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Popular Mechanics
December 2006
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Is Your Car Smarter Than You Are? The computing power of the family car has grown exponentially. The question is: Do we like it?   |
BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005
Ian Rowley |
Cars That Brake When You Don't Japan leads the way in high-tech gadgets that help prevent auto accidents. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Coelingh & Solyom |
All Aboard the Robotic Road Train Semi autonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel |
Fast Company
Chuck Tannert |
Our Ultimate Driverless Car Report Card Self-driving proponents have to do one thing: Convince people that surrendering the steering wheel to a computer is a good idea. So who's doing the best job of overcoming such considerable obstacles? Take a look -- then take a spin. |
PC Magazine
November 28, 2007
John R. Quain |
Safe at Any Speed? Do smart cars result in safer roads-or more distracted drivers? |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Lee Walczak et al. |
Dream Machines There's a new 'golden age' of automotive design and technology dawning as sales-hungry automakers are innovating at full speed -- and giving buyers the power to shape their vehicles. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010
Anne-Marie Corley |
The Danger-Sensing Driver's Seat A haptic car seat pokes you in the ribs when an accident looms |
National Defense
August 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Army, Car Makers Push Ahead With Driverless Vehicle Research When it comes to concepts for vehicles that can drive themselves on highways or city streets, the military and automakers have been working on similar paths for several years. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Thomas Lee |
Forget the iPhone. Your Car Is the Ultimate Mobile Device -- but How Far Should That Go? Cars are becoming more and more like moving smartphones. Should we be worried? |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Logan Ward |
Highway of the Future: Interstate Intelligence Our nation's highways are being primed for a major transformation, one that will bring them into the wireless information age suitable for the wireless capabilities of our cars. |
AskMen.com
October 16, 2015
Justin Quirk |
Tesla Autopilot Review As Tesla's autopilot launches, are we ready for driverless cars? |
Wired
July 20, 2009
Gregory Mone |
Adaptive Cruise Control Goes Mainstream The new 2009 Taurus will have a radar-based adaptive cruise-control system that lets him set a top speed and then simply steer while the car adjusts its velocity according to traffic. |
Wired
May 2001 |
Verge Ford hopes a $10 million study - with its first full-motion driving simulator - will help improve the design of human-vehicle interfaces, test the relative safety of voice-activated and display technology, and resolve how and when to deliver email... |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2010
Anil Das |
Does a Driverless Car Mean Road Safety? Google's automated car brings up lots of questions about new legalities. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Hybrids square off against diesels for the economy laurels |
PC Magazine
July 28, 2009
Dan Costa |
Texting--And 8 Other Things NOT to Do While Driving Texting while driving kills, but that isn't the only technological threat drivers have to face. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2010
Willie D. Jones |
Ford Takes Control of Tight Curves Curve Control technology keeps drivers on track by controlling the brake and throttle |
Science News
November 20, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Cruise Control and Traffic Flow A physicist at the University of Michigan has used computer simulations, applying concepts from statistical mechanics, to study how the use of adaptive cruise-control technology might affect traffic flow... Puzzle of the Week... |
Popular Mechanics
March 5, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
10 Road Rules to Drive Through Disaster and Save Your Life Expert skills you should master to improve your driving and your chances of avoiding a deadly crash. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Are You a Dangerous Driver? Here are some signs that suggest that you're a dangerous driver -- with a rating system as a guide. Keep these tips in mind and you'll reduce your risk of a collision. |
AskMen.com
May 9, 2002
Scott Roush |
9 Ways To Become A Better Driver By taking a defensive approach to driving, you may help prevent yourself from getting into an accident or altercation with other people on the road. Here are just a few tips on how you can drive safely... |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
How To Avoid Car Accidents Here are some dos and don'ts that can help minimize your chances of becoming a statistic. |
Popular Mechanics
February 9, 2010
James B. Meigs |
Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown In the midst of three major recalls, Toyota has been hammered by daily newspaper and TV pieces suggesting it has been slow to address safety problems. |
PC Magazine
April 5, 2006
Bill Howard |
Down the Road The car of the near future has no jet engine, isn't submersible, and won't drive itself, but just about anything else is within reach. Here are some automotive technologies likely to reach the mainstream within five to ten years. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Dan Carney |
Top 5 Next-Gen Auto-Safety Technologies Automotive engineers are working on new technologies to make cars safer to drive. |
Popular Mechanics
April 16, 2009
Larry Webster |
