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Dyson actually not looking to build electric car, just a wicked fast vacuum {Engadget}
Jun 28th 2008 5:34PM they might make some good vacuums, but no dyson will never suck as hard as a segway.
Thieves steal gas from U-Haul, refill with water {Autoblog}
Jun 27th 2008 9:45AM or dieselboarding
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s hypermiling tricks help win NASCAR race {Autoblog Green}
Jun 24th 2008 1:16PM a lot of old nuggets of common sense like "the worst thing you can ever do to your engine is to start it" are becoming outdated. how many modern vehicles do you know whose lifespans were cut short by cylinder wear? not to mention that as frequent stopping and starting becomes more normal (e.g. something your engine computer does for you automatically), the mechanical designs will change to account for it. already we have much harder and slicker cylinder liners, high tech piston rings, better oils, et cetera.
Cars of Death Race revealed {Autoblog}
Jun 7th 2008 1:47PM man, i've never had much love for mustangs, but if they came with dual miniguns i'd have to buy one.
Canon rolls out WUXGA REALiS WUX10, REALiS SX80 LCOS projectors {Engadget}
Jun 3rd 2008 3:07PM wow, that headline looks like my spam box.
the WUXGA REALiS WUX10 looks pretty nice but i'm holding out for the H3rB4L C1ALiS version.
FreeHand puts a pocket on your wrist, L on your forehead {Engadget}
May 31st 2008 7:39PM didn't john cusack have one of those things in sixteen candles?
Audi R8 boasts LEDs aplenty {Engadget}
May 31st 2008 1:35AM that's it. i'm opening a $100-a-plate hamburger joint next to the audi dealership.
Audi R8 gets first full LED headlamps {Autoblog}
May 30th 2008 7:34PM this price is ridiculous! if they get away with it, it's because people are fooled into thinking that LED headlights are some kind of far-out space-age technology on the bleeding edge of possibility. what a joke.
in reality, you could meet or exceed the output of a 55W halogen headlight for $100 using about 6 of the latest cree xr-e leds. google them if you don't believe me. nighttime bicyclists have been building some crazy lamps out of them and posting good pictures of what they can do. cutter electronics in oz sells the leds mounted on single or clustered aluminum boards, the optics, and the electronics to drive them.
people say they're hard to design because of heat dissipation issues, but that's a load of crap. they don't put out much heat and there's no shortage of airflow in an automotive application. most of these bike lights are just crammed into a metal tube.
Audi going to full LED lighting on the R8 for just $5,600 {Autoblog Green}
May 30th 2008 7:29PM this price is ridiculous! if they get away with it, it's because people are fooled into thinking that LED headlights are some kind of far-out space-age technology on the bleeding edge of possibility. what a joke.
in reality, you could meet or exceed the output of a 55W halogen headlight for $100 using about 6 of the latest cree xr-e leds. google them if you don't believe me. nighttime bicyclists have been building some crazy lamps out of them and posting good pictures of what they can do. cutter electronics in oz sells the leds mounted on single or clustered aluminum boards, the optics, and the electronics to drive them.
people say they're hard to design because of heat dissipation issues, but that's a load of crap. they don't put out much heat and there's no shortage of airflow in an automotive application. most of these bike lights are just crammed into a metal tube.
Griffin ships iPod / iPhone-compatible iTrip AutoPilot {Engadget}
May 29th 2008 10:00AM good thing there are a zillion stereo head units with aux inputs for around the same price.
