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Ask Dan Heath: The Scared Straight Approach to Teens, Texting, and Driving

Dear Dan, My daughter turned 16 about six months ago, so naturally I am terrified of her getting in a wreck. To make matters worse, I rode with her recently and she started texting while she was driving! I gave her an earful but ...READ»

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iPhone You Can Drive My Car, If It's a New Mercedes Anyway

An iPhone app that lets you control your Mercedes Benz. An iPhone app that lets you control your Mercedes Benz. An iPhone app ... I mean, what more do you need to know? It's damn cool enough by itself isn't it? Mercedes Benz has ...READ»

MIT, Volkswagen's In-Car Personal Robot Thinks You're Driving Like a Maniac
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MIT, Volkswagen's In-Car Personal Robot Thinks You're Driving Like a Maniac

My parents already treat the GPS on their car like it's a person: "Shh! She's talking!" Now researchers at the MIT Media Lab, in partnership with Audi, want to take that relationship one step further with AIDA, the "Affective Intelligent Driving Agent."READ»

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New Autonomous Audi Can Get Reckless Driving Tickets Without You

With geo-aware brains and no driver, this modified Audi TT-S experimental vehicle is built to drift around corners and then regain control of itself. It could be the forerunner of future handling systems that could allow drivers to ...READ»

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Mercedes Attention Assist System Knows if You Nod Off

Mercedes-Benz is lacing its new autos with some very smart tech that will determine if you're too tired to drive. Nearly 100,000 crashes in the U.S. annually, are caused by driver sleepiness, according to the National Highway Traffic ...READ»

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Shark-Skin Inspired Car Cover Improves Gas Mileage?

You know it's hard economic times when a manufacturer sells you a hocus-pocus-sounding stick-on skin for your car and suggests it increases your miles-per-gallon efficiency: and that's exactly what SkinzWraps is. It also potentially ...READ»

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Mercedes Splitview Screen: Get Lost And Watch Movies At The Same Time

Mercedes is introducing Splitview screens to its S-class cars next year, allowing driver and passenger to view two different things at once on the same dashboard display.READ»

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