Thursday, July 16, 2009

Talking car that avoids crashes.

  • Talking cars are not scientific fiction any more.
  • Two scientists of Indian origin have developed alogrithms that will allow the cars of the future to communicate with each other to avoid collkision.
  • An international team led by the two scientists Bibhya Sharma and Utesh Chand of the South Pacific University has developed a mathematical equation which will also instruct the robotic cars as to how to change lanes safely.
  • Further according to the scientists the series of mathematical eqations would also instruct the robotic cars as to when and how to merge lanes to avoid accidents and ease traffic congestions.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Antares DLR=H2 fuel cell airplane


  • Antares DLR-H2 is the world's first manned aircraft using hydrogen as the fuel and without any hybrid assist.
  • The Antares DLR-H2 can take off and land on its own.
  • The Antares DLR-H2 has a maximum flying speed of 102mph with a range of 450 miles. The fuel cell is fitted below the left side wing and the hydrogen fuel tank is fitted below the right wing of the aircraft.
  • The days are not far off that the small airplanes will takeoff and land on its own using hydrogen fuel cells.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Satnav launches new GPS device Moov 300


  • Satnav Technologies has launched a new navigation device SatGuide PND Moov 300 to provide trouble free road navigation features like voice prompted directions and 4.3 inch touch screen for better user interface to its consumers.
  • It is loaded with SatGuide Maps GPS navigator, calculator, audio and vedeo players making it a multi functionality gadget.
  • The SatGuide Maps is loaded with detailed maps of 200 cities and more than 15lakh points of interest for customers to choose from. It is also proposed to 500 cities, 30 lakhs points of interest and ultimately maps of around 6lakh villages across the country.
  • Moov 300, the wide screen personal navigation device is offered to the Indian consumers at a price of Rs 16,990.
  • The SatGuide 300 is available online at Satnav .
  • The SatGuide 300 is also available at large format retailers across the country like Ezone, Croma, Reliance Digital, HCL Digilife, XCite etc across the country.
  • The SatGuide 300 can be easily installed in a vehicle.
  • The Moov 300 comes with a latest WinCE 5.0 version, a 64MB flash and 512MB Ram.
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Yamaha launches Fazer, a new 153cc bike


  • Yamaha would be manufacturing its new Fazer 153cc bike at its plant in Surajpur in U.P. in India.
  • The new Fazer is an addition to Yamaha's FZ portfolio of bikes FZ=16 and FZ=S.
  • The Fazer carries the Motorcross suspension to provide agile running performance and handling.
  • The Fazer model will be available in four different colours viz Electric Blue, Midnight Black, Lava Red and Flaming Orange.
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