Ndrive presents an interesting GPS navigating system with a built in alcoholmeter. This curious Ndrive G400,as well as being very useful, is also a low cost navegator, being that its price is around 200 euros.

The alcoholmeter incorporated is very graphic, as you cas see by the picture. The gadget will be Sharp and will show on the screen if we are in conditions to drive or not. This way, it will indicate the level of alcohol in the air and shows a graph where we could see out state.

Other main features include a 3.5 inch screen and multimedia functions, which allow music reproduction, video, photos and some games. Mind you, its price is reduced because it only incorporates a map of one country.
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The other day we talked about a GPS that is installed in the windshield. Today we bring you a system that is monitorized by the rear-view mirror. It is called MirrorPilot, a navigator that displays the GPS sytem in the rearview mirror of the car. It´s a brilliant system, because it does not deviate your eyes from the road when looking at it.

The project will be presented to the public at the next Cebit fair in Germany. So far, we can only say that the MirrorPilot will cost about 700 euros and that the space that the screen occupies in the rear-view mirror is about 2.2 inches.

This gadget will be available only Europe since, since it will have a map of the entire continent, views of 2 and 3 dimensions, and voice controls and traffic reports.
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As we commented on a few months back Nokia had devised a mobile device that measures the level of CO2. Now the technology giant is testing an application of mobile phones with an integrated GPS system to measure the density of traffic.

The aim is that the Nokia mobile phone send to the central server the position of our vehicle from time to time. Here, the gadget collects the position of all drivers who use Nokia to form a map in real time jams and fluid channels.

The solution posed by Nokia requires technologies that are already available, such as GPS and the transmission of data through networks UMTS, EDGE or similar.

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Seat gets up on speed and will installs a GPS navigator system as a buying option on all their new models such as the Leon, Altea XL Altea and Toledo.

The navigator that the Spanish car brand  incorporate  is manufactured by Siemens, while the maps are by Navteq. It seems that Chevrolet does not want it to be just a GPS it has alsoequipped it with a 30 GB hard drive so we could input all our multimedia content and maps.

As if that were not enough, You can play CD’s or DVD’s because it also comes with a CD reader. It also receives traffic alerts and has a Bluetooth adapter.

The display of this built-in GPS is a touch-type of 6.5 inches and also has an input line to connect our mp3. Its price ranges from 2,400 to 1,900 euros.

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Could you imagine a red line that tells you where to go at every moment? This innovative concept is the concept that Virtual Cable is developing.

The proud parents of this new creature are the developers of an American company called Making Virtual Solid (MVS). This sheme consist of a GPS system that replaces the traditional screen and voice instructions represented by a red line in the windshield.

Thanks to this innovative GPS, we could focus all our attention on the road, because we will be always looking at the windshield, so the distraction is very low. Its estimated price is around $200.

Virtual Cable consist in projecting , by the means of mirrors and lasers, the three-dimensional cable over the windshield, so there is no need for a special screen, it is simply a projected image from behind the controls of the vehicle.

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The Finnish firm Nokia is designing a cell phone that will be able to analyze the air and tell us the amount of CO2, carbon monoxide, particles and other harmful gases in the air.

This great gadget will be known as Nokia Concept Eco sensor undoubtedly a very useful tool for monitoring  pollutes in our vehicle. In this regard, it will be very useful in order to pass the ITV. 

With tools like this one, Nokia wants to get into the pocket of car fans. Innovative, practical, eco … A great idea.

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