If Telsa Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk was at all concerned about the automaker's status as the technological leader in electric cars, a new app designed for Google Glass just might cement the luxury brand's status.
Software
Jul 6, 2013
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Cameras that check around the car for pedestrians. Radar that stops you from drifting out of your lane. An engine able to turn off automatically at traffic lights to conserve fuel.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 5, 2013
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Alice Blackhurst is one of six Cambridge PhD candidates to take part in a series of podcast interviews offering an insight into graduate research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Her work focuses on ideas of luxury.
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2013
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The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine's automotive testing.
Energy & Green Tech
May 9, 2013
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Tough auto markets worldwide—including a deep slump in Europe—and investment in new technology dented first-quarter earnings at German automaker BMW AG.
Business
May 2, 2013
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In an age when most people carry smartphones that can tell the time—on top of hundreds of other applications—watch makers are increasingly focused on selling their goods as luxury items.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 24, 2013
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The government of the Pacific paradise of New Caledonia said Wednesday it had decided to ban fishing of sharks, which are being decimated to feed growing demand for luxury goods.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2013
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Lexus topped all automotive brands in Consumer Reports magazine's 2013 brand report card. Japanese automakers again dominated the rankings, taking eight of the top 10 spots.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 26, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A young woman in Tokyo pays 243,000 Yen for a Louis Vuitton suitcase emblazoned with the company's iconic monogram. A continent away, another woman purchases the same suitcase at the company's store on New York's ...
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2013
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The green car market is only inching along in the United States, hampered by high comparative costs and limited ranges on pure electric vehicles, but automakers remain confident their time will come.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 15, 2013
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