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Self Inflating Tires Do Just That
If Coda's claims are true, their Self Inflating Tires in development now seem like an inevitable future for car owners. The simple mechanism works with classic principles of a peristaltic pump: a tube is placed in each tire's sidewall. As it's run over, the tube's compression forces air in (filling the tire). A cut-off makes sure the tire doesn't explode. That's it. Sound too good to be true? Maybe. But having all tires on the road at optimal inflation could lead to a huge gas/energy savings every year (and as our friends at Jalopnik point out, it's pretty good for safety as well). So our ears are perked waiting for more information. (Note: the choice for no hyphen was that of the manufacturer, not our editors.) [product via jalopnik]
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Mutant Car Takes Streets, First Born Children
We know almost nothing about this car found in Bali other than it looks like the real life manifestation of some early 90s Hot Wheel/Captain Planet after school special. Ed note: that show would have totally rocked. Here's a bonus shot: More »
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Sbarro Pendolauto, 4-Wheel Motorcycle
Not so long ago we showed you an absolutely wicked 4-wheel motorcycle, the Yamaha Tesseract (hit that link if you haven't seen it, trust us). Now the design is looking to be a trend with this recent unveiling of Sbarro's Pendolauto at the Geneva Motor Show. Adding a bit of stability to the standard crotch rocket, but still lean-turning like a motorcycle, it's too bad that America will absolutely never let these vehicles on our streets. Hmm...where could they fit the airbag? [salon]
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Note to automakers: cars of the future are meant to be fierce. Sure, they may get the equivalent of 100mpg through electric efficiency, but they'd better look like they can decapitate onlookers during the morning commute. This new solar vehicle (that's still missing a sexy name) may be by the makers of champion solar race cars, but it looks like a jerky golf cart. Then again, any car capable of 44mph speeds for three hours at a time—that runs on nothing but the sun—has our ears perked.
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World's Ugliest Car Gets Unsurprisingly High Gas Mileage
Note to automakers: cars of the future are meant to be fierce. Sure, they may get the equivalent of 100mpg through electric efficiency, but they'd better look like they can decapitate onlookers during the morning commute. This new solar vehicle (that's still missing a sexy name) may be by the makers of champion solar race cars, but it looks like a jerky golf cart. Then again, any car capable of 44mph speeds for three hours at a time—that runs on nothing but the sun—has our ears perked.
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FuelPod2 Brings the BioDiesel Processing Plant to Your Driveway
I like the idea of Biodiesel because it means cheap, clean-burning fuel. Or in the case of FuelPod2, free, clean-burning fuel. The FuelPod2 takes any used cooking oil you may have, and converts it into usable Biodiesel, which runs in any standard diesel engine. The FuelPod can convert up to 50 litres (just over 13 gallons) at a time, nearly enough for a full tank in an average car. However, unless you own a restaurant on the side specializing in fried food, finding enough oil for this thing might be a challenge. The FuelPod2 is selling in the UK for 2,056 pounds. [Red Ferret]
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Spotlight LED In-Car Torch Finds Fluff Down the Side of the Car Seat
The Spotlight, a tiny little flashlight that charges via your car's cigarette lighter and allows you to find all the little bits of detritus and ting that manage to fall down the side of the car seat. It comes in a dozen different colors and was runner-up for Best New Interior Accessory prize at SEMA 2007. Price and another pic after the jump. More »
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Black Eagle GPS Video Logs Car Crashes
When the Korea-only Black Eagle GPS detects a deceleration of 1.1G or more, it assumes you've plowed into a tree or car, and saves an 18-second video clip of the collision. (12 seconds before, pulled from a cache, and 6 seconds after.) It also has sensors for lane changes. I'm not sure I'd want this incriminating AV evidence on my dash, which also reports your speed before impact. More »
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Sanyo, not the first name you think of when you dream of GPS navigators, just came out with the NVM-4070, equipped with a 4-inch, 16:9 touchscreen, a SiRF Star III receiver, traffic, text-to-speech for reading off street names, 1.8 million points of interest, Video/Photo/MP3/WMA playback and an FM transmitter to get the nav and music channeled through your car stereo.
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Sanyo Easy Streetnav NVM-4070 GPS Nav Does Media Play in Traffic
Sanyo, not the first name you think of when you dream of GPS navigators, just came out with the NVM-4070, equipped with a 4-inch, 16:9 touchscreen, a SiRF Star III receiver, traffic, text-to-speech for reading off street names, 1.8 million points of interest, Video/Photo/MP3/WMA playback and an FM transmitter to get the nav and music channeled through your car stereo.
