Tag: Car
Russian car dashboard Eee PC hack
Check out this very-professional-looking hack of an Asus Eee PC 701 into a car dashboard. It’s the work of a young Russian named Dali, who also added a touchscreen, camera, bluetooth, GPS unit, USB hub, card reader, wireless keyboard and a joystick mouse. Phew…
TomTom adds 12 months of breakdown recovery to its satnavs
Want a satnav, but haven’t taken the plunge yet? Well, now’s a great time, because Tom Tom has just announced TomTom ONE and XL Assist. These packages come with 12 months of free breakdown assistance in the UK or Western Europe, depending on how much you fancy paying…
YouTube Video of the Week: Musical Road
This is a musical road. It’s near Lancaster, California, and was built for an advert. When you drive over the tarmac, it creates harmonics that play a tune. Obviously the faster you drive over it, the faster the song will be. Interesting to see the Doppler effect come into play, though, when other cars drive by.
Oh, and while we’re talking YouTube videos, Shiny Shiny have a brilliant XKCD comic this morning.
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Parrot MKi – handsfree kits for car-based music fans
Parrot, the unfeasibly-difficult-to-Google producer of in-car hands-free kits has just brought out a range of new iPod-enabled music control systems for your vehicle. These devices hook up to your car stereo and allow you to play almost any device through your car speakers…
DJ Mobile is a set of speakers with a built-in car
You’ve got to admire the Dutch. Besides having some of the most lenient marijuana laws in the world, they also make some amazing cars. This particular model boasts 14 speakers, from woofers to tweeters, and you can bet it makes quite a racket. It’s actually a piece of artwork, designed so that it can be driven somewhere, and then decks hooked up on top as a portable soundsystem. Oh, and it’s available to rent.
KNGT icom MK1 Car PC makes driving both more fun and more dangerous
Korean firm KNGT has announced a new car PC that runs on Windows XP, suggesting that jokes about “crashing” don’t translate well into Korean…
Fiat e500 – the electric car gets cool
No longer Noddy-like, the electric car now has genuine appeal – especially when it looks like the Fiat e500…
Vision tracking remote control goggles
Harbour secret dreams of growing up to be a racing car driver? Me too! Sadly that particular dream doesn’t seem in the offing, but I’ll get as close to the experience as I can with this VTS (vision tracking system) enabled remote control car.
"Michael, turn left in 50 metres" – Knight Rider KITT-themed satnav on the way
GPS company Mio is producing a Knight Rider-themed in-car GPS device that looks – and sounds – like good old KITT. It will be on the Christmas present list of every man over 30 this year.
The pulsing flashing red lights up both sides of the unit are a nice touch, but there’s one extra magical feature inside. Maker Mio is believed to be getting William Daniels – the original voice of KITT – onboard to provide the spoken driving instructions…
'Geek My Car' potential new TV show, with nerdtastic CD-ROM drive for car stereo leading the way
I might just marry this automobile-owner. When faced with a broken car stereo system, what did he do? He only went and popped in a CD-ROM drive from a PC, and lined it with a green kitchen sponge, to shock-proof it. Please tell me his side skirts are made from keyboards, and headlights from blue LED power button lights!…
