Quirky Archive

Overdrive: Old vehicles costing us; Renault Megane GT Wagon Road Test; Quirky News
3 February 2018
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News including GM sued for autonomous vehicle collision, cars that detect emotions and how Australia’s old vehicle fleet is costing both lives and money. We ask if trucks can show us how car safety should be done – or is it the other way round? We road test a fast family ferrier, the Renault Megane

Overdrive: Uber in trouble; The future of how we get around; Lexus NX300 Road Test; NASCAR declines
2 December 2017
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News including a data breach by Uber, a new biofuel production system, the decline of “Big Oil”, Tesla’s new competitor, and what the NBN has to do with transport infrastructure. We discuss a report on the future of how we get around “New mobility now, a practical guide”. We road test one of Lexus’ best

Overdrive: News: July Car Sales; Implanted Opal Card
5 August 2017
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In this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including: • Car sales figures for July • Ford’s bus service that isn’t We have chat with Lewis Williamson from England on how we are modelling traffic to try and shape our cities We have a couple of reflections on the planning of

Car fuel from whiskey waste and bagpipes on planes
5 August 2017
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List all your Scottish jokes here! Electric cars may receive most of the attention within the realm of alternative propulsion methods, but liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be with us for many decades to come. The challenge then becomes how to reduce the carbon footprint of extracting, transporting, refining, and burning those fuels to reduce the

“Lucky” coins thrown into plane engine
5 August 2017
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Transport superstitions Do you have any superstitious actions before you travel? An elderly woman has delayed a plane for more than five hours, after she attempted to throw a handful of coins into its engine for good luck. The passenger was boarding China Southern Airlines flight, from Shanghai to Guangzhou, when she threw nine coins

Man implants transit car in his hand to make life easier
5 August 2017
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Wearable technology goes the next step In order to avoid misplacing his Opal transport card, a Sydney man has had the critical chip part of the card implanted in his hand. The man, who has had his name officially changed to Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow says that his goal is to have frictionless interaction with