Category: Motoring
The Digest: Microsoft unveils fitness band… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Microsoft unveils $199 wearable fitness device | The BBC "Microsoft has unveiled its first wearable device that can track a user's sleep and exercise as well as connect to a health service on smartphones. The Microsoft Band will retail for $199 (£125) on the company's online store. The device can operate for two…
WATCH: CGP Grey explains the robot revolution
If you watch one video today, make it this one. YouTube star CGP Grey has just posted an astonishing video to his channel, in which he explains essentially why everyone will soon be redundant thanks to robots. Seriously - watch the whole thing - every few seconds your mind will be blown. Is it depressing?…
Top Gear’s former Stig ‘terrified’ by driverless cars
You would think that the only thing that would terrify Top Gear's former Stig Ben Collins would have been having to work with Jeremy Clarkson. Now the former test driver for the BBC motoring show has described the prospect of driverless cars as terrifying, saying that "robots are fantastic as dishwashers but they don't make…
Driverless cars to take to UK roads in 2015
Flying cars will probably never be a thing, but we know that driverless cars already are. And from next year, we'll be seeing them in use on UK roads. The government has announced that from January 2015, driverless cars will be allowed to use public roads. Business secretary Vince Cable said that three UK cities…
Jaguar car ads banned for 'glorifying speed'
It seems that in the UK, you are allowed to build and sell a car that goes fast, but you are not allowed to advertise the fact that it goes fast. In news that is sure to see Top Gear…