This process of scanning the road in front of the bicycle happens hundreds of times per second at distances of up to 80 feet (25 m)- meaning that the alerts are highly-responsive to any number of potential hazards ranging from pedestrians to cars and flying
have developed previously smart technologies for car brands. According to the team, the Byxee is the result of over two years of research and development that covered every angle including technology, design and of course, functionality.
and automobile sectors. They are used also in radars and other applications. Recently the emergence of green technology markets of products such as direct drive wind turbine power systems
Every time the field flips, the polarity of the bars reverses, drawing the magnetized droplets in a new, predetermined direction, like slot cars on a track.
such as when overtaking another car, with the battery providing the steady power for highway driving. upercapacitors perform a similar function to batteries
or can be utilized as a clean fuel source in the chemical industry, for instance in cars to drive engines.
However, due to its high cost, the use of low-temperature fuel cells in automobile and home applications has been limited.
The research is focused mainly on reducing the expense of cathodes used in fuel cells that power homes and automobiles.
Other applications, including catalytic converters in automobiles, employ significant quantities of platinum. The application of new hollow shells in automobile catalytic converters is limited as these converters function at temperatures that cannot be tolerated by the shells.
However, the platinum nanocages could be used in other industrial processes such as hydrogenation. Besides carrying out experimental work at Georgia Tech,
#Baidu to launch self-drive car Chinese web giant Baidu will launch its first driverless car in the second half of 2015,
It had said previously it was working on such a car but did not say when it would be available.
with self-driving cars seen as one of the first practical applications for the technology. Baidu's rise in the field of artificial intelligence suffered a setback last week when Stanford university
Google announced last month that its prototype self-driving cars would take to the public roads this summer around its headquarters in Mountain view, California a
"It's kind of like a parking lot where you want to move one of the cars, but they are jammed all in,
or CARS) used to treat other cancers. The study was developed originally by Carl H. June, M d.,of the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center,
and car so that he could start it without a key. If you have enabled a NFC phone
Irving advocates an integrated platform that brings together automobiles, public transit, cycling and walking, with incentives to drive behaviour,
That strategy takes advantage of new-generation cars as rolling collections of sensors to reduce congestion
For her, public transit, not cars, is where technology could have a transformative role. She notes that increasing vehicle occupancy helps,
but for me nothing is worse than seeing my car covered in slush and road salt.
and oil, preventing the car from getting dirty. It been proven effective against road spray, sleet, standing water,
just rolling off the car into a delicious puddle on the ground. Obviously, the ramifications of self-cleaning paint would be huge on the auto industry,
More importantly, this technology would all but put car washes out of business. Even the most efficient car washes use hundreds of gallons of water to clean a single vehicle.
but self-cleaning cars are a good first step
#98 MPG Range-Extended Electric Metrocab Coming To London London will soon be home to 98 MPG range-extended electric Metrocabs,
Third in the country as far as cities not dependent on owning cars for transportation, Boston is full of transit options.
Some people drive the same car for ten years, but they usually change cell phones much more quickly.
of which will be enough to fuel 145,000 cars annually. At a recent ceremony that hailed the plant opening,
but local officials noticed it was more important step in pushing California closer to its 2020 clean energy goals. lectricity (to power cars)
especially as plug-in cars become more prevalent and draw more power from the apartment in question.
having ten plug-in cars charging, all at the same time, could lead to an energy bottleneck that could require tens of thousands of dollars in service upgrades.
but with the number of plug-in cars expected to multiply exponentially, it could become an essential component in many new apartment buildings.
offsetting 45 million metric tons of damaging carbon emissions the equivalent of removing 10 million cars off our roads
#Weirdest Biofuel Ever Powers Strangest Car Ever The folks at Columbia University have come up with a loating enginethat runs on evaporating water
Weirdest Biofuel Ever, For anything Columbia press materials sum up the strange new car in one pithy sentence:
Eva, the first evaporation-powered car, rolls along, thanks to a moisture mill a turbine engine driven by water evaporating from wet paper strips lining its walls.
cheaper to own and more fun to drive than petrol-fueled cars. Then it will just be a matter of turning over the fleet.
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!
The market can smell death and knows that fast beats slow. For climate advocates and policy makers, nothing changes in their approach,
and Google who are both developing battery and car opportunities, with a close eye on the technology integration opportunity.
Tech startup Aclima just announced a partnership with Google earth Outreach to equip Google street view cars with its mobile sensor platform.
