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MIT wants your dashboard GPS to have an expressive robotic head

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 12:44pm

Say hello to AIDA, or — since robots aren't allowed to have plain 'ol names — your Affective Intelligent Driving Agent. Think of it like a Wall-E character that helps you get around. The affective part is that it's designed...

Piano Stairs aim to get Stockholm butts moving

DVICE Staff

Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 2:01am

No prizes for guessing the inspiration behind this little idea. Advertising agency DDB and Volkswagen teamed up for a little experiment they called the Fun Theory, an ambitious attempt to try and change people's lazy behavior in the Swedish capital....

VW's 'Beetle of the 21st century' isn't all that buggy

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 1:03pm

Don't get me wrong: I'm into Volkswagen's E-Up! concept car, which the company plans to turn into a reality in some shape or form by 2013. I just don't know if it captures the spirit of the original Bug, aesthetically....

Volkswagen constructs alien-looking wonderland full of touchscreens, tech-goodies

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 1:58pm

I know it looks crazy, but what you see up above is a photograph, not a conceptual render. That's "Level Green," a permanent installation in Volkswagen's Autostadt visitor center at their Wolfsburg, Germany factory built by Berlin-based J Mayer H...

Volkswagen Bio Runner would be a fine future for the VW Bug

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 12:27pm

The design teams taking part in the LA Auto Show's Design Challenge: Motorsports 2025 weren't just creating cool looking future cars, they also cranked out some pretty great science fiction. Take the Honda Great Racer we showed you, for...

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Volkswagen stories

MIT wants your dashboard GPS to have an expressive robotic head

Piano Stairs aim to get Stockholm butts moving

VW's 'Beetle of the 21st century' isn't all that buggy

Volkswagen constructs alien-looking wonderland full of touchscreens, tech-goodies

Volkswagen Bio Runner would be a fine future for the VW Bug

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