Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Volvo fits its EV’s with bio-ethanol powered heater

Volvo fits its EV’s with bio-ethanol powered heater: "It's no secret that ambient temperature can have a significant impact on the performance of battery electric vehicles and temperature differences can therefore have a major impact in the range of said EVs."

Video road test: The Zero S electric supermotard

Video road test: The Zero S electric supermotard: "The latest in our series of video road tests is America's leading electric motorcycle: the Zero S, from California's Zero Motorcycles. Seventy-five miles per hour and 60 miles between charges are the big numbers here – but how does that translate to real life use?"

Laptop concept would roll up like a yoga mat

Laptop concept would roll up like a yoga mat: "Notebooks and tablets already offer pretty convenient computing on-the-go solutions, but Germany's Orkin Design proposes rolling up both devices into one ultra-portable package."

Toshiba’s 14-inch USB-powered Mobile Monitor released

Toshiba’s 14-inch USB-powered Mobile Monitor released: "Walk into any graphic or game design studio, trading center or media authoring/editing business and you'll more than likely see some sort of multi-display workstation setup. I too have found that expanding display real estate over more than one screen can be very useful, but when thinking about such things for my notebook, I'm kind of limited to integrated screen-and-a-half or full dual-screen options."

Bikemaker-carmaker collaboration produces the S-Works + McLaren Venge

Bikemaker-carmaker collaboration produces the S-Works + McLaren Venge: "Given that legendary Italian bicycle-maker Colnago has collaborated with Ferrari on limited-edition bikes in the past, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that another bicycle company might also see the technological (and marketing) value of hooking up with a maker of racing and luxury automobiles."