{"id":453,"date":"2015-03-10T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T18:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/?p=453"},"modified":"2015-03-10T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T18:36:35","slug":"tech-at-the-geneva-motor-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/tech-at-the-geneva-motor-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech at the Geneva Motor Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldradio.ch\" target=\"_blank\">World Radio Switzerland<\/a>\u00a0that I do with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldradio.ch\/radio\/shows\/drivetime-with-tony.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Johnston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the show from March\u00a010th, 2015:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-453-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-10-Gadget-Guru-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-10-Gadget-Guru-1.mp3\">https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-10-Gadget-Guru-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the usual set of links &amp; videos from the show:<\/p>\n<p>From the Mobile World Congress we had the LG Flex2 self-healing phone&#8230;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjig8CkuenY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But this week is mostly about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon-auto.ch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geneva Motor Show<\/a>, which runs from the 5th to the 15th of March<\/p>\n<p>The ED Design Torq &#8211; Electric Driverless Racing Car &#8211; which apparently could have a racing driver inside, but who&#8217;d want to without windows?<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HP5MdxC8iJo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bentley EXP10 Speed 6 with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3ders.org\/articles\/20150304-bentley-exp-10-speed-6-conceptual-coupe-takes-advantage-of-3d-metal-printing.html\" target=\"_blank\">3D printed parts<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8v5d9fmkSw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Quant F and Quant Quantino <a href=\"http:\/\/nanoflowcell.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nanoflowcell<\/a> cars have a range of up to 1000km between refills with ionic electrolyte fluid.<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q05Oc9M9V4o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The EDAG Light Cocoon (for the blinky light fans)<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RoTIw9SMxOE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Aston Martin all electric DBX concept<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7r53N9cDv1c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Swiss <a href=\"http:\/\/budii.rinspeed.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rinseed Budii<\/a> that will hand the steering wheel to you if you feel like driving<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7GPkw_qdbjc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is also the completely bonkers Koenigsegg Regera &#8220;hybrid&#8221; which does 0-400km\/h <20 seconds\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YWm8xEapjuQ\n\nThere are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon-auto.ch\/en\/page\/green-vision-5019\" target=\"_blank\">76 cars at the motor show which emit less than 95g of CO2 per kilometer<\/a>, and most of them are in production<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and this week Apple launched <a href=\"http:\/\/apple.com\/watch\">the most personal computer ever designed.<\/a>  This goes on sale in France on April 10th, and in Switzerland &#8220;sometime in 2015&#8221;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-waTi8BPdk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See you next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on\u00a0World Radio Switzerland\u00a0that I do with\u00a0Tony Johnston. Here&#8217;s the show from March\u00a010th, 2015: Here&#8217;s the usual set of links &amp; videos from the show: From the Mobile World Congress we had the LG Flex2 self-healing phone&#8230; But this week is mostly about the Geneva Motor Show, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New Gadget Guru: Tech at the Geneva Motor Show http:\/\/wp.me\/p1wIKv-7j","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadget-guru"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1wIKv-7j","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}