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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…
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November 17th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: strange and wonderful
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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 at the cops…
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October 26th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: future tech
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games
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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 the cake is the embedded Atari 2600…
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October 13th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: video games
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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 (massive) final list of vehicles in the game, and it doesn’t disappoint…
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September 13th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players | mobile tech
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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 new Provia A1 navigator from Korea’s HTMS…
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August 25th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | media players
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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…
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August 24th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | mobile tech
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While most of us have driven a vehicle while we’re on our cell phone, this is the first time I’ve seen a mobile phone that actually is a car.
From what I can tell, this mobile phone from China is doing its best impression of an Audi A9 concept car.
The phone conceals its battery pack in the “trunk” and has an antenna that pops out of one of the headlights…
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August 19th, 2007
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