Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer

Articles

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  Visteon Looks To Emerging Markets: Interiors For India Antony Ingram February 2, 2011

  You might have some preconceptions about cars sold in emerging automotive markets such as India. The overriding impression is probably one of cheapness, befitting of a nation whose population are...

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  Save Money With Do-It-Yourself Cell Phone In-Car Mount

  Four simple and cheap products from an office supplies store are all you need for a functional and universal in-car cell phone mount. Why spend $50 on a dedicated mount when you could build one for a tenth the price? Ryan Mottau asked those questions of himself and with a large binder clip, some...

  Antony Ingram February 1, 2011
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  First Working From Home... Now Commuting From Home [VIDEO]

  James Bond has had a lot of cool gadgets, but one of our favourites had to be the remotely controlled BMW 7-Series from Tomorrow Never Dies. Controlled by a touch-screen cell phone (which still manages to look old-hat now, such is the pace of technology), our hero was able to drive, and indeed...

  Antony Ingram February 1, 2011
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  Renault Wants Consumer Tech Influence In Car Interiors

  Designing an effective car interior isn't easy. Car companies need to think about the design, the features, and the ergonomics. After all, you spend more time in there driving your car than you do staring at the exterior. If you've ever driven a car with a particularly poor interior, you begin to...

  Antony Ingram January 31, 2011
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  Cars That Won't Let You Drive Them Home When You're Drunk

  Many of us in the past may have taken the car keys off a friend to prevent them from driving after a few too many drinks. Now, a new piece of technology will leave them high and dry even if you're not there to walk them home. Known as the Driver Alcohol Detection Systems for Safety (DADSS), sensors...

  Antony Ingram January 31, 2011
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  2011 Nissan LEAF And Others 'Connected To The Cloud'

  Cloud computing is very much a feature of 'Web 2.0'. Rather than using a location-dependent center of resources such as a server, cloud computing uses shared servers, all of which can be used to provide resources, software and data. For Average Joe, this might mean using web-based word processing...

  Antony Ingram January 28, 2011
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  Apple 'Office On The Go' With Vogel iPad In-Car Kit Antony Ingram January 28, 2011

  If you feel your car is a small environment of potential office space you're not making the best of, then Vogel's new iPad mounting system might be of interest.
  
  We'd never condone using an iPad...

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  2012 Ford Focus Has 'Torque Hole Filling' Auto Trans Tech

  Changing gear is a necessary evil. Of course, for driving enthusiasts it can be a challenge and a pleasure, and in cars with automatic transmissions you can sit back and let the car do the work for you, but the downside with the shifting process is always the momentary pause in progress...

  Antony Ingram January 27, 2011
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  'Talking Car' Technology Could Reduce Accidents, Save Lives

  The first image that comes into your head when talking cars are mentioned is probably the smiling face of Lightning McQueen from the Disney Pixar film Cars, voiced by Owen Wilson. In reality though the concept of 'talking' cars is less fun-filled but a lot more useful and could save thousands of...

  Antony Ingram January 26, 2011
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  Lost Your Car Again? Santa Monica Garage Tech Can Find It

  Even if you're not of a 'certain age', the size of some multi-level parking lots with their dozens of indistinguishable levels and rows of cookie-cut SUVs can prove testing on the old 'gray matter' when it comes to finding the car you left there a few hours previous. Reassuringly you aren't alone...

  Antony Ingram January 25, 2011
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  Volkswagen XL1: High-Tech, Super Efficient, 261 mpg

  If the 20th Century was all about improvements in safety and performance for the motor car, the 21st Century see these criteria joined by efficiency. We're seeing a phoenix-like rise by the electric car, and manufacturers are finally taking steps to reduce vehicle weight, improve aerodynamics and...

  Antony Ingram January 25, 2011
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  Driverless 'Road Trains' One Step Closer To Reality

  Reading the paper. Holding a video conference call. Snapping photographs. Eating a McDonalds. All things that are probably best avoided whilst driving on the freeway. However, thanks to developments in technology, you might be able to do all these things and more (we'll leave the "and more" to your...

  Antony Ingram January 24, 2011
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  "New Car Sir? Let Me Just Switch On The Printer..." Antony Ingram January 24, 2011

  Imagine the scenario. You go to your local car dealership for a replacement part. A bracket has sheared in your engine bay and components are rattling against each other making every journey a...
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  Now You Can Video That Awesome Stunt: Hot Wheels Video Racer

  It's either the CIA's next technique for keeping track of kindergarten violence or the best thing to hit die-cast cars since working steering. What are we talking about? Mattel's Video Racer cars. The latest generation of the world-famous Hot Wheels series will let kids everywhere see a previously...

  Antony Ingram January 21, 2011
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  High-Tech In Car Gadgets Can Be Distracting For Drivers

  It goes without saying that certain things can be pretty distracting when you're driving - talking on a cell phone, kids kicking the back of your seat... What might be less obvious are some of the in-car gadgets found in many modern cars. Satellite navigation systems, touch-screen climate control...

  Antony Ingram January 20, 2011
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  Small Is Still Safe With Gordon Murray's iStream Technology

  When the subject of small cars comes up, conversation invariably turns to safety at some point. On roads full of 5000-pound trucks and SUVs, many people can understandably feel a little intimidated driving anything smaller than a midsize sedan. Gordon Murray Design has now conducted a crash test on...

  Antony Ingram January 19, 2011
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  d3o Bullet-Proof Gel Could Lead To Safer Cars Of The Future

  Have you ever seen the experiment using custard to demonstrate increases in viscosity with force? When you run your hand through the substance it acts like a liquid, but quickly apply a force and it hardens. Fill a swimming pool with custard and you could feasibly run across without sinking in. Wet...

  Antony Ingram January 18, 2011