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Piezoelectric materials are special classes of ceramics and crystals, which have the ability to generate electrical potential when mechanical pressure is applied on them. They currently provide the basis for a large number of applications, including powering up guitar pickups, making for fuses in rocket-propelled gre... |
23 November 2009
01:41 GMT |
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The European Union has already commissioned a new study, which aims at discovering the costs, opportunities and possible obstacles that would hinder the development of a new system of using public roads. The officials want to learn if it would be possible to create what they refer to as “road trains”, whi... |
9 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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When most people say augmented reality, they immediately think about video games, where this system could make the gaming experiences much more rich. Television and movies jump to mind immediately afterwards, but researchers are now imaging a use for AR that surpasses all that. They argue that a large number of car c... |
24 October 2009
05:44 GMT |
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Crash tests are the ultimate tests to assess a vehicle's safety, but they are only the last to be run before a vehicle is approved for production. Oftentimes, the results of these tests are considerably different from the initial predictions, which are mostly run on computers. Now, experts from the Fraunhofer In... |
14 September 2009
10:34 GMT |
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Hydrogen-based vehicles are, at this point, a fairly uncommon occurrence, mostly because the designs are still plagued by engineering and technical issues. One of these problems is how to recycle hydrogen-containing fuel materials, so that they can be used again. Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA... |
2 September 2009
19:11 GMT |
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European researchers are currently engaged in a line of study that could eventually result in improved audio systems, to be used during videoconferences or in homes, cars, and offices. The new tool system will essentially allow developers to stop focusing on how to make their creations work on various types of embedd... |
25 July 2009
04:14 GMT |
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Seeking to find a reason why teenagers in the United States engage in such risky behavior as “car surfing,” researchers at the Case Western University School of Medicine, in Cleveland, Ohio, have set out to analyze what drives the young ones to perform true acts of madness. Moving past a simple neurologic... |
21 July 2009
20:51 GMT |
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Over the years, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been at the forefront of innovation in all things technical, and its role has been further restated recently, when the university has presented the projects it was working on. Designed to improve the life of future generations, and to answer some of ... |
29 June 2009
08:43 GMT |
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Although many drivers believe they've figured out the source of the infamous squealing noise that brakes make, researchers beg to differ. They say that it's not grit on the discs that causes the noise, and neither the age that the discs themselves have. Investigators into this matter believe that only by ac... |
26 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Road rage is perhaps the thing that most drivers have in common, regardless of where they live and what car they drive. While individuals with aggressive-type personalities are more prone to screaming and bellowing from the windows of their cars in the intersection or in a traffic jam, otherwise peaceful individuals ... |
17 June 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Despite a relatively large number of high-profile plane crashes taking place over the last months, statistically speaking, traveling by air is still the safest way of getting from point A to point B, hundreds or thousands of miles away. Large, commercial aircraft, especially, are best equipped to handle large number ... |
2 June 2009
10:04 GMT |
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As E3 will start today, spirits are high in the gaming industry with the first companies to hold their keynotes being Microsoft, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. In order to further fuel the hype around its Need for Speed Shift racing game, EA has just revealed big details about the title, including what cars and tracks ... |
1 June 2009
11:21 GMT |
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While most environmental campaigners in the world today are focusing their efforts on forcing governments to enforce sharper standards for pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the issue of just how many gallons of petrol go into making the plastic parts of an average car is not in the spotlight. Seats, dashboards,... |
27 May 2009
06:57 GMT |
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The Need for Speed franchise has been famous for allowing players to customize their cars to the maximum allowed, but even though you worked very hard to ensure that your vehicles were the best in the game, those of your opponents in the story mode of any NFS game would be just a bit better in order to give you a dec... |
1 May 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Researchers in the automotive industry start to focus their efforts on the safety of pedestrians as well, rather than continuing to laden the inside of vehicles with numerous safety features, such as seat belts, airbags and automatic driver-assist systems. The concern is caused by the fact that even collisions that t... |
16 April 2009
11:03 GMT |
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The Tesla Motor Company seems to have hit the jackpot with its new Model S, following the success it had with the Roadster model in the past. According to the firm, more than 520 preorders have already been received for the all-electric automobile, even though the first ones are not scheduled to leave the assembly li... |
3 April 2009
08:47 GMT |
