Car Cam Voyager records video as you drive

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Cameras, Displays, Transportation

You may have been involved in a car accident at some point, and it may have been beneficial for you to have a recording of the incident. Fortunately, the Car Cam Voyager can make your next accident an open and shut case for your insurance claim. 

The Car Cam Voyager is video camera that attaches easily to the visor to film as you drive.  It is powered by your vehicle’s lighter, and includes a 720 x 480 resolution screen.  With a 32 GB SD card, you can record up to 48 hours of footage, stored in 15-minute increments..  If you run out of memory, it will simply start recording over the oldest recording.  You can even plug it into your television with RCA output cables. 

The Car Cam Voyager can be purchased from Brick House Security site for $300.00. 

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Newegg Deal: TomTom ONE 130S GPS with text-to-speech

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: GPS, Hot Deals, Transportation

Newegg has a nice deal going on currently on the TomTom ONE 130S GPS unit. We’ve always liked TomTom products, so we had to let you know about this bargain. The TomTom ONE 130S is being sold for $69.99, which is $50 off the normal price. This one is great for getting from point A to point B, without any of the other frills that may get in the way, and it also has text-to-speech built in. Take a look at the TomTom ONE 130S on Newegg to get the savings.

As always, you can find all sorts of Newegg promo codes and deals on our forums.

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4GB USB Mini Cooper thumb drive

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: PC / Laptop, Storage, Transportation

For those who want a little drive in their USB thumb drive, might we suggest the USB drive based on the 1959 Mini Cooper?  Sure, you may not be pulling off the Italian Job, but at least you’ll have 4GB worth of storage space.  Of course, style costs, and this will cost you $102. Yeah, you read that right.

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Chevy Volt’s 230 MPG too good to be true

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Design, Transportation

Maybe I’m just getting sick of seeing those ads with the smiley-faced electrical outlet, but I figured that the 230 MPG touted for the Volt seemed a little too good to be true. 

As it turns out, someone at Chevrolet is playing with numbers.  According to DVICE:

Essentially, the Volt can drive 40 miles on battery power before kicking in the gas engine. So if you drive 10 miles, you’ll get infinite miles per gallon. If you drive 50 miles, you’ll get 250 miles per gallon. But if you drive 300 miles, you’ll be down to 62.5 miles per gallon.

This is hardly 230 MPG.  Would the electrical outlet be frowning if it knew the real truth? 

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Lamborghini Hybrid Gallardo coming in 2015

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Corporate News, Design, Transportation

It would appear that I now have a good reason to want a Lamborghini with the announcement of a new version of the Gallardo.  This one is in hybrid form, and it is expected to roll out by 2015.  The Lamborghini hybrid won’t be an all out green road warrior, as it will instead use a small electric motor when doing urban street driving, but will then bump up to using a 10 or 12 cylinder engine when going full speed. Don’t count on Lambo going completely electric anytime soon, but the Gallardo will certainly be a testing bed to see how these super luxury vehicles sell. Coincidentally, Ferrari is set to release a hybrid vehicle in 2015 as well.

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Orbis, the one-wheeled Segway-like transportation device

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Design, Transportation

You generally don’t see people on Segways in real-life, as they remain pretty much banned in the locales where they’d have the highest demand.

Well, perhaps the Orbis Urban Mobility Vehicle will have a better shot as mass adoption. Maybe. As you can see, it has one wheel, so it would take up a lot less space than crowded two-wheeled Segways.  It’s also battery powered, so it is environmentally friendly with top speeds of up to 13 mph. It’s also super portable, as the handle can wrap around the wheel, which is pretty cool.

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2010 Acura vehicles get Bluetooth, XM Radio, iPod connectivity as standard

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Accessories, Music, Transportation, Wireless / WiFi

Acura is looking to upgrade the experience for customers by adding a few oft-requested features as standard, starting with their 2010 lineup. Look forward to Bluetooth, XM Radio, and even iPod connectivity to all be included. This is definitely a sign of the times, as just about even mobile phone sold today supports Bluetooth, and that can only result in a bit more safety on the road.

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Nissan Leaf: Zero Emissions, Total Affordability

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Design, Transportation

I think we all know that cars are one of the worst polluters on the planet today, and so I find it nice of Nissan to introduce the greener Leaf, a car that has zero emissions.  The Nissan Leaf has a lithium ion battery-powered chassis that is good for 160km (100 miles) on a single charge.  Best of all, its lack of a tailpipe can reduce one’s “carbon footprint” significantly.  I don’t have a price for it yet, but it should be “affordable” to the family of five that it has room for.  The car is slated to launch late next year in Japan, the United States, and Europe.

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Escort Introduces Redline Radar Detector - Darwinian Theory Put to Test

Posted by Finnian Durkan Categories: Accessories, Misc. Tech, Transportation

Remember the Fuzz-buster?  No?  Am I dating myself be referencing 80’s tech here?  Well, anyways - welcome to the next generation of police-evading technology.  Escort recently announced its newest model in radar detectors: The Redline.  With the Redline you get a substantially increased radar-detection envelope - 13 miles according to the press release - and can now snub your nose at the law with impunity.  It ships in August and is available for $499.95, a mere pittance to pay for the privelege to personally test the theory of Natural Selection - don’t let cops get in your way from attaining that ultimate pinnacle of street-racing cred: your very own white-cross on the side of I-95!

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NASA Probes Successful

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Science, Transportation

Thank goodness all is well with NASA’s LRO and LCROSS. The LCROSS is already streaming video back to earth and will crash land on the moon Oct. 9 to look for water on the South Pole. The LRO just completed the last of its four engine burns and has settled into a comfortable orbit. It will be compiling 3D maps of the surface for about a year. All told, it will provide more data than any other mission.

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