TV vs. PS3 crash test

We're not sure if we entirely approve of this. Don't get us wrong, we love watching things smash into each other in slow motion. Recently, America's Insurance Institute for Highway Safety began a series of exceptional crash tests to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

First it collided a 1959 Chevy Bel Air into a 2009 Chevy Malibu at 40mph (64km/h). Then, last week, the institute rammed some large cars into some smaller ones, with the Mercedes-Benz C-Class running into a diminutive Smart ForTwo being the highlight.
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Play music in the car using an FM modulator

Want sweet iPod tunes in your car, but don't want the static and tinny sound generated by many FM transmitters? There is another way and it doesn't involve an expensive new sound system.

If you want your entire iPod music collection as you're crawling around in peak hour traffic, there are many ways to skin this proverbial apple.

Many cars sold in the last few years have built-in 3.5mm auxiliary jacks for clear, static-free iPod connectivity. A lucky few will even find a USB port or two in their rides. Should you find yourself in this crowd, you can look away now.
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Navigon unveils its iPhone car cradle on Facebook

With its turn-by-turn navigation software, MobileNavigator, successfully launched on the iPhone, Navigon is preparing to release a car kit for everyone's favorite fruity phone.

A photo of the car kit (right) was unveiled on Navigon's official Facebook page--of all places--but details are sparse at the moment.

According to the company's wall post, the kit contains a cradle for the iPhone with a suction cup mount that, unsurprisingly, looks a lot like the overgrown shoe fitter we saw on the Navigon 4350 max. It will also ship with a charging cable to keep your phone juiced while you drive.

Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed. However, considering that there's no supplementary technology, such as an integrated GPS chip or additional speaker, this cradle should cost considerably less than TomTom's tech-laden cradle, which will cost around US$100 in the US.

Via CNET Australia

Japan may mandate noise-making device for hybrid cars

Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, an official said.

The petrol-electric vehicles, which in recent months have become the country's top-selling cars, hum along almost soundlessly when they are running on battery power alone.

"We have received opinions from automobile users and vision-impaired people that they feel hybrid vehicles are dangerous," a transport ministry official said on Friday. "Blind people depend on sounds when they walk, but there are no engine sounds from hybrid vehicles when running at low speed and on the electric motor [only]."
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Does product placement work?

After watching the latest Bond film, we're beginning to wonder whether Bond's so angry just because of all the products he's meant to spruik. We wonder whether he's reading this story right now on his Intel-inside PC...

In fact, it wasn't the comical excuse for a story, the rapid fire action scenes nor the plot holes so large that you could drive a small sultanate through them that really got our brain juices flowing--well, actually they were, but I'm neither David nor Margaret--but product placement.

You see, when the movie was introduced by the folks at Sony, we were told to keep an eye out for the Sony Ericsson phones used by the guys and gals at MI6. That's all well and good, but instantly my mind dropped back to the ignominous scene in GoldenEye where 007 tools away in a four-cylinder BMW Z3. As a Q special, I couldn't think of a car less fitting of Bond's martini-swilling, femme fatale-wooing image. And all this because BMW drove up to EON headquarters with a stretch limo filled with cash.
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