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The 2010 Toyota Prius…Hearse

Trust us: If there’s one time you can get away with a not-so-green lifestyle, it’s when you’re dead. Still, this Toyota Prius Hearse plans to unleash its green yuppie fury on Japan’s funeral circuit. For just $80,000 a pop, you too can ride around (rotting) in the finest of posthumous eco luxury. According to a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 23

Synthetic Tree Will Hopefully Capture Tons of Carbon Dioxide, Save the Planet

Scientists at Columbia University are working on a sort of synthetic tree that aims to capture about 1,000 times as much carbon dioxide as more organic versions. They’re hoping to extend the technology even to heavy-emitting cars and planes. The units, demo versions of which already exist (this is assuredly not a concept), take CO2…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 23

RC Car Mastermind Masami Hirosaka Parallel Parks With Style

RC Car aficionado Masami Hirosaka does more with this little car in one minute than I’ll hope to do with a real one in my entire lifetime. Notice he doesn’t use the wall as leverage, either. [YouTube via Japan Probe]

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 21

Chrysler VP Predicts Solar-Powered Cars (1958)

The current crisis in the American auto industry has led to louder (though long-standing) charges that it did not do enough to produce fuel-efficient vehicles using cutting-edge automotive technologies. Given Chrysler’s bankruptcy filing, and recent sale to Fiat, it seems appropriate that we look at what the auto industry was telling the American public about…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 20

Lobotomized Cyclops Is Really No More Disturbing than a Sponge with Pants

In her late 30s, a woman will begin waking at night with visions of riding an open-skulled cyclops head. This otherwise adorable photo, uncovered in her parents’ attic, will unlock the mystery shortly after her marriage goes to ruin. A toddler, the epitome of innocence, rides around in a wrinkly, one-veiny-eyed monster head. She sits…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 18

Koenigsegg’s “Solar Sportscar” Could Be Speeding Past You Soon

The Koenigsegg Quant, an impressive Batmobile-styled solar sportscar, could soon be going into production. https://gizmodo.com/koenigseggs-solar-car-is-like-an-electric-batmobile-5165678 When we first saw it earlier this year, we feared it could be just another prototype which never made in into production. But now an insider at the Swedish car manufacturer has told a newspaper they are set to start…

Tech News Simon Crisp Jun 18

Would a Sub $10,000 Zero-Emissions Car Be The Greatest Consumer Gadget Ever?

Speaking at the Wired Business Conference in NYC, Shai Agassi, the founder of green transportation company Better Place, made a bold statement about near-future electric cars: From WiredBiz’s twitter feed: A sub $10,000, zero-emissions car will be the most desirable consumer electronics device in history. Apparently, the quote came up while discussing Tesla with founder…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 15

ZMP RoboCar Helps Scientists Research Automotive Autonomy, Adorability

In the future, when your car can drive itself, you may well have this little guy to thank. Alternatively, when it gains sentience, bitterly plots against its owner and drives you into a wall, RoboCar will sit, watch and laugh. In the nearer future, this disarmingly cute RoboCar will be used by researchers to experiment…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 12

Elderly Woman Rams Cellphone Store, Palm Pre Connection Questionable

Although the NBC Chicago News credits the elderly woman for being slightly too eager to get the Palm Pre, there doesn’t seem to be any actual evidence that she actually wants a Pre. Nice try Chicago. [NBC Chicago via Palmpre.org]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 5

Driving the $1.4 Million Protoscar Lampo Solar-Powered Electric Roadster

Our gearhead brothers over at Jalopnik recently got a chance to take the insanely expensive Protoscar Lampo, a solar-powered roadster, for a test spin. https://jalopnik.com/protoscar-lampo-first-drive-1-4-million-solar-power-5280230 The Lampo will never actually be for sale because Protoscar isn’t an automobile manufacturer. Instead, the prototype was designed to show just what was possible with today’s technology. Because of…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 5

Belkin’s TuneCast GPS-Assisted FM Transmitter Is Like Putting a DVR Into a VHS Player

Much like putting a DVR into a VHS player, Belkin’s TuneCast Auto Live utilizes really good technology to support something that isn’t all that great. More specifically, it uses GPS coordinates and the iPhone (3.0) to identify the best FM frequencies. Combining the TuneCast Auto Live transmitter and the ClearScan app for the iPhone users…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 4

Linux-Based Customizable LCD Gauge Cluster Marries 50’s Chrome With 00’s UI

Jalopnik found this concept gauge cluster that’s incredible both in the amount of information displayed at once, and because of the simultaneous retro-futuristic look creator Yazaki created. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/yazaki-lcd-gauge-cluster-concept-reconfigurable-linux-5277794

