ITwhirled

Take a break from workday drudgery with ITwhirled. Each weekly installment covers the best in weird news, humor, gadgets, and all manner of offbeat items from the world of IT and beyond.

Monday, February 25, 2008

New underwater car is a convertible

Amphibious cars are definitely on the list of sci-fi advances we've been waiting for. Now that one's finally arrived, there's only one problem: it's a convertible! Apparently it's only "safe" if you do it wearing scuba gear. How would James Bond keep his tuxedo impeccable? watch the video

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Robot cars to wreak havoc on highways by 2018

The driverless car is one of those canonical Devices Of The Future, like personal jet-packs and domed cities on the moon, that we've been waiting for since the 20th century ended. Now GM is threatening to unleash just such a product within a decade. The soulless driving machines will communicate with one another via radio, and will presumably join forces to cleanse the highways of organically-directed vehicles in short order. Watch this video and see for yourself. ...continue

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