Tag: AUDI

Devoted readers will recall our excitement for 'Outrace,' the light sculpture/installation made from Audi production robots, that was slated for the London Design Festival -- and it's finally arrived! Check out video of the installation after the break, or go to Outrace.org to send a message; the 'bot will trace said missive in the air with its LED appendages, which will then be translated into a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The latest episode in the intensifying iPhone 4G soap opera seems to indicate that the ambiguous, and perhaps dangerous, gadget will indeed provide video chat capabilities. Director Sam Mendes has also apparently been tapped to create iPhone 4G ads, prompting an excited auditioning actor to drop an f-bomb in a tweet. Yeah, ...

We're super excited for New York Design Week, but we'd be even more excited if the city were getting its very own robot "octopus" to mark the occasion. That's what London will get for its London Design Festival in September, when design outfit Kram/Weisshaar will install a six-armed robot called 'Outrace,' borrowed from the Audi production line, in Trafalgar Square. (And yes, we're aware that ...

Automotive manufacturers are currently embarking on a significant modernization movement, increasingly transforming cars into technology-fueled mobile offices. [Ed. note: Sounds like safe, non-distracted driving!] Numerous companies are using this week's CES festivities as an opportunity to showcase the latest developments in auto tech, some of those being new dashboard features and upgrades. ...

If you have the cash to drop on a brand-new Audi, you're probably not going to choose one with baseline features. Leather seats, a first-class sound system, a navigation system -- all luxury must-haves. But if you purchase the 2011 Audi A8, according to Engadget, you'll be one of the first drivers on the streets with a built-in navigation system that's equipped with Google Earth. So while you're ...

With an electric MINI Cooper just around the bend, a Twin Drive hybrid Volkswagen landing in 2010 and Chevrolet's Volt rolling into showrooms in a matter of months, Audi's ten-year plan is looking a little awkward. Though we've yet to hear that it's actually speeding things up, Peter Schwarzenbauer, who sits on the management board at Ingolstadt, recently confirmed that the company would be ...