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Porsche Wheel Casemod Does Rock, Won’t Roll

Porsche Wheel Case Mod

This automotive-inspired casemod embeds a complete high-end PC built inside an alloy wheel from an SUV.

The liquid cooled SLI-Machine Wheel PC is loaded into an 18-inch wheel from a Porsche Cayenne, then wrapped up in a Bridgestone Dueler H/P radial tire to round things out.

An intense green neon…

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December 18th, 2007 by: Technabob

Shocking Car Remote Zaps Bad Valet Parkers

Shock Car Remote Gag

If you’ve got a really cruel streak, here’s a new prank for your arsenal of practical jokes. This may look like an ordinary car keychain remote, but it won’t actually open any vehicle. Instead, it lets out a tiny jolt of electricity when your unsuspecting victim presses the wrong button.…

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December 16th, 2007 by: Technabob

Microwave Zaps Fleeing Cars in Their Tracks

general lee pulled over

Let me start by saying this — I need one of these. A new technology is in the works that can stop moving vehicles cars dead from a distance.

Pasadena’s Eureka Aerospace has developed high-power microwave-based system that can be fired at a specific car and kill its electrical system…

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December 4th, 2007 by: Technabob

Remote Control Cars Send Passengers Flying

Remote Control Stock Cars

What fun are toy cars if you can’t smash them together and cause little car crashes? These new r/c cars encourage reckless driving by sending their occupants into the sky when they hit. No airbags here, just flying little men, spiraling through the air to an untimely demise.

Buttons on…

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November 17th, 2007 by: Technabob

Police Cars to Get Bunny Rabbit Strobe Lights

Bunny Rabbit Police Lights

The police department in Osaka, Japan is about to get a whole lot wackier. Apparently, they’ve ordered these goofy rabbit-shaped lights for about 800 of their cars.

The bunny strobe lights are designed for use on vehicles patrolling the neighborhoods around schools, presumably so the kids can point and laugh…

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October 26th, 2007 by: Technabob

Toshiba Matsushita Develops Round LCD Screens

Toshiba Matsushita Circular LCD Screen

This new display technology from Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. has created a full-color LCD that’s truly unique. It’s round.

The panels are designed for use in vehicular instrument panels. The initial module measures in at about 75mm (2.95″) diameter and 11mm (0.43″) thick, including all electronics and backlighting.…

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October 17th, 2007 by: Technabob

Pimp My Ride 70s Style With an Atari 2600

Buick Riviera 1979 Atari Edition

Who needs an LCD headrest screen and an Xbox 360 for each passenger in their car anyway? Here’s the proper way to outfit your ride with gaming tech.

This 1979 Buick Riviera has all the style and class you’d expect from a pimped out vehicle. But the real icing on…

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October 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

Pgr4 Ready for Release, Vehicle List Announced

PGR4 Screenshot

The latest in Bizarre Creations’ critically-acclaimed racing series is officially “in the can”. Project Gotham Racing 4… has gone gold, and is off to production for us to get our grubby little hands on in the very near future.

In addition to announcing this major milestone, Bizarre also released the

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September 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

Provia A1 Gps Navigator: Way Too Sexy for Itself

Provia A1 GPS Navigator by HTMS

Those of us in the States tend to think of GPS navigators as relatively utilitarian devices that help us find our way when we’re too afraid to ask for directions at the gas station. In Asia, GPS devices seem to be on the way to becoming much more.

Case-in-point: the…

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August 25th, 2007 by: Technabob

Cassette Tape Mp3 Player: Why Didn’t I Think of That?

MP3 Cassette Tape

Plenty of companies have made cassette tape adapters for connecting MP3 players to your car stereo, but this one wins the award for ingenuity. Not only does this gadget let you play your digital tracks through your old school tape player, the cassette IS the MP3 player.

Chinavasion’s MP3 Cassette…

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August 24th, 2007 by: Technabob

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