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Some people suffer when separated from the PC, if only to get from home to office or vice versa. May want to know if at that moment they get a significant mail, or to the last page of Power Point, or terminate the Excel spreadsheet. Well, for either case, Navisurfer II save the user workaholic.

Navisurfer II wanted to make your Gmail (or Hotmail, or who want) to go with you always. Includes a 7 inch screen , a processor of 1.3 GHz , integrated GPS (why when you realize you’ve been distracted and did not know where you are?), a hard drive up to 120 GB , connectivity, bluetooth , GPRS / CDMA Cellular and various other little things more.

It can run on Windows or Linux , so there will not be heartbroken. Prices start at $ 578 and can reach $ 656 depending on the trim level you want to put. Obviously you can also perform the functions of any sound system, so it is unnecessary to take them apart.

(“Good price, no? A good alternative to a laptop … if you are interested in CD-burning!).
Hartanto perhaps for those who have common sense, but always someone says no it said: If you drive, do not use the computer.

The “black box” is commonly used in all aircraft to determine the causes of an accident , having to do all the necessary information such as weather factors, increases in speed, shipboard operations, human reactions, and all that may serve to establish the actual conditions that occurred during the flight for later analysis.

Taken now to serve as a source of information to understand the conditions that led to raise the road accident , the “black box” has now become a tool as important in the automotive industry that could help improve safety levels in our vehicles.

This device , which would store all kinds of data , it is essentially necessary to determine such important issues as the speed at which they were traveling and their variations, the brake depressed, the condition of the driver before the accident (including sleep, etc. .) or whether the car had the conditions of security best to avoid it.

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Undoubtedly, the GPS system (Global Positioning System) is one of the most successful technological advances , the same that has been applied effectively in place utilice.Y is this element that allows to determine the exact location of user brings a lot of applications that are now available for all industry, commerce and society as a whole.

Specifically talking about cars, GPS is now telling the motorist on a monitor, what is the best route to follow in his path , as well as weather conditions , location of traffic jams or speed the driver can develop on the slopes.

The GPS in the car works with a computer that is fed with a large database consisting of maps and a communications system. These maps are to be interpreted by a specific operating system that resembles a graphical environment of Windows .

In this way, drivers can plan their route indicating a starting point and a destination, so that the GPS east across the road route to take and deviations in the case of contingencies.

The car racing drivers and fans of off road frequently use GPS as a substitute for traditional methods such as planes or printed maps of the route to follow during their journey.

Today, while the GPS is showing the common driver the most appropriate route to follow through a network of streets or highways interpreted by the system of the car, the user can devote their full attention to driving and vehicle safety.

When they invented the car , they could only travel by day, since they lacked all lights and were considered a danger when the car fell however, the need for vehicle spread so rapidly that in 1885 began to implement ways of moving with lamparines lights or similar. In 1904 , a car Peugeot was the first to venture to walk at night, using two hanging lamps of acetylene , giving rise to the need to keep improving these systems of lighting, both for safety of the driver and bystanders.

Only in the year 1912 was able to use focuses for the first time. With the help of a battery and an electric generator to produce power that helped a Cadillac car could travel at night in the city and the countryside with her ​​own lights.

This kept the car as a security element for several years until the 30′s , which were added a new one for the low lights that greatly expanded the area of illumination. And because it was an enormous contribution in rain and fog, it was decided to call them Fog lights . Years later, in 1951 , for the first time a Ford Taunus, used flashing lights .

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Bum! a car hit another from behind at midnight. May have been many factors involved, but a major thing when it happens at night is that with the current lights is not clear if the car is slowing down, has stopped normally, or has made ​​a sudden stop . To eliminate this problem (and easier to charge you when your fault) a group of researchers from Virginia Tech University has developed a smart rear lights .

These are three bars of lights with different levels of alert for drivers who follow. When half of the bar turns yellow , the car is slowing down. When the edges turn red and the center remains in amber , the car is stopped normally. But if you step on the brakes because the cute little old lady across the street let his dog, the entire bar turns red .

The developed system is finished after eight years of work, but now is ready to be presented to the public. For now, the laws make these bars are a complement to existing lights, but who knows what the future holds.

The customization of a car has several levels . You can start from just changing the original radio with one that we like more, to change important parts of the body or the mechanical system to make the car do tricks (like cars that jump out at some festivals in the U.S.). Volvo started a few years trying to shed its image of old tank, and today takes another step in that direction, offering owners of its model C30 the ability to customize using an adhesive that does not damage the paint and completely changes the appearance of the car .

There are 20 different types of design, and some seem to cover only part of the car while others involve the entire body . So you can make your C30 looks like a cloudy sky, a zebra, which have the appearance of wood, which is a gay flag (good way to scream to the world that came out of the closet) or you’re a flirtatious girl who uses all to the car, pink.

The cost of the film is USD 3.130 . Of course, one may think at that price, better handling paint the car. ” The advantage is that the film is not permanent, does not damage the original paint (which does not happen if you paint the car) and you can withdraw at anytime up to two years, when he plays and change. Total, any time you want to drive you to put in the closet.

Having a car involves a range of care and control that many are not willing to assume. Some because they do not have the time to take care of all the requirements of this and other, because we prefer to have the convenience of giving maintenance to a specialist.

With the advance of technology and new forms, many of our concerns will be resolved and this seems to be one of the tasks being developed Schrader Electronics , which now presents his latest work. It is smart wheels able to greatly reduce your level of visits to the garage and somehow take away the stress.

” How will it work ? Schrader Electronics professionals now designing sensors that will be installed on the inside of the tire, unlike the current structures that usually take in the valves or on themselves.

It is expected that the ability of these sensors is such that data can be seen as interesting as the pressure and temperature of the tire, the load distribution or the depth of the tread. With all this get to tell the driver when it is time for a change of tires.

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Keep our car in perfect condition is not as easy as some might imagine, since it is always susceptible to an untimely scratch, a brush with another vehicle or an unfortunate blow. And that fateful split second is enough to leave an ugly mark on our body, also can be expensive to repair and / or complicated.

Fortunately, Toyota presents a practical solution, easy and much cheaper than a workshop. The Japanese company has invented stickerfix, a novel product consisting of layers of adhesive film A5, precut in 33 different shapes and sizes. They are available in 29 different types of paint, and new colors will join the range will be included gradually.

How to using the stickerfix?

With this handy attachment, we ourselves can repair the areas affected by scratches our car, picks or scratches. In addition we also serve as prevention in vulnerable areas to receive impacts, as the edges of the doors for example.

How to use the Toyota stickerfix is ​​quite simple. First you must clean it with a cloth in the area to be placed, and then choose the label of suitable size and shape. Next, we will stick the blade in the affected area.

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