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Bose Invades Your Car with Hard Drive-based Media System
Love them or hate them, Bose wants to be your car's media control center with the just-announced Bose Media System. What's particularly interesting about their system is the way it's controlled—via the device's two knobs (which have built-in proximity sensors). The two-knob set up lets you pick songs or cycle through the unit's functions, which include AM/FM radio, satellite radio, or CD playback. The unit also has a built-in 30GB hard drive, which holds your tunes as well as navigation data. You also get built-in Bluetooth and a USB 2.0 input for plugging in your MP3 player. No word yet on pricing, though it doesn't look like it'll come for cheap. More »
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Mobile Fragfest: Gamers Safely Cram Xbox Live into Their Ride?
You love late night trips to the drive-thru at In and Out. You love your Xbox 360 with all the peripherals. And you most certainly love your online 16-man sessions of Lost Planet. Why not
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Harman Kardon Guide+Play GPS-500 Does Nav and HiFi
Harman Kardon has announced their GPS-500. This is a small GPS device that also has media functionality. This GPS unit includes a hi-fi music player (with FM transmitter), video player, 2GB of internal storage with optional SD expandability and support for MP3, MP4, WMA, ASF, WAV and OGG. The 4-inch touchscreen and software doesn't look too shabby, either—nice and clean. It will be hitting the shelves later this month for $500.
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Pioneer Car Audio Collections
It's a Pioneer Christmas for the car audio world today, as Pioneer has announced a boatload of new speakers, amplifiers and subwoofers. The TS-A line of speakers start at $65 and are optimized for compressed audio like MP3. In the amplifier realm, the new GM line (GM-3300 through GM-7300) are priced from $100 to $200 and promise strong audio, while the PRS line is a bit pricier ($200+) and uses ICE technology to maximize efficiency and decrease power usage and heat generation. Two new subwoofers, the PRO line TS-W3001D4/2 and TS-W2501D4/2 are 70% smaller than previous generations but pack more beat than ever. All this gear is used by Pioneer's record-breaking audio teams that have pushed over 180dB out of their vehicles. Their moms must be proud. More »
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Pioneer's Avic-Z2 and AVH-P5900DVD AV Navigate Into Cars, Acronym Hall Of Fame
Pioneer's top-end in-car navigation system is the new Avic-Z2, coincidentally a revision of the previous model, the Avic-Z1. Enhanced map features detail major cities down to the road islands, remember your favorite destinations and account for speed limits and turns when planning your route. 3D images and brand-name logos populate the screen's streets while the 10GB hard drive also moonlights as a media storage and playback source. I'm guessing you'll void the warranty if you strip the included drive out and replace it with something more sizeable, but it may be worth it if you want to take your library of pirated videos with you wherever you go. More »
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Supreme Commander: Pioneer's Single-CD Player Lines
For the consumers with tighter grips on their wallets, Pioneer has new lines of single-CD players to meet simpler needs. Starting at $100, the various lines mix and match a laundry list of features including: More »
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Eclipse AVN2210 Car Stereo With Ejectable TomTom GPS
Eclipse makes clean, powerful car stereos. This one, the AVN2210, is a double DIN sized unit, with an LCD faceplate that is actually a removable GPS system. And get this: The GPS is powered by Tom Tom's OS. Other perks: Bluetooth, USB port for iPod and thumbdrive docking. Then there's the optional satellite radio, four 50 watt outputs, or 5 volt preamps. Very cool, especially considering the stereo costs less than a grand. The stereo's UI is pretty nice, too. See:More »
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Cobra XRS R9G GPS Radar Detector: Fights the Man by Dodging Red Light Cams
Here's a gadget for those who learned to drive by watching Mad Max. Cobra's latest radar detector picks up on standard radar and laser guns used by The Man in speed enforcement. But it also has a GPS and a database of known speed traps and red light cameras. That's good for slowing down before John Q. Law pegs you with his speed guns, and for knowing which red lights are "safe" to run. More »
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When we spotted that Garmin Nuvi 680 a few weeks ago, with its MSNDirect data-over-FM service, we didn't think it would be the only one to get bits of useful data from the airwaves. Here's the car focused c580.
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Garmin 580 GPS: Can Grab Movie Times, Weather, Traffic, and Gas Prices
When we spotted that Garmin Nuvi 680 a few weeks ago, with its MSNDirect data-over-FM service, we didn't think it would be the only one to get bits of useful data from the airwaves. Here's the car focused c580.
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