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Toyota Crown Hybrid to get noise canceling speakers
The silent cabin of a BMW 7 series or a Mercedes S500 is affordable only to a few, now Toyota is planning to bring the same silent cabins to the masses with noise canceling speakers. Starting with the Crown hybrid which delivers as low as 1,000 to 3,000rpm when the vehicle is running at 20…
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Toyota Prius – The most searched car on the web
In the times of $4 a gallon it comes as no surprise that most people online are looking at alternate ways to get their transport costs down. But what comes as a huge surprise is the celebrity status the Toyota Prius has recently received. For the first time ever, the Toyota Prius has become the…
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Toyota’s robotic orchestra
If Honda’s Asimo can conduct a symphonic orchestra then arch rival Toyota cant be left far behind. Harry, Dave, Ritchie and Chuck the robotic quartet from Toyota performed three songs at a concert. Harry the quartet’s leader and Chuck are two legged robots whereas Dave and Ritchie are motorcycle or two wheeled robots. Instruments played…
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Toyota Prius 1 million sold and still going strong
Toyota has announced today that worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 1 million mark, with approximately 1,028,000 units sold as of the end of April this year. The Prius was launched in Japan in 1997 and began selling in Europe, North America and other markets in 2000. In 2005, Toyota began…
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Toyota develops high tech simulator for race car safety
Toyota has developed a computer simulation which recreates high speed accidents and their effects on human physiology. Using the new system called Total Human Model Safety (THUMS), the FIA Institute and Toyota have been able to study the kind of serious injuries that are difficult to measure with conventional crash-test dummies. The results of the…
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Toyota 1/X plug-in hybrid concept car
I simply love covering the concept car section. The beauties that the stalwarts dish out are simply amazing, the Prius for example. The new kid on the block is the 1/X plug-in hybrid concept from Toyota. This light-weight beauty is almost a third the weight of most concept cars thus saving energy and using half…
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Toyota develops eyelid-monitoring system to ensure you are alert
Enhancing their Pre-Crash safety system, Toyota has announced their new technology that can determine whether the driver’s eyes are open or not. The system relies on a driver-monitoring camera and image-processing computer, which determine the position of the driver’s upper and lower eyelids. Toyota’s existing face-monitoring technology, which is available on the Lexus LS600h has…
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Toyota A-BAT Concept -A Swiss army knife Truck.
The new Toyota A-BAT Concept is no less compact then a fully loaded swiss army knife. It has every needed accessory you could think of; Toyota has already planned & tucked away neatly into the various compartments, nooks & crannies of this eco friendly beast. It has GPS navigation, Wifi, the usual. I actually think…
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Toyota along with Scientists are studying the brain to develop future cars and robots
This is not the plot for a Sci-Fi film but a reality; Toyota along with some top-notch Japanese neuroscientists with the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) will work on a 20-year project where they will study the human brain and develop neuro-technology-based auto safety systems, sophisticated robots, and machinery that users can operate…
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Toyota personal robot
The new personal robot is a part of Toyota’s Global Vision 2020 where the company aims to make Robotics one its core businesses by the year 2020. The robot responds to voice commands and features advanced face recognition. It responds to the gestures and can write as well. Using its onboard sensors it can navigate…
