chevrolet volt but that,
crucially, will be able to go more than twice as far on a charge (the car would also be able to accelerate faster than the Leaf).
which could help open new markets for the automaker. Proposing such a huge undertaking might also make it more likely that Panasonic
GM says it expects to sell 4g-equipped 2015 Chevrolets and other models starting in June.
Many other carmakers, including Ford and Toyota, are following suit, both in the U s. and worldwide, using partnerships with wireless carriers to deliver the connectivity.
By providing apps, carmakers see an opportunity for product differentiation and steady revenue streams. They also suggest that connectivity can lead to new safety features
That partly because the automaker screening process for apps is brutal, says Greg Ross, director of product strategy and infotainment for GM vehicles. hey go through rigorous safety and security standards,
In Audi case, the service will cost $100 for up to five gigabytes of data over six months,
Both GM and Audi are using AT&T to provide service (see M and AT&T Blur Line Between Car and Smartphone r
*The BMW i8 electric sports car has a carbon fibre passenger compartment to make up for the weight of its heavy battery.
The material is already attractive to car manufacturers as it is 30 per cent lighter than aluminium -and self-healing technology would make it safer too.*
*The BMW i8 electric sports car has a carbon fibre passenger compartment to make up for the weight of its heavy battery.
The material is already attractive to car manufacturers as it is 30 per cent lighter than aluminium -and self-healing technology would make it safer too.*
#Audi unveils virtual cockpit piloted driving system at CES Introducing a new wave of avant-garde automotive technology Audi has unveiled its virtual cockpit
and piloted driving system at the Consumer electronics Show (CES) in Las vegas. The virtual cockpit unveiled by Audi at the CES is based on the Android platform;
With regard to the virtual cockpit which was showcased in Q7 Audi said that the Q7 will be the first-of its-kind car that will continue to increase its knowledge;
Announcing its piloted driving system at the CES event Audi said that it is tantalizingly close to bringing its piloted car to the market.
Revealing that it has driven successfully test its autonomous car over a 560-mile distance from the Silicon valley to the CES venue in Las vegas this week Audi claimed that its test marked the longest drive of any autonomous car thus far.
Though Audi has acknowledged that it will bring piloted driving system mainstream only after addressing safety concerns
and standards for autonomous cars Audi President Scott Keogh said in reference to the test drive: Audi proved that a true turning point for the (autonomous) automobile has arrived d
#Britain's Transport Department has given go-ahead to test driverless cars on public roads According to a statement released by Britain's Department for Transport (Dft),
it doesn necessarily highlight the potential that additive manufacturing might have for the environment at a time where more automakers are shifting over to hybrid engines and green technologies.
It also has 2x the power-to-weight ratio of a Bugatti Veyron.""The company has plans to sell a limited number of the high-performance vehicles which are expected to be manufactured
Rh prices could surge as automakers increase usage in order to meet the 80%NOX reduction requirement under the EPA's new Tier 3 regulations,
Benchmark testing of BMARS technology was conducted on a model year 2014 Buick vehicle with a 2. 0 liter engine
and on a 1. 6 liter engine from a model year 2012 BMW Mini using industry standard Federal Test Procedure (FTP) aging and test protocols.
with the Buick's OEM catalyst certified to EPA's Tier 2 Bin 4 standard
and the BMW Mini's OEM catalyst certified to the EURO 5 standard. Initial tests demonstrated BMARS has the potential to significantly reduce the PGM loading on the catalyst
The firm will work with an unnamed car manufacturer, according to Baidu's senior vice president Jin Wang. He made the announcement at the China Cloud computing conference.
The firm has teamed previously up with BMW to develop semi-autonomous car technology. The head of Baidu's deep learning lab Yu Kai has told previously the press that the firm does not agree with Google's view of a completely autonomous car,
The nurse reassures him as he takes a seat. But then he sees it: the needle.
and find only the ones containing a Volkswagen bus with a flat tire, or seven oranges in a bowl.
and trying to buy a Rolls-royce. It just looks a bit dodgy.""The eight year old Swedish company grew out of a piece of university research
Ford motor co. pushes a similar strategy with its Blueprint for Mobility, which foresees a transport network connecting vehicles,
although Ford acknowledges it will require unprecedented co-operation across a number of sectors. Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute think tank expects those and other technologies,
Litman learned that city is buying a fleet of 400 new buses, all with onboard Wi-fi, USB ports at every seat and bike racks.
