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Ladies and Gent’s…Automotive fan’s everywhere. Does this bother you as much as it bothers me?

I can understand the concept of an “Eco Pedal” and it trying to save you alittle $ in your gas tank, but I would find the idea of a gas pedal that pushes back when it thinks your driving alittle aggresive highly annoying!!!

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“Nissan’s revealed plans to install what it’s calling the “ECO Pedal” system in models next year. The technology makes the gas pedal press upward when it senses motorists are speeding up too quickly. Although Nissan says the system can help drivers improve fuel efficiency 5 to 10 percent, we say it’s the ultimate nanny technology that should never see life.

The “ECO Pedal” calculates the most efficient rate of acceleration in a vehicle based on how fast fuel is being burned combined with other factors. The system causes the gas pedal to push back to alert overzealous drivers when it deems you’re pushing the pedal too fast.

The pedal technology is Nissan’s newest addition to the vehicle technology tine of their three-pronged approach to reducing carbon dioxide emissions: improvements in vehicle technologies, driving behaviour and traffic conditions. We liked the last idea of equipping all new cars with a fuel consumption indicator, which indicates the optimal level for fuel-efficient driving by displaying a green, flashing or amber light.

Jalopnik Snap Judgment: This may be one of the worst ideas we’ve yet heard of. Although you’ll be able to turn the system off, this type of technology is yet another example of an unnecessary feature designed to nanny drivers too stupid to realize they’re supposed to reduce their speed and speed fluctuation to maintain high fuel economy. Frankly, we’re more concerned what will happen when a driver needs to overtake another vehicle at high speed on a highway or just as scary — crossing a dotted middle line to pass a truck. How much would it suck to be in the oncoming lane? This feature needs to die before it even hits the streets.”

Im just glad to know that you can turn it off, because frankly it would never be turned on in my car. I already drive a 4cyl vehicle, though modified.. still a 4 cyl and I get mid 20 mpg’s in the city and high 20’s-30 mpg on the highway.. im happy where im at! Jalopnik states the idea of having a colored light indicate your fuel consumption, Its a good idea but my car comes equipped with a little arrow that lights up telling me when to shift for best fuel economy.

What are your thoughs of this? Good idea…Bad Idea… Asinine Idea? lol

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I have found my next keyboard…and it’s only a mere $463 USD!!!

The Optimus Maximus by Art Lebedev is pretty awesome. Each key top on the keyboard has a static screen underneath it and only  clear  caps are pressed on the keyboard allowing for each key to be programmed with a specific image. So if you use a different language each key changes to the language you configure and the shortcut keys on the side can actually be programmed with an image of the app you are using the shortcut for….pretty cool if you ask me.

Here is an image of the software used to program the keys:

And a view of the back:

This will make for a pretty awesome keyboard for those readers who can afford the price tag…what are your thoughts?

This keyboard and more information can be found at Art Lebedev’s website.

Check it out, Microsoft Surface is rumored to be coming in 2011. This looks like some pretty awesome technology. I have been poking around there site and it looks like it could be a very cool setup that I am sure a lot of businesses could put to use.

The site is http://www.microsoft.com/surface

What are your thoughts on this?