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'Shrinkable car' makes parking a breeze at high-tech fair

Scientists at the world's biggest IT fair unveiled on Tuesday what they hope is the car of the future that can shrink to fit tight parking spaces and pick you up at the touch of a button.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cashless parking

Vacant parking spaces in town are thin on the ground. Finding one is just as tiresome as making sure you have the right change for the parking machine. An adhesive microchip on the windshield will make things ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Plainville, Conn. gets a solar carport

(PhysOrg.com) -- The city of Plainville, Conn. got a brand new carport, and this one runs entirely on the power of the sun. The carport makes use of solar panels that have been mounted of the roof in order ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

New system helps locate car park spaces

A research group from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, led by Jose Lopez Vicario and Antoni Morell, took part in the development of a new system which locates unoccupied car park spaces and guides ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Junior, the robotic car, learns to slide park (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Junior," an autonomous car developed by the Stanford Racing Team, has been taught how to park itself -- by putting itself into reverse, accelerating up to 25 miles per hour, and then suddenly ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Scientist creates formula for perfect parking

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget roasting a textbook turkey or perfect present-wrapping this month. The real test of Britons’ mettle will come as we try to park in tight spots on busy roads, with 35 million of us heading ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 9