Archive for July, 2007

Get where you want by dialling DIR-ECT-IONS

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Dial Directions

Don’t have a fancy phone with GPS built in? Hey, don’t worry, we’ve got a solution for you. By using Dial Directions you can get driving instructions on how to get where you want to. All you have to do is dial 347-328-4667 (DIR-ECT-IONS) from your cellphone, tell where you are and where you need to go and you’ll receive a text message with the instructions.

The service is based on a speech recognition software and text messaging, and this makes it simple for just about anyone to use. As of now the service is currently available in New York, Los Angeles and the Bay Area with a promise of more to come.
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Black Eagle GPS records if your car crashes

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Black Eagle GPS

Available only in Korea, the Black Eagle GPS it’s a very interesting device for your car. When it detects a deceleration of more than 1.1G, the system assumes you’ve crashed into something and it records an 18 seconds clip (12 seconds from before the crash, loaded from a cache, and 6 seconds after).

The device also has a sensor for lane changes ,records your speed at the time of the crash plus it supports POP(picture out picture), PIP(picture in picture), NIP(navigation in picture), DMB recording, TV-out and USB 2.0 port. This a good thing to have on your car, however, if you’re a troublemaker and get involved in accidents often, I don’t think it’s such a good device for you…could get you into a lot of trouble.
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Chevy V8 engine turned into a nice BBQ grill

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Grill Engine

Quick question for you…what can you do with a V8 Chevrolet engine, beside using it to power your car? Well, let me tell you…you can turn it into a cute 65,000 BTU barbecue grill, as shown by Trent Whatley. Trent searched the internet and found out no one has done this before and, with some help from his neighbor, took a V8 Chevy engine and turned it into this “beast”. Of course, the engine-grill was the 4th of July star in Trent’s party. View more pics after the jump (more…)

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