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16-Apr-07

Look, no driver: car that eliminates human error

Team Lux's car has twin laser scanners mounted behind panels beneath the front headlights to scan the road up to 200 metres ahead. The images they produce are continuously processed to locate the roadside and spot hazards such as...

Category: Transport

9-Apr-07

Call for cigarette-style warnings for flights

"Adverts for flights, holidays and cars should carry cigarette-style warnings to help cure the public’s “addiction” to polluting forms of transport, a thinktank urged today."


4-Apr-07

Palm oil: the biofuel of the future driving an ecological disaster now

"The boom in palm oil, the biofuel of the future, is putting some of our rarest animals in danger. "


3-Apr-07

A freeze on biofuels would be bordering on Luddite

"With scientific advances, converting crops into energy will soon be sustainable, says Giles Clark"


3-Apr-07

US 'must regulate car pollution'

"The highest court in the US has ruled that the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate exhaust gases from new cars and trucks."

Category: Transport

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