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GM Wants To Beam Images Onto Touch-Sensitive Car Windows

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1:30PM January 29, 2012 | Logan Booker

Students at Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design were tasked by General Motors to come up with a way to “help rear seat passengers, particularly children, have a richer experience on the road”. Judging by this video, I’m guessing they stared at the rear seat windows, then their smartphones and then back at the windows and thought “Hey, why not whack some Angry Birds on there and call it a day?”. More »


Cars

Creepy Flesh-Coloured Side Impact Airbag Wants To Meet You

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3:30PM October 1, 2011 | Logan Booker

If you were wondering where else you could stick an airbag, wonder no longer. US car manufacturer General Motors has found the perfect spot — right between you and your front passenger. More »


Science

How A Car Company Built The World’s First Mechanical Heart

12:30AM July 21, 2011 | Ray Wert

In 1952, Dr Forest Dodrill captured national attention when he became the first surgeon to use a mechanical heart pump on a patient at Wayne State University’s Harper Hospital in Detroit. There’s a reason that heart pump looks like a 12-cylinder engine. It was made by General Motors. More »


Software

GM Shoving Facebook, Voice Texting Into OnStar-Equipped Cars

2:01PM September 15, 2010 | Brian Barrett

GM’s OnStar system has just taken a leap into connectivity, adding audio Facebook updates, voice texting and apps that control your car from your phone. Suddenly, your most expensive gadget might be your car. More »


Software

New OnStar Coming With Facebook, Trapster

11:59PM September 8, 2010 | Matt Hardigree

GM’s next generation OnStar will get a major upgrade and challenge Ford’s Sync system with infotainment options. In addition to OnStar’s well-known unparalleled route guidance and safety assistance services, the new system will get apps like Trapster and Facebook. More »


Cars

Chevy Volt Pre-Orders Start Now: $US41,000 Before $US7500 Tax Credit

2:17AM July 28, 2010 | Brian Barrett

We finally know, officially, how much it will cost to own the Chevy Volt. General Motors has announced that their electric car is up for pre-order for $US41,000, with a tax credit of up to $US7500 lowering the tally. More »


Cars

Laser Windshield System Keeps the Elderly Driving Longer For Some Reason

1:14AM July 19, 2008 | Adam Frucci

Which sounds like a better way to make the roads safer: rescind drivers licenses from people who are very old and have failing vision, or create a fancy system with lasers to allow them to keep driving. If you answered the latter, you’re in the same camp as General Motors. They’re hard at work on a fancy new windshield that uses lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to make it easier for your decrepit old granddad to see just where the hell he’s going.

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