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Photos: High-tech cars shine at NY auto show

News Saab's new Turbo X 9-3 has all-wheel-drive and 280 brake horsepower from its turbocharged 2.8-litre V-6 engine. Audi's updated all-wheel drive wagon comes with a choice of two direct-injection petrol: the top-of-the-range V-6 is good for 265 brake...

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26 March 2008, 10:02

Photos: Gaming gear from E3

News The wheel will be available in July for $100 (£53). For racing at home, Logitech introduced the G25 Racing Wheel at E3. The system includes a six-speed gear shift and clutch pedal, two force-feedback motors, a 280mm wheel and a full 900 degrees of...

12 May 2006, 11:10

Robot car tech shifts into high gear

News Drive by wire is a car that can be driven without a steering wheel from an internal protected seat or from a remote location, but it is still human operated. Sensors measure how far the driver turns the steering wheel, for example, and translate...

19 October 2005, 9:31

Photos: Mio navigates London's landmarks

News The British Airways London Eye, also known as the Millenium Wheel, is situated on the South Bank. It was opened on 31 December 1999 and is currently the world's tallest observation wheel. This model comes with 2GB of flash memory, an MP3 player, a...

22 June 2006, 14:45

Mobile driving crackdown accelerates

News UK drivers caught using their mobiles at the wheel will be hit with increased fines and penalty points as the government's new crackdown comes into force. From Tuesday, the fine for driving while using a mobile will double from £30 to £60 and...

27 February 2007, 11:36

Apple debuts new U2 iPod

News Like the first version, the black and stainless steel iPod has a red navigation wheel and is engraved on the back with the signatures of U2's four band members. Apple Computer on Tuesday released a new version of its U2 Special Edition iPod music...

7 June 2006, 10:21

GyroBike kids to flywheel round the block

News The company, a spin-off out of Dartmouth College, is coming out later this year or early next year with a gyroscope/flywheel that fits into the front wheel of a kid's bike. By contrast, the GyroBike wheel relies on natural physical forces.

28 April 2006, 9:54

New PC takes iPod design

News The white PC case has several "buttons" resembling those found on the scroll wheel of an Apple iPod, as well as a blue LED light that gives the case a constant backlit glow. For years, Windows PC owners have been able to connect to an iPod.

24 February 2006, 10:13

Nanocars ready to roll

News Each wheel is a buckyball, a spherical molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms. They are made of carbon, drive on roads of solid gold, and are made from a relatively small number of atoms. The university's nanocars, which will be described in an...

24 October 2005, 9:52

The one-armed bandits of the future

News If the typical Las Vegas slot player wants to switch to playing Wheel of Fortune after hours on a Monopoly box, he has to take his cup of quarters and go looking for a different machine. But that's about to change.

12 August 2005, 9:07

Photos: Vegas dispenses iPods 24/7

News Can't sleep after bucking the roulette wheel? Architecture, entertainment and vice. Everything about Las Vegas is famous for being over the top. You can now add vending machines to the list. Forget the flat coke and stale crisps.

18 April 2007, 10:19

iPods take to the road in more 2006 cars

News At an Apple press event in San Francisco, Audi, Volkswagen, Honda and its Acura luxury division showed off their yet-to-be-released cars sporting the latest iPod nano linked to the stereo system and other volume controls on the steering wheel.

8 September 2005, 9:38

Nanocar get its motor running

News Although consisting of only a single molecule, the nanocars roll on wheel-like structures connected to an axle. They won't be heading out on the highway anytime soon, but nanocars developed at Rice University have been fitted with a motor...

13 April 2006, 8:52

NASA creates space robots

News Others include Tendril, a robotic cable a centimetre in diameter that can snake into tight spaces and take pictures, and Scout, a four-wheel planetary rover, about the size of a golf cart, that will ferry astronauts around or carry their oxygen...

11 October 2005, 10:09

IDC predicts new dawn for tech

News The wheel has just been turned," Gantz said. Spending on information technology will rise by 5 percent worldwide this year, IDC says, in the latest sign of optimism for tech-industry prospects. The forecast is similar to a recent estimate from...

1 April 2004, 8:20