A group of European researchers have asked the question : “What Kind of Face Sits Well on a Car’s Frontal Appearance?”. And to answer, the team (from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and the University of Bonn, Germany) employed an fMRI machine to scan the brains of (male*) experimental participants who were looking at pictures […]
Tag: Cars
Threat assessment: robo cars & toasters
Which kind of robot will be the first to arise and smite us? A study called Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile suggests we keep an eye on the family car. The paper, written by Karl Koscher and a team of 10 other researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California […]
History of mystery pits
On April 15, 1954, Bellingham, Seattle and other Washington communities are in the grip of a strange phenomenon — tiny holes, pits, and dings have seemingly appeared in the windshields of cars at an unprecedented rate. Initially thought to be the work of vandals, the pitting rate grows so quickly that panicked residents soon suspect […]