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Shuttle presented this promising little car PC at CeBIT 2007. It runs on power from your car’s battery and shuts down automatically as soon as you turn the ignition off, making sure you don’t lose all your precious data.

Technically we’re speaking about a small machine with a Intel Core Duo T2400 processor (1.83 GHz), Intel 945GM chipset, 512Mb RAM, Intel GMA950 for the graphics, 7.1 channel HD surround sound, separate GPS audio channel and a 2,5" laptop HDD (40/60/80GB).

The dimensions are 279×230x70mm, no price announced yet though.

(Via TweakTown)

If you’re looking for a vehicle that’ll turn heads and/or help you express your inner, environment-conscious and lone-riding cartoon character I’d advise you to check out The Electric One-Person Car. Slightly different design to say the least.

For $25,000 you get a ride that definitely won’t blend in with your neighborhood’s Fords and Volvos. It’s powered by a 156-volt DC electric motor generating 33 horsepower, the top speed is 70 mph (0-60 mph in 13 seconds). Just plug it into a standard 110-volt outlet and it’ll take 6 hours to recharge fully and each charge gives you 30 miles on the road (a 220-volt outlet recharges the battery in one hour though).

If you don’t like the banana-yellow pictured above it’s available in red, teal, orange, blue, purple, magenta, white, coral, dark aqua, green, lime green, lilac and aqua as well.

(The Tesla Roadster might be a better choice if you’re looking for a 100% electric sports car that does 0-60 in 4 seconds while looking strikingly good)

Hammacher.com: The Electric One-Person Car ($25,000)

Okay, I’m sorry but this product is just ugly (and yet I had to tag it as style) - The Bentley Shift Knob a.k.a The World’s Most Expensive Shift Knob is yours for $150,000, and that’s without a car or sense of style to go with it.

“This Royal-Setting Masterpiece is handcrafted with 30 karats of genuine diamonds and 10 ounces of 18 karat white gold. For all you ballers out there… ‘What is your braggin’ right?’”

(Via Red Ferret)

SNT Korea will reveal this sweet piece of machinery at Cebit 2007 - the IOPS in-car PC.

There’s not many known facts about this box but NewLaunches reports that it runs Windows XP, has a 7-inch slide-out touchscreen (on which you can see all sorts of distracting movies and tv-shows), internet access through HSDPA and has BlueTooth connectivity. According to Engadget it’ll feature neat functions like streaming video from your rear bumper for easier parking.

Processor, price, memory and other specs are still unknown though.

Bose has decided to enter the exciting world of infotainment with the Bose Media System. A hard drive-based system designed to be extremely easy to use - the easier the system, the less is the risk of smashing that car into something (or someone). The system plays AM/FM/satellite radio along with multi-format discs and features 5.1-channel surround sound, 30GB hard drive, USB 2.0 and iPod connectivity, Bluetooth support and a GPS system.

One cool feature is uMusic - a kind of intelligent playback system which learns which kind of music you like and tries to play just the right kind of tunes for you. No word on pricing yet but I’m guessing it’ll cost you - big-time.

Bose: The Bose Media System

(Via Born Rich)

Nissan says their upcoming Qashqai is urbanproof and designed to handle anything the city can throw at it. Apparently it’ll even function nicely as a skateboard for urban giants (kickflips included), check out the ad below:

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