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Tech News By Rosa Escandón for Allstate Oct 18

SpaceX Starship Plans To Make Its First High Altitude Test Flight Next Week

SpaceX fired the engines on its Starship SN8 prototype on Tuesday evening, with billionaire CEO Elon Musk tweeting that the resultant “good static fire” produced during the final test had likely paved the way for the vehicle to take its first test flight sometime next week. The proposed 5km (50,000 feet) test flight would exceed…

Space & Spaceflight Brianna Provenzano Nov 24

Tank-Powered Sledding Is Now Officially the Best Winter Sport

It may never one day become an official Olympic sport, but it’s hard to argue that riding in a sled while being dragged around by a tiny electric tank doesn’t look far more exciting than skiing, snowboarding, and skating combined. Created by Yvon Martel, the MTT-136—which stands for My Track Technology—is basically just a tank…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

Watch this goldfish steer its very own robotic tank around the room

This tiny goldfish is a long way from being able to work the gas and brake pedals, but with a little technological help, it can steer a robotic car simply by swimming around its tank. The Fish on Wheels was created by image recognition technology company Studio diip. A camera mounted above the car’s fish…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 10

Nevada Finally Lets Google’s Driverless Cars Loose

Earlier this year, Nevada became the first state to approve the use of self-driving cars on its highways. Now, it’s granted its first license for the vehicles and it goes to—what a surprise—Google. https://gizmodo.com/nevada-is-the-first-state-to-approve-self-driving-cars-5885940 Google’s new Nevada-based cars will be fitted with a red license plate, which includes an infinity symbol for easy recognition. Even…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 8

Google Expands Its Autonomous Fleet With Hybrid Lexus RX450h

Google has added another family member to its autonomous vehicle program, and an eagle-eyed reader in Southern California caught the Big G’s Lexus RX450h out and about during testing. From what we can gather from the image, Google has refined the design of its top-mounted array of sensors, culling things down into a more compact…

Tech News Damon Lavrinc - WIRED Apr 16

Scosche’s iPad Mount Gives You the In-Car Entertainment Center You Couldn’t Afford

They’re a great way to silence a car full of screaming kids, but in-vehicle entertainment centers are an expensive option. So assuming you’ve already sprung for an iPad 2, Scosche’s backSTAGE pro II mount is a cheaper solution to peaceful rides. Like most mounts it’s designed to attach an iPad 2 to the back of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 21

Gifts for the Road Trip Master

This isn’t for your commuter friend who looks at a car wondering if it’ll provide comfort while idling in traffic. This is for the friend who considers the drive from San Francisco to Portland a jaunt. Don’t try to appease them with a silly, tree-shaped air freshener. Instead, give them the tools needed to do…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Dec 9

The World is Your Stage, With This Multimedia Party Truck

You can literally roll Visual Drugstore’s MMOV and stage a party anywhere, with the multimedia off-road vehicle bringing along a stage, speakers and a projection lighting system. Sure beats turning up to a party with some onion dip. With its rugged 6×6-wheel drive transmission, the MMOV looks more like a military transport vehicle than a…

Tech News Kelly May 12

German Electric Car Drives a Record-Breaking 372 Miles on a Single Charge

The EV vehicle, an Audi A2, beat out previous world records by driving from Munich to Berlin. The driver joked (honestly) that if anyone wanted to recharge their iPhone, there was still some electricity left in the car. [PhysOrg]

Tech News Christina Bonnington Oct 27

Using Wi-Fi, Your Ford Could Soon be as Customizable as Your Phone

By loading software onto its vehicles through Wi-Fi, Ford expects to save millions. But this technology could be used to provide drivers the option of handpicking their car’s features, much like apps do for smartphones. Wi-Fi was first introduced in Ford vehicles with SYNC, its voice activated system that turns your car into a roving…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Aug 26

Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999

No longer do you need to fantasize about buying a Tesla, now that Trexa has released pricing details of its “scalable lithium-drive platform,” (aka the base for building your own electric car). $15,999 is a fair price to pay for the starting block of your new car, when other electric cars can set you back…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 9

