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(Credit: mitemite.com)Are you one of those people attached to the notion that news should only be read on paper? Well, here’s something to appease your old-timey sensibilities.
Mitemite –a small Spanish companythat boasts their “unnecessary” products line–created a laptop bag in the style of old newspapers. Now …
Keep your hands off the wheel as the MKS parks itself.
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During the 2009 New York auto show, Ford let us try out a couple of technologies it is introducing. The first is called Active Park, and parallel parks your car for you. Lexus previously rolled out a self-parking car with its LS model, but Ford has refined the concept and made it more user-friendly.
For the demonstration, we got into a Lincoln MKS equipped with the technology and started driving. After pushing a button to activate the system, the car goes into parking spot search mode. We drove by two cars parked at the curb, and the system told us we could fit in the space between them, and advised us where to stop so it could commence parallel parking.
The MKS can find parking spaces for you.
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As with the Lexus system, we had to put the MKS in reverse and control the brake and the accelerator, but the car handles the steering. As we backed up, the wheel spun around on its own accord, steering the car into the spot. The park distance warning sensors sounded off as we got close to the car behind us, and the Active Park system flashed a message that it was time to pull forward. Putting the car into Drive, the wheel again turned, straightening the MKS out so it would be parallel to the curb.
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Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Donald and Jasmine try to make the most out of their limited in-studio time slot by talking as quickly and clearly as possible about the new Samsung P3 and SanDisk’s unusual SlotRadio player.
Also, Nixon enters the headphone market with a new line a fashion-friendly ‘phones that any surfer is sure to love. Plus, find out about our Top 5 iPod-recording accessories and top 10 portable speakers. Finally, see if you can wager a guess as to who came out on top in the latest Prizefight, “The Evisceration.”
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Originally posted at MP3 Insider
(Credit: Crave UK)What’s this gizmo? Another ridiculous lens thing for bolting on the front of your phone to beef up that pitiful 2-megapixel camera? Actually, no: it’s the CellScope, which turns a normal mobile phone–in this case, a rather venerable Nokia N73–into a microscope. Limited …
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Fujitsu is fairly new to the external hard drive game, but they recently hit one out of the park with the Fujitsu HandyDrive. Each hard drive that makes its way through our labs seems to get cheaper and cheaper (from a …
Honda demonstrated a dog-friendly Element at the New York auto show.
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Honda and Mitsubishi showed off dog-friendly concept cars at the 2009 New York auto show. The Honda version, built on its Element model, is slated to be offered as a trim option this fall. …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
(Credit: Bluetooth)It’s official: Bluetooth 3.0 is coming. The Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) will officially announce Bluetooth 3.0 on April 21. It’ll be significantly faster and will enable the transfer of entire media libraries at the touch of a button. It also promises a new …
