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Smarter with your Data: make your car a Wi-Fi hotspot on wheels

Stay connected on long road trips, or stream your favourite tunes on the move. It's easier than ever to give your car its own Wi-Fi hotspot.

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Military robot learns how to phone home

In the movies, robots almost always have a mind of their own. But for iRobot's military bots, it's a slow process of gaining more smarts.

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TAG Heuer upgrades Android to carbon fibre

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, which long ago branched out from its core business, has announced an Android-based smartphone inspired by GT race cars.

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This DeLorean quadcopter flies back to the future

Meet the ultimate homemade homage to Doc Brown's flying DeLorean in the Back to the Future series.

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Where would you like to see NFC used?

Last week, we tried out NFC purchasing within the comfy confines of the Hoyts' business-class La Premiere cinema seats, but we've begun wondering what other uses there are for the technology, apart from prising us from our cash more easily.

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A car OLED sunroof that charges itself

BASF and Philips have joined forces to come up with a prototype for a transparent car roof that incorporates OLED lights and solar cells.

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Smarter with your Data: make your car a Wi-Fi hotspot on wheels

Stay connected on long road trips, or stream your favourite tunes on the move. It's easier than ever to give your car its own Wi-Fi hotspot. 1

NSW ditches rego stickers for tech

The New South Wales Government will become the latest state in Australia to abolish the need for registration stickers on light vehicles in favour of technology-based enforcement methods. 3

Military robot learns how to phone home

In the movies, robots almost always have a mind of their own. But for iRobot's military bots, it's a slow process of gaining more smarts.

TAG Heuer upgrades Android to carbon fibre

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, which long ago branched out from its core business, has announced an Android-based smartphone inspired by GT race cars.

This DeLorean quadcopter flies back to the future Crave

Meet the ultimate homemade homage to Doc Brown's flying DeLorean in the Back to the Future series.

Where would you like to see NFC used?

A car OLED sunroof that charges itself

BASF and Philips have joined forces to come up with a prototype for a transparent car roof that incorporates OLED lights and solar cells.

Ferrari revs up a range of headphones, iPod docks

Over the years, Ferrari has stuck its name on everything from baseball caps, phones and cameras to laptops and theme parks, as well as, of course, supercars. Now we can add iPod docks and headphone...

Nissan develops self-healing, scratchproof iPhone case

Nissan has applied its self-healing paint technology to an iPhone case that can heal itself of scratches and scrapes. 2

Mobileye watches the road, even when you don't

Humans can be such terrible drivers. We're checking text messages, drinking coffee and doing needlepoint behind the wheel — yes, we've seen that happen! Today's advanced driver-assistance systems a...

Pioneer AppRadio 2 gains larger screen, Android support

Pioneer has yet to launch the AppRadio in Australia, which (given our desire for more apps, better hardware and Android support) isn't necessarily a bad thing. Those things have now been fixed with...

Philips streams iOS video to your car's back seat

So you decided not to spring for the in-dash DVD player and flip-down screens in your latest car. No problem: your passengers can still watch movies on the road, using your iDevice as the source.

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Review | Accessories

BlueAnt S3

The BlueAnt S3 has good call quality and an affordable price point, but you could upgrade to the more advanced S4 for not much more. 1
Review | Mobile Phones

Motorola TZ700 in-car speakerphone

Motorola's latest speakerphone offers a good range of features, but the quality of the speaker itself is disappointing. 1
Review | Mobile Phones

Jabra Freeway

Jabra Freeway is an easy recommendation, an excellent example of what a speakerphone should look and feel like and how one should work. 1
Review | Car Tech

Pure Highway

It's still the only way to get digital radio in the car. Those desiring the extra channels or improved sound quality will love it, if they don't mind the hassle of setting it up every time and have an auxiliary jack in the car. 6
Review | Car Tech

Motorola T325 Bluetooth hands-free car kit

The T325 does what it does well and without fuss. Switching itself on and off automatically is a nice touch, although we wish it was easier to access voice control. 7
Review | Car Tech

TomTom iPod Touch car kit

Given the price of this kit and the additional cost of the app turning your iPod Touch into a GPS navigator only makes sense if your car's got an auxiliary jack, allowing your Touch to function as both a jukebox and navigator.