... ). Multimedia and Travel The dashboard in an automobile is beginning to look more like a small computer rather than a simple radio. Radios and car phones are transforming into GPS navigation systems, DVD players, and even wireless Internet-access devices. A group of automotive engineers are developing a standard call theITS Data Bus?. This would then be the standard in all automotive cockpits and would ... accept such products as GPS systems, DVD players, and Internet devices. Intel is also developing a system that would be placed in the cockpits of cars. The system is calledConnected Ca...

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... , predicts. If that's not enough, other programming will be placed in the brain of the car to help steer, turn, and make it driving easier for the driver. Voice commands, DVD players, and of course a 40 Volt electric system to run all these gizmos. Wow, and if that still doesn't impress you, Chris Gerdes, a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University ... ...

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... their focus off the road. The incorporation of gadgets in American vehicles has gone beyond loud music and cell phones; the newest technological wave introduces items like televisions, VHS and DVD players, and video game systems available for installation in cars. These items would serve their purposes in family vehicles with rambunctious children in the back, but there is no logical ... ...

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... available to show the driver directions and conditions of terrains ahead. Moreover, a rear-view camera allows the driver to see what's behind the vehicle when gear is in reverse. Also, a DVD player and monitors are available for the children so every ride can be fun and entertaining. These technologies have pushed the envelope for SUVs to go beyond just a regular 4WD ... ...

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... their focus off the road. The incorporation of gadgets in American vehicles has gone beyond loud music and cell phones; the newest technological wave introduces items like televisions, VHS and DVD players, and video game systems available for installation in cars. These items would serve their purposes in family vehicles with rambunctious children in the back, but there is no logical ... ...

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... is one of the best in Stafford County and could get the car noticed on its own. It starts with an Alpine head unit and Panasonic five inch LCD screen/ DVD player mounted in the dash. In the trunk, an Alpine 2000 watt amplifier provides power to two fifteen inch Audiobahn subwoofers. If that isn't enough, there are a copious amount of ... ...

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... that are serious about their system there are all sorts of fancy bells and whistles that can be added for increased listening pleasure and sound clarity. There are even mobile DVD players that can be installed for keeping the kids and teens entertained. The possibilities are and endless but for a quick increase in sound quality the place to start is with ... ...

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... to be super clean. The cost of a hydrogen-powered car is going to be expensive at first. But any new technology is expensive when it is first introduced. For example, a DVD player a few years ago was very expensive, and now the prices have dropped drastically. It is the same thing with hydrogen-powered cars. It will be almost impossible for a regular ... ...

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