Category: Automobiles
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Volkswagen V-Charge Electric Car To Park Itself And Charge Its Battery Autonomously
With the advent of Volkswagen’s V-load program, it would be possible that a vehicle could in future be able to park itself at a location that has a induction charging station and then leave when the charging is complete. The system V-Charge is at the heart of an ambitious project: to allow electric cars to find a…
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Japanese Company Develops Cheap Biofuel From Algae
The Japanese company Euglena has developed biofuels from microalgae. The goal is to enable you to use the seaweed as fuel by 2018. Soon you will be going to beach to collect Algae. For us, Algae only serves as a salad with tofu or making regenerating facial masks. The Japanese company Euglena offers to make it…
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United Kingdom: Autonomous Vehicles To Be Tested On Public Roads
The Government of His Majesty has given the green light for the testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads. These tests will be conducted on selected routes and the public can not participate. The UK has just taken a decisive step towards the autonomous cars. On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, the British authorities have allowed the automobile industry to continue…
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A Drone Ambulance Straight From The Movie Avatar
Conceived by a design studio, this quadrocopter of the size of a helicopter is supposed to speed up the evacuation of the wounded to a hospital from the accident scenes. CONCEPT: In accidents, the lives are often lost within the next few minutes of the accident. According to the American design studio Argodesign, 1000 lives are lost every year…
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A Revolutionary Battery Prototype To Double The Electric Car Range
An experimental lithium-ion battery developed by a US start-up can store twice the amount of energy as compared to the current electric car batteries. Based on a solid electrolyte, this innovation could help extend the range of electric cars beyond 300 kilometers. Recently, OEDC, a startup based in Hayward (California, USA), has recently become known after raising…
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BMW’s Innovative Technology Will Enable Driver To park His Car Using His Watch
BMW is working on a standalone system where a driver would use a connected watch to direct his car to go park itself and come back to the same place when asked. Fans of the television series K2000 will recall those scenes where the hero uses his watch to communicate with his high-tech car which…
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Researchers Develop A Non-Intrusive Mechanism To Detect Aggressive Drivers
Researchers from Madrid Polytechnic University have developed a novel mechanism to detect rash driving. The procedure is non-intrusive and only requires measuring the speed and acceleration of the car. The trials show that new method has 92% accuracy. We tell you more about this promising innovation. Each year there are 1.3 million deaths worldwide, as…
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Top 10 Odd Looking Aircrafts That Could Fly
Since the advent of aviation industry in the early 2oth century, the engineers have continuously pushed the boundaries of technology to design and develop more efficient and fast aircrafts. Some of those aircrafts looked bizarre but despite that they were able to fly perfectly. We present to you 10 most unusual airplanes and helicopters from the history of…
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Augmented Reality To Save Lives By Making Cars Transparent
Imagine driving a completely transparent car where you can easily see every blind corner. Well, this is now possible thanks to a system developed by the Japanese engineers. We tell you more about this futuristic technology. This technology is called transparent cockpit augmented reality as this technology could also be used by the pilots of planes. The test cars…
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AeroMobil 3.0: A Futuristic Flying Car To Avoid Traffic Jams Unveiled
Getting to the next social evening using a flying car is quite an appealing idea, right? This dream could become a reality very soon thanks to AeroMobil 3.0, a vehicle of the future, halfway between the small plane and the sports car. Its designer has put an end to the traffic jams. Maybe very soon you will…
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A Revolutionary Way To Produce Biofuel Directly From Grass!!!
A new milestone has been achieved in the research for new energy sources. US scientists have managed to change the cell walls of the plants for biofuel production. The future energy sources may just lie in the grass under your feet. Scientists at the Forest Biotechnology Group of the NC State University have recently published the results of their work…
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This New London Tube Features Will Surely Blow Your Mind
In London, the first images of the new metro trains have been unveiled. This new futuristic version of trains will hit the london rail track from 2022 and are planned to reamain in service for the next forty years. Good news for the lovers of the smartphone, they will also have Wi-Fi on board. We make you…
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This Little Dancing Red Man Makes Wait For Red Light A Fun
Who would not have violated the red traffic light, atleast once in a life, to avoid wait for it turning to green? To discourage people from adopting this dangerous behavior, a car manufacturer had the brilliant idea of giving life to the little red guy by making it dance! Wait has never been so funky:). Pedestrians in…
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A Novel Blind Spot Motion Detection System Warns Truck Driver Of Accident
In many cases, the reason of truck collisions is the problem of driver’s field of view. In order to enhance the safety of future trucks, it is very important that they must be equipped with a system for monitoring the blind spots. So, that the driver may be able to drive confidently! Mercedez-Benz, famous German automobile manufacturers,…
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Scientists Have Found A Way To Recycle Tires Into Batteries
The American researchers have just accomplished the challenge of creating a power source from a used product. They have been able to design batteries using recycled tires. Indeed an awesome scientific discovery! This new scientific discovery by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA has two-fold advantages for the ecology. Thus, in addition to having developed…