auto design

Volkswagen supplies 5,000 "green cars" for the Beijing Olympics

Filed under: Diesel, Volkswagen, Natural Gas, China Click above for complete gallery The Beijing Olympics will have a complete fleet of 5,000 "green cars" by Volkswagen, which is an official sponsor. The chosen models are the Magotan 2.0 TDI (6.2 l/100) and Magotan BlueMotion (5.1 l/100), the Sagitar 1.4 TSI (6.4 l/100), the Touran EcoFuel (bifuel CNG/gasoline) and the Tiguan 2.0 TDI (6.9 l/100). The Magotan is a locally-produced version of the VW Passat and the Sagitar is the name used to ident...

Aaron Siego: 4.1 is out and i, too, am going to akademy.

KDE 4.1 was released last week and there has been a lot of positive coverage in the press and the blogosphere about it. (Side note .. The promo team is busy collecting a list of these articles and putting them together for publication on kde.org.) With the release of 4.1, KDE executed on our collective commitment to release in July. More importantly, that release fulfilled the milestone we set out for ourselves: a day-to-day usable desktop shell, more polish on the applications, lots of bugs fi...

Yoga Mat Strappy Sandals

Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: user sami sue made these stylish strappy sandals from an old yoga mat based on the ThreadBanger tutorial for flip-flops. I think they're a chic alternative design. More: ThreadHeads - Refashion a Yoga Mat into Flip Flops CRAFT: 07 The Shoe Issue Sandals from an old auto tire on MAKE [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Ignite NYC: Tuesday!

The first Ignite NYC is going to happen tomorrow, 7/29 at M1-5. We are going to feature 16 speakers. Each speaker will get 20 slides that auto-advance after 15 seconds for a total of five-minutes. Ignite is free and open to the public -- you're on your own for drinks. We're going to be joined by Ignite co-creator, Bre Pettis. Bre is going to lead us in a creative soldering contest. RSVP at Upcoming or Facebook to let us know you are coming. The night will begin with: 7:00PM - Doors Open 7:30PM ...

Why BT Acquired Internet Telephony Platform Ribbit

With BT’s $105 million cash acquisition of Ribbit this week, there’s a large focus on the telecom industry and developer community, as this is a major milestone for both ends of the spectrum. Having already established itself with platform initiatives thanks to vast investment in its 21st Century Network (21CN), BT was quite focused on its growth potential as a more open global network, working closely with developers. As Ribbit also has a large focus on the developer community for its telep...

Nissan celebrates new HQ, 25 years in US

FRANKLIN (AP) -- Nissan North America focused the design of its new $100 million headquarters on employee and energy efficiency, but it didn't forget appearance matters in the auto industry. Rob T...

Web Developer Needed for Autoparts sales and forum website by CleverleyTuned

Help! I am currently trying to get an online business off the ground. I sell custom auto parts for Subaru cars. We perform online sales and consulting to a 25 year old to 35 year old crowd of car enthusiasts... (Budget: $750-1500, Jobs: Website Design)

The Best, Weirdest, and Most Wonderful Gadget Designs of 2008 [IDEA 2008 Awards]

The 2008 International Design Excellence Awards are in. These are like the Oscars of the industrial design world, taking the pulse of what's going on, highlighting tons of weird and wonderful gadgets. We have picked the best, the weirdest, and the most wonderful, from laser liners that look like Wall-E's Eve evil twin, microwave containers with lids, and wall-mounted home server enclosures straight out of Star Trek, to self-propelled sprayers (like me), NYC condom dispensers/wrappers (no connec...

iPhone 3G will not charge with most adapters by design, including Apple's own iPod HiFi

Lots of reports of issues with battery life on the 3G in the Meme the past few days. Adding insult to injury comes confirmation that most 3rd party adapters can't charge the power-hungry thing. I got bit by this yesterday for the first time when I plugged my iPhone 3G into my VAISTech SoundLinQ adapter in my Toyota Prius. As soon as I did, I got a wacky message on the device that it would not charge. Firmware problem? Not likely. Reports are trickling in that the original iPhone charged via Fir...

Hummer H2 Assembly Line To Produce Just-As-Boxy Standard Taxis [Industry News]

The Standard Taxi by VPG Auto has been working the publicity circuit for a while now, but it appears AM General may step up to actually produce it. With the likely death of the Hummer H2, AM General will have excess capacity at its Mishawaka, Indiana plant. Assuming VPG can secure financing, they'll be able to start building the taxis next year. Details and full release after the jump. The Standard Taxi would be the first purpose-built taxi since the Checker Marathon, and the design offers some ...