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POPSCrash Avoidance Robotic Car Inspired by Flight of the Bumblebee
The LRF detects obstacles up to two meters away within a 180-degree radius in front of the BR23C, calculates the distance to them, and sends a signal to an on-board microprocessor, which is instantly translated into collision avoidance. "The split second it detects an obstacle, the car robot will mimic the movements of a bee and instantly change direction by turning its wheels at right angles or greater to avoid a collision," explained Toshiyuki Andou, Manager of Nissan's Mobility Laboratory and principal engineer of the robot car project. "The biggest difference to any current system is that the avoidance maneuver is totally instinctive. If that was not so, then the car robot would not be able to react fast enough to avoid obstacles," Andou said. "It must react instinctively and instantly because this technology corresponds to the most vulnerable and inner-most layer of our Safety Shield, a layer in which a crash is currently considered unavoidable," he added.
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POPS56MPG Toyota iQ May Come To US As A Scion But of course, we'll sacrifice fuel mileage for a bigger engine here, which always seems to be the case when they bring cars here. Americans are just too caught up with power to do otherwise.
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POPSCitroen GTbyCitroen goes from game to reality Sadly, very little is known about the GTbyCitroen in terms of performance, expected cost, or whether it'll reach mass production, but here's hoping. Citroen would earn itself a virtually unlimited amount of kudos if it went ahead and made it for real for real. We might even forgive it for the Citroen Ami.
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POPSSuperior Economic-Policy Reporting And Writing This, from Sunday's NYTimes magazine, is the most clear and comprehensive economic-policy piece I've read in awhile. (It even makes the tax code nearly digestible.) Regardless of your political stance, it's worth a look.
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POPS106 mpg "Air Car" Creates Buzz.. & questions
The concept is similar to how a locomotive works, except compressed air -- not steam -- moves the engine's pistons, said Shiva Vencat, vice president of MDI and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors. Gas still plays a role The six-seater planned for the U.S. market would be able to reach speeds of more than 90 mph and have a range of more than 800 miles thanks to a dual energy engine, Vencat said.. The design calls for one or more tanks of compressed air under the car's floor, as well as a tank holding at least 8 gallons of fuel. Whether the engine uses just air or both air and fuel would depend on how fast the car is going. It would run purely on compressed air at speeds less than 35 mph, Vencat said. Since the car could only go a short distance when using just air, fuel is needed to get the full range, he explained. "Above 35 mph, there is an external combustion system, which is basically a heater that uses a little bit of gasoline or biofuel or ethanol or vegetable oil that wil
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POPSReFractional.com - New site for Fractionals
Fractional Ownership is a relatively new concept (compared to others), where something is used for only portion of the time and costs a fraction of the cost (thus the term fractional). This is very popular with people looking for second homes, fancy cars, jets & more. You typically get a far superior service, concierge typically handling everything, the products are of higher quality and the ownership is hassle-free. In other words - you only need to worry about enjoying it. These are typically sold to a finite number of people and then the only way to enjoy the benefits are either by buying from an existing owner or renting (both options are available). ReFractional.com is a web site that allows everyone interested in Fractional concept to either buy, sell or rent fractionals. There's a small fee (now 50% off) for people trying to sell their interests... everyone else gets to use the site for free, including rentals. Also, there's a search service on the back end.
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POPSTH!NK Ox – A Fully Electric Car Think, with more than 17 years of experience in developing and producing electric vehicles is launching one of its models 'The Ox' in North America. The cars will start selling in the US next year but the actual mass roll out is slated for sometime in 2011,
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