Creative Commons: DaveTrainer In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George Monbiot calls it "bunkum" and worse. The whole thing i...

  There's a Yahoo! blog called Foxy Festivities that we haven't paid any attention to until recently. Perhaps it's that title, which is easily dismissed. Or maybe the fact that they're on Yahoo.com, which hasn't been on anyone's radar since 1995. Foxy Festivities is dedi...

Having revealed back at the start of the year that he was hanging up his karting helmet following eight years of competition – yielding the prestigious BRDC Stars of Tomorrow crown along the way – Tom Ingram has now confirmed that he is to graduate to the hotly-fought Ginetta Junior Championship...

Filed under: Etc., I.C.E., Tech, Ford In the near future, Ford vehicles may fire back a retort if you get cheesed off enough to yell at the car. According to the details of a patent filing, Ford is working on an Emotive Advisory System (EAS) that simulates emotions when interacting with occupants, a...

The Dynamically Augmenting Wheel System (DAWS) is a segmented wheel which shifts shape to battle cornering forces. It seems like a great idea on paper. Too bad everything about it's a bad idea in reality. Just because an idea can be modeled in 3D does it mean it will work in the real world. DAWS is ...

By far the biggest advantages of the 12V Spotlight, a portable flashlight that snugly fits into the cigarette lighter of your car, are its rechargeable battery and very bright bulb. You don’t have to spend money to buy replacements, and a great way to blind yourself is to shine light directly ...

By Luke Anderson I’m a pretty tall person,which has its upsides and downsides. For instance, I don’t need any help getting things off of a high shelf. This also means that people will bug me to get their crap down from high places. When it comes to riding in a car, most of the time the s...

*gives Public Safety the finger* I'm sure in the long run it's great you guys lock the majority of the doors at a certain time. Sure, safety and all that. But for the few crazy commuters that stay on campus beyond that certain time and want to get to Vail Lot, we hate you. Oh? And thanks for having ...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made it clear from Day 1 that he intends to get long-delayed loans out the door ASAP. Now he has knocked out one of the obstacles he saw creating drag for the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive program: a set of hard deadlines. Chu wanted to do away w...

These are my links for March 5th through March 9th: Sharing Is Caring: 12 Unexpected Examples Of Car Part Prostitution - How car parts are re-used. YTMND - it’s drinking the water - The greatest invention in the world. HearJapan - Japan Nite US TOUR 2009 Sampler - Six interesting free songs fr...