Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Makes Dashcams a Dealership Add-On

The common aftermarket purchase becomes part of the carbuying process.

Fate of Japan’s History-Making ‘Lunar Sniper’ in Doubt After Power Malfunction

Japan says its SLIM lander is currently unable to generate power after performing a successful soft landing on the Moon.

Watch Live as Japan Faces ’20 Minutes of Terror’ in Its Quest for a Pinpoint Moon Landing

The SLIM lander is expected to touch down on the lunar surface on Friday morning.

Has Tesla Already Won the EV Charging War?

New state requirements for Tesla connectors comes as Ford, GM, and Rivian all say they plan to adopt the company's charging tech.

Mazda Owners Near Seattle Find Their Radios Are Permanently Stuck on NPR

If you could only listen to one radio station for the rest of all time, what would you choose?

The Most Exciting Things Happening in Space in 2022

Potential highlights include the first orbital launch of SpaceX's megarocket and a surprising number of Moon missions.

Mitsubishi’s Fake LED Skylights Simulate Sunlight to Make Offices Feel Less Depressing

The technologies that once promised to free us from soul-crushing office jobs have mostly resulted in just the opposite. But Mitsubishi is leveraging one technology in an attempt to make working in a sea of cubicles feel less depressing. It’s developed an LED-lit panel that can simulate natural light coming in from the outside, creating…

Mitsubishi Wants Your Driving Data, and It’s Willing to Throw in a Free Cup of Coffee to Get It

Automakers want in on the highly lucrative big data game and Mitsubishi is willing to pay for the privilege. In exchange for running the risk of jacking up its customers’ insurance premiums, the car manufacturer is offering drivers $10 off of an oil change and other rewards. Consumers will have to decide if a gift…

The World’s Fastest Elevator Will Zoom Up the Shanghai Tower at 45 MPH

The Shanghai Tower is still the world’s second-tallest building, just a few hundred feet shorter than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. It already has the tallest observation tower—not that that’s stopped people from climbing even higher. As if it needed more to brag about, Shanghai Tower will be equipped with the world’s fastest elevator. According to a…

Mitsubishi Says Its Staff Cheated on Fuel Consumption Tests

Mitsubishi has admitted to “improper conduct in fuel consumption testing” of engines fitted to a total of 625,000 cars. The company has released a statement which explains that its staff “conducted testing improperly to present better fuel consumption rates than the actual rates,” adding that “the testing method was also different from the one required…

Mitsubishi Has Made an Antenna Out of Seawater

Who needs metal when you’re surrounded by water? Mitsubishi has announced a rather quirky new way to transmit and receive data, by creating what it claims is the first ever working antenna to be made out of seawater. Seawater, being salty, is conductive: In fact it’s about 1,000 times more conductive than the water that…

When You’re Not Cleaning, This Self-Standing Vac Is Also an Air Purifier

What do you do with your vacuum in-between visits from your parents? Does it just sit in a utility closet until you need to do a mad-dash cleaning the day before company arrives? That seems like a waste, and Mitsubishi apparently agrees because the company has created a stick vac that does double-duty as an…

This Supercooling Fridge Chills Food To Sub-Zero Without Freezing It

The current trend in fridge innovation involves adding extra doors, built-in soda dispensers, and pointless touchscreens. So it’s refreshing when a company like Mitsubishi brings a truly unique advancement to its new refrigerators in the form of a freezer drawer that chills food to three degrees below freezing, without actually freezing it. How is such…

It’s Amazing These Perfectly Synced Gears Don’t Shred Each Other

If you’ve ever shuddered at the sound of the gears grinding on your car’s manual transmission, you might have a hard time watching this video. But don’t dismay, as these three gears spinning at 4,500 RPM come in and out of sync with each other, at no point do they ever interfere or grind against…

This Air Conditioner Uses Predator-Vision For Targeted Coolings

If you’ve ever struggled to get the cool breeze from a wall-mounted air conditioner aimed exactly where you need it, you’ll want to earmark some cash for Mitsubishi this November. That’s when the company will be releasing its new Z Series Kirigamine air conditioners, featuring an infra-red camera that can detect and automatically target the…

The Houston Texans Now Have the Biggest Jumbotron in the NFL

Someone might want to check on Jerry Jones because the Houston Texans are about to take a title the Cowboys have held since 2009. This Sunday, the Texans will unveil the biggest jumbotron in the NFL. Produced by Mitsubishi, the Reliant Stadium screen is a made up of a series of connected boards, each measuring…

Mitsubishi’s Remote Control Tankbot Is Yet Another Member of the Robot Clean-Up Crew Army

We may not have had the wide variety of radiation-resistant robots we needed before Fukushima, but we’re certainly getting it now. Following Toshiba’s four-legged dogbot, Mitsubishi is rolling out their own four-tredded tankbot that aims to fix up a disaster site without sending anyone in. https://gizmodo.com/this-chunky-four-legged-robot-scopes-out-danger-so-you-5963046 Dubbed the MEISTeR for Maintenance Equipment Integrated System of…

Mitsubishi is the final “major” manufacturer to announce it’s scrapping rear-projection TVs for good. So long! [CEPro]

The Best Big Screen 3D HDTV

No, the Super Bowl is not going to be in 3D this year. Again. But that doesn’t mean you don’t want a 3D set. Here’s the thing: The best 2D TV is a 3D TV. The burlier image processors required to render the third dimension make everything look better. So how are you going to…

Mitsubishi Thinks Curved Rear Projection Dashboards Are Just a Decade Away

Since LCD displays can’t be easily curved, their use in vehicle dashboards has been very limited. So Mitsubishi is hoping the wraparound rear projection dashboard display used in their EMIRAI concept could see widespread use in just ten years. Unveiled at the recent 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, the EMIRAI was only built to demonstrate Mitsubishi’s…