The cars spent 750 hours of drive time gathering 150 million data points on nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, black carbon
and Street view cars, said Davida Herzl, Aclima Cofounder and CEO. ith more than half of the world population now living in cities,
and then think of a repetitive task that will be associated with driving the car. Once the headset has been calibrated,
and other everyday objects such as computers or cars could make people see the technology as useful and easy to operate.
scale buildings and even hold a car's steering wheel. CHIMP is roughly the size of a human,
Scroll down for video This is detailed enough to be able to see cars and even people moving around the planet
fold to fit on a train or in the boot of a car, and with pedal assist, help riders reach speeds of up to 15mph (25km/h). They are also part of the company's wider Smart Mobility plan,
designed to make cars and other vehicles more connected. With all of its protoypes, Ford took inspiration from technology seen in cars including rear-facing ultrasonic sensors.
These sensors link with the handlebars to discreetly alert the rider when a car is about to overtake using subtle vibrations.
These handlebars also light up to make the bikes more visible to motorists. And each of the bikes works with an app called Mode:
while stowed in the back of a car. As part of the announcement, Ford also said it is extending its Mode:
Scroll down for video'Society has made great strides in its awareness and adoption of cleaner and greener cars'
while these cars do now exist, the actual manufacturing of them is anything but environmentally friendly,
materials and capital costs associated with building automobiles and other large complex structures.''At Divergent Microfactories, we've found a way to make automobiles that holds the promise of radically reducing the resource use
and pollution generated by manufacturing.''It also holds the promise of making large-scale car manufacturing affordable for small teams of innovators.'
'The Blade is made using a proprietary solution called a Node: a 3d-printed aluminum joint that connects pieces of carbon fiber tubing to make up the car's chassis. This solves the problem of time
and space by cutting down on the actual amount of 3d printing required to build the chassis
allowing them to set up their own microfactories and build their own cars and, eventually, other large complex structures.
#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.
was to connect the human body to the car. The car with INFRARED headlights: Ford develops smart lights...
The village where only ROBOTS drive: University launches autonomous driving test track The village where only ROBOTS drive:
Could we finally power cars with SOLAR PANELS? Nanowire...Forget the Insane Mode: Elon musk says Tesla's new...
to talking about what the car does to you emotionally,'Ben Cooper, innovation director at M&c Saatchi, told Mashable Australia.
Lexus unveil the world's first ever car with a heartbeat LEXUS RC F SPECS Unfortunately for petrol heads,
the'hearbeat car'special project is a onetime collaboration, and won't go on general sale. Here are the specs of the Lexus RC F
'From there, we looked at how we were going to take the heartbeat and express it throughout the car.'
'A wireless heartbeat monitor sends the driver's heartbeat to a control board in the rear of the car.
and uses it to trigger the electroluminescent paint to display the heartbeat in a pulsating pattern on the car's side panels.
Pictured, the car on the test track The electroluminescent paint contains phosphorescent substances that emit light
When the car is parked in the day time and the system is shut down, the car has a standard silver finish,
with its secret heart pulsing potential hidden from sight. The system is powered by a 13v battery
moves their hands in the air or moves their eyes in a car heads up display or under a VR hood,
as distance sensors in cars. Another application is the measurement of dust particles and trace gases in environmental monitoring.
as distance sensors in cars. Another application is the measurement of dust particles and trace gases in environmental monitoring.
But arguably the biggest market opportunity will be in the provision v of online services that support the Iot devices in the car.
Existing automotive technologies and business models that have worked for the car industry for a century are not so well suited to a changing car market with autonomous vehicles and Iot-connected cars.
Putting electronics management systems in cars was only the beginning. Connecting vehicles to the internet will add a far greater level of complexity to the automotive business model.
he says. ou have to drive a car, vacuum the floor or take the garbage out.
Leiden University student Florijn dreamed of alleablecar bumpers at that time. magine a car bumper that you can program for instance
and drive a miniature car as the water evaporates please see the video on this page.
Your car uses GPS map data to tell the headlamps when to swivel. If GPS isn available,
If the car has built-in GPS, Ford says, the car will use the map data to see
when the car is about to go around a curve. It then swivels the headlamps to the right
or left to lead the driver into the 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.
The two most serious threats are illuminated inside the car on an LCD display. This is Ford take on infrared night vision systems that now employ algorithms to detect people and animals,
then mask or move the elements that would shine at oncoming cars. That would give you a mostly high-beam view of the road.
but that the address entry process takes more time with far costlier car navigation c
but weighs less than a car and can stay in the air for months at a time. Facebook has announced also
but weighs less than a car and can stay in the air for months at a time. Facebook has announced also
but weighs less than a car and can stay in the air for months at a time. Facebook has announced also
but weighs less than a car and can stay in the air for months at a time. Facebook has announced also
and car surfaces would be a ar bigger market Other markets could open, however, as prices are driven down. utomotive is potentially important,
Professor Wass explains. arbon fiber composites have been used widely in Formula one and performance cars for many years,
a bit like a car at a stoplight. t is very important to regulate that balance of excitation
and EL panels have been in use in automobiles since at least 1960 when Chrysler used them in their prestige models.
