The really impressive thing is that they managed to do this without completely destroying the display?
PeripateticPandas is back with a fix! Making bendable design more robust… with a drill press. For
The new 3.0-liter diesel V6 is a hit in the +Chrysler Group LLC Ram 1500. Chrysler has just announced they are boosting output to 20% of their full-size trucks to meet demand
http://media.chrysler.com/newsrelease.do?&id=16087&mid=1
It's going to be very interesting to watch this segment over the next year as Ford launches the new 2.7-liter EcoBoost powered F-150. The Ford may well match the 28 mpg highway rating of the Ram diesel, but the Ram will probably have more towing capability and may well get superior real world fuel economy.?
An excellent analysis of why the Apple iPhone 6 Plus might be more prone to getting permanently bent than some other similarly sized phones?
I'm not an expert on ovens but I'm pretty sure the heating element for the convection fan on our +Jenn-Air is not supposed to look like that?
Taptic feedback is another example of how Apple wins through superior marketing rather than innovation
One of the big features touted about Apple's decidedly underwhelming Watch is the taptic feedback that gives the wearer turn-by-turn walking directions via unique vibrations for left and right.
As has so often been the case in the past, Apple did not invent this idea although I have no doubt they will apply for and be granted a patent for this. Back in July when I made I my first visit to Boulder, Colorado, I noticed an interesting feature while using Google Maps walking directions to get around. I looked up directions on my two-year-old +Motorola Mobility Droid Razr HD Maxx,, then stuck it in my shirt pocket. I then noticed that it gave me unique vibration patterns as I walked starting with a short buzz. As I approached a right turn, I got a long vibration followed by two short buzzes. Left turns were reversed with a two short buzzes followed by a longer buzz. If I overshot and needed to turn around, I got one long buzz.
Yes Google did it first but Apple claims the credit. ?
Get where you want to go quickly and easily using voice-guided navigation. Get turn-by-turn directions whether you’re driving, walking, or taking public transi
One of the wildest concept cars of the last half century now belongs to Jim Glickenhaus and he plans to make it roadworthy
I try not to envy people, but if I was crazy rich, I'd want to think I'd be like Mr. Glickenhaus when it comes to my cars. He owns many of rare and one-off cars and unlike so many collectors he doesn't just park them in a secret garage somewhere. He takes them out and drives them on the road just like his Dino Competizione. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/02/meadowbrook-concours-2009-1967-ferrari-dino-206-competizione-by/
Last I checked the he had accumulated more than 20,000 miles on the one-of-a-kind Ferarri P4/5 http://p45c.com/the-garage/ferrari-p45-by-pininfarina/
Cars are meant to be driven and that's what Jim Glickenhaus does. ?
James Glickenhaus doesn’t always add cars to his collection, but when he does, he prefers icons.
Really? CT6? That's the best Cadillac's marketing mavens could come up with for its new flagship??
I've long wondered about the durability impact of automatic start-stop systems
When I wrote the press release for Ford about the 2013 Fusion with auto-start-stop, we estimated the $295 option cost would typically be recovered in about 18 months through fuel savings. However if you have to replace a battery that can cost up to $200 in less than two years it eats up most of the potential savings.
While automakers have adopted more robust batteries and beefed up the starters on cars with auto start-stop, it looks like the batteries are not enjoying the increased cycling caused by all those additional engine starts. This only applies to non-hybrid vehicles like the Ford Fusion, the 2015 +Ford Motor Company F-150 and the Ram 1500.
Hybrids generally use the high-voltage battery and the electric drive motor to restart the engine. Non-hybrids with start-stop use advanced-glass-matt batteries. But it looks like manufacturers are looking to ultra-capacitors to solve the durability issues. ?
Inefficiencies and durability questions cropping up with now-proliferating stop/start systems could be opening the door for long-promising, but little applied ultracapacitor technology in the light-vehicle market. Ultracaps, long considered too costly for widespread employment in light vehicles, …
Now you can add Siri Eyes-Free to a Ford for $99?
Today, Automatic Labs launched an update to the iOS version of the app that works with the company’s $99 vehicle diagnostics dongle that enables Ford drivers with SYNC to use Siri hands-free. Ford hasn’t issued any release about this and Automatic’s blog post is sparse on technical details so I reached out to Ford technology spokeswoman Emily Olin for some details.
First a bit of background on Automatic Labs. In 2012, they launched an app and accompanying bluetooth adapter that plugs into the OBD-II diagnostic port that is built into every new vehicle built since 1996. The app is free and an Android version is also now available but, the adapter $99.
When plugged in, the dongle reads data off the vehicle’s internal communications network just like the diagnostic tools used by technicians at every dealership service department or local garage. The app gets the data and can display all kinds of useful information for drivers such as fuel economy, diagnostic faults and tell you how much you are spending on fuel and how efficiently you are driving. If can even call 911 when an airbag deployed message comes across the network.
The latest trick that Automatic has added with some help from Ford is to read voice commands off the network. When the driver presses the voice command on the steering wheel while the automatic adapter is plugged in, the commands are transmitted to a connect iPhone where the Automatic app then passes them along to Siri for recognition and execution.
According to Olin, no upgrades are required on the vehicle, just the addition of the Automatic adapter. Automatic’s website mentions that an Android update is also forthcoming that will presumably pass the messages to Google Now.
At $99 for the Automatic Labs adapter, you’ll have to decide if Siri in the car is that important to you. However, the upside is that you can use it with existing cars with SYNC and you won’t have to spend tens of thousands on a new car with Siri Eyes-free or CarPlay.
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