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  • Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

    Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Your next Ford might have flowers, pastel colors, or calming scents coming from the interior. All of this will be aimed at reducing stress, and allow the driver to better connect with their vehicle.

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  • Florida gets its own Tesla dealership

    Florida gets its own Tesla dealership

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    I can see it now. Instead of putzing around in electric golf carts, retirees will soon be cruising in Tesla Roadsters. The car is essentially a gigantic and dramatically more powerful golf cart anyway. It's not like they need to worry about the 244 mile range. The bingo hall and golf course is probably right around the corner from their retirement compound anyway.

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  • Ford announces inflatable seatbelts, one step closer to Demolition Man

    Ford announces inflatable seatbelts, one step closer to Demolition Man

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Ford just announced the inflatable seatbelt, intended to protect passengers seated in the back of the vehicle, where they are more vulnerable to head, chest, and neck injuries. How long will it be before our vehicles are filled with SecureFoam, filling our vehicles whenever we crash.

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  • Sound & Vision goes ears-on the Lincoln MKT THX II sound system

    Sound & Vision goes ears-on the Lincoln MKT THX II sound system

    Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments
    The days of automakers shoving the same OEM radio into all of their cars are long gone - at least for vehicles over $20k. Now if you drop enough coin, you can get a system that will rival your home theater gear. Sound & Vision recently spent sometime with the THX II sound system found in the Lincoln MKT crossover. Spoiler: your audiophile dad should like it.

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  • Dash Cam does up to 48 hours of 720×480 recording

    Dash Cam does up to 48 hours of 720×480 recording

    Posted on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
    I bet that on your daily commute to work you've often thought to yourself, "Man, this is EXCITING! I wish other people could see what I see! Cars! Billboards! More cars! A truck!" And while standard dash cams work well for run-of-the-mill vehicular lifecasting, their relatively low resolutions and short recording times make for a less than desirable compendium of your transportational adventures.

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  • Top Gear to finally be shot and produced in HD

    Top Gear to finally be shot and produced in HD

    Posted on September 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Top Gear is a CrunchGear staff favorite. Even Nicholas who always proclaims he knows nothing about cars and Devin, our resident, van-driving hipster, watches the show regularly. High definition was the only thing missing from the broadcast. But that's set to change for season 14

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  • Panasonic’s new face recognition technology works in almost all lighting

    Panasonic’s new face recognition technology works in almost all lighting

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Panasonic has developed a new face recognition system that's pretty impressive. Their technology not only makes it possible to detect (and clearly display) faces in dark or overly bright settings but also if the person in question is behind glass and the face is covered with reflections.

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  • Toshiba develops advanced pedestrian detection system for cars

    Toshiba develops advanced pedestrian detection system for cars

    Posted on September 7, 2009 | No Comments
    Toshiba has reportedly developed a pedestrian detection technology for use in vehicles that helps to warn drivers of nearby people with an accuracy of more than 99% during the day. It's about time tech companies become active in the car safety area: The National Safety Council recorded 39,800 motor vehicle-related deaths in 2008 in the USA alone.

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  • Goin’ green: the Solar Surge iPhone battery pack

    Goin’ green: the Solar Surge iPhone battery pack

    Posted on September 4, 2009 | No Comments
    Everyone is trying to be more environmentally responsible these days. Cars, houses, now even phone chargers. Many people are not aware of the fact that the wall chargers that comes with many devices these days consume the same amount of power whether a device is plugged into them or not. The Solar Surge aims to at least help the iPhone/iPod Touch user be a little greener.

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  • Are Chevy Volt buyers idiots? Audi’s American president thinks so.

    Are Chevy Volt buyers idiots? Audi’s American president thinks so.

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    The Chevy Volt is “a car for idiots.” Really? Dem be fightin words, Johan de Nysschen. The Audi of America President talked to MSN autos and had some strong feelings about the upcoming Chevy Volt. He states in part that the Chevy Volt will fail because there isn’t enough idiots to pay a $15k premium for a car that [...]

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  • Are we in for a CPU war? 7 Japanese companies team up against Intel

    Are we in for a CPU war? 7 Japanese companies team up against Intel

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    There is exactly one 800-pound gorilla in the CPU arena, and that's Intel. But the company, which controls about 80% of the global CPU market, is soon getting some serious competition from Japan. A pool of Japanese companies has decided to team up and produce a made-in-Japan CPU that's supposed to rival Intel's products. The CPU will be jointly developed by Fujitsu, Renesas, NEC, Canon, Panasonic, Hitachi and other companies from Japan. It will be used in a range of consumer electronics, servers, robots and cars and it's "green". The CPU adopts itself dynamically to the amount of data being processed, resulting in energy savings of up to 30% when compared to the power consumed at normal times.

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  • This guy is building Top Gear’s James May a Lego house

    This guy is building Top Gear’s James May a Lego house

    Posted on August 24, 2009 | No Comments
    We're normally not too keen on Lego stuff, but we'll make an exception in the interest of camaraderie. Plus, it involves James May from Top Gear, a show we can all get behind (even if I don't know a darn thing about cars!). Right, so architect Barnaby Gunning designed a real house out of Lego. No, not a “Lego house,” that is, a Lego house for Lego people, but a real, human-livable house made out of Lego. Indeed.

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  • CrunchGear’s going Back-To-School

    CrunchGear’s going Back-To-School

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s that time again, folks. Cars are being loaded, parents are being kissed goodbye, and summer is coming to its unavoidable end. It’s time to go back to college - or for many, to go to college for the first time. Fortunately for you, the CrunchGear team has been there and done that. We’ve dealt with [...]

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  • Review: Universal’s Fast & Furious Blu-ray iPhone app (It’s a start)

    Review: Universal’s Fast & Furious Blu-ray iPhone app (It’s a start)

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    I have a secret to tell you. I’m a fan of the Fast & Furious franchise. Actually, the second one sucked really badly. But I’m not reviewing the fourth installment in the riveting saga here, just the Blu-ray iPhone app. So, is the app everything it’s cracked up to be? Well, it delivers on what [...]

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  • Daily Crunch: Cannon & On & On Edition

    Daily Crunch: Cannon & On & On Edition

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple releases iDisk for iPhone Toy Story, Cars, and Prince of Persia LEGO Minifigs are coming soon The Bass Cannon: It is a cannon that sends out bass

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