#NISSAN LEAF Challenges Chicago Slush With Self-Cleaning Paint What the worst part of winter? Some winter-weary northerners might say all the snow wee gotten in the past month is almost intolerable,
though, that problem might be solved thanks to self-cleaning paint used on this NISSAN LEAF, which handily defeats Chicago worst slush.
allowing for an additional option automakers can upcharge on. More importantly, this technology would all but put car washes out of business.
along with a NISSAN LEAF. However, the 98 MPG rating and limited electric driving range (which is unspecified, but I going to guess is between 25 and 35 miles) is estimated to save taxi drives between £20 and £40 per day,
The interior is much more 21st century too, with big comfy seats, air suspension, infotainment screen,
the answer isn exactly surprising Nissan-renault took the top easily with 14,385 NISSAN LEAFS registered in 2014,
and 10,980 Renault ZOES. Tesla motors did quite well, though with 8, 744 vehicles registered despite production limitations.
Following those three was the BMW i3 (with 5 620); ) and the Volkswagen e-up!(
with 5, 170. The commercial market saw the Nissan e-NV200 and the Kangoo ZE land a good number of sales,
as well. 2015 looks pretty likely to see continued growth in the portions of the European market that have been seeing growth in recent years.
The relatively untapped portions, though, aren really showing any signs of awakening n
#Bridj A Popup Bus That Learns Travelers Habits Boston transportation has a new private transit app that learns the habits
NISSAN LEAF, and other modern electric cars. A lot more electric cars are following, so it will be intriguing to see
On Monday, BMW teased out word of its plans for a fuel cell electric vehicle launch in 2020.
which are now on the same path converting a staid, slow moving industry (traditional auto companies like GM) into a disruptive technology-driven one (innovators like Tesla).
Other companies like utilities and auto companies, meanwhile, have great options like taking away a large share of the oil industry market with renewable powered electric cars.
And electric car maker Tesla, producing less than 40,000 cars per year, is valued at over half of GM, which produces 9 million cars per year!
#Ford unveils its all-terrain electric bike: Folding Mode: Flex has sat-nav, collision sensors and adapts to roads and mountains By Victoria Woollaston for Mailonline Published:
but Ford is hoping to bring the concept to your morning commute. At a conference in California, the car maker unveiled its latest prototype folding electric bike called Mode:
It builds on the technology used in Ford's previous electric bikes but adds a twist-the battery,
Pro bikes unveiled at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona under Ford's Handle on Mobility scheme.
With all of its protoypes, Ford took inspiration from technology seen in cars including rear-facing ultrasonic sensors.
Ford said:''Mode: Flex is Ford's third, most versatile ebike yet-easily reconfigurable for different customer needs.
The bike's centre frame assembly includes the motor and battery, while the front and rear assemblies and wheels can be configured for road,
Ford.''Mode: Flex is Ford's third, most versatile ebike yet-easily reconfigurable for different customer needs.'
'The bike's centre frame assembly includes the motor and battery, while the front and rear assemblies and wheels can be configured for road, mountain or city riding.'
As part of the announcement, Ford also said it is extending its Mode: Link app for use on the smartwatch to bring real-time data to the rider's wrist.
but Ford said they will help test alternative transportation ideas. t
#Medical cannabis DOESN'T ease pain, nausea, vomiting, sleep disorders or Tourette's By Lizzie Parry for Mailonline Published:
#Lexus builds car with human HEARTBEAT in connection between driver and vehicle Lexus has built a car that pulsates with light in time with the driver's heartbeat in order to display the connection between the driver and the car.
Using electroluminescent paint, Lexus have converted an RC F coupe into a on-off model they are calling the'heartbeat car'.
'Unfortunately for petrol heads, the special project is a onetime collaboration, and won't go on general sale.
and Lexus Australia, was to connect the human body to the car. Pictured, the side panels light up The model uses biometric technology to visualise the physical and emotional connection shared by man and machine when at the wheel.
The aim of the project, a collaboration between the creative technology division of M&c Saatchi Australia, Tricky Jigsaw, and Lexus Australia
Ford develops smart lights...The village where only ROBOTS drive: University launches autonomous driving test track The village where only ROBOTS drive:
Lexus unveil the world's first ever car with a heartbeat LEXUS RC F SPECS Unfortunately for petrol heads,
Here are the specs of the Lexus RC F which was modified for the project. Engine:
Car manufacturers will soon be competing against technology companies to provide the online services to connected cars. Autonomous connected vehicles are seen as the first major market for so-called internet of things (Iot.
Car manufacturers see this as their domain and they want a major slice of the business. But to do this they will have to compete with IT firms
Ford motor company announced it would allow competitors to purchase its electrified vehicle technology patents in an effort to help accelerate industry-wide research and development of electrified vehicles
#Toyota, Nissan, Honda Fund Hydrogen infrastructure Project Toyota, Nissan and Honda have agreed on key details regarding a new joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan.
000 per station the three automakers have agreed also to help infrastructure companies deliver the best possible customer service
Toyota and Nissan are also members of the US Energy department public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure for FCVS.
