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- Don't take your iPhone to a hot yoga class?
- How many iPhone and MacBook users are aware that high temperatures, such as those found in a hot yoga class or in a car on a spring day, could kill their lithium-ion battery? The technology is somewhat temperamental, according to Apple and battery experts. I was intrigued...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Technology, Temperature, Engineering, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-12-25
- Lasers to guide your car?
- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have developed a laser-based system to improve the performance of car collision warning systems. The U.S. Department of Transportation DOT also worked on this project. And the automotive industry will be able to use this technology to 'accelerate the development...
- Tags: Laser, NIST, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Next Generation 9-1-1 Initiative Detailed
- During the Mobile VoIP sessions at CTIA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contractor project coordinator Jenny Hansen described her take on the U.S. Department of Transportation's Next Generation 9-1-1 Initiative.Currently under study and due for final enactment in 2008, the Initiative will seek to solve several pressing issues. Hansen provided...
- Tags: Hansen, 9-1-1
- Blog posts 2006-04-05
- Images: Terrafugia's flying car
- Images: Terrafugia's flying carWings???I want anti-gravity and warp drive!!!They are SO behindThis one ALREADY flies:http://www.moller.com/skycar/This one also has promise:http://www.macroindustries.com/website/files/skyrider/sr-index.htmIMHO, it's just a matter of making it practical for everyday use.But in all honesty, VTOL is a must - I don't wanna drag my skycar to the airport just to takeoff...
- Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Terrafugia, motorcycle, highway, aircraft, Moller
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- Average car runs 150,000 miles before breaking up
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said passenger cars and light trucks are racking up more miles than ever. Typical passenger cars are now surpassing 150,000 miles, while most pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans are crossing the 180,000-mile barrier. A report in 1995 said most passenger cars broke 125,000 miles...
- Tags: passenger car
- Blog posts 2006-01-28
- 10% of US drivers 16-24 use a cellphone or PDA while driving
- Driver cell phone use increased in 2005, with 6% of drivers on hand-held phones in 2005 nationwide compared to 5% in 2004, according to National Center for Statistics and Analysis of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The 2005 rate translates into 974,000 vehicles on the road at any given...
- Tags: handheld
- Blog posts 2006-01-16
- 10% of US drivers use cell phones while driving
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration survey found that 10% of US vehicles are driven by someone using either a handheld or hands-free phone. The figure is up from 8% in 2004. 6% use handheld devicesy. 4% use hands-free devices.
- Tags: Handhelds, telephone, cell phone
- Blog posts 2005-12-16
- 8% of US drivers use cell phones while driving
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 8% of drivers, or 1.2 mln people, were using hand-held or handsfree cell phones during daylight hours last year, a 50% increase since 2002 and a 100% rise in four years. Young drivers, between 16 and 24, increased their talking on cell phones by...
- Tags: cell phone, telephone
- Blog posts 2005-03-02
- 8% of US drivers use cell phones while driving
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 8% of drivers, or 1.2 mln people, were using hand-held or handsfree cell phones during daylight hours last year, a 50% increase since 2002 and a 100% rise in four years. Young drivers, between 16 and 24, increased their talking on cell phones by...
- Tags: cell phone, telephone
- Blog posts 2005-03-02
- Lexus a nexus between cars and phone viruses?
- Lexus a nexus between cars and phone viruses?OuchNow things start getting interesting.People have been mouthing off for the last couple years about whether "the Government" "should" enact legislation and/or policy regarding viruses, spyware and such. Proving that the capability to influence or damage an automotive computer system exists, regardless of...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phone, Lexus, virus, Toyota Motor Corp., automobile company
- Discussion threads 2005-01-26
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