BMW Auto Park
Nice video on BMW's prototype Auto Park system. The narration is in German though, so I don't really have any idea what they are going on about. But it's pretty cool watching …
Project NEF – Lotus 3.0 liter supercharged V6
The Project NEF engine aims to produce a high performance prototype engine without the need to resort to exotic materials or manufacturing technology, ensuring the transition from prototype to production with ease …
Mercedes Benz Charged Gasoline Injection (CGI)
Mercedes Benz was the first car manufacturer to use direct fuel-injection in it's road cars, putting a direct-injection engine into the 1955 300SL Gullwing. Back then, things like fuel economy and emissions …
Citroen C6 dashboard meter
The car dashboard. You will spend most of your time as a car owner facing it. Many car companies have been trying to revolutionize the way dashboard information is presented to you. …
BMW N54 Bi-Turbo Engine
After testing their new turbocharged petrol engine on a modified BMW 5-series, BMW has officially announced their new turbocharged petrol engine, the N54 Bi-Turbo. The BMW N54 Bi-Turbo is expected to be …
2007 Audi R8 Technical Specifications
Here are somemore details on the upcoming new Audi R8 supercar, based on the Le Mans concept above. A quick recap, the car is supposed to come in 2 variants, one with …
New Goodyear Eagle with ResponsEdge Technology
You've heard of carbon fibre bonnets, roofs, and even sports rims, but have you heard of carbon fibre tyres? Goodyear announced it's new Goodyear Eagle with ResponsEdge Technology which will begin to …
Honda’s Variable Cylinder Management i-VTEC
Honda is famous for their 4-cylinder VTEC and i-VTEC engines, but they also have V6 engines in their stables. The Acura NSX had a 3.2 litre V6 and the current shark-faced top …
Eliica, the 600kW electric sports car
A team of engineers at Keio University led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu has developed this 8-wheeled electric car called the Eliica. Eliica stands for 'Electric Lithium-Ion battery Car' and it has some …
BMW TurboSteamer
BMW's Group Research and Engineering division has come up with something new to squeeze out every ounce of performance from a combustion engine. Let's have a look at BMW's Turbosteamer. As you …
Airzed WiMAX Test
I previously blogged about AirZed introducing WiMAX broadband services here in Malaysia. The only package available right now is the Business package which provides 1mbps download and 512kbps upload with 1 fixed …
An alarm system that snaps photos
A team of 4 university students from York University have created an experimental project that could help identify car thieves or car accessory thieves at least. They've developed an alarm system that …
Jaguar XK safety lid
Not sure if stuff like these belong in gadget blogs or a car blog! Jaguar has showcased it's new Pyrotechnic Pedestrian Deployable Bonnet System used on the Jaguar XK. When your sleek …
Google Wifi
Google has launched a free Wi-Fi service in San Fransisco. Together with it's Wi-Fi service, it has also launched a free VPN service so that Wi-Fi users can encrypt their over-the-air data. …
Volkswagen implements RFID tracking
Volkswagen has implemented Identec's i-Q8 active arphid tag in their post-production/pre-delivery line for their Autostadt (Auto-City). An arphid is a term for RFID tags. RFID is pronounced "arphid". Identec's i-Q8 active arphid …
Bandwidth Caps for Broadband?
I was surfing Jaring's website to find out more information about it's wired broadband service when I came across this clause in it's MY015 Reach package. 8. Free usage of up to …
Google Talk Released
This is a short post. Rushing my Final Year Project prototype presentation. Will be back with more auto posts after I'm done! Google's IM long-anticipated IM service Google Talk is out. Head …
TM opens last mile, Jaring first customer
This is something which I've never thought would happen. Telekom Malaysia, recently rebranded as TM has opened up it's last mile POTS access. This means other broadband providers can offer internet access …
Variable Geometry Toroidal Engine (Round Engine)
I've stumbled upon this new way of making combustion engines called Round Engine, or it's more techy-sounding name Variable Geometry Toroidal (VGT). At first I thought it's some kind of rotary engine …
Carbon fibre – what is this material used in cars?
Carbon fibre is a black fabric weave held together by a transparent resin and weighs one-third to one-fifth the weight of similiar-strength steel. Carbon fibre has had it's place for a long …
