As you may or may not know, fall weather in New England can throw some curve balls and on Oct 28 we got 24 inches of heavy wet snow. While snow is usually not a problem when the leaves have not fallen — it was. We had no street power or internet for 171 hours. [...]
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We all agreed to a certain amount of tracking when we signed up for EZ-Pass service. This service allows us to pass along toll roads without having to stop or even slow down in some areas. The RFID technology embedded in the E-Z Pass transceiver provides the information necessary for E-Z Pass to bill our [...]
Tags: E-ZPass·High-occupancy vehicle lane·Kapsch·New York·OnStar·RFID·Toll road·United States
Flying cars have captured the imagination of science-fiction fans for generations. I’ve always wanted one, and now there are a few flying cars which are coming to market, but one of the most interesting ones is from aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites. He’s designed and made a two-seat flying plane
Tags: Aviation Week & Space Technology·Burt Rutan·Chevrolet Volt·Flying Car·Internal combustion engine·Scaled Composites·SpaceShipOne·SpaceShipTwo
Maybe it’s better put as “Your Vehicle Snitches on You More.” The wonderful ODB-II port on our cars has gone beyond letting your car’s mechanic know which parts are bad or which pollution-control laws your car has been violating. There are cases in Canada and now Michigan where the police have been extracting information from [...]
Tags: Automobile·BlackBox·Canada·EDR·Event data recorder·Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers·Michigan·National Highway Traffic Safety Administration·United States
A bit of a hoge-podge on this weekend’s show. We’re covering a half dozen different Ocean-related technologies, some automotive technologies and a quick SEO interview.
Tags: Earth·Energy·Insurance Institute for Highway Safety·NOAA·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration·Pacific Ocean·Technology·YouTube
Congratulations to Bob G. of Chester, NH who was the first to correctly identify the reasons why everyone should own the CarMD diagnostic kit. Our thanks go out to CarMD for providing this great diagnostic tool to one of our listeners.
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Congratulations to Tucker L. of Manchester NH. He was the winner of the $100.00 Gift Certificate from Gladiator GarageWorks. We hope you enjoy it and get your Garage perfectly organized. Gladiator GarageWorks has a complete line of Garage Organization Modules so that you too can have the perfectly organized garage. These products are available locally [...]
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You know the Federal Government always thinks they know better than we what is best for us and they are ultimately responsible for the collapse of the American Auto Industry. In their infinite wisdom they told us that we WANTED small fuel efficient cars. They required the automakers to make these and they sat on [...]
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