Bass-Foo » Technology http://www.bass-foo.com Like kung-foo, only 40 pounds heavier... Weird stuff found on the web Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Keep Your Eyes On The Road and Your Hands Upon the Wheel http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/09/06/keep-your-eyes-on-the-road-and-your-hands-upon-the-wheel/ http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/09/06/keep-your-eyes-on-the-road-and-your-hands-upon-the-wheel/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Bassam http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/09/06/keep-your-eyes-on-the-road-and-your-hands-upon-the-wheel/


Engineers at Toyota have come up with a camera that attaches to your steering wheel and watches your eyes. If you take your eyes away from the road, it’ll chime. If you continue to ignore safety, the brakes will start to be applied to slow you down.
The system will be offered in luxury Lexus models in Japan next spring.

Keep Your Eyes On The Road and Your Hands Upon the Wheel – Gizmodo

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A subsidiary of Philips has created a prototype of a “rollable display”. It’s a flexible monochrome (that’s black and white, people!) display that can be unrolled to 5 inches. It has a resolution of 320 x 240, and can only display two images per second, so video isn’t possible yet.
The first devices with this technology are still 2 years away. Can’t wait!

Gadget Flash: Philips presents rollable display prototype

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Gremban, an electrical engineer and committed environmentalist, spent several months and $3,000 US tinkering with his car. Plugging the car into a wall outlet at his home in this San Francisco suburb – all for about a quarter.

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What Tech-blog Engadget would have looked like 20 years ago as an old-school BBS. A fun look back at the cutting edge technology of 1985.
“Shoulder-phone” at only 11 pounds? Windows 1.0! 35-inch color TV! Laser printer for only $6,995! Gasp! CD-ROM!!!
I’m in heaven!

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An Australian study shows that using a hands-free cellphone kit while driving is no safer than holding phone up to your ear.

Ha! I knew it!

Link

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