Delcourt says he could see it being used in consumer cars on a large scale"very soon.""
#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
The prototype smartphone app lets you start the car and control the brakes, throttle and steering, as well as gearshifts.
The car will go a maximum 4 mph (6 km h) in remote pilot mode, but it'll stop
if the smartphone or the car key get more than 10 meters (33 ft) from the vehicle.
whether the car's collision avoidance sensors will stop you from running it into a pole.
The car uses its ultrasonic sensors to look for hazards in the environment and then autonomously executes an about-turn in as many steps as is necessary, from a simple 3-point turn towell, presumably to one of these.
or others involve complicated, unpredictable moves, like dismantling a car, that are well beyond even the most advanced robots.
The bikes were envisioned as key components of a multimodal transportation ecosystem that would also incorporate cars and public transit.
when cars approach from behind, both via the handlebars and the accompanying Mode: Link app. It also HAS LED the latest headlight
so next time you drive along that same road the car will know how to best light the way.
The car's camera system is also able to directly spotlight hazards with two special LED lamps positioned next to the fog lights.
depending on how close they are to the car. This spotlighting tech uses an infrared camera mounted in the grille that detects the body heat of up to eight people or large animals at a range of 120 meters (394 feet.
and used by cars to cross the Hongo River in Fukuyama City. Ario and his team are continuing to develop the technology
tires are one of the most important parts of a car. Unfortunately, there's no one size fits all,
and bring business to those communities from EV owners who make the stop to charge their cars.
or small groups to drop them off at precisely their destination. t a self-driving car,
Proponents of PRT believe that such systems can provide the personal convenience of cars with the dedicated infrastructure of mass transit,
or small groups to drop them off at precisely their destination. t a self-driving car,
Proponents of PRT believe that such systems can provide the personal convenience of cars with the dedicated infrastructure of mass transit,
super slick electronic super car that can drive itself. The R8 e-tron has been designed to showcase technology for Audi future,
and systems that allow it to drive like a high-performance car despite only being powered by batteries.
which uses the data to create a comprehensive image of the environment around the car.
The car can then use that information to drive itself. That helps the car use the battery even more efficiently than it already does.
The company says that it can build the car o meet special customer requests But its main job is as a igh-tech mobile laboratory it says trying out technologies that will eventually make it to production vehicles u
#Self-healing technology one step closer after scientists produce aircraft wings which fix themselves Their research,
and the technology used in cars to alert drivers when theye close to reversing into something.
Japanese and US automakers are aiming to commercialise self-driving cars by around 2020, with global behemoths including Daimler and Google in play.
Automatic lets you harness the computing power of your car for the sake of fuel efficiency.
Once plugged in, Automatic connects the car's computer system to your smartphone, relaying data about all of your car's subsystems from the gas tank to the engine.
With this data at the ready, the device can tell you when there's something wrong with your car before it becomes a major issue,
a company spokesperson told Live Science. It's like preventative health for your car, she said,
letting you diagnose a problem before it starts eating away at your fuel efficiency or increasing your emissions.
when there's something wrong with your car, Automatic also notifies you when there's something wrong with your driving.
which could run LED LIGHTS and even drive a miniature car! Sahin informed that his system could be hundreds times cheaper to build per unit area than solar tapping,
and a miniature toy"car"that seemingly moves with miraculous efficiency. You may have to see these inventions in action to get the full grasp of just how innovative they are.
#Why hydrogen fuel cell cars are taking off The news hasn't been great for electric vehicle and hybrid sales lately.
suddenly wee seeing a whole lot of action from hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars. This is a zero emission technology that been under the radar,
but is exploding in 2015, with available-now or soon-arriving cars from Toyota, Honda,
Mercedes-benz and Hyundai. Think of a fuel-cell car as an exhaust-free electric car with a little chemical factory producing the electrons in place of a battery.
The other advantage over battery cars is that refueling is just like getting gas, and takes only about five minutes.
market car was possible. Wee there now. Hyundai was the first out of the gate with the Tucson fuel-cell car last spring.
Initially it available only in southern California because that where the stations are. The big challenge for hydrogen is the infrastructurehe stations cost $1 million or more
Toyota just announced some stellar numbers for the car a range of 312 miles on a hydrogen fill
Toyota is preparing a big push on fuel-cell cars. ust as the Prius introduced hybrid-electric vehicles to millions of customers nearly 20 years ago,
previously mostly quiet on fuel cells though it showed an early interest in hydrogen with 7-Series cars that burned the stuff.
