The public's apathy for electric vehicles might turn out to be a good thing if research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology is to be believed, with the thinkers claiming that charging chemical car batteries using electricity from coal-fired power stations generates more pollution than building and running regular petrol engine models. Read More >

Light painting is something that's almost always impressive to me—ooh! look at the lights!—but this is just off the charts. The Found Collective teamed up with Marshmallow Laser Feast used a gigantic plasma TV on a track to create 3D imagery. It's like 3D light printing. Read More >

A police driver forced his way past a cyclist using a London bus lane to undertake him, and might have got away with it were it not for the biker's head-mounted camera capturing the entire confrontation for the entertainment of the YouTube massive. Read More >

I still can't get over the fact that self-driving cars are legal. If, sometime in the next few years, someone gave you the opportunity to ride in one, alone, would you do it? As a cheerleader of all things future, I should say that I'd oblige. But I'm not so sure I would. Read More >

I'm incredibly jealous of people who can read a book while riding in a car, or hang out on a boat in choppy waters, or act completely normal on a plane without getting travel sick. Those bastards. So why is it that the rest of us get travel sickness? It's an eyes and ears thing, apparently. Watch it. [ASAP Science via Geekosystem] Read More >

Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into effect SB1298, effectively paving the way for driverless cars in California. For a US state that relies more heavily on cars than any other, this is hugely significant when it comes to traffic and road congestion, and for the future of the autonomous car. Read More >

Have you ever wondered how Formula 1 teams improve their cars, from minor tweaks to full-on design revolutions? A supercomputer is behind it all. Well, there are teams of guys who do the simulations, of course, but the 40 Tflop computers do the crunching. Here's what they look like and how it all works. Read More >

Appealing to only die hard Gone In Sixty Seconds fans, this garish home theatre system started life as a 1969 Camaro RS/SS that unfortunately now has to spend the rest of its life in someone's tacky den. The only silver lining is that only one was ever created. Read More >

For anyone who didn't see the Italian grand prix this weekend, we saw some seriously insane skills from Fernando Alonso, handling a car hurtling along at 180mph, on the grass, mere centimetres from the side of Vettel's illegal manoeuvre. It was genuinely a heart-in-mouth moment, but it's not the first time. These two have history. Read More >

Ford's stuffing its existing Ford SYNC and MyFord Touch features and an 8" touchscreen into its gadget-packed next-gen Mondeo, also adding built-in Wi-Fi hotspot support to help amuse passengers on those long trips to Tesco. Read More >

BYD has just released self driving car for a mere £6500. That's awfully cheap for a car that packs such state of the art technology (assuming it works of course). Called the BYD Su Rui, it is the successor of the BYD F3 we saw at April's Beijing Auto Show, and you can drive it remotely, James Bond-style. Beyond the most obvious selling point, it's not even a bad-specced car, with a 1.5L 109bhp engine, and mod cons such as GPS & In-car TV. Read More >

OK, so this is just an ad for Sky's new 007 movie channel, but honestly, it's a corker. It's amazing how well all the Bond car chases blend in; roll on Skyfall for even more, hopefully with the gorgeous Aston Martin DB5 strutting its classic lines. Read More >

Electric cars are pretty awesome for the most part. Like-for-like they're more powerful; putting down maximum power from the moment you hit the loud pedal. They're "green" too, I guess, but range has always been an issue. What if you could just park in a robotic garage for five minutes and get your old, depleted battery swapped for a freshly charged new one, ready to hit the road? That's what Israel's doing. Read More >

We've seen 3D-printed furniture, 3D-printed jewellery, and even a 3D-print of your unborn child. Now meet the first ever, awesome, printed race car! Read More >

Burning Man, despite its reputation, is not just some low-fi hippie party in the middle of nowhere. The place is bursting with unique technology. Some of it blows out your eardrums, some helps you survive in a hostile environment, and some just inspires wonder, awe, and a little bit of fear. Read More >