If Only I Had It

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Here with the new Rolls-Royce with high tech gadgets. It looks like James Bonds latest car. Well, the Company CEO Tom Purvis has previously announce a wish to produce an electric Rolls-Royce to offset any possible expectation ban on big-engined saloons in urban areas.

It’s also understood that the company is keen to push electric technology as far as it can go to guarantee that an electric Phantom is a technological showcase. Most Phantoms are used for short trips by people who want to be noticed arriving at the latest exclusive restaurant or club. So the limited range is not likely to be a big problem. The huge revolution which will allow the electric Phantom to whisk its user away in near silence. They can even claim that their new luxury ride is all about saving the planet.

From the tyres up, the Second version Phantom Coupé is the most driver-focused Phantom ever built. It’s based on the same lightweight aluminium space frame as the rest of the family and shares the same V12 engine. But with a shorter wheelbase, greater rigidity and new gearbox tuning. Sporty look alike and it is more agile and dynamic.

No word yet on cost but expect it to around USD380,000. So which would be your favorable pick?

Can this be ever made true in our commercial world? If it was true think how much it can be where we don’t need much money to spend on fuel or even maintains.

This invention was made possible by China’s Leon Zhu who came up with this innovative yet simple way to collect solar energy. The idea is to provide energy for the car’s electronic systems as well as air conditioning system. Hopefully fuel is somehow generated to move the car, save us millions. I have yet to research on this. May be later I will let you know about my findings.

Who knows someone like Wayne Szalinski is out there making it possible for us.

The number one reason I went to the LA Auto Show was to see exotic cars. I’m not a car nut, not really… I mean, my vehicle of choice (of choice, not necessity) is a 1994 Volvo 940 Wagon. Swedish turbo bricks FTW! But still, exotic cars get my juices flowing just as much as the next guy (or gal), and I spent a significant amount of time at the show doing silly things like measuring the size of the brakes on a Ferrari or repeatedly opening and closing the doors of a Lamborghini. They open UPWARDS, it’s SO COOL! Check out a bunch of pics from the show, after the jump… Click on Gallery to view all the cars..

Ferrari California

460hp V8, 0-60 < 4s, top speed 193 mph, retractable hard top, $190,000.

Ferrari F430 Spider

460hp V8, 0-60 < 4s, top speed 193 mph, convertible, $201,000.

Ferrari F430 Scuderia

503hp V8, 0-60 3.1s, top speed 199 mph, $220,000

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

611hp V12, 0-60 3.7s, top speed 205 mph, $310,000

Gumpert Apollo

650hp V8, 0-60 3s, top speed 224 mph, $498,000

Aston Martin DBS

510hp V12, 0-60 4.2s, top speed 191 mph, $265,000

Lotus Exige

218hp S4, 0-60 4.1s, top speed 150 mph, $61,000

Lotus Evora

270hp V6, 0-60 <5s, top speed 160mph, 4 seats, $67,000

Porsche Boxster

255hp V6, 0-60 5.9s, top speed 165mph, $51,000

Porsche Cayman

265hp V6, 0-60 4.9s, top speed 172 mph, $55,000

Mercedes SL 65 AMG Black

661hp V12, 0-60 3.6s, top speed 199 mph, $370,000

Mercedes SLR McLaren

617hp V8, 0-60 3.8s, top speed 206 mph, $495,000

Chevy Camaro Black

422hp V8, 0-60 6.1s, top speed 140 mph, $31,000+ (trim concept)

Spyker LM85

400hp V8, 0-60 4.5s, top speed 187 mph, $300,000+ (race edition)

Spyker C8 Aileron

400hp V8, 0-60 4.5s, top speed 187 mph, $250,000

Maserati GranTurismo S

433hp V8, 0-60 4.8s, top speed 183 mph, $135,000

Audi R8

414hp V8, 0-60 4.4s, top speed 187 mph, $109,000

Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder

560hp V10, 0-60 3.7s, top speed 203 mph, $222,000

Lamborghini Murciélago LP640

642hp V12, 0-60 3.3s, top speed 219 mph, $319,000

Stile Bertone BAT 11

No specs on this one, but supposedly 25-50 will be produced next year

Galpin Auto Sports Scythe

1005hp V8, all interior functions voice activated, car is functional but not street legal. I didn’t know where else to put it, ’cause it certainly is exotic…

Dodge ZEO from Chrysler is an electric concept car with a 64kWh Li-ion rechargeable battery and runs 250 miles (approximately 402km) per battery charge.

