http://www.netvouz.com/spisio?feed=rss&pg=8 spisio's bookmarks on Netvouz http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/02/06/hydrogen-powered-honda-fcx-to-go-into-production/ Several months ago at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda introduced a wind cheating, earth friendly, fuel cell-powered concept called the FCX. Several weeks ago in Detroit at the NAIAS, Honda quietly announced that they would build a production vehicle based on spisio Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:01:06 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/03/03/hyundais-genus-genius-or-guano/ Have you noticed something interesting going on since the crossover genre was created? Some automakers aren’t even producing wagon versions of their sedans anymore, like they used to, but rather are coming out with entirely unique vehicles based off of spisio Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:56:24 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/15/if-you-dont-use-them-you-may-lose-immature-brain-cells/ Its already known that the human brain continues to produce new nerve cells throughout its life, but recent studies show that many of these new cells die before they have a chance to mature. An experiment performed by Fred Gage of the Salk Institute for B spisio Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:08:36 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/03/17/in-depth-look-at-the-loremo-ls-concept/ Imagine, for a moment, being able to drive from Munich, Germany to Rome, Italy on just one tank of fuel. That’s almost 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of beautiful European landscapes between refills, a bladder-busting range that’s unchallenged by many p spisio Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:54:15 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/07/25/in-depth-look-at-the-2006-hyundai-hcd9-talus-concept/ Called the HCD9 Talus, Hyundai’s attempt at a sporty crossover vehicle isn’t quite ugly, but it’s not exactly pretty either. And I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and no doubt someone somewhere likes the look of this thing, but I have tro spisio Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:33:41 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/in-depth-look-at-the-2006-lotus-apx-crossover-concept/ Called the APX, it’s a crossover vehicle that is to the Porsche Cayenne as the Elise is to the 911. Standing for “Aluminum Performance Crossover,” the APX is a Lotus engineering excercise produced to communicate the full potential of the advanced Ve spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:32:36 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/07/31/in-depth-look-at-the-2006-mitsubishi-concept-ct/ Enter the Concept-CT: a hybrid-powered small car. This outlandish looking concept could represent (at most) Mitsubishi’s design direction as customers continuously look for more fuel-efficient alternatives to offset rising fuel prices. spisio Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:38:03 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/iran-claims-to-have-cloned-a-sheep/ Even without seeing any visual proof of their accomplishments, my congratulations go out to the Iranian researchers for almost being successful in an experiment that was already carried out a decade ago. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:23:11 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/08/28/is-your-black-box-spying-on-you-and-is-that-a-bad-thing/ For most of us, “black boxes” are the good guys. In case of a plane crash, they record much of the data necessary to piece together more accurately exactly what happened, and therefore can be useful in making sure whatever went wrong doesn’t happen spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:23 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/05/09/jaguar-xks-pyrotechnic-deployable-hood-wins-safety-award/ Like an airbag, or a pretensioning seatbelt, the Pyrotechnic Deployable Bonnet is extremely fast acting: the system actuates in one-tenth of a second, a speed ten times faster than the blink of an eye. spisio Wed, 10 May 2006 00:33:32 GMT