dashboards
Design
3D Gauge Cluster Blows My Mind With Information Overload
10:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | This concept, a joint effort by NVIDIA and icon icar, packs a ton of data into one screen. In addition to a standard speedometer and fuel gauge, it houses radio and navigation information. [KickingTires] More »
Vehicles
Tesla Model S Electric Sedan’s Huge Haptic Touchscreen Dashboard In Action
4:30PM Dan Nosowitz | When we first saw Tesla’s Model S electric sedan, we noticed a big, flashy touchscreen taking the place of the dashboard’s console. TechCrunch took a test drive and learned a little more about it. More »
Software
Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not?
12:50AM John Mahoney | This work-in-progress Dashboard implementation (seen here running through the SDK) looks like it’s coming along nicely; I just can’t decide if it’s something I’d want. What do you guys think? More »
Vehicles
Downloadable Dashboard Apps for Cars Coming in 2010
5:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Why leave your car out in the cold while your smartphone gets all the app fun? Hughes Telematics is aiming to bring downloadable apps to car dashboards, and the possibilities are pretty crazy. More »
Vehicles
Photo Du Jour: An Electric Mini Cooper’s Dashboard
6:29PM Brian Lam | This car has 43% battery life remaining, but I wonder if that gauge depletes linearly or, as on my laptop, surprisingly quickly near the end. More »
Vehicles
17 Classic Car User Interfaces, Otherwise Known as Dashboards
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Sure, your car dashboard may have a lot of cool buttons and computer displays, but chances are it lacks something that many classic cars have in abundance. A little something I like to call “style.” OObject has put together a list of 17 classic cars (and even one new classic in the Audi TT) that fall into this classy category—cars like the 1906 Stanely Steamer (which looks like a friggin’ time machine), the ‘58 Chevy Impala and the ‘57 Porsche 356 Speedster. [OObject] More »
Vehicles
Chevy Volt Dashboard Looks Like The Future If The Future is White Plastic
11:00PM Mark Wilson | We don’t write about car dashboards all that often here on the Giz, but when the dash is from an electric car/hybrid and it shares its white sheen with both classic iPods and Stormtrooper helmets, how could we possibly resist? Nearly buttonless, the Chevy Volt’s injection molded centre console features a large LCD that, from what we can tell from the picture, will be locked with the static image of 2/3 battery remaining. It’s certainly an interesting look, but I’m just not so sure it blends so well with the rest of the car. What do you think? [thecarlounge via Jalopnik] More »
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