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With so much road rage going on these days, we have found the perfect Valentine gift to remind your partner or spouse that they don’t have to utter obscenities or physically assault the driver in the car next to them. The Road Rage Racer shifts into four gears and becomes increasing hysterical in each one. Simply put him on your dashboard and let him be a comfort when you commute. The 19 x 13 x 9-inch Road Rage Racer requires 3 AA batteries (included) and is available online from our pals at Latest Buy for AU 34.95 (~US $27.61.)
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Gallery: Racer Reduces Road Rage
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ASI’s Chaos is our latest entry into the area of homeland security bots. His 4 independently controlled tracks can wander up over hills and down into valleys where danger may be lurking. Recently tested at Disaster City, Texas, a search and rescue training ground with a name that just sounds creepy, the robot can be used for surveillance, hauling gear, explosives disposal, reconnaissance, and search and rescue.
At a weight of 120 lbs., Chaos functions with the help of its OCU (Operator Control Unit) which contains Mobious software. Contact ASI if you would like to watch their demo and are thinking of starting your own military coup.
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Gallery: Chaos Comes Out to Play
Sun Visor Theatre Helps Passenger Pass Time
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
If you abhor being a passenger on long car trips, but don’t want to crawl into the back seat and watch Disney movies with your kids, the Sun Visor Theatre could be a simple solution. With a 7-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD, it features a built-in DVD player that can also play CDs and MP3s, a TV Tuner, an FM transmitter, and a SD card reader. A USB port allows you to plug into your laptop and a remote is included. The Sun Visor carries a MSRP of $299.95, but don’t watch anything too engaging, as the driver may decide to pull over, watch with you, and make your drive even longer.
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Gallery: Sun Visor Theatre Helps Passenger Pass Time
Kepler Advantage Finds Your Car By Satellite
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, GPS, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
At last, a tracking device that not only helps us find a restaurant, but also where we parked the car. Inilex’s Kepler Advantage, featured at the recent 2007 Demo Conference, features GPS technology that can find a car’s location with the owner’s cell phone via satellite. It can also tell if a car has been moved by an unauthorized driver or driven at too high a speed (in case your kids “borrow” the car,) and will notify police within 15 minutes (in case it’s not the kids.) Although its name is subject to change, Spokesperson Aly Saxe assured Gear Live that the device will become available during Q2 of 2007.
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Gallery: Kepler Advantage Finds Your Car By Satellite
Shape International Creates Inflatable Decoys
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Transportation,
Shape International designs simulated inflatable military equipment, but we weren’t exactly sure why until we studied their site a little more closely. In their own words, they “can effectively deceive the enemy, reduce damage to real equipment and fortifications, enhance survivability, and gain the initiative in battle.”
Translated, we believe this means that they can be used as decoys, destroyable targets in training, and can conceal and protect actual military equipment. We will buy that, but the real question remains. If a Shape vehicle meets a Red Owl in the woods with no one to hear it, will it still make a noise when it explodes?
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Gallery: Shape International Creates Inflatable Decoys
CES 2007 Video: Parrot MK6000 Bluetooth Car Kit
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Smartphones, CES, CES 2007, Features, Transportation, Videocasts, Videos, Wireless / WiFi,
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Gallery: CES 2007 Video: Parrot MK6000 Bluetooth Car Kit
Robotic Parking Space to Open in Febuary
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science, Transportation,
If you are one of the lucky ones to be living or working in NYC’s Chinatown, you can be one of the first to try out the city’s new robotic parking. So far the device has only been successful in China, but Robotic Parking feels confident that the glitches will be worked out by next month. The garage can hold up to 67 cars in a space that would otherwise fit only 24.
Drivers leave their cars on pallets, which are then lowered and set into vacant spaces with a computer controlled elevator that can run both vertically and horizontally. Fees of $25.00 a day or $400.00 a month will be charged. We understand that a similar unit had some problems in 2002 when a Cadillac was dropped 6 floors. We will just allow others to test this one out before we rush to put our beaters in the Chinatown structure.
Read More | AP
Gallery: Robotic Parking Space to Open in Febuary
CES 2007 Video: Eclipse AVN 2210p Navigation Unit
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2007, Features, GPS, Transportation, Videocasts, Videos,
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Gallery: CES 2007 Video: Eclipse AVN 2210p Navigation Unit
JVC KD-NX5000 To Offer GPS/DVD/CD in One Unit
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, CES 2007, GPS, Movies, Music, Transportation, Wireless / WiFi,
If you want to see and hear being “Lost in the Ozone Again” simultaneously, JVCs EXAD Series KD-NX5000 might be the ticket. Unveiled at last week’s CES 2007, not only is the 1-DIN HDD device capable of tracking, it also is a DVD/CD receiver equipped with a 40 GB Hard Drive. The gadget features a 3.5-inch screen for navigational data, 3 million POIs and maps of the U.S. and Canada, traffic information, Bluetooth capabilities, and a remote. The music server is capable of storing store approximately 5000 songs in MP3, WAV, or WMA. It also offers an optional RDS/TMC tuner and satellite radio. Set to come out next month, the MSRP should be around $1,100.00.
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Gallery: JVC KD-NX5000 To Offer GPS/DVD/CD in One Unit
HD Radio Makes Local Debut
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet, Music, Transportation,
Walking into last week’s NAIAS, we received a rather tacky-looking plastic card emblazoned with the words “Discover It!” “It” turned out to be HD Radio, the future of music. The FCC has approved this as the new standard but most experts predict that the service will not become commonplace until about 2010. BMW is one of the few companies that is offering it as an option now.
With HD Radio, stations will have the ability to offer several different programming selections on the same frequency with no more snap, crackle, and pop of current radio reception. On the other hand, if you are on the edge of a station, you probably won’t hear it at all. Although HD Radio is already available in about 900 stations and free to the public online, receivers are not, and a quick survey of them were priced at ~$249.00 on the low end.
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