Cars

Automobile
Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) – entered into an early automobile race
Classification Vehicle
Industry Various
Application Conveyance
Fuel Source Gasoline, Diesel, Electric
Powered Yes
Self-Propelled Yes
Wheels 3–4
Axles 0–2
Inventor Ferdinand Verbiest


Passenger cars in 2000
World map of passenger cars per 1000 people.An automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.[1]

The term motorcar has also been used in the context of electrified rail systems to denote a car which functions as a small locomotive but also provides space for passengers and baggage. These locomotive cars were often used on suburban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad systems.[2]

There are approximately 600 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car per eleven people).[3][4] Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over a billion cubic meters (260 billion US gallons) of petrol/gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.[5]








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Cars

Automobile


Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) – entered into an early automobile race
Classification Vehicle
Industry Various
Application Conveyance
Fuel Source Gasoline, Diesel, Electric
Powered Yes
Self-Propelled Yes
Wheels 3–4
Axles 0–2
Inventor Ferdinand Verbiest


Passenger cars in 2000
World map of passenger cars per 1000 people.An automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.[1]

The term motorcar has also been used in the context of electrified rail systems to denote a car which functions as a small locomotive but also provides space for passengers and baggage. These locomotive cars were often used on suburban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad systems.[2]

There are approximately 600 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car per eleven people).[3][4] Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over a billion cubic meters (260 billion US gallons) of petrol/gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.[5

Sony Revolution Interactive Table

This time it’s a Sony, at least, that’s what the link said I came across. I don’t have any other information on when/where this is or who made it… but one thing’s for sure, it’s cool!
It all looks like a table with predefined places where you can put these magic transparant squares (called ‘timemachine’ for instance). If you have a selection of these transparant squares to choose from, you can continually change your table to your specific needs at that time… Make it a video-editing table or a shopping table or well, whatever you want.

IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook

They industry’s first hybrid notebook – One PC, two devices. Detach the screen to switch between full-function notebook and 3G multitouch slate tablet for mobile Internet. Coming Summer 2010. Wall Street Journal Top Ten Gadgets of CES for the U1 Laptop Magazine Best Netbook: U1 Laptop Magagine Best Smartbook: Skylight Popular Science Best Products of the Future: U1 CNET Best Computer of CES 2010: U1

Convertible touch-screen tablet notebook with 11.6" HD LED screen
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor in laptop mode
Qualcomm Snapdragon™ ARM processor in tablet mode
User-friendly Windows® 7 OS in laptop mode
Lenovo's customized Skylight OS in tablet mode

The future of... ink

Imagine a magazine that updates its articles whenever new information is available. A tablet that stores all the textbooks a university student will ever need. Or a supermarket shelf tag that automatically reflects price changes. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das shows us how electronic ink is turning the page on a new era for displays.

Microsoft's top-secret touch screen

Share6 Even though so many people were left un-wowed by Vista, Microsoft's latest announcement is sure to elicit some excitement.

Five years in the (very secretive) making, the Surface Computer is a tabletop system that allows users to interact with digital media in some truly remarkable ways.

CNET News.com's Ina Fried has video of the system in action, viewable below.


Surface Computer users can fingerpaint digitally, resize and interact with photos and videos, and even "digitize" some real-life events, such as splitting up a restaurant bill and researching wines. The Surface Computer can recognize some real-world objects and creates onscreen versions to interact with.

The innovative system looks a lot like the interface demonstrated in the now-famous YouTube video of New York University researcher Jeff Han.

Alas, the Surface Computer isn't intended for home use--at least not yet. Instead, the tabletop system is expected to be used as an interactive kiosk for businesses, restaurants, and for entertainment in public spaces.

Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 is also something completely new for Microsoft: A total break from the past. Windows Mobile isn't just dead, the body's been dumped, buried and paved over by a rainbow brick road.

The Interface
It's different. The face of Windows Phone 7 is not a rectangular grid of thumbnail-sized glossy-looking icons, arranged in a pattern of 4x4 or so, like basically every other phone. No, instead, an oversized set of bright, superflat squares fill the screen. The pop of the primary colors and exaggerated flatness produces a kind of cutting-edge crispness that feels both incredibly modern and playful. Text is big, and beautiful. The result is a feat no phone has performed before: Making the iPhone's interface feel staid.