Confine Your Baby in a Motorised Suitcase Concept

It’s like someone actually thought the adult-sized vehicles in Wall-E were a good idea. Thankfully, like with most things on Yanko Design, this individual baby confinement torture-device is just a concept, but it’s also a scary insight into someone’s mind. That someone being designer Pouyan Mokhtarani, whose baby buggy contains a LED screen so you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 2

WaterCar Python: Part Corvette, Part Dodge, 100% Awesome

You’re looking at the fastest, highest-performing amphibious vehicle ever built. The Python jets along at 60 mph on water, and on land, goes from 0 to 60 in 4.5 seconds. Oh, and it’s actually now available for anyone to buy. We’ve seen initial prototypes before, but this final version looks amazing. It’s likely built on…

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 12

Fire-Breathing Robot is a Dieselpunk Dragoncycle

Artist Lyle Rowell combined bits of cars and motorcycles to create Lrry-1, an animal-shaped vehicle that breathes fire as it stomps through the streets of Italy. Rowell spent four months and $5000 constructing Lrry-1, which runs on a 26-horsepower Citroën engine and is made of BMW and Suzuki motorcycle frames. Rowell says the 1,900-pound robo-beast’s…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 6

A Wearable Robot Chariot

Designed for amputees and individuals that have difficulty walking, Exmovere’s Chariot is a wearable robotic vehicle that can be controlled by subtle movements in the hips. Because of it’s compact size, users can move about in tight spaces easier than they could in a wheelchair or scooter—and it can travel at speeds of up to…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 8

Action Mobil Globecruiser: Camper, Tank, Bombshelter

Sure, it costs $670,000 to buy plus an additional $800 to fill up, but the Globecruiser from Action Mobile is so worth the crippling financial burden and savage Eco-rape with its luxury interior, advanced navigation system and exterior that looks strong enough to withstand a ground zero nuke without spilling your coffee. Not surprisingly, hauling…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 17

Fisker Karma Hybrid Sports Car Gets Production Plans

Once we learned that the Fisker Karma hybrid sports car would produce fake engine sounds we knew plans to produce the beast had to be underway. And Fisker today has announced a letter of intent with producer Valmet Automotive to actually build the luxury hybrid sports car. First vehicle roll-off the production line will be…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jul 17

Jaambaaro Vehicle Puts the Rickshaw in Ambulance

All joking aside, there are plenty of places in the world where getting speedy medical attention is difficult. And that’s where the Jaambaaro concept from designer Benoît Angibaud comes in. It’s a two-person pedal-powered ambulance, designed to get the sick and wounded to hospital in areas where motor vehicles are rare. It would have solar…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jul 10

Uno: a Unicycle-Motorbike-Segway Hybrid

Sometimes a bike is just a bike… there’s no photoshopping going on here, guys. This is Uno, of course, a segway/motorcycle mashup shown publicly for the first time at the recent Toronto National Motorbike show. Technically it has two wheels, but they’re right next to each other and it does balance on them under its…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 25

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Technology is Reinventing the Insurance Industry

SpaceX Starship Plans To Make Its First High Altitude Test Flight Next Week

Tank-Powered Sledding Is Now Officially the Best Winter Sport

Watch this goldfish steer its very own robotic tank around the room

Nevada Finally Lets Google’s Driverless Cars Loose

Google Expands Its Autonomous Fleet With Hybrid Lexus RX450h

Scosche’s iPad Mount Gives You the In-Car Entertainment Center You Couldn’t Afford

Gifts for the Road Trip Master

The World is Your Stage, With This Multimedia Party Truck

German Electric Car Drives a Record-Breaking 372 Miles on a Single Charge

Using Wi-Fi, Your Ford Could Soon be as Customizable as Your Phone

Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999

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WaterCar Python: Part Corvette, Part Dodge, 100% Awesome

Fire-Breathing Robot is a Dieselpunk Dragoncycle

A Wearable Robot Chariot

Action Mobil Globecruiser: Camper, Tank, Bombshelter

Fisker Karma Hybrid Sports Car Gets Production Plans

Jaambaaro Vehicle Puts the Rickshaw in Ambulance

Uno: a Unicycle-Motorbike-Segway Hybrid

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