BMW said this week it will test a Toyota-enhanced fuel-cell car on public roads in July.
but one executive said the automaker would field what could turn out to be an SUV-or crossover-based car in 2017.
It plans to have the production version of that car on American roads next year.
or as a hyper-efficient seat warmer in a car. Although only flat mesh connected into a tube has been made so far,
or combusted in fuel cells-in cars for example-to drive engines. Solar fuel cell To connect an existing silicon solar cell to a battery that splits the water may well be an efficient solution now
like RFID tags that currently transmit identifying info on everything from cattle to car parts,
compact micro-actuators for aerospace, automobile, biomedical, space and robotics applications; and ultra-low thermal signature actuators for sonars and defense applications.
and they contain laser technology (developed by the University of Hertfordshire) to detect particulates from cars and lorries.
carried in cars and on buses, and static devices were attached to lampposts and stationed at roadsides and at critical pollutant sites.
or a car that never needs a new coat of paint. A study done at The University of Akron may be able to make this a reality in the near future.
This is a significantly challenging step-it assumes that all the cars on the road become electric, and that homes and industry convert to fully electrified heating and cooling systems.
such as when overtaking another car, with the battery providing the steady power for highway driving. upercapacitors perform a similar function to batteries
#Nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction.
During initial trials, Wang and his colleagues used a toy car with LED LIGHTS to demonstrate the concept.
They attached an electrode to the wheels of the car, and as it rolled across the ground,
"The researchers also determined that the amount of energy harnessed is directly related to the weight of a car,
and, like fats and oils, can be converted through hydrogenation into diesel fuel for cars or kerosene for planes.
which is familiar from passing cars. Their sound has a higher pitch when they are approaching than
which said a Tulsa woman died on Saturday after her automobile hydroplaned on a highway.
With its road safety research, The british firm is joining a number of other car makers that have been researching the measurement of brainwaves to monitor driver concentration in the car.
if a car could effectively read the brainwaves that indicate a driver is beginning to daydream,
added Dr Epple. f Mind Sense does not detect a surge in brain activity following the car displaying a warning icon or sound,
has been adapted for in-car use and detects vibrations from the driver heart beat and breathing. s we develop more autonomous driving technologies,
added Dr Epple. o do this safely the car will need to know if the driver is alert
So our research team is looking at the potential for a range of driver monitoring technologies to give the car enough information to support this decision.
If the car detects severe health issues, or simply how alert the driver is, then the car could take steps to ensure the driver is focussed enough on the driving task to take over. onitoring the physical health of the driver could
not only detect the onset of sudden and serious illness that may incapacitate the driver, but also allow the car to monitor driver stress levels.
This would then allow the car to help reduce stress, for example by changing mood lighting, audio settings and climate control.
JLR also has a redictive Infotainment Screenprototype that uses cameras embedded in the car to track the driver hand movements
and this enables the system to predict which button the driver intends to press. This allows successful button selection to take place in mid-air,
Alternatively, if you were crawling along in traffic a timely warning through the accelerator could prevent you bumping into the car in front a
and drive the car through an electroencephalography (EEG) headset manufactured by Emotiv. The BMW was fitted with a mechanical rig capable of pressing the pedals and turning the steering wheel on command
while being trained to remotely drive the car. The driverstraining involved thinking left, right, and about going forward and stopping.
This includes statistics fed back by a telematics box in the car reporting on how safely
which is different from the Google (x) lab that develops big-vision innovations such as self-driving cars. e are enabling interactive textiles,
or drive in a car while doing the Wi-fi only plan because the signals just don't carry far enough to cover you over long distances.
You can see the snowy runway you can see the trees you can even see a car pulling into the airport parking lot.
a French company that specializes in 3-D software to help engineers who design cars
Unlike simulations involving manmade objects such as cars and planes, it's very difficult to predict how the human heart will respond to stress in the real world.
as Simon Karger of Cambridge Consultants told Reuters. This initial version of the Chimaera is essentially a oncept car,
If you so choose to wear the onesie in the car for one hour, you will have cleaned successfully the polluted air.
has collaborated with Tesla in an experiment to charge cars through the power of the footstep.
or give enough energy to even move the car by an inch, foot traffic on London busy Oxford street can generate enough energy in a day to drive an electric car 953 miles. he system works,
and they say their pilot plant in Dresden will pump out 160 litres of the of the stuff every day in the coming months to power their Audi a8 cars.
-whether that car tyres on a road or a protein flowing through a blood stream.
it could make pretty much everything from cars, trains, powerlines and computers-more efficient. here a big effort to understand friction and control it,
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