Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Say 'ta ta' to the Tata eMO: the $20,000 EV you'll never set eyes on]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/tata-emo-the-20-000-ev-youll-never-set-eyes-on/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/tata-emo-the-20-000-ev-youll-never-set-eyes-on/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/tata-emo-the-20-000-ev-youll-never-set-eyes-on/#comments This story ends before it even starts, but it's nice to look at what could have been, should destiny -- or a corporate boardroom -- have taken a different course. Tata Motors, maker of the Nano EV, has been working on new concept -- the eMO -- that it already tells us, we'll never see. It claims the nifty looking car would do 100 imaginary miles per charge and a theoretical 65 mph top speed. It would cost a fictitious 20,000 dollars, thanks to lots of non-existent weight being saved through thrift design principles -- such as space saving suicide doors. There isn't even a hatch for the trunk to easily put away all that shopping you didn't buy. Back in the real world, however, we'll be seeing at least a little more of this fantastical EV as the firm enters it into the Michelin Challenge Design at next week's Detroit Auto Show.

Gallery: Tata eMO

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>carcarselectric carelectric carselectric vehicleElectricCarElectricCarsElectricVehicleemoeuropeevtatatata emoTataEmoFri, 06 Jan 2012 19:42:00 EST<![CDATA[Video: Emo Labs' invisible speakers visibly demonstrated]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/video-emo-labs-invisible-speakers-visibly-demonstrated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/video-emo-labs-invisible-speakers-visibly-demonstrated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/video-emo-labs-invisible-speakers-visibly-demonstrated/#comments Emo Labs is out on a crusade to unify audio and video into one cohesive, delectable whole. If you'll recall, the company's Edge Motion invisible speaker tech relies on implanting a clear membrane atop display panels, which is then vibrated by piezoelectric actuators to generate stereo audio. We've grabbed a couple of vids of it in action to whet your appetite, and while there's still no word on when, plans are afoot to embed the technology into LCDs, laptops, mobiles and even handheld gaming devices. Dance past the break to hear, and maybe even see, for yourself.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>audiodemofalldemofall09Edge MotionEdgeMotionemoemo labsEmoLabsinvisibleinvisible speakersInvisibleSpeakersloudspeakermusicpiezoelectricpiezoelectric actuatorPiezoelectricActuatorspeakerspeakersthin speakersThinSpeakersultrathinvideoThu, 24 Sep 2009 10:07:00 EST<![CDATA[Emo Labs concocts its own invisible speaker technology]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/27/emo-labs-concocts-its-own-invisible-speaker-technology/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/27/emo-labs-concocts-its-own-invisible-speaker-technology/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/27/emo-labs-concocts-its-own-invisible-speaker-technology/#comments
Emo Labs didn't stir up too much commotion while CES was going on, but apparently it did have a tiny presence in Vegas. The crew at Technologizer was able to listen to a sneak preview of the startup's Edge Motion technology, and if the demo is indicative of the end result, we could be onto something special. Much like NXT's SoundVu tech that seemed to fizzle out about as quickly as it hit the scene in 2005, this system creates a so-called invisible speaker by "using arrays of motors to wiggle the edges of a clear membrane." Gurus at the company are hoping to have it integrated into panels of TVs by the end of this year, though it'll be a bit longer before the same can happen on space-constrained laptops.

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Emo Labs didn't stir up too much commotion while CES was going on, but apparently it did have a tiny presence in Vegas. The crew at Technologizer was able to listen to a sneak preview of the startup's Edge Motion technology, and if the demo is indicative of the end result, we could be onto something special. Much like NXT's SoundVu tech that seemed to fizzle out about as quickly as it hit the scene in 2005, this system creates a so-called invisible speaker by "using arrays of motors to wiggle the edges of a clear membrane." Gurus at the company are hoping to have it integrated into panels of TVs by the end of this year, though it'll be a bit longer before the same can happen on space-constrained laptops.

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