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 4

Rolls Royce 200EX Is a Purse Snuggler

If you own a Rolls Royce, there’s no doubt that you’re also the type to treat your fancy, expensive designer purse like a baby. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the 200EX Royce is equipped with a baby bolster for your bag. After sensing a bag on top of the holder—a slide-out tray…

Tech News Andi Wang Jun 2

Dealzmodo: Free iPod Touch With Purchase of $325,000 Ferrari

Ferrari’s limited-edition 510-horsepower 16M convertible comes packaged with a limited-edition iPod touch of its own. The touch is loaded with Ferrari-related videos and music as well as, bizarrely, Ferrari engine noises. https://jalopnik.com/ferrari-scuderia-spider-16m-unveiled-live-at-mugello-wi-5081126 The iPod touch is only a 16GB model, presumably because the convertible’s name is the 16M and not because a bump to the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 2

Lego DeLorean Is 100% Remote-Controlled Brick Awesomeness

Dear Lego: You better make this remote-controlled Lego DeLorean a real product or I will go back to Denmark and burn your factory down. Kindest regards, J. P.S. Don’t forget to check the video after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lego-5019797 Click to view Click to viewThe Lego DeLorean was created by Tyler Clites—aka Legohaulic—who says he’s loving…

Movies Jesus Diaz Jun 1

Toshiba Driving Computer Watches You While You Watch the Road

Designed to discourage distracted radio fiddlers and sleepy driving, Toshiba’s new driving computer audits drivers by monitoring their wandering eyeballs. Once calibrated, the system tracks your pupils and facial orientation with a steering-wheel-mounted camera to determine which of its nine predetermined “sectors” you’re looking at, and whether or not something else—say, the road—deserves more attention.…

Tech News John Herrman May 26

Sadistic Parking Gate Smashes Car Hulk Style

Some machines are so evil that they will kill other machines just to cause you pain. And yes, I probably find this hilarious because that bloody gate is not destroying my car. [Hiroiro via DRB]

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 21

The Future Of Car Technology, As Seen From The Recent Past

Futuristic concept products—especially gadgets—always inspire the same thought: in about ten years, this is going to seem ridiculous. Jalopnik takes a look back at the technological dreams of the car industry, circa 1999. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-real-vision-of-the-future-5261396

Tech News John Herrman May 21

Daimler Buys 10% of Electric Car Maker Tesla

Tesla, which makes an electric Roadster and is hoping to make an electric Sedan, just sold 10% of itself to Daimler. According to the numbers (we only know that it’s “double digit millions”), Jalopnik speculates that Tesla’s valuation is actually less than Twitter. [CNN Money via Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/tesla-now-worth-less-than-twitter-5260866

Tech News Jason Chen May 19

Extremely Confident Man Builds Extremely Tiny Car

Possibly the smallest street-legal car in the world, the 39-inch high, 26-inch wide, cheekily-painted project was made by a British man out of one of those coin-operated children’s rides. Car modder Perry Watkins took the frame of the “Postman Pat” children’s ride and mounted it on a quad mini-bike, using its 150cc engine. The car…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 16

The 2010 Toyota Prius…Hearse

Synthetic Tree Will Hopefully Capture Tons of Carbon Dioxide, Save the Planet

RC Car Mastermind Masami Hirosaka Parallel Parks With Style

Chrysler VP Predicts Solar-Powered Cars (1958)

Lobotomized Cyclops Is Really No More Disturbing than a Sponge with Pants

Koenigsegg’s “Solar Sportscar” Could Be Speeding Past You Soon

Would a Sub $10,000 Zero-Emissions Car Be The Greatest Consumer Gadget Ever?

ZMP RoboCar Helps Scientists Research Automotive Autonomy, Adorability

Elderly Woman Rams Cellphone Store, Palm Pre Connection Questionable

Driving the $1.4 Million Protoscar Lampo Solar-Powered Electric Roadster

Belkin’s TuneCast GPS-Assisted FM Transmitter Is Like Putting a DVR Into a VHS Player

Linux-Based Customizable LCD Gauge Cluster Marries 50’s Chrome With 00’s UI

Rolls Royce 200EX Is a Purse Snuggler

Dealzmodo: Free iPod Touch With Purchase of $325,000 Ferrari

Lego DeLorean Is 100% Remote-Controlled Brick Awesomeness

Toshiba Driving Computer Watches You While You Watch the Road

Sadistic Parking Gate Smashes Car Hulk Style

The Future Of Car Technology, As Seen From The Recent Past

Daimler Buys 10% of Electric Car Maker Tesla

Extremely Confident Man Builds Extremely Tiny Car

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