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  • Toilets sign by flickr user Koffiemetkoek

    The concept of powering a car on waste products has been around for a while, and indeed it's an idea that's very attractive for a sustainable fuel future. Why let waste go to waste? Scientists have already explored methane power harnessed by the gases that escape from good old "number twos", but how about a better idea? A 'number one' idea, if you like... Well, a firm in Athens, Ohio and students at Ohio University have been exploring ways to produce clean energy from human urine and to prove their technology works the team has constructed a small car powered by pee. Most of what you find in...

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    Flower Power: Ford To Use Dandelion Roots In Rubber Parts

    Dandelion flowers may look pretty to some but to many, they're a weed that needs uprooting throughout the warmer months to prevent them from taking over the garden. What better to provide the basis of a renewable source for rubber than a plant that grows abundantly and quickly? Ford and the Ohio...

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    Green GPS Picks Fuel-Saving, Lowest Emissions Routes

    GPS navigation systems and internet-based route planners allow you to pick the quickest or shortest route to your destination. However, until now there hasn't been the option to pick the greenest route, allowing you to use the least fuel and reducing your journey's emissions. Researchers at the...

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    Canadian Engineer Develops Cheaper Collision Detection Tech

    Nobody, save for perhaps stunt drivers, likes to crash. Even if you're lucky enough to escape injury, accidents invariably mean months of insurance nightmare, dozens of phone calls to people you dislike conversing with, considerable expense and almost certainly time off the road. General consensus...

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    Mercedes AMG Driving Academy coming to the U.S., bringing 2011 SLS AMG

    If you're an AMG fan or just a fan of driving fast cars fast, you're probably aware of the Mercedes AMG Driving Academy. Unfortunately, those of us in the U.S. had to travel to Europe to take advantage of it - until now. Mercedes is bringing the AMG Driving Academy program, including Stage I, Stage...

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    AMG Driving Academy: become a hot shoe in every condition

    Driving academies from high-performance carmakers are nothing new: AMG's has been around for years. Nissan offers one for GT-R owners, Lamborghini for their owners, Corvette for ZR-1 owners, and Bugatti runs one for Veyron owners. Even Hummer will teach you how to drive offroad. But the AMG Driving...

  • 2009 Lamborghini Academy

    If you have €3,900 ($4,900) in your pocket and the desire to put an Italian exotic through its paces around a track, then you’re in luck as Lamborghini is once again running its annual Driving Academy. With courses open to all performance enthusiasts - not just Lamborghini owners - the Driving Academy provides a unique opportunity to test a number of different models and be taught by the company’s own professional instructors. Before you grab your phone and start calling the local Lamborghini dealer, note that only European locations have been announced so far. However, as...

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    Austrian design students envision range of KTM concepts

    Students of the FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria have designed a set of six KTM-inspired concepts. Using the edgy, futuristic design language made famous in KTM's motorcycles and X-Bow roadster, the students have styled a high-performance buggy, an...

  • behind the wheel of a behavior-mapping Volvo
    Volvo launches research project to map driver behavior

    As advanced as cars are becoming in terms of safety aids, nothing can make up for a skillful, attentive driver behind the wheel - yet, at least. Volvo has launched a research program to study how normal drivers react to tough traffic situations in the hopes of improving their cars' safety. The data...

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