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TAG Heuer’s Tesla Roadster gets pictured on the road

By Vladislav Savov

The good people of Tesla couldn’t leave us with just stock studio photography of their new TAG Heuer special edition vehicle, oh no. They’ve treated us to a full gallery of the car out on the road, sporting its new regalia and that radical paintjob with pride. To remind you, the only special thing about this edition is indeed that TAG Heuer has reskinned its exterior, while a center console mount for a Meridiist phone and room for a Limited Edition Stopwatch can be classified as product placements for the crowd who’d buy things just because there’s an allotted space for them. Anyhow, a couple more pictures await after the break (sans that silly flare on the Tesla logo above) or you can hit the source for the full experience.

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TAG Heuer’s Tesla Roadster gets pictured on the road originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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DIY: Stereo Cooler

By Dave Freeman

Here’s a clever yet simple DIY project for you, just in time for the weekend. You could probably even through this thing together before the next camping trip, even if you are heading out tonight. It’s that simple.

Chocolate Powered Racing Car

By Ubergizmo
Chocolate Powered Racing Car

First we had a look at the Carpuccino that ran on coffee, taking up to 50 cups of espresso to move a mile. Hopefully mileage of this £200,000 Chocolate Powered Racing Car is better, thanks to the efforts of students at the University of Warwick. Touted to be the world’s first sustainable Formula 3 racing car, it comes with a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can surprisingly hit the magical zero to 60 mark in a mere 2.5 seconds. We do wonder whether the brand of the chocolate matters or not…

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Sonic Defenders ear plugs

By Ubergizmo

Sonic Defenders ear plugs

Want to preserve your hearing in the iPod age? The Sonic Defenders ear plugs sure comes in handy, where they’re better known by their model name, the SureFire EP-3. These ear plugs will not only let you enjoy your favorite music while letting you hear safe and routine sounds including conversations and a honking car behind whenever you start drifting onto the road while jogging, but it will also prevent potentially harmful sounds above 80dB from reaching your ear drums, thanks to the company’s ‘Hocks Noise Braker’ filter. A tiny removable stopper will block out virtually all sounds if you want to go for a personal silent retreat. At $12.95 a pair, it certainly is cheap!

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Google Maps adds bicycle directions, turns out its nothing like ‘Quicksilver’

By Joseph L. Flatley
Enthusiasts have had plenty to cheer about with the convergence of electronics and bicycling over the years, from bikes that pedal themselves to the various devices and apps that assist them with their training. And for those of us who just want to get from one place to another? Google Maps has added bicycling directions to its walking, car, and public transport options — with travel times calculated to include things like the number of hills and fatigue over time. But that ain’t all! The company has also partnered with Rails-to-Trails to provide information on bike trails in more than 150 cities. According to Google, thousands of miles of trails in the US have already been added to the map, with more to come. For the time being, however, only those planning trips in their home or office need apply: while available on the web, those using a Google Maps smartphone app are being excluded for the time being. So much for “mobile first,” guys. Video after the break.

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Motion-Sim 4DOF racing simulator

By Ubergizmo
Motion-Sim 4DOF racing simulator

Motion-Sim has rolled out its 4DOF racing simulator that offers pitch, roll, yaw and heave to what would deem to be perfection, coming with a harness of its own that will prevent you from flying ahead like a crash test dummy during the more intense in-game moments. Unfortunately, the 4DOF plays nice with PC sims only at the moment. This is definitely a rich man’s toy since the home version will retail for €18,450. Heck, at that price point, we might as well buy a real car, eh?

