’ Case 10-2) 1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named
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to newer technologies. This is why people are driven to know more about science‚ to make better technology. The flying car would revolutionize the world and change normal living behaviors. With the advancing technologies that are emerging today flying cars are just around the corner. Within the next 10 years flying cars will hit the sky and be sold on a normal basis. New technologies such as fuel cells will make the flying car much more practical due to the fact that they will require a great
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/ Interviewer Google’s X man‚ Foreign Affairs Sebastian Thrun (Expert on Robots and artificial intelligence) 10356369 Reliability & Credibility High Winner of the DRAPA grand challenge head of Google X team Merit Talks about artificial intelligence and the importance of safety in the automobile industry November 2013 Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions Todd Litman (Researcher) November 2013 High Wheels of tomorrow Fortune Vandermey‚ Anne
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September day in 2007‚ after a long and stressful workday‚ I took a left turn that forever changed my life. It was a day like most other work days. I was ready to get home‚ make some dinner‚ and get settled for the night - but that never happened. I picked up my cell phone to call a friend‚ as I did on most days after work. She and I chatted for a few minutes and then ended our conversation. I pulled out of my parking spot‚ turned right out of the parking lot‚ then proceeded to the next stop sign.
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Driving one of the new high-tech hybrids — cars that combine the power of a gas engine with an electric motor to reduce fuel consumption and emissions — may seem like something only an environmentalist or an engineer could get revved up about. The fact is‚ however‚ that a new generation of hybrid cars and trucks due to go on sale within the next 12 months offer a number of very practical advantages for families‚ from saving money to helping save the planet. Many experts are predicting 2004 will be
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Electric cars look very different under the hood than a gasoline-powered car. For one thing‚ there is a lot less tubing. For another‚ if you look underneath the hood of an electric car‚ one of the first things you will probably notice is the controller‚ which takes energy from the battery and distributes it to the motor in controlled packets. And that’s pretty much it in a nutshell. Instead of a gas tank‚ the electric car keeps its fuel in a battery and relies on the controller‚ not the distributor
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Activity 2 On Friday‚ March 3rd‚ at 10:23am‚ I walked into Toys-R-Us remembering how fun and exciting this store was when I was a young child. When I was little‚ however‚ I never thought about the wonderful toys in these stores being gender stereotyped. These toys can drastically influence children’s gender identities‚ or their experience of their own gender. The first obvious “girl” toy that I saw was close to the entrance against the wall. There were five shelves‚ maybe five feet in width. There
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groups that have really been pushing their use. Tough these cars do not share the same performance qualities of some gas-powered cars; the current technology has been rapidly catching up. Hybrid vehicles have offered in some ways the best of both worlds. The cars are environmentally friendly yet offer the power and distance capabilities of other cars on the market. Furthermore‚ there have been many ways of supplying electricity to the cars including home-rechargeable batteries and hydrogen power. Electric
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gasoline one. An electric car is a car that powered by an electric motor rather than a regular gasoline engine. There are several major differences between gasoline and electric cars. First of all‚ “the electric motor will replace the gasoline engine” (“How Electric”‚ 2004). Secondly‚ “the electric motor is powered by a controller” (“How Electric”‚ 2004). Thirdly‚ “the controller gets power from the rechargeable batteries” (“How Electric”‚ 2004). In an electric car‚ according to Brain‚ the
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Physics of Car Crashes INTERNAL - Notes INJURIES TO A HUMAN: During a car crash‚ there are three different collisions that occur. The first one is the collision of the car and the opposing object‚ the second is the human inside the car and the car itself. The final collision is the ones that occur within the human body itself. BRAIN: The human brain is protected by the cranial cavity or the skull. The brain is suspended in a substance called the cerebral spinal fluid‚ which is denser than the skull
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