Honda’s Variable Cylinder Management i-VTEC
Honda is famous for their 4-cylinder VTEC and i-VTEC engines, but they also have V6 engines in their stables. The Acura NSX had a 3.2 litre V6 and the current shark-faced top …
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Eliica, the 600kW electric sports car
A team of engineers at Keio University led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu has developed this 8-wheeled electric car called the Eliica. Eliica stands for 'Electric Lithium-Ion battery Car' and it has some …
BMW TurboSteamer
BMW's Group Research and Engineering division has come up with something new to squeeze out every ounce of performance from a combustion engine. Let's have a look at BMW's Turbosteamer. As you …
Airzed WiMAX Test
I previously blogged about AirZed introducing WiMAX broadband services here in Malaysia. The only package available right now is the Business package which provides 1mbps download and 512kbps upload with 1 fixed …
An alarm system that snaps photos
A team of 4 university students from York University have created an experimental project that could help identify car thieves or car accessory thieves at least. They've developed an alarm system that …
Jaguar XK safety lid
Not sure if stuff like these belong in gadget blogs or a car blog! Jaguar has showcased it's new Pyrotechnic Pedestrian Deployable Bonnet System used on the Jaguar XK. When your sleek …
Google Wifi
Google has launched a free Wi-Fi service in San Fransisco. Together with it's Wi-Fi service, it has also launched a free VPN service so that Wi-Fi users can encrypt their over-the-air data. …
Volkswagen implements RFID tracking
Volkswagen has implemented Identec's i-Q8 active arphid tag in their post-production/pre-delivery line for their Autostadt (Auto-City). An arphid is a term for RFID tags. RFID is pronounced "arphid". Identec's i-Q8 active arphid …
Bandwidth Caps for Broadband?
I was surfing Jaring's website to find out more information about it's wired broadband service when I came across this clause in it's MY015 Reach package. 8. Free usage of up to …
Google Talk Released
This is a short post. Rushing my Final Year Project prototype presentation. Will be back with more auto posts after I'm done! Google's IM long-anticipated IM service Google Talk is out. Head …
TM opens last mile, Jaring first customer
This is something which I've never thought would happen. Telekom Malaysia, recently rebranded as TM has opened up it's last mile POTS access. This means other broadband providers can offer internet access …
Variable Geometry Toroidal Engine (Round Engine)
I've stumbled upon this new way of making combustion engines called Round Engine, or it's more techy-sounding name Variable Geometry Toroidal (VGT). At first I thought it's some kind of rotary engine …
Carbon fibre – what is this material used in cars?
Carbon fibre is a black fabric weave held together by a transparent resin and weighs one-third to one-fifth the weight of similiar-strength steel. Carbon fibre has had it's place for a long …
Honda Hybrid i-VTEC System
Fuel efficiency and less pollution is all the rage these days with cars. Honda brings us their updated IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) system to the 2006 Civic Hybrid. The Hybrid i-VTEC system …
The Michelin Tweel: the future of tyres is UGLY!
Michelin invented the radial tyre fifty years ago. The first tubeless tyre was invented 100 years ago. Now the tyre has been reinvented again. The next step in tyre technology has been …
Camless Solenoid Valve Engines
Welcome to the next step in engine technology. Camless engines use solenoid valves instead of the conventional camshaft, cams, gears, rocker arms combination. Solenoid valves are driven electronically allowing completely freedom of …
Jaring Rocks My Socks
2013 UPDATE: In case anyone's interested, Jaring has deteriorated badly and we are now hosted at AIMS.
Perodua Discontinues Order Tracking Page?
Perodua used to have an order tracking lookup page. What you do is you put in your VSO (Vehicle Sales Order) number and you can check out the status of your order. …
Keadilan Powered by Mambo!
Mambo is quickly becoming the defacto CMS because of it's extremely easy to use interface, wealth of add-ons and templates and also because of the security issues that plagues the Nuke series …
One Up For FreeBSD Evangelists
"I wouldn't have to create Linux if there wasn't any lawsuit against BSD in the early 90`s. It wouldn't be necesary". - Linux Torvalds. [ Source ] I predict this line would …
