Cush-Ride Suspension of Belief
Back when we lived Oakland work sometimes carried us over the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island to spray umber and ocher…
Next Up, Skynet: Siemens Teaches Cars to Read!
Never let it be said that the Germans haven't done their part for literacy. Besides providing the world with the works…
The Flight of Pegasus: The AVE Mizar
Allegedly obsessed with flying cars, it seems like our latest obsession happens to be with turbocharged Pinto motors.…
Stanford Takes the Message to the Streets, DARPA-Style
One may recall Stanley, the robo-Touareg that won the 2nd DARPA Grand Challenge. Well, now the boffins in Paly are…
Transport Revolution! The Great Hoverchair of San Pedro!
Despite what y'all think, we at Jalopnik to do not spend our days tearing around in Torino Talladegas playing the Angry…
PLATINUM und GOLD! Scientists Blind With Fuel-Cell Catalyst Stabilization Techonolgy
Given no time to make no apologies, mighty men of science have solved a problem in fuel-cell catalysts that made…
Robot Can't Bail: Asimo Doesn't Fall Down, Does a Little Dance, Makes a Little Love
Our techtastic siblings over at Gizmodo posted this video of the new, improved and non-faceplanting version of Honda's…
Because Overgrown Boys Still Love Drawing Can-Am Cars: Future Chaparral
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup. Just thinking about those halcyon days of death-defying hypermotorsport makes our…
DaimlerChrysler Tests WLAN Car-to-Car Communication System
Car-to-car communication has nothing to do with gesturing after a close call on the highway. Futurists foresee a time…
NASA to Establish Moon Base, Moonage Planned by 2024
The National Aeronautics and Space administration announced plans today for a permanent base on the moon in the…
A Wistful Thought
Besides Starions and Starlets, conversations amongst ourselves (read: Davey G. and Uncle Bumbeck) often lead to the…
50 More Years: Volkswagen Beetle 2054
What's life going to be like in 50 years? We're figuring on a Sino-centric version of "Blade Runner," with Replicants…
German MagLev Train Kills People
We've debated on posting on this, as it isn't strictly a car. In fact, it doesn't even roll. It's Germany's…
Know Future: Yesterday's Car of Tomorrow
We love predictions from the past that have failed to come true. The League of Nations, the demise of Apple Computer,…
'Plasma-Turbo' Is Certainly One of the Best Hyphenates Ever: Wacky, Futuristic Stuff From MIT
Remember back when everything used to be "atomic?" Then somehow "nuclear" became the preferred phrase? But it seems to…
Drink! Don't Think! Drive! Kill! Or, Via Technology, Maybe Not
In an effort to combat the spread of inebrious motoring, a variety of technologies were discussed at a symposium…
Robots Not Necessarily in Disguise: Real Transformers!
While Wert scoots through Metro Detroit in his Liberty with a bevy of girls in green Constructicons body paint singing…
Twenty Eyes In My Car
Tyzx, a company seeded by Paul Allen and based in the luvverly environs of Menlo Park, California wants to load up your…
Huffing Hydrogen In TN: Fuel-Cell Cars the Norm by 2050?
We'll be 75 years old in 2050, assuming terrorists don't nuke the Port of Los Angeles, destroying our beautiful Post…
Anthem For a New Tomorrow: Robot Cars Will Save Us!
According to noted futurist, keyboard dude and flatbed-scanner inventor Ray Kurzweil, "We won't experience 100 years of…