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Don’t Text And Drive!

Typing a text message on your cell phone while driving is even more dangerous than phoning at the wheel, as it requires that you take your eyes off the road. As some 20% of the drivers in the USA…

Evolutionary Car Racing

The University of Essex, in the UK, is organizing a special car racing competition. This contest will involve model cars driven by what they call an “evolutionary software” which is able to learn through experience on the track. Although…

Big Brother Watches You On The Road Too

A new Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system has been recently introduced to the Police force in Utah and California, and is now standard equipment on their patrol cars. These special cameras can automatically “read” license plates — 3,000…

Burning Fat: The New Biofuel

Researchers at the North Carolina State University have created a new process to make jet fuel out of animal fat and vegetable oil. This technology, called CentiaTM — short for crudus potentia, or “green power” in Latin — is…

A Car So Green It Runs on Compressed Air

The new MiniC.A.T. is the first non-polluting, compressed air powered car to enter production. The recent deal that the inventors struck with Tata, the biggest Indian car manufacturer, will allow this “green” automobile technology to be mass-produced and available…

A Totally Environmentally-Friendly Truck

“Laugh at high oil prices, in fact, forget about gas stations, oil spills, and fumes – forever!” says California’s “green” car manufacturer ZAP! They’ve now added an extra option to its fully electric truck Xebra PK. The little three-wheeler,…