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Volvo Equips Car With Camera And Radar To Avoid Collisions With Cyclists

Volvo Equips Car With Camera And Radar To Avoid Collisions With Cyclists

For most urban drivers, one of the key problems is the ever-increasing number of cyclists on the roads. The sudden appearance of a cyclist in front of a car has often resulted in collisions. Now, Volvo is showing off a new in-car system which would detect the position of a bicycle with respect to the car and automatically apply brakes if the need be.

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Meet A Humanoid Robot Walking On A Tightrope

Meet A Humanoid Robot Walking On A Tightrope

Last year robot builder Dr. Guero (aka Masahiko Yamaguchi) stunned everyone with his bicycle riding Primer-V2 humanoid robot. And this year he’s back again to astonish us all with another spectacular humanoid robot named Primer-V4. The humanoid robot Primer-V4 can walk on a tightrope! Check the details inside.

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Mando Unveils The World’s First Chainless Folding Electric Bike

Mando Unveils The World’s First Chainless Folding Electric Bike

Folding bicycles are not a novelty and have been around for quite a while. However, a folding electric bike is definitely something very novel. Mando’s ‘Footloose’ is a first in this arena, doubling as both an electric bike as well as a normal bicycle which you could pedal. Moreover, it neatly folds over so that you can easily carry it around.

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Motorola Atrix HD: Slimmer, Stronger, Smarter

The Motorola Atrix HD is the first Android phone from Motorola after it has been become a Google subsidiary. This smartphone is not that much different from phones that Motorola released before its acquisition by Google. This phone is unbelievably thin and made with KEVLAR, a component that is strong enough and ensures the splash resistance. The ATRIX HD is coupled with SMARTACTIONS, a app that can help you a lot by reminding you to charge the phone, adjusting the power usage based on your confirmation and many more user-defined actions which are triggered by time or location information.

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London Olympic Stadium – The Lightest, Most Flexible And Most Sustainable Stadium Ever Built

London Olympic Stadium – The Lightest, Most Flexible And Most Sustainable Stadium Ever Built

The curtains of Olympic Games 2012 is opening right now in London Olympic Stadium. As the whole stadium will be fully crowded with 80000 visitors in the galleries alone, questions could naturally come regarding its strength, its building methods and used technology. London Olympic Stadium is the lightest, most flexible and most sustainable ever built, so to say. You will find more intriguing facts about it below.

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VIA Introduces APC Android PC System For $49

Taiwanese chip maker VIA Technologies has introduced an APC Android PC system. It is a $49 low power desktop computer system which will run on a modified version of Android 2.3. The APC is powered by WonderMedia ARM 800MHz processor. It also has 512MB of DDR3 memory, 2GB of flash storage. It has full set of consumer I/O features in a small footprint Neo-ITX motherboard which can be connected to a TV or monitor to output resolution of up to 720p. The APC will be accepting pre-orders soon and it will be shipped in early July 2012 for just $49.

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Audi Unveiled Electric Concept Bike: Can Speed Upto 50mph

Audi Unveiled Electric Concept Bike: Can Speed Upto 50mph

Audi which is known for their four wheel drive vehicles, has made a a two-wheeled based lithium ion battery powered E-bike Worthersee and unveiled at Worthersee Auto News 2012 show in Austria. Car manufacturer Audi used motor racing design principles to build the Audi e-bike Wörthersee. The Audi e-bike is fast enough to be caught out by a speed camera.

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Message Sender Sued For Distracting The Driver And Causing The Accident

Message Sender Sued For Distracting The Driver And Causing The Accident

Using cellphone while driving is ruled as illegal in more or less all parts of the world. The chief reason is that it makes the driver distracted and can cause an accident. In an accident back in 2009, two victims were severely injured because the driver of a truck was reading text messages while driving. The question is, should the sender of those messages be also held responsible?

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