By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

Flipping off bad drivers is one thing, but what if you could shake them to their very core with an alarming emoticon display in your back window?

The Driving LED Emoticon is a battery powered, wirelessly controlled message sign that can be attached to the rear window of your car via the included suction cup. A remote control unit is kept in the front of the car (fixed to front window, dash, or laid in a storage compartment) to activate the messages by pressing one of its buttons. It can display any one of five different messages - smiling face, frowning face, “Thanks”, “Back Off” and “Idiot”.

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Source: Think Geek

We say: What else?

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

Spinning rims are already over and even the new black rims which are literally the new black in the automotive world are about to give way to clear. As in an all clear wheel made of 100% 2-inch thick polycarbonate from D’Vinci Forgiato. The company claims its Radurra line of wheels are just as strong as today’s top rims. A super cool version for motorcycles is also available, and the auto rims come in 20, 22 and 24 inch sizes. (Hey - what about my scooter?)

We Say: at $2,000 a wheel and with the mess most brakes generate, we don’t expect to see clearly on this one anytime soon. Cool idea though, especially on bikes. Source: Ministry of Tech

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

German engineering. We’ve come to expect greatness, but who would think the lowly snow sled would get such a dose of high end, jaw-dropping design? The only catch: The site from Volkswagen is only in German and you can’t seem to buy them in the US yet despite pretty reasonable price tags. I have gathered a few of the best models and tried to translate the text, but damn, don’t these beat the lame plastic sleds, metal discs, and arm-severing wood and metal numbers we dealt with as kids?

Schlitten Snow Flyer Herbie (Shown above) € 49,90

Translation: The hottest beetle on the runway, the Snow flyer Herbie in black with kultigem harsh IE decoration. With the carriage consisting of high-quality, cold-resistant plastic trace, exact steering is possible by its double skids. Also with gloves a problem-free handling of the brakes and steering element is possible.

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By Chief Gizmateer
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Perhaps this product is not news, but micro flying machines are just cool… I don’t care who you are!

This Air Hog R/C Helix Micro Helicopter has a crash-resistant foam fuselage and is great for a big room and dive-bombing various household pets. The controls allow you to throttle up and down or bank left and right using the 6-way controller.  Twin drive props provide directional control while the dual rotors lend stability.

The Micro Helicopter comes with a set of spare propellers and battery charger and the R/C copter runs on a rechargable lithium polymer battery.

Source: Gizmos for Geeks

Zaon MRX Portable Collision Avoidance System
By Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Greater Safety in the Skies

One of the greatest safety advances of the last few decades in aviation must be the Collision Avoidance Systems installed in commercial airliners. They enable pilots to see who else is flying in their airspace so that they can avoid running into one another. This safety option is now available to all aircraft, including private airplanes - even gliders, and today we will be reviewing the smallest and most affordable of these portable units, the Zaon MRX Portable Collision Avoidance System.
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What more can we say: It’s what weekends are for!

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

We normally applaud vehicular innovation - from a flying jet pack, to the latest breakthrough in any technology that can get us from A to B in an interesting way. Until today, that is. The Hipster is a personal trailer you strap to your body and essentially transform yourself into a human mule cart. As Hipster designer Joel Hoag puts it: More

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

You know gasoline prices are getting bad when it takes a physics lesson to make a point. So today class, we are going to learn why gasoline served “hot” ends up costing motorists as much as $155 milion a year in Arizona and almost $2.5 BILLION nationwide. First some facts:

–The state with the lowest gas temperature, according to federal data, is Minnesota. It has an average fuel temperature of 53 degrees, and its consumers pay $37 million less annually for gas. Source: AZCentral.com
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