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Google Maps to detect potholes with shock sensors

Google is to take on the world's bad road surfaces with technology that can detect potholes and mark them on its maps
Published 27 August 2015
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Kindle-style E Ink traffic signs introduced in Sydney

A new type of traffic sign that uses the same digital display technology as found in e-readers, such as the Amazon Kindle, has been launched in Sydney...
Published 28 July 2015
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Mirror, signal, hijack: hackers take remote control...

Jeep has hastened to reassure British Cherokee drivers that its car will not be vulnerable to hackers...
Published 27 July 2015
Terrafugia flying car

Terrafugia flying car Mk 2 scheduled for take‑off...

Customers may still be awaiting delivery of the Terrafugia Transition flying car, but that has not stopped the maker pushing ahead with its new model...
Published 27 July 2015
Buzzard WiFi dongle review

Products: EE Buzzard 2 in-car 4G wi-fi dongle

Did you know that modern smartphones can be turned into mobile wi-fi hotspots? This device from EE will do the same thing as your phone but there...
Published 17 July 2015
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Google sounds alarm to cut level-crossing crashes with...

Smartphones will warn drivers when they approach level crossings in an effort to cut the number of near-misses and serious crashes...
Published 06 July 2015
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AeroMobil, Europe's first production flying car to...

Europe's first production flying car will take to the skies in 2017, said the company behind it, AeroMobil
Published 29 June 2015
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All-new Audi A4 and A4 Avant tech, specs and images:...

The ninth-generation Audi A4 saloon and Avant (estate) are new from the ground up but you’d be hard pushed to know by looking ...
Published 29 June 2015
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Jaguar Land Rover’s cars can read your mind and be...

Once the stuff of science fiction, technology that allows a car to read a driver’s mind could be coming to a showroom near you...
Published 17 June 2015
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Ford joins the race to foil the keyless car thieves

CAR companies are attempting to plug a serious security flaw in modern cars that allows thieves to steal them in a matter of seconds...
Published 15 June 2015
Jaguar Land Rover patent clears way for eye-activated rear wipers

Jaguar Land Rover patent clears way for eye-activated...

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is working on a rear-window wiper that is activated when the driver looks in the rear-view mirror
Published 08 June 2015
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Bright sparks devise cheaper battery for electric cars

A small British company claims to have cracked a problem that has stumped some of the world’s biggest car makers: how to make efficient batteries...
Published 01 June 2015