DaimlerChrysler is using a new concept vehicle to examine the great potential of bionics for automobile development, and has achieved outstanding results for fuel consumption and emissions with a ...

Mercedes-Benz made history again last weekend. Its stunning Bionic Car completed the first official lap of one of the tracks at its Mercedes-Benz World site at Brooklands – 98 years, 4 months and 28 ...

History tells us — actually, Google tells us, but I suspect history would, too — that Maj. Jack E. Steele of the Air Force coined the term “bionics” at a convention in Dayton, Ohio, in 1958. So it was ...

When car designers start to work on a new project, they usually begin with sketches coming from their experience or their imagination. But when Mercedes-Benz engineers begin to think about a model for ...

Daimler-Chrysler executives unveiled a four-passenger, diesel-powered concept car last week that they say would earn a fuel economy rating of 70 miles per gallon (4.3 litres per 100km) and would meet ...

A good example of this is the mid '60s to early '70s Alfa Romeo Spiders, GTVs and Giulia Supers. The latter car was about as boxy as anything up to that point. I had a friend who owned a white one and ...

(dpa ) ­ Mercedes is showing a bionic concept car in New York's Museum of Modern Art as part of an exhibition showcasing "trailblazing innovations" in the fields of design and science. The bionic car, ...

Back in December 2009, we told you about Touch Bionics’ ProDigits bionic finger, one of the first powered bionic solutions for people who have lost fingers. The technology was heralded for its ...

We're not entirely sure our friends who are the types to get off rolling in a Benzo are going to feel the giant-bicycle-helmet looks and the lemon-slice wheels, but we've gotta hand it to ...