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Revamped Double-Decker Bus Goes on View in London
Back in May, we learned that London's iconic, double-decker buses would be getting a green makeover, just in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics. On Thursday, city mayor Boris Johnson finally unveiled a...
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Tiger-Stone 'Printer' Lays Brick and Stone Roads in No Time
Some bricklayers may soon give up their kneepads (if not their jobs) if a new machine comes into vogue. The Tiger-Stone enables two operators to lay the entire width of a brick or stone street at...
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Neil Young's Green LincVolt Hybrid Ignites a Not-So-Green Inferno
Two years ago, Neil Young embarked on an admirable mission to provide the world with green, environmentally friendly electric cars. With the help of "motorhead messiah" John Goodwin, Young converted...
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Modder Makes Segway Fast and Dangerous, Still Super Nerdy
Info about this mod is a little tough to come by, but it appears that a German man, through the simple application of physics, has turned his Segway from dorky death-trap to speedy, dorky death-trap....
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U.A.E. Resident Fuels His Road-Tripping Wheelchair With the Sun
Haidar Taleb, a resident of the United Arab Emirates, embarks on a 200-mile wheelchair road trip this week, and he plans to completely fuel the journey with solar power. Taleb's mission, which will...
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'Anti Sleep Pilot' Warns Drowsy Drivers When to Pull Over
It won't be able to help the U.S. drivers who are taking long trips this holiday season, but a new in-car device available in Denmark prevents drivers from dozing off by testing their awareness and...
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Street Legal 'Tron' Light Cycle Unites Hardcore Gear-Heads and Fanboys
'Tron: Legacy' hits theaters on December 5th, and the hype is definitely peaking. New trailers (which reveal increasingly intimate details) as well as new products are systematically arriving. And...
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Massive San Francisco Touch Screen Makes Riding MUNI Palatable, Perhaps Even Fun
In the past couple years, the experience of waiting for public transportation has morphed into a daily opportunity to play around with the electronic device of your choice. And, for the next two...
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U.K. Auctioning Off Aircraft Carrier Online
Governments have been auctioning off surplus materials and goods for some time to help pad their coffers, or to keep them from sliding further into debt. But Britain is selling off a rather...
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Government Wants All Cars to Have Rearview Cameras by 2014
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed a new set of rules that would require all future cars to come equipped with rearview video cameras. The cameras, according to governmental...
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Progressive Offers Discounts to Drivers Who Install 'Snapshot' Monitoring Device
Progressive wants to save its customers some money using a unique, and slightly creepy, program called "Snapshot." Only available to New York City drivers during the initial phase, the program allows...
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Gilt Offering Jettas for $10,000 Off List Price
Fashion flash-sale outlet Gilt is going to be selling three 2011 VW Jettas, one a day, starting tomorrow afternoon for $5,995 each -- a stunning $10,000 off the list price. Wednesday will be exclusive...
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Autolib Brings Car Sharing to Paris
Say what you will about their incessant strikes, their unwavering arrogance or their myopic fear of modernity. But when it comes to green transportation, there's no denying that the French are well...
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Outdone by Smartphones, Portable GPS Sales Slip in 2010
This holiday season, plenty of people are expected to exchange e-readers, tablets or smartphones. One gadget that probably won't be under the tree, however, is a portable GPS device. According to...
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2.2 Million E-Mail Addresses and VINs Stolen From Honda
Honda has begun to reach out to the 2.2 million customers who have had their names, e-mail addresses and vehicle identification numbers (VINs) poached by hackers that infiltrated the car company's...
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Amphibious HydroCar Listed on eBay for $777,000
Gearheads with cash to burn might want to bid on this amphibious, 762-horsepower HydroCar, which is currently listed for $777,000 on eBay. Rick Dobbertin spent nine years and more than 18,000 hours...
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Get OnStar in Any Car With Retail Rearview Mirror
After almost 15 years of keeping OnStar exclusive to its own vehicles, GM is finally making the service available as an after-market add-on for other cars. The OnStar mirror should be compatible with...
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Shape-Shifting Uno III Defies Scooter Stereotypes
Share Segways and scooters definitely look fun to ride, but the vehicles -- despite all manner of possible modifications -- invariably carry a heavy nerd stigma. Benjamin Gulak and his BPG Motors...
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Texting Your Car a Reality With Hyundai Blue Link
Hyundai is here at CES, and it wasted no time announcing its new Blue Link system. Combining GPS navigation with an entertainment system and Internet connectivity, Blue Link can turn even the humble...
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Parrot Asteroid Puts Android in Your Dash, Makes Car Stereos Cool Again
The Asteroid from Parrot has been one of the early sensations at CES. It drew such at crowd at the CES Unveiled event that we could barely get near it. This morning, though, we swung by the Parrot...
