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Car fronts at face value

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Do people attribute certain personality traits or emotions to car fronts? If so, could this have implications for driving and pedestrian behavior? Truls Thorstensen (EFS Consulting Vienna), Karl Grammer (Ludwig Boltzmann ...





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Position of car indicator lights affects safety

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 22, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

People find it harder to make rapid decisions about which way a car will turn if its amber indicator lights are inside the headlights (i.e. nearer the middle of the car) than if the indicator lights are outside the headlights, ...


Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car

Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...


Nissan's new concept vehicle, the "Land Glider"

Nissan's new concept car 'feels like flying' (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 14

Nissan unveiled Thursday a futuristic concept car that tilts to the side when going around bends to make drivers feel like they are gliding through the air.


The Audi e-tron concept car

The Audi e-tron concept electric car

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Audi has unveiled its new electric car concept, the Audi e-tron at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany.


Japanese solar car leads race Down Under

Technology / Energy

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japan's Tokai Challenger was on Monday leading a solar car race across the harsh Australian Outback, having covered about half of the 3,000 kilometre (1,860 mile) desert course, officials said.


This combo photo shows two views as Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor unveils the "FT-86 Concept"

Toyota unveils 'green' sports car

Technology / Energy

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Toyota unveiled Tuesday a new lightweight, sporty concept car inspired by an iconic coupe from the 1980s, saying its vision of the future was both mean and green.


World-first sustainable racing car to take on Formula 3 at Brands Hatch (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can the idea of 'green motorsport' actually work? Yes, according to Dr Kerry Kirwan at the University of Warwick, who led the research team which designed and built the worldfirst fully sustainable Formula 3 racing car.


Life is a highway: Study confirms cars have personality

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- No one needs to tell Disney, which brought the likes of Herbie the Love Bug and Lightning McQueen to the big screen, that cars have personality.


Tesla Roadster

Tesla Roadster Goes 313 Miles on a Single Charge

Technology / Energy

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tesla is becoming synonymous with high performance electric cars. Indeed, the Tesla car company has been making efforts to create a brand of sports car that runs on electricity, and does so ...


A kangaroo is pictured in the Kiewa Valley

Australian kangaroo cull prompts outrage

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

The culling of some 140 kangaroos on one of Australia's most famous race car tracks prompted outrage Friday from environmentalists and animal rights activists.



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