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Review: AAA iPhone app offers member discounts

(AP) -- An organization rooted in 20th century car culture is joining 21st century smartphone culture. AAA has introduced a free iPhone application called AAA Discounts, which uses GPS technology to instantly ...

Technology / Software

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Review: A mapping contender emerges in MapQuest

(AP) — The summer travel season has arrived in the U.S., and with gas prices going down, it's time to plan a road trip.

Technology / Software

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autonomous-driving Volvo convoy takes road in Spain

(Phys.org) -- In the annals of “whatever happened to that big idea” is the 2009 announcement of road trains linking cars in a convoy, a scheme planned for Europe’s motorways. The lead vehic ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Street bike used as platform to test propulsion parts for Lynx Suborbital Vehicle

XCOR's innovative piston pump technology took a ride from Roswell, NM to Mojave, CA in April 2012.

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Cadillac testing 'Super Cruise' feature for future cars

(Phys.org) -- Cadillac is reportedly joining the crowd working on features that it says should reduce car accidents by allowing the car to drive itself under optimal conditions, relieving the driver from fatigue, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Refining solar power: student's research may help increase solar cell efficiency

(Phys.org) -- Stephen Mulligan, a University of Delaware senior studying mechanical engineering, has co-authored a paper explaining the effects of gas flow on newly developed solar cells. The paper, entitled ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Futuristic cars are coming faster than you think

Cars that drive themselves are not just the stuff of sci-fi movies. The technology is real, the cars can now drive legally and the debate is starting on whether society is better off when software is behind the wheel.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 26

Stolen digital photographs on display in London

(AP) -- Recognize that picture? Two Italian-born artists are showing off more than 10,000 private photographs they claim to have stolen from random people's hard drives, part of an exhibit that also features ...

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google tries new approach with real time traffic estimates for Google Maps

(PhysOrg.com) -- It used to be when using Google Maps to plan your route, i.e. driving from one destination to another, Google Maps would also try to give you an estimate for how long it would really take ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Work on Africa's biggest wind farm in Kenya to begin

The construction of what is to become Africa's biggest wind farm will start by June in an arid region of northern Kenya, the project's officials said on Saturday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 15

Obama urges end to US reliance on foreign energy

US President Barack Obama called on Saturday for an end to America's dependence on foreign energy sources -- and to the multi-billion-dollar subsidies given each year to oil companies.

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created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 48


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