Mark Pelletier, a master electrician working for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Minnesota, has invented a car alarm that may be able to save the lives of the dozens of children who die due to hyperthermia each year in the United States. It’s really sad to hear of accounts of children dying of hyperthermia after being shut up in a […]
Life-saving Car Alarm
Tiny Dots That Protect Your Car
You have paid thousands of hard-earned dollars for your dream car. If some evil car thieves stole it, it would be a surprise if you don’t blow up like a volcano. Thanks to DataDots, if this ever happened in real life, you would be able to recover your precious car in a matter of time. In fact, DataDots would be […]
Keeping Fit While Flying
If you often use your road warrior lifestyle as an excuse to avoid working out, a couple of airlines may have a solution for you. Starting this month, Song, the new low-cost flyer from Delta (USA), will rollout its new in-flight workout program. For US$8 passengers will get an elastic band, a squeezable ball and a how-to manual with a […]
Multimedia Taxis
Next September, a fleet of taxis in Barcelona will begin testing a multimedia system which aims to serve both the taxi-driver and the passenger better. The taxi-drivers are smiling because the satellite-connected system will ensure that the locations of their cabs are constantly being tracked and connected to the local emergency service. A navigational program is also available to guide […]
The Laughing Car
Four inventors working for Toyota in Japan have filed a patent for a car that can express all sorts of emotions: cry, laugh, wink, anything. It can, for example, express its anger at another car cutting into traffic by crouching low on its wheels and beaming out red headlights like an offended lion. The car they envision also has an […]
Cars for the PlayStation Generation
Fancy driving a car in which everything – including the car’s steering, throttle and brakes – are operated through a handheld PlayStation-like device? Well, you’ll have to wait till the year 2015, when General Motors rolls out its very high-tech concept car called the Hy-wire. The Hy-wire, first unveiled at the 2002 Paris Motor Show, is at the cutting-edge of […]