Every day there are more amazing examples of what can be done in the computer before tools and metal meet for the first time. The finished computer concepts can be so photorealistic that unless you look really closely, and sometimes not even then, the computer image is undetectable from the real thing. When I recently [...]
August 2005
What happens when a car stalls in traffic on a busy highway? Instant traffic jam, naturally, but how does the tow truck get to the car if the highway is filled with cars? Suppose you had a small agile vehicle like a motorcycle that could also tow the car from where it was stuck? Enter [...]
OK, I’m smiling. One of the reasons for high gas prices is huge worldwide demand, no small part being the Chinese demand from all of the new drivers in that booming economy. Why shouldn’t they drive, gas is cheap in their government controlled world so just buy a car and cruise, right? Looks like reality [...]
Ducati North America has created the North American Ducati Hall of Fame for those individuals who have made the greatest contribution to the Ducati brand. The first three inductees are Doug Polen, Eraldo Ferracci and Bruce Meyers. Michael Lock, CEO of Ducati North America said, “Since being purchased by TPG in 1996, DNA has been [...]
