Minivan speakers from Korean manufacturer Newgood can play music from your handset, likely attached to the speakers via a 3.5mm jack. The little speakers won’t blow your mind with their sound, but they do have some value as a novelty item. The built-in rechargeable battery can be charged through USB dongle, and headlights on these minivans glow in the dark.
Mercedes-Benz has announced a new infotainment system for its cars; the mbrace Telematics system, jointly developed with Hughes Telematics, will allow users to access 18 different services. Services offered by the system include vehicle locator, remote locking/ unlocking using a phone, pairing with smart phones, automatic emergency service notification, a vehicle health check that reports results to the nearest dealership, and real time weather and traffic reports.
George Steinmetz gets his awesome photographs from a very unconventional route, he shoots pictures while in the air. Steinmetz has created a gasoline powered paraglider to take him into the air, and captures mesmerizing aerial views. The compact paraglider is small enough to be carried in the luggage compartment of an airline or an SUV, and it can remain in the air for 2-3 hours on a full gas tank. Follow links below for more amazing images.
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Malaysian/ Australian automaker Bufori may not have much fame to its name, but the company has been making cars since 1986. The 2010 Bufori CS is a two-door, two seat sports coupe powered by a turbocharged 2.0-l four cylinder.
The AirRay concept from EarthSure Renewable Energy Corp. has a lot of green, renewable energy to harvest. The concept car is, or rather, should be able to harvest wind energy, solar energy, and be capable of using the good old plug-in power.
The Junior Classic Corvette is a 2:3 scale replica of the classic 1956 Corvette C1, and it has been created to follow the car that raced at Sebring. It has the same paintjob as its inspiration, single driver side mirror, twin-turn indicators, and even the cowling on the trunk.
The F1 simulator created by Cruden is an expensive piece, running into costs quite higher than many dersire-worthy sportscars. But hey, it’s F1 we’re talking about, and everything is expensive about it, you know, the kind of costs even major automakers aren’t too willing to pay. This simulator claims to have 6 DOF (Degrees of Freedom), 100% accurate steering wheel, and g-force simulation for multiple values of g.
Displayed at EICMA, the XO2 urban transformer scooter from XOR Motors is a compact, folding electric scooter that can fold up to just a quarter cubic meters volume, and be tugged like a luggage cart. The electric scooter is aimed squarely at urban commuters, and will possibly take care of the last-mile problem for commuters using public transport, or just simply be a very handy, environmentally friendly transport solution.
The Vivace 26 luxury speedboat concept from designers Garret Miller, Heather Witkop, David Robinson, Matt Wysenski and Julian Romero is a super powerful, luxurious speedboat that would run like a dream on the waters. But that isn’t quite far-fetched, it is very much a dream literally and figuratively, with specs like fully convertible top, joystick steering, steering, OLED display screens and hull stabilizers.
The Bugatti Veyron is quite like a milestone that many cars work to surpass, mostly without much of a success. Arash, whose upcoming car, the AF-10 will be powered by a 550hp Corvette engines is also working on a car powered by a twin-supercharged 7.2-l V8 that would throw out nearly 1200hp and purportedly beat the Veyron at its game.
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