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ExiTool Seatbelt Cutter For Paranoid Drivers

By Ubergizmo

ExiTool Seatbelt Cutter For Paranoid Drivers

Ever wonder what would happen if you crashed your car, and the seatbelt got jammed, trapping you in the vehicle, while you’re busy wondering if your car is going to blow up (like they always do in the movies)? If you have the ExiTool handy, such a scenario would become less of an issue, not that we’re saying crashing your car is a non-issue. The ExiTool clips onto your seatbelt and it’s ever ready in the event you need to slash through your seatbelt. As an added bonus, it has a tungsten window-smashing tip and button-cell powered flashlight in the event you need additional light. It’s currently listed as “coming soon”, with the price tag of $26.99, though the question is, would you shell out $26.99 for something to cut through your seatbelt in the event of emergency?

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Carpuccino runs on coffee

By Ubergizmo

Carpuccino runs on coffee

For many of us, it is a nice, hot cup of coffee that keeps us going through the day, which strangely enough is the same case for the Carpuccino that you see above. What used to be a standard 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco is now a coffee-powered car, but mileage isn’t that ideal (and a waste of good coffee, we might add) since it requires 56 espressos for a single mile. It will run on any brand as long as the coffee is very dry and comes in a pellet form factor that enables the air to move through the pile of coffee as it burns.

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Sausage iPhone stylus shipping to US

By Doug Aamoth

You may have seen the “Sausage Finger” iPhone photos making the rounds early last month. I could have sworn we posted it but I can’t seem to find it. Anyhoo, it was a photo of two guys on a South Korean subway car using little sausages to manipulate their iPhones while wearing gloves. Everyone had a chuckle and then we all moved on—UNTIL NOW!

What would you even do with a 100 mbps Internet connection?

By Nicholas Deleon

About a year ago I signed up for Cablevision’s Optimum Online Ultra, and aside from a little snafu that I’m trying to fix right now (don’t ask!), it’s been great. How could you go wrong with a reliable 100 mbps down/15 mbps up connection? Only $100/month, too. Other ISPs are getting close to offering similar speeds, thanks to Docsis 3.0, but some people are wondering: will people even need that sort of speed, and if so, then for what?

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: Ferrari, Porsche, and the Glucowizzard

By Inhabitat
The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat, recapping the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us.

This week Inhabitat marveled at all of the incredible, efficient, and oh-so-sleek vehicles unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motors Show. We were excited to see Ferrari roll out its first hybrid vehicle, the 599 HY-KERS while Porsche upped the ante with its stunningly beautiful 918 Spyder hybrid. Finally, Tata unveiled the Nano EV, an all-electric version of the world’s cheapest car.

The Maldives also made waves this week with hopeful plans to float their sinking nation using miniature man-made islands. That may be a while off however, so in the meantime why not enjoy the comforts of home at sea aboard this bizarre sofa boat — a steal at only $16,064. Rounding off our flotilla of floating news, Hexicon unveiled a smart design for a floating array of wind turbines that can be easily installed in deep seas.

We also saw several developments in wearable tech that stand to change how we interact with the wired world. The Glucowizzard is a tiny solar powered chip that can be implanted in a person’s wrist to easily monitor glucose levels. If implanting gadgets gets under your skin, then you might be a fan of Microsoft’s Skinput system, which uses a micro projector to beam a touchscreen display onto your arm. And to power all that gear on the go, look no further than Bourne Energy’s backpack power plant — a bright blue generator that provides portable hydroelectric power.

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: Ferrari, Porsche, and the Glucowizzard originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Concept: Road Train Autopilot Driving System

By Ubergizmo

Concept: Road Train Autopilot Driving System

Don’t you wish you could take your hands off the steering during those pesky traffic jams? Well, if the “road train” concept becomes a reality, you might just be able to do it, and save fuel in the process. The system is quite simple: The cars will all follow the “leader” of the train, and if you want to join in, the sensor will send out the signal, and your car will obediently follow the train, and stay close enough so that you could save some fuel by being in the slipstream. When it’s time for you to pull off in another direction, just disengage, and the system will widen the gap between the cars, allowing you to leave the pack, after which the car previously behind you will be linked to the car in front of you. Pretty neat, isn’t it?

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