The name “ZEO”, stands for zero emission operation. The four-door concept vehicle has a total weight of 1,202 kg and surprisingly Chrysler says it can go from 0 to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds and reach a top speed of 130mph.  Thats pretty impressive.

Acabion GTBO – a jet-fighter-shaped vehicle has claimed the title of world’s fastest road vehicle. Acabion GTBO can reach 300 mph within 30 seconds only and its top speed is 340 mph. This vehicle is considered as the fusion of a four wheeler. On each side of the rear wheel are two mini wheels. The creator of this two wheeler calls it a “road streamliner”.

The body of this super fast vehicle is shaped like a jet figther. Basically the entire design is taking from aerodynamic techniques used in aerospace design, such as the cockpit is designed like one found in jet plane. The GTBO is about 90mph quicker than its nearesr rival, the Bugatti Veyron, which needs 55 seconds to pick up to its top speed, 250mph.

The GTBO carries an astonishing 800 brake horsepower in its 1,300cc turbo-charged engine. And it amazingly weighs just 700lbs, which is only half the weight of an original Mini. Having light weight body is definitely part of the purposes to maximize its power and to be aerodymanically efficient.

The creator of this super fast vehicle is a German, Dr Peter Maskus, who is an ex-Porsche engineer. But it seems like it will take about three years to hit the roads of UK and the USA. And somemore carrying a whopping price of £1.5million or $3 million.

What a cool GPS device but it is also a phone. When you think of Garmin, definitely you’ll relate it with GPS devices. But now, Garmin has a role to play in the cellphone or smart phone market. Their newly announced smart phone, nüvifone, is a phone equipped well with all the GPS functions that you will surely need in a big city in order not to go missing. Some people claim this Garmin’s new smart phone looks like iPhone because of the touch screen UI resembles what iPhone has.

The nüvifone smartphone supports full-fledged GSM HSDPA, runs on its own properitary OS and of course loaded with GPS navigation as the core. Besides, it’s also equipped with email and web browsing functionalities and also a built-in camera (Does it support geo-tagging?). It sports a 3.5-inch LCD display. And equipped with wireless capabilities including WiFi and Bluetooth.

Other eatures at a glance

• Google local search
• Garmin Online services – traffic, weather, fuel prices, hotel discounts, etc.
• nuvi-like navigation on the road or in pedestrian mode
• Email, text, IM functions
• Camera, video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC

No info on the pricing and carrier. But Garmin promises to deliver it in the 3rd quarter and says the PND market is not dying yet and the phone sure will have a role to play.

 

Trev is a three-wheeled environmentally friendly car, a product out of several years of effort by the students at the University of South Australia. Trev is ideal as a commuter vehicle. It consumes only 1/5 of the energy required by a conventional car, which relies on electricity as the only power source. Trev weighs only 595 pounds, has two seats only and can drive up to 93 city miles without having to be recharged.

Trev is equipped with only two seats as it’s meant for urban use, as most urban trips are made with one or two people in the car. The top speed of the Trev is only 75 MPH, which seems to be pretty limited for urban trips. Anyway, it’s still a prototype, which still has couple of rooms for improvement.

I hope that this car really gets into the market and fast. It looks so cool and especially the fact that it is Green is such a crowd attraction that it will surely give me some girls :0 .. Man I have goosebumps thinking about it already.

 

Ever thought that your iPhone has reached its limits in softwares and its uses. Now there is such a software that will blow your mind especially if you are a guitarist.

I love playing the guitar sometimes love songs and most of the times oldies. But playing heavy metal is and has always been something that I wanted to learn but it is difficult with the guitars that I have now. Owning an iPhone has always made me think that I am the best geek in town with the latest iPhone but today it has really blown me out of my seat.

The software called PocketGuitar, makes your iPhone to work like a guitar, developed as a Google Code project by a guy called Shinya Kasatani. Before I forget, the software works for iPod Touch too. You can also download the songs that you’ve produced during your long guitar sessions onto an iPod for play back.

Now that is a huge picture with a lot of colors but what the heck is that. A designer home humidifier. You think it looks weird. Have a look how it looks like when you put in into a corner in your home. How much does this thing cost you ask me. A whopping USd 220 . Is it worth the money? There are money other humidifiers out there that boasts of higher capability. I have not tried it out myself but from the looks of it the only thing I can say is it looks good to me .