News articles tagged with 'car'
Risks associated with secondhand smoke in cars carrying children
— 10 Jan 2011 18:37 | HealthWhile the evidence is incomplete there is enough available to support legislation against letting people smoke in cars with children, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association…
Turning waste heat into power
— 1 Oct 2010 11:57 | TechnologyWhat do a car engine, a power plant, a factory and a solar panel have in common? They all generate heat - a lot of which is wasted…
New supercomputer 'sees' well enough to drive a car someday
— 16 Sep 2010 05:13 | TechnologyNavigating our way down the street is something most of us take for granted; we seem to recognise cars, other people, trees and lampposts instantaneously and without much thought. In…
200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalised energy systems'
— 2 Sep 2010 14:22 | ChemistryThe era of personalised energy systems - in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars - took another step toward reality…
Car lighting makeover impacts feel of safety and style
— 16 Aug 2010 08:56 | TechnologyGone are the days of basic, glaring lights inside cars to help us find our seatbelts or scramble for a map. Taking cues from research in buildings and offices, today's car designers…
Wireless tire pressure monitoring systems in cars may compromise privacy, pose security threat
— 13 Aug 2010 08:18 | TechnologyNew wireless technologies in cars may compromise a driver's privacy and pose a security threat, warn researchers at Rutgers University…
New UGA temperature table may help reduce heat-related deaths of children in closed cars
— 30 Jun 2010 12:03 | HealthThe heat of summer brings trips to the lake, afternoons at the beach and vacations in the mountains. It also arrives with the threat of dangerous conditions in closed cars, where children…
Individual brain cells can ID both cars and cats
— 10 Jun 2010 11:30 | TechnologyResearchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory found that single brain cells, if confronted with a difficult task, can identify objects as dissimilar as sports cars…
Electric supercar team aims for UK first in lead-up to world record attempt across the Americas
— 28 May 2010 13:18 | TechnologyStudents driving an electric supercar will tonight try to be the first to drive an all-electric vehicle around the M25 twice on one battery charge, in the lead up to the team's attempt…
Second-hand smoke toxicity in cars: Myth into fact
— 13 Apr 2010 11:44 | HealthThere is no evidence to support the fact that smoking in cars is 23 times more toxic than in other indoor environments, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association…