Whether auto manufacturers will jump for the technology remains to be seen car companies tend to be conservative
#Ford GPS aims headlamps around dark corners Now there are headlamps that will steer around the corner before you reach the corner,
This is Ford Camera-Based Advanced Front Lighting System project being developed in Europe. Ford says he technology will be available for customers in the near term.
It one more tool to keep drivers safer at night along with better xenon, LED and laser headlamps;
Ford says, the car will use the map data to see when the car is about to go around a curve.
Ford since 2007 has had an Adaptive Front Lighting System and Traffic Sign Recognition that turned the car headlamps up to 15 degrees as the driver turned the wheel to steer into the curve.
Ford says the headlamps can also be steered to show dips in the road. If there no GPS
Spot Lighting shows people, animals near the road In pre-development at Ford is Spot Lighting using an infrared camera in the grille to find
Ford says it can illuminate two of the bogeys with a pair of special purpose LED lamps next to the fog lamps.
This is Ford take on infrared night vision systems that now employ algorithms to detect people and animals,
000 to $500 with greater volume and also if automakers did away the in-cockpit view,
Headlamp arrays offer promise, once the US signs on Ford system uses LED LIGHTS separate from the headlamp systems.
Mercedes-benz and BMW in Europe are offering multi-array headlamps where one or more of the beams can be swiveled to shine on the deer or human,
Automakers would like to use multi-array headlamp elements to paint a high-beam picture of the road ahead,
Automakers need to work harder to bring the cost of navigation down drive down what they pay for maps (automakers pay more for maps than do makers of $199 dashboard GPS SYSTEMS),
and make the interface drop dead simple. Most users still don like how you can tell a phone,
and Aldo Ferrari at the Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, has succeeded now in creating bacterial cellulose with a controlled surface structure.
as part of the connective tissue, explains Ferrari. The cellulose strands and the grid pattern provide cells with an orientation along predetermined paths that they can sense. his is of major benefit to wound dressings.
In addition, researchers working with Poulikakos and Ferrari have founded the spin-off Hylomorph to make the method market-ready. e are planning to apply the structured cellulose as part of the urich Heartproject at the new Wyss Translational Center,
or rejection, explains Ferrari. As part of the Zurich Heart project, the researchers are, in effect, helping to design the packaging
since at least 1960 when Chrysler used them in their prestige models. Essentially the equivalent of a capacitor when used in an AC (Alternating current) circuit, EL panels encase their light-emitting material between two electrodes.
#Audi claims first synthetic gasoline made from plants Just weeks after producing its first batch of synthetic diesel fuel made from carbon dioxide and water,
Audi has laid claim to another synthetic, clean-burning and petroleum-free fuel called"e-benzin."
"The fuel was created by Audi's project partner Global Bioenergies, in France. In late 2014, Global Bioenergies started up the fermentation unit for a pilot program to produce gaseous isobutane from renewable biomass sugars such as corn-derived glucose.
Audi calls the final, refined form of the fuel"e-benzin"and claims that it burns clean due to its lack of sulfur and benzene.
Audi will test the fuel composition and conduct engine tests to see how it performs before eventually trying it out in vehicle fleets.
"Audi and Global Bioenergies hope to tweak the production process in the future so that biomass is required no longer
#Remote-control Range rover can be driven with a smartphone app High end cars are creeping towards full autonomy,
Jaguar land rover has demonstrated a very nifty remote control app that lets you get out of your car, stand beside it
Meanwhile, the leg modules support the inner thighs and act like a seat while squatting,
#Ford rolls autonomous and smart tech into new city/road/mountain e-bike Earlier this year, Ford previewed its Mode:
Ford revealed them at Mobile World Congress back in March and has continued its research in the area since then.
the third prototype in Ford's ongoing research is designed for a broader demographic of bicycle enthusiasts.
though Ford doesn't explain or show exactly how the bike magically transforms between these different configurations.
but things stray from the norm at the bloated seat tube, which houses the battery and electric motor drive.
where Ford sees it working as one of the modes within a smooth, seamless multimodal transportation system.
Ford imagines riders driving to a convenient, low-cost public parking area outside the dense city center, pulling the Mode:
Flex looks just like a bike designed by an auto manufacturer in other words, a bike sculpted by automotive folks that haven't actually ridden bicycles since childhood.
The fact that Ford is a car manufacturer dipping its toes into e-bike design isn't all bad, though.
and Ford GT, integrated into its construction.""The LED lighting is efficient and detailed in a way never before done in the bike world,
"Ford revealed the Mode: Link app with the original two Mode e-bikes back in March
It also syncs with the rider's Ford vehicle to provide parking location, lock/unlock functions,
Ford revealed the new Mode: Flex last month as the latest update of the Smart mobility Plan it first announced in January.
The video below provides a little more information about Ford's e-bikes and its vision of multimodal transportation i
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