Sunday, October 21st, 2007
In light of the "backwards-travelling wave" that researchers recently discovered as a cause of congestion, another study has pinpointed a possible major contributor. The University of Utah's Traffic Lab uncovered that drivers paying more attention to yapping on their phone – hands free or not – ......
Tags: cellphone, chaos theory, common sense, congestion, contributor, distraction, driver, driving, jam, perpetual motion machine, phone, phone hands, reuters photo, safety, study, suffering, talking, traffic, traffic jam, traffic problems, TrafficJam, university, university of utah, utah
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Who would have thought that Pixar would turn out to be a prophet of the automotive industry? In creating its talking automobiles for the computer-animated film Cars, the Disney-associated studio might have done just that, as a group of engineering students in England have demonstrated.The team at Ca......
Tags: animated film, auto express, automobiles, automotive industry, cambridge, disney, engine components, engineering students, england, fiat, fiat stilo, film cars, Maintenance, mechanics, Parts, pixar, prophet, prototype, radio, radio signal, scrap yard, stilo, tags, talking, talking car, workshop staff
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