Any modern vehicle must be equipped with a variety of useful gadgets. Some of them make driving more comfortable and enjoyable, while others help protecting the car. We present you most bizarre auto accessories ever.
The first place is today occupied by one of the most unusual auto gadgets. One hardly ever thought this gadget could be used for cars. So, this is a device for making sandwiches in the car. It is intended to prepare a quick breakfast being at a car’s wheel, for example, stopping at red lights. If you are going into some trip, the gadget will help you making delicious sandwiches on the road. On the one hand, it may be useful in similar different situations, but on the other hand, it represents the most strange and extravagant auto gadget!
Universal car charger with USB ports
Currently, virtually any modern device can be charged via USB port. Well, what should you do during a long trip or vacation, if your cell phone or digital camera ran down? A universal charger powered from cigarette lighter will help you in this case. It is equipped with four USB slots, this is undoubtedly very useful, as while simultaneous mobile phone, iPod and digital camera charging, GPS navigator still can operate.
The charger will be useful primarily to those who spend a lot of time driving.
Mirror with GPS Navigation
Meet a unique MirrorPilot gadget. Probably, developers decided not confining themselves to LSD display mirror and review camera and created a new gadget with GPS navigation. At first glance, this device might seem having bounded functionality. However, this gadget gives odds to many ordinary navigators. MirrorPilot operates on ANTARIS 4 GPS chipset, supporting 2D-3D maps, voice guidance and detailed information about traffic jams. Information is displayed on 2,2 inch QVGA screen, built-in mirror. Price of the gadget is a little more than a thousand dollars. The amount is large enough, but quite reasonable.
Automotive Office
Have a look at another interesting auto accessory. The gadget represents a built-in multifunctional board computer. The device is equipped with 7 inch touch control screen and 1,22 GHz processor . Standard hard drive stores 40 GB, but you can buy 60 and 120GB one for an extra fee, standard RAM is 256 Mb, and you can get 512 Mb additionally.
Mobile Office supports two systems (Windows or Linux). In addition, such computer has a built-in GPS navigator, TV system and the possibility of Internet access via Wi-Fi. Price of this car gadget varies between 570 and 660 U.S. dollars, depending on configuration.
Gadget mirror
Brickhouse Security delighted car owners with an excellent auto gadget. The device consists of a conventional-looking car mirror. However, it can broadcast the image on its 2.5 inch LSD display due to built-in camera . After setting, camera can transmit the image of cars both behind and forward. The gadget is powered via cigarette lighter and has a function to record video on SD card. This function allows proving your case during an accident. At the moment, the device is quite expensive.
Fragrant wheels
Looking at or rather feeling the new wheels from American company Kumho Tires, you can just be surprised with human ingenuity. According to creators, development of ECSTA DX aroma tires required several years. Now your car can have a smell of peppermint or lavender. This was achieved by tire processing with aromatic oils.
Kumho Tires chose "fair sex" to inspire them for fragrant wheels creation.
Scrolling text in your car
MediaLed Company offers an unusual auto gadget. The unit represents a creeping line, consisting of mini LEDs. The gadget can be attached to your car’s window and express your emotions towards traffic jam neighbors.
At this point, the device can be store about 500 bytes of text, this is about half of a printer’s sheet. The gadget weighs approximately 100 grams, its width is 2 inches and length – 20 inches. The accessory can be powered from a car cigarette lighter. It is equipped with an extension cord and a special invisible fastener. The text is entered through your mobile phone, PDA or laptop IR port.
Guest Post: Mercedes-Benz - More of a British icon than you might've realized
23.05.12
One of the most recognisable and prestigious cars on the road in the United Kingdom and despite being manufactured and owned by Germany; the Mercedes-Benz is largely a British car. An odd statement to make, yes; but in reality we have been integrating the Mercedes part of our culture for decades, which is something that we’re still doing with the Royal Family.
Today, when we achieve the epitomes of our careers, what are the cars we look to? If not Jaguar or Rolls Royce, (two cars at the heart of the British manufacturing industry), more often than not we turn to Mercedes-Benz before we even look upon the ranks of Audi or BMW. Not only is this because of the outstanding suave in which the average Mercedes expels on the typical gloomy Monday morning, but you can also trust a second had Mercedes-Benz to retain the beautiful and majestic quality of its new counter-parts.
All you have to do for example, is to look upon the innate beauty of the Mercedes-Benz 600; first produced in 1963, the automobile is one of the crowning achievements of the Mercedes range and quite possibly the symbolisation of luxury on four wheels. Coming in many variants across the world, the sheer breadth of the chassis alone was enough to make the car stand out from the crowd. Due to its overwhelming size, it is interesting to note that the original engine was simply not big enough to power the car, so a 6.3 litre V8 engine with single overhead camshafts was introduced into later editions.
On Wednesday, March 15, one of the warmest days of the year thus far (75 degree and sunny), I was covered up head to toe. Literally. I wore leather knee-high boots, black jeans, a knee-length skirt, a long-sleeve shirt and a headscarf that covered my hair, neck and chest.
Though it may seem like an odd choice of clothing for a day most people donned shorts and a t-shirt, the choice was purposeful. March 12-16 was Islam Awareness Week, sponsored by Loyola's Muslim Student Association (MSA), and MSA asked Loyola women to pledge to wear a hijab for a day, in order to unite sisters for a day in solidarity and experience life as a Muslim woman.
So what was it like for a life-long Lutheran to live a day as a Muslim? Read on to find out.
Why I decided to wear a hijab for a day
Ever since my 7th grade confirmation trip to Chicago, when our confirmation class visited a mosque and synagogue, as well as a church in Cabrini-Green and Korean-language Lutheran service, interfaith dialogue has fascinated me. Since then, I have found that when people have conversations about their faith, they tend to realize just how many things they have in common, rather than what sets them apart. This is also one of the reasons I chose Loyola. Despite its strong Jesuit Catholic heritage, the university touts itself as a "home for all faiths", and thus far I have seen this to be essentially true. However, I felt as a Loyola student I should be seeking out these experiences and actually embodying the "diversity" value we hold so dear. I saw this as an opportunity to see what it was like to walk in another Loyola student's shoes (or should I say, headscarf?).
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Jack White has spent the past 30 days in seclusion, but has emerged with a glorious (if bizarre) announcement: His record label Third Man Standing will be at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, next week, premiering the first ever "rolling record and more »
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