Most care manufacturers in the US offer a sweet electronics package that includes an in-dash GPS system as an option. If you’ve ever wondered if there are any “gotchas” in buying these systems, here’s one: map upgrades. Let’s take a quick look at the costs to upgrade these systems. The stand alone GPS device market more »

Honda debuted it’s new short film, “Living with Robots” at the Sundance Film Festival as part of Honda’s Dream the Impossible series. Honda’s new film focuses on ASIMO, (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) and Honda’s role in paving the way for future robots living side by side humans. The film is also available for viewing more »

If you have ever been in a wheelchair for any reason, then you probably know that an inability to walk can pose great problems. I know when I was in a wheelchair for a brief period of time due to an injury, it was really frustrating not being able to walk. In efforts to provide a solution, Honda has been developing a type of support system that is able to help people with weakened leg muscles walk again. On April 20-23, Honda will be showing off a prototype at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress in Detroit. However, before this event, Honda has plans to show off their prototype to some media in New York.

Essentially, the support device consists of straps that wrap around your waist and knees, and then a few plastic pieces that have important jobs. The plastic pieces are designed to collect information on hip motions as well as how you walk to accurately change to match your gait. The whole idea is to figure out when to provide assistance to your walk, and when to leave it alone. The computer measures how much to increase your average stride, in order to make walking easier.

The idea of having hydrogen powered cars is nothing new: the theory has been around pretty much since World War II. However, there have always been several flaws in the practicality of using hydrogen as a source of power. It is expensive and energy consuming to make it usable. Hydrogen is also not widely available, the batteries are bulky, the cars are expensive and they usually look horrible. So why has Honda made a hydrogen supercar?

The FC Sport revealed at the LA Auto Show is the pinnacle of design and hydrogen technology, combining the two in some environmentally chic blender in a way that has a product that can still classify as a supercar. This is, as Honda so aptly put it, “a glimpse of the future of the supercar.”

This really has never happened to me, but Japanese Honda manufacturers seem to think it happens pretty often. They believe that their built-in GPS units often lead you to the “bad section” of neighborhoods. So, the executives and the people responsible for creating the GPS units of Honda are revamping their line-up to make sure more »