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The Tesla Motors automotive company revealed yesterday its first all-electric, long-range, 5-seat sedan, destined for the average American family. The first highway-capable, mass-produced vehicle was presented in Hawthorne, California, by Tesla Chairman and CEO, Elon Musk, who said that the S-Model would hopefully ro... |
27 March 2009
06:51 GMT |
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A new innovation could soon find its way to cars worldwide, one that would essentially ensure that the vehicles consume 5 to 25 percent less gasoline on the same usual route than they do today. A new computer software is behind this increased level of efficiency, and the program is entrusted with the operation of the... |
25 March 2009
11:48 GMT |
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University of Southern Mississippi (USM) scientists have just developed a new class of paint that can easily heal itself, and can also fix scratches left behind by keys, screws and other such devices. They say that, with their new polyurethane film paint, the scratch will “magically” disappear within a s... |
13 March 2009
10:18 GMT |
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For quite some time, racing games have become synonymous with Electronic Arts' yearly Need For Speed titles, which have generated massive amounts of profit for the company despite a somewhat descending curve in terms of quality. But EA hasn't been resting on its laurels and has supported the Criterion Games... |
20 February 2009
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology boasts again a groundbreaking achievement, announcing that some of its students have managed to create a brand new class of vehicle shock absorbers, one that is also capable of producing electricity every time the car, truck, or motorcycle drives over a bump in the road. Thei... |
13 February 2009
10:26 GMT |
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Science is a pretty interesting thing, especially when it concerns the human mind and how it works. This was the focus of some professors at the Carleton University in Canada, who have just conducted a study that has proven that if you play car racing video games you are more likely to buy some real-life cars that ap... |
13 February 2009
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A German driver accidentally became a very good stunt man on Monday, when he managed to plunge his automobile into a church roof in the eastern part of the country. That's not to say the church was somehow buried and the Skoda vehicle simply rolled passed it. The roof was standing 7 meters (22 feet) tall, like a... |
27 January 2009
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Toyota reaffirms its role as innovation spearhead with the development of a new type of sensor that is capable of understanding when a driver is tired or has fallen asleep while behind the wheel and wakes him up immediately. Estimates say that about one in five highway accidents occur as a result of driver fatigue, s... |
24 January 2009
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Several police departments across the US have changed or enriched their fleet of police cars with hybrids, in an attempt to reduce the amount of money they have to spend each year on buying gasoline at high prices. Police chiefs say that the new vehicles do not feature the massive V8 or V10 engines of their predecess... |
21 January 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Mathematician Andrew Hicks from the Drexel University managed to develop, in collaboration with colleague Ron Perline, a new type of rear-view mirror, one that offers a wide-angle view of what's behind the car, while at the same time eliminating the dreaded blind spot that each car has. This spot is located on a... |
19 January 2009
05:22 GMT |
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According to new official statistics, elderly drivers are far less likely than young ones to be involved in fatal collisions and other serious car accidents. The find comes as a surprise, as the children who were once part of the “boomer” generation are now becoming mature. And while there still are the o... |
15 January 2009
05:50 GMT |
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The fact that 66 percent of all American citizens are considered to be overweight, and that 32 percent of those people are obese – with a body mass index of over 30 – did not go without repercussions on the automotive industry, and especially the cars most US residents drive. Over the past two to three de... |
17 December 2008
06:53 GMT |
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On December 10, 2008 at precisely midnight, the world said hello for the first time to Autoevolution, a complex and refreshingly original project that, even if it had been only half of all this, it would have still been a most welcome addition for all car and sports enthusiasts. Yes, of course, we’re proud of i... |
10 December 2008
08:33 GMT |
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Race to the finish line as you live all the fun and excitement of Walt Disney Pictures’ presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, Cars Play. You will play as all your favorite characters while helping Lightning McQueen capture the coveted Piston Cup Championship."Cars" was inspired by the seventh animated... |
8 October 2008
19:41 GMT |
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Test Drive Unlimited is the definition of the arcade racing game, oriented mostly on its multiplayer side. The game features 125 licensed cars and motorcycles; however, those are only available for the Xbox 360 and the PC versions. On the PS2, you'll only be racing 62 of them; oh, no bikes are included. That... |
31 July 2008
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Cars is a video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ Incorporated. The game was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii, the Game Cube, the PC and the Mac. It was published in 2006. It is classed as a licensed racing title which c... |
30 July 2008
09:28 GMT |
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Cars is a video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ Incorporated. The game was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii, the Game Cube, the PC and the Mac. It was published in 2006. The game is classed as a licensed racing title w... |
29 July 2008