Does Insurance Institute Crash Study Conflict with Fuel-Economy Standards? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a study that confirmed when two cars collide, the lighter one usually loses. Does this mean that small cars are necessarily less safe? Not exactly. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Does High-Tech Highway Design Make us Less Safe? Tom Vanderbilt's latest book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), has a recurring theme: Making things safer may actually make them more dangerous. |
Popular Mechanics
July 19, 2007
Paul Weissler |
6 New Car Technologies in Your Not-So-Distant Future From navigational systems for the kids to cruise control for drowsy driving to cleaner fuel conversions, here's what's on the horizon for Volkswagen vehicles. |
Popular Mechanics
March 10, 2010
Gregory Anderson |
Driving Hazards More Dangerous Than Unintended Acceleration Accidents caused by unintended acceleration are tragic, but texting or talking on the phone while driving is far more likely to kill you. Here is a breakdown of the main offenders, by the numbers. |
Salon.com
December 7, 2000
Dawn MacKeen |
First you dial, then you crash With cellphone use among drivers skyrocketing, can accidents be far behind? |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jay Leno |
Driven To Distracton Just try and keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel in some of the rolling tech rooms that pose as cars these days. |
Wired
December 2004
Tom McNichol |
Roads Gone Wild It's no surprise that the Dutch, a people renowned for social experimentation in practically every facet of life, have embraced new ideas in traffic management. Other countries are following suite. |
BusinessWeek
December 9, 2010
Siddharth Philip |
Driving in India: Cars, Corruption, Collisions In India, the roads are dangerous, the lawlessness is rampant, and the highways are getting more crowded by the minute. |
InternetNews
April 15, 2005
Clint Boulton |
IBM Drives Traffic Safety in UAE Under a $125M deal, IBM will devise a 'black box' gadget to help the United Arab Emirates monitor driving patterns in the country. |
CIO
July 15, 2005
Megan Santosus |
Stuck in Traffic? IT Can Ease the Commute Some methods of decreasing traffic involve heavy costs and manual labor, but there are technological workarounds. For example, some technologies relay detailed traffic information to properly equipped cars. Traffic signals can also be improved. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2010 |
Ford to Install Rearview Cameras by End of 2011 The automaker works toward compliance with a federal mandate. |
AskMen.com
October 25, 2002
Scott Roush |
The Benefits Of ABS Despite the strong penetration in the car market, recent surveys indicate that almost half the drivers on the road still do not know how to use antilock brakes properly. Drivers need to learn how to use antilock brakes properly. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
Self-Driving Cars Will Be The Biggest Auto Safety Innovation Ever Like so many things in life, the future of driving is automated. In fact, autonomous vehicles could reduce traffic accidents by 90%, according to a new report from McKinsey. |
InternetNews
January 2, 2004
Jim Wagner |
CA Drivers: Eyes Off That Laptop If you're a California driving Web-surfer, it'd better be in the back seat after passage of AB 301. |
Wired
December 20, 2007
John Voelcker |
Leave the Driving to Smart Cars Today's automobiles are equipped with computers that give you directions and diagnose onboard problems. But that's just the beginning. |
InternetNews
August 29, 2005
Naomi Graychase |
Motorola Mesh Helps Drivers Currently helping race car divers, the Motorola's Motodrive mesh could someday help every commuter on the road. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2010
Anil Das |
Google Tests Driverless Cars The company's blog says the project could make roads safer and free up commuting time. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2006
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Big Brother Is Ticketing You Local governments love them. Drivers hate them. Are traffic cameras really the best way to improve safety? |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
David Welch |
General Motors: Who Needs Hybrids? If concept cars are any indication, then General Motors Corp. is ahead of its rivals in the race to build hydrogen-powered vehicles. |
Fast Company
April 2010
Paul Hochman |
How Ford's Sync Technology Will Turn It Into America's Most Surprising Consumer Electronics Company The next generation of Ford's Sync technology will turn its cars into rolling, talking, socially networked, cloud-connected supermachines. Introducing America's most surprising consumer-electronics company. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Seth Jayson |
SUVs Keep Rolling Government safety tests confirm what consumer watchdogs have long alleged. SUVs have a tough time keeping four on the floor. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2011
John Rosevear |
Why China's Slowdown Shouldn't Hurt Ford The world's biggest auto market is slowing, just as Ford is finally ramping up. Here's why it might not matter. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
David Welch |
Stability Shouldn't Be Optional Detroit lagged in recent SUV rollover ratings. Now, remedies are coming -- in the way of stability control systems as standard equipment on popular SUVs. |
BusinessWeek
January 26, 2004
David Welch |
Detroit Tries It The Japanese Way Shared platforms and parts save time and money, but the Big Three are years behind. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2010
Howard Lovy |
GM, Ford Plan To Beam Google Maps Directions Directly To Autos GM and Ford announce new partnerships with Google that enables users to beam turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps directly to the OnStar or SYNC navigation systems built into their cars' dashboards. |