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Ford Announces MyFord Mobile App, Teases Unannounced Electric Car
Ford has not officially announced an all-electric vehicle yet, but that hasn't stopped the company from unveiling 'MyFord Mobile,' an app specifically designed to work with a (currently non-existent)...
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Focus Electric Takes Ford Into the Electric Car Market
Ford decided to use CES as the stage to announce its foray into the field of electric vehicles. In late 2011, the American car company will begin selling the Focus Electric, the first member of its...
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Thanks to Ethanol Plant, Cars Using Four Loko for Locomotion
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on the sale of Four Loko, what's there to do with all the excess product? According to an Associated Press report, MXI Environmental...
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Keyless Car Entry Systems Easily Hacked
You probably could have guessed this for yourself, but keyless car entry systems aren't particularly secure. A group of researchers found that such such keyless systems could be hacked to unlock and...
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Electronic Devices Might Interfere With Planes -- or Not
Despite stern warnings from flight attendants and pilots, we've always wondered if our iPods or cell phones could really cause an airplane's electronics to go haywire. According to a recent article in...
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Air Force Developing Surveillance Mega-Blimp Dubbed 'Blue Devil'
Share The U.S. Air Force is developing a $211 million surveillance mega-blimp, which, if completed, could stay in the air for a week and will be seven times larger than the Goodyear Blimp. The...
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Pioneer Developing Powerful Android Computer, for Your Handlebars
Parrot's Asteroid -- an Android-powered, in-dash computer -- drew rave reviews from CES attendees earlier this month. Pioneer apparently hopes to produce a similarly impressive Android vehicular...
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Elderly Couple Crash Car Into Old Church, Blame Faulty GPS System
An elderly British couple recently got lost while driving around Germany, so they decided to consult their vehicle's GPS navigation system. As it turns out, the device was totally faulty, but the...
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Plate-Reading, Car-Finding Camera System Raises Privacy Concerns
Santa Monica Place, a shopping mall in the sixth circle of hell Los Angeles, has installed America's first car-finding camera system in its parking lot. Mall-goers can swing by Park Assist kiosks...
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Insurance Company's DriveCam Lets Parents Spy on Teen Drivers
To help parents monitor their young drivers, American Family Insurance is offering its customers the option to have a small video camera installed in their childrens' vehicles, free of charge....
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'Virtual Picture' Tech Helps Blind Man Drive at Daytona
Mark Riccobono, who has been legally blind since the age of 5, showed off some of the Ford Escape's new features at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday... by driving one. As part of the...
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Study Says Video Games Breed Reckless, Risky (and Skilled) Drivers
Well, 'Grand Theft Auto,' you've done it again. According to a Continental Tyre study, enthusiasts of driving games "take more risks than non-gaming drivers" and more frequently engage in dangerous...
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Inventor Constructs Phenomenal DIY Propulsion Pack
Share A Russian inventor may have found an easy and awesome solution for stranded sufferers of the winter, snowbound blues. According to ITN News, Sergei Khvalin has assembled an incredible...
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7-Year-Old Almost Buys Harrier Jet on eBay for $113K
Share A 7-year-old boy from London almost had himself a real life Harrier Jet after clicking 'Buy it Now' on an eBay listing. The British-built jet capable of vertical take-offs was restored and being...
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Cassettes Beset with Threat: Cars Ditch the Deck
Like the eight-track before it, the cassette tape is riding off into the sunset -- just not in a car. According to The New York Times, no 2011 model vehicles manufactured or sold in the U.S. will...
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'Street Bump' App Maps and Reports Potholes as Your Car Hits Them
The city of Boston is developing a new app called Street Bump, which would allow citizens to report potholes to city officials without even lifting a finger. The app, which is currently in...
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'Smart' Red Light System Predicts and Prevents Traffic Collisions
In about a month, the city of Marysville, California will test the country's first "smart" red light system, which is designed to predict and prevent traffic collisions at intersections. According to...
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Survey: 1 in 5 Drivers Browse the Web Behind the Wheel
Driving while talking and texting may seem dangerous enough, but just wait and see what happens as the roads fill up with people driving and browsing the Web. According to a survey by State Farm, it's...
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Nils Ferber's Motorcycle Runs on Screwdrivers
Occasionally function should take a backseat to form. Take this three-wheeler, resembling, ever-so-slightly, a medieval torture device. Built by German designer Nils Ferber, the vehicle hits (a likely...
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Math is Hard: TSA Botched Radiation Levels on Body Scanners
The TSA says it will be re-testing hundreds of airport body scanners after its last round of tests found radiation levels 10 times higher than expected -- a number the agency chalked up to a...
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