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RalliSport Challenge is a 2002 video game of rallying for the Microsoft Windows and the Xbox. It allows a career with up to 25 cars including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 and the Suzuki Grand Vitara. Four races that are included in the game are Rally, Hillclimb, Ice Racing, and Rallycross. A sequel, Rallisport Challen... |
11 February 2008
08:48 GMT |
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You know how, sometimes, you are walking down the street, or driving in your personal car and all of a sudden all the traffic screeches to a halt, right? Sometimes drivers get stuck like this for hours at a time, without seeing the cause of the jam. But, if you go all the way to the place of the possible cause, you ... |
20 December 2007
05:55 GMT |
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While GPS devices are exceptionally great when used to determine your positions on the surface of the planet with a margin of error of about 13 meters, they are not accurate enough to implement them in cars for example, to determine each other's position on the road, in order to improve security and avoid traffi... |
19 December 2007
07:02 GMT |
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There are some news about Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, but the most important would be the one regarding online play: the game will only ship with offline racing! But don't get mad, it's probably just a measure against piracy (because it's hard to find other explanations). Actually, the online mode will be... |
11 December 2007
05:19 GMT |
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Race to the finish line as you live all the fun and excitement of the next Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, Cars Play as all your favorite characters as you help Lightning McQueen capture the coveted Piston Cup Championship."Cars" was inspired by the seventh animated feature film t... |
4 December 2007
09:15 GMT |
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The battle starts on the streets of Palmont city, but is won in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you in the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled forms of street racing. Need for Speed Carbon and the Wii introduce the world to a whole new way to play Need for Speed.Offering the classic Need f... |
5 November 2007
09:59 GMT |
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Taking place after the events of the movie, Lightning McQueen must prepare for and race in the 2006 Piston Cup season. Race to the finish line as you live all the fun and excitement of the next Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, Cars Play as all your favorite characters as you help L... |
25 October 2007
15:40 GMT |
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The Sunnyvale company Yahoo signed deals with Forbes.com, Cars.com and Ziff-Davis Media in order to bring Yahoo's advertising platform on their websites. According to the giant portal, these three moves are only the part of a powerful Yahoo campaign which is supposed to bring more premium publishers to its adver... |
17 October 2007
03:14 GMT |
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Some people just have no idea what they are doing. Here we go again - this is another case of overzealous security that can seriously end up in hurting the ones who should be protected! General Motors is going to come up with a system to make car thefts history at least in their opinion! The technology is called Sto... |
11 October 2007
03:31 GMT |
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I guess that just about any domain has its scammers. You can basically trick people and steal their money in lots of ways, with lots of deals and the web just offers the perfect environment. But you already knew that, I guess. But what you might have not known is the fact that scammers have recently targeted the onli... |
5 October 2007
10:39 GMT |
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Perfectly suited to PSP, Ridge Racer 2 is easy to pick up and play, keeping the high speed drifting fun in the palm of your hand and letting you take this supreme racing experience with you wherever you go. Ridge Racer 2 offers nearly three times as much play time as its predecessor. Featuring new cars, new racing mo... |
4 October 2007
09:39 GMT |
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Cars is a video game based on the film of the same name and a sequel to the Disney/Pixar film. It is available or in production for the following systems: Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Leapster. The Pl... |
3 August 2007
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Currently available internal combustion engines must achieve ignition in their cylinders to create combustion. Typically engines use either a spark ignition (SI) method or a compression ignition (CI) system.So far, no engine could switch from one ignition type to the other, which is what gave the current gasoline/di... |
27 July 2007
10:03 GMT |
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Internal combustion engines are now powering the vast majority of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, boats and are also used in various industrial applications. They are so widespread because they can provide high power to weight ratios together with excellent fuel energy-density.However, their efficiency is relative... |
19 July 2007
10:53 GMT |
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Statistical Records Office, there are approximately 62 million registered vehicles in the U.S. including trucks, heavy machinery and construction motorized vehicles which are more or less road-legal.This means that even the wide and straight roads in America will so... |
16 July 2007
08:52 GMT |
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That's exactly what a scientist is doing: she digs for platinum. In fact, she's not even digging, she's just searching for the precious metal in the dust on the roads and she estimates many kilograms of platinum are being sprayed onto streets and roads each year.Platinum comes from an unexpected sourc... |
6 July 2007
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A new method of building high-energy capacitors for storing electricity produced some amazing results. The new development can store up to seven times as much energy per unit volume than the old ones, with huge potential in various electrical engines and devices.Capacitors are used in electrical circuits as energy-s... |
4 July 2007
11:13 GMT |
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