Viper SmartStart - Start your car from virtually anywhere with your iPhone

 

Once again, the reason why you should buy an iPhone is as a substitute for your car keys. Viper SmartStart is an iPhone application that can be used to unlock / lock the car door, opened the luggage, the panic button to start the engine.

 

But do not like it, because to make your car can be compatible with this application, you also have to buy an instrument that is issued by Viper Viper Smart System that will be installed in the car. With the Viper Smart System, all kinds of cars can be "connected" with the iPhone just as we install a car alarm.

In additional to iPhone, iPod Touch turned out to also be used and the price of this application itself is free but to buy the Viper Smart System is a tool you need to pay U.S. $ 499

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Avicos - Speaking interactive dashboard avatar could replace owner’s manuals

Audi in collaboration with Germany's Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) developed a technology called the Avatar-based Virtual Co-driver System (AviCoS). AviCoS made ​​to work with existing monitoring systems in the Audi car called the Audi Mulitmedia Interface.

As the name implies, will be an avatar will appear on screen to help you explain everything related to cars. All the information you need will be assisted this avatar and you can tell by the voice in which Voice Recognition technology (voice recognition) will be able to adjust all sound so that all commands can be heard well.

In addition will be answered through verbal, through our existing monitors can also see the information visually either through pictures or video. You also do not have to worry about the accident since the system can not be used when the car is running fast.

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Plugless Power getting ready for real - wireless Chevy Volt charging

 

This time Plugless Power seems ready to make a wireless charging technology for all electric cars. Indeed Plugless Power itself is not new because it has many other manufacturers who make similar technology but there are some advantages possessed Plugless Power.

Among Parking Pad (a place to "unify" the car with refills) are smaller, so do not bother with the place. Plugless Power also promised that as long as you're near the parking pad or does it need proper / parallel between the transmitter and receiver, can still Plugless Power rechargeable battery in the car. 

A set Plugless Power will be sold in the range $ 2000-3000 and if everything runs smoothly, Plugless Power will go on sale in 2012.

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Mercedez safety tech "Anti-crash system"

Famous car manufacturer from Germany, Mercedes, has just launched a technology security standards that can predict the circumstances in the course via video and sensors in the car. Existing sensors can detect cars, pedestrians and bicycles around us so that unwanted accidents can be avoided.

In fact, this tool can calculate the amount of damage in the moments before the accident. You can imagine if all cars will use this tool so we are confident that the accident rate in the whole world will be much reduced.

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If cars could talk then the accident rate could drop to 80%

Making cars can each "talk" to each other to avoid accidents is not the first time we hear, we also discuss the technology of the Ford here. Only technologies that can reduce these accidents are getting close to reality with the experiments carried out by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.

Known as "vehicle-to-vehicle" and "vehicle-to-infrastructure communication", the technology will make this one car can communicate with each other and can also communicate with traffic lights and other highway-related. Technologies that use radio signals (rather short-range radio communication) can tell a lot of things to the driver as there are cars approaching from the side, traffic lights will change color (to red) and many more.

Radio signals that there will continue to provide data on the surrounding environment and tell if there is a danger. As a result, if this is successful then he said traffic accidents can be reduced to 80%. Wow!

Oh yes, this experiment itself will be carried out with 64 cars from several car manufacturers and will be tried in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This experiment will continue until 2013.

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