Macrumors reviews modified car controlled via iPad.
A group of Russian car enthusiasts announced on their blog (translated via Red Hot Russia) that they have modified a car to be controlled remotely by an iPad.
The group used an iPad 3 and created an app to control the car via a host of added electronic .Read more...
Gizmodo reports on the futuristic touchscreen subway maps.
New York City has hired a company called Control Group to install 90 47-inch touchscreen subway maps around the city. It looks like real life world-of-tomorrow type stuff.
The maps will show you how to get from one station to another. All you do is tap where you .Read more...
Slate looks at the new technology on smart phones.
It appears that the future has arrived. The Samsung Galaxy S IV, which is slated for introduction next week, will reportedly include an eye-tracking feature to make it easier to scroll pages without physically touching the screen. Some people will view this as an added convenience, .Read more...
Business insider reports on this new device that reinvents your driving experience.
Automatic is the latest startup to garner loads of attention. CNBC‘s Jon Fortt even tweeted that it’s the “biggest idea [he's] seen since the iPhone.”
The app monitors your driving habits and makes suggestions on how to get better mileage and .Read more...
Gizmodo looks at the new google Glass
If you’re a tech junkie like me, you might have noticed that Google is attempting to become our own personal Q in its efforts to promote Glass, the futuristic/super-nerdy looking eyewear that present a user with a heads up display and an always-on camera.
Just like .Read more...
Wired magazine reviews an innovative boat-plane hybrid built for speed.
Floating behind the zodiac is the boat that has brought Larsen to Speed Spot for the tenth time in as many years in pursuit of sailing’s speed record: the Vestas SailRocket Mark 2. Its aeronautical DNA is obvious at a glance. There’s .Read more...
Macrumors looks into the new smart phone breathalyzer ” Breathometer”.
Breathometer is a portable breathalyzer that analyzes the users’ breath for blood alcohol content. The device plugs into an iPhone for display and readout, with the intent of informing the user of their BAC so they can make a more informed decision about whether .Read more...
Care for some cybernetic cocktail? Wired reports on this new robot bartender.
Bartenders beware: A robotic drink-dispensing rig is aiming to steal your customers while pouring cocktail creations at the push of a touchscreen button. Its creators call it Bartendro.
Operated through an iPad interface, the open source, synthetic Al Swearengen holds up .Read more...
The L.A. Auto Show is as much a showcase of new cars as it is of new technology.
One of the standout new technologies at the convention is a system that will help you detect animals on the road while you drive at night.
The system uses various algorithms and thermal imagery .Read more...
Wall Street Journal reports on new ways to track location of people
The rise of license-plate tracking is a case study in how storing and studying people’s everyday activities, even the seemingly mundane, has become the default rather than the exception. Cellphone-location data, online searches, credit-card purchases, social-network comments and more .Read more...
Freakonomics discusses the Prius Conundrum:
David Owen sees the matter differently. In his incisive and doggedly counter-intuitive new book,The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse, Owen gently dismantles the foundation of standard environmental behavior with a series of succinctly turned arguments .Read more...
