Everything comes with Facebook integration these days: phones, TVs, probably even a fridge somewhere. But why stop at the home? Mercedes Benz has announced in-car Facebook because, y’know, drivers need some casual distraction. More »
It never hurts to ask. 14-year-old Matthew James sent a tongue-in-cheek letter to the head of Mercedes’ F1 team asking for £35,000 (~$55,000) for a bionic hand, which they could brand like an F1 car. Mercedes’ response? They made him the most advanced prosthetic hand in the world. More »
In response to this morning’s Google Car post, tipster George sent through a pic of this Mercedes with Linux licence plates. Considering the Merc would cost a lot more than the Holden, does that mean that Linux is better than Google? More »
150 Mercedes-Benz trainees teamed up for a year to engineer, design and build the F-CELL roadster, and the resulting car—despite being built on bike wheels and only going 24kph—is stunning.
Fall asleep at the wheel of the new Mercedes E-class and the car will attempt to wake you up. Then, like a good $US50,000 vehicle, it will suggest you pause for coffee.
Poor Madoff scandal rich victims. Pity them, because now it’s their time to scale back to a trailer park. Probably in this luxury caravan, with its own built-in parking dock for their red sports car.
Mercedes has announced plans to implement what they call a Splitview Command display in new S-Class models—a means for the passenger and driver to see different images on the same surface.
Mercedes-Benz new myCOMAND system has appeared at the Los Angeles Auto Show, taking on the fourth-generation BMW iDrive. Whereas the latter has an Xbox 360 feeling, this one gets some clues from Apple, especially Coverflow and the menu navigation, which reminds me of the first version of the Apple TV and Front Row. One big difference is that myCOMAND is connected to the web, grabbing information wirelessly and presenting it through their own on-screen apps. Looking at the high resolution screens and the feature list, it seems very good:
