May 23, 2013

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Audi Sound System Concept includes 62 Speakers

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Audi is currently involved in a new project that according to them could be the next revolution. The project is internally dubbed the Audi Sound Concept and is being tested on a Q7 model. The German sound engineers at Audi have installed 62 speakers in the Q7. There are, in fact, five woofers and five [...]

GM too Integrates Google Maps to its OnStar eNav Systems After Ford

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Merely 24 hours after Ford announced that a Send to SYNC feature would allow motorists to beam Google Maps directions over Bluetooth to existing SYNC navigation systems, in flies General Motors with an eerily similar release. The OnStar eNav feature will allow Google Maps to be sent to vehicle models as far back as 2006 [...]

Ford’s ‘ Send to SYNC ‘ Enables Bluetooth Phones to Integrate with Google Maps

Ford Send to SYNC

Ford Motor Company announced the addition of Google Maps to its Send to Sync service, enabling Ford, Lincoln or Mercury owners to access travel information via the automaker’s cloud-based Sync Traffic, Directions & Information app. “Send to SYNC” is a new addition to the Ford Service Delivery Network, which is the automaker’s “cloud-based architecture,” that [...]

2011 Audi A8 will Come with Factory Installed Wi-Fi

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The 2011 Audi A8 will offer, alongside a more powerful 4.2-liter V-8 and eight-speed automatic transmission, the option of a factory-installed wireless hotspot for continuous Internet access. Audi have placed its antenna on the roof, allowing for great connection to WLAN hotspots. This makes it possible for passengers to connect to the net via their [...]

Self Repairing Audi A9 Concept Car By Daniel Garcia

self repairing Audi A9 concept car

Spanish designer Daniel Garcia has come up with the futuristic hybrid Audi A9 concept car. This amazing auto is equipped with a system that can automatically repair damage to the car. The entire structure of the car that, consists of the windscreen and the roof is fabricated using the future aiming nano technology, that would [...]

American Energy Department Ordered to Build First Solar Road

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We already heard about Solar Roads, which actually reduce the usage of polluting fossil fuels and produce non-polluting solar energy. Now the American Department of Energy(DoE) try to make a sample solar roads, so they handed over a $100,000 contract to Solar Roadways, which is just enough to build a prototype of the “First Ever [...]