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 Aaron Widmar

[Photos] Honda Heritage Center Visitor Experience and Review

[Photos] Honda Heritage Center Visitor Experience and Review

Why this free Honda museum is worth a drive to see!

    At the conclusion of 2014, in the midst of a snow-filled winter, the Honda Assembly Plant in Marysville, Ohio launched an on-site museum dedicated to the legacy of the Japanese brand. Named the Honda Heritage Center, the $35 million facility opened to the public in January, though few Ohioans braved the blizzards to […]

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Learn to Speed Read with New Honda YouTube Videos

Learn to Speed Read with New Honda YouTube Videos

“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes,” Woody Allen used to joke in his stand-up act. “It involves Russia.” Similarly, we took a speed-reading course and read this wordy new Honda YouTube video in twenty seconds. It involves Honda. Take a look: Bit of a blur, no? Here, try […]

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(At Least One) Honda Civic Type R Comes to America!

(At Least One) Honda Civic Type R Comes to America!

1/22/15 UPDATE: More photos of the Civic Type R in Ohio! Last month, we reported on a very exciting rumor that the Honda Civic Type R was coming here to the US, and then we threw cold water all over that rumor the next day with a less than enthusiastic response from the Japanese automaker. […]

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New Honda Museum in Ohio Has Grand Opening

New Honda Museum in Ohio Has Grand Opening

Yesterday, the brand new Honda Heritage Center in Marysville, Ohio officially opened its doors – though for now, only to a select few. While the public can’t visit the new Honda museum in Ohio until January, Honda officials and state and local community leaders – including Governor John Kasich – were on hand for the […]

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ASIMO in New York: Beginning Of Robot Uprising Chillingly Documented In “ASIMO Visits The Big Apple” [VIDEO]

ASIMO in New York: Beginning Of Robot Uprising Chillingly Documented In “ASIMO Visits The Big Apple” [VIDEO]

Earlier this year, the Honda ASIMO humanoid robot became the most popular four-foot tall, anthropomorphized, non-sentient object to hit NYC since Kermit and the Muppets took Manhattan back in 1984. During his tour of the city, ASIMO made a television appearance on “LIVE with Kelly and Michael,” dazzled tech journalists at an invitation-only demonstration event […]

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New OK Go Music Video Features Honda UNI-CUBs, Is Awesome

New OK Go Music Video Features Honda UNI-CUBs, Is Awesome

Alternative rock group OK Go has released yet another amazing music video, this time to promote their catchy single “I Won’t Let You Down,” from the album Hungry Ghosts. In addition to remarkable choreography and experimental drone camera work, the new OK Go music video also boasts a whole bunch of Honda UNI-CUB electric unicycles. […]

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Cynthia Simons, Customer Service Manager, is Who Makes a Honda

Cynthia Simons, Customer Service Manager, is Who Makes a Honda

Honda is now halfway through its 12-part What Makes a Honda is Who Makes a Honda video series, thanks to the release of the sixth installment below, which focuses on Cynthia Simons, an assistant manager at the Honda Customer Support Center in Chino, California. After being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing chemotherapy for a full […]

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All-New ASIMO Makes European Debut in Brussels

All-New ASIMO Makes European Debut in Brussels

The last time we saw ASIMO, Honda’s humanoid robot dude, he was kicking a soccer ball with President Barack Obama and showing off his advanced dance skills. The All-New ASIMO turned up in Brussels on Friday for his first-ever European appearance at a press conference at the ASMIO Studio in Belgium. The All-New ASIMO boasts […]

 Kyle Johnson

Obama Meets Asimo, Bows, Dooms All of Mankind

Obama