CNET’s Marguerite Reardon takes a look at the possible new Android products Google might show off at its annual developer conference this week in San Francisco.
(Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Google’s hotly anticipated annual developer conference will kick off in just a couple days in San Francisco. And conference-goers and Android fans are excited about the possibility of new products the company may announce and/or give away.
It’s not even close to the very first car maker to try a vehicle that operates on compressed air, but Peugeot Citroen has become offering a brand new system it states might be obtainable in a minimum of a number of its small cars by 2016. As recommended through the “Hybrid Air” moniker, this technique does not run exclusively on air — additionally, it includes a conventional gasoline engine that Peugeot promises will mix for any 90 % rise in vehicle range in urban driving, or supply to 50 minutes of driving without needing any gas. The gas engine would start working more frequently throughout highway driving, putting the general fuel savings around 35 %. As Peugeot notes, this technique is simply one step towards its objective of a vehicle that will get 2L/100KM (or 117 mpg), so it wishes to achieve by 2020. You can aquire a quick summary of the Hybrid Air system within the video following the break.
Around the whim of the gold coin switch, Nick Thatcher once made the decision between creating a homemade Segway, or perhaps a self balancing unicycle. Despite the fact that the forces of fate find the former, Thatcher’s thirst to construct wasn’t quenched — he built the main one-wheeled scooter anyway. The Raptor looks nearly the same as a Ryno unicycle constructed from spares — a series driven wheelbarrow wheel run by a 350w targeted motor, a set of batteries wired in series, some PVC and thermoplastic, an IMU gyro as well as an Arduino UNO — all hobbled together to create a one-wheeled electric mount. Thatcher states the scooter can push 10mph securely, but faster speeds often outpace the gyro’s corrective efforts. Still, the bike promises between 90-two hours of face-plant free fun, provided the driver reaches least a little balanced. The motorized unicycle is not available, but look on to Thatch Industries for any parts list, or scoot on beyond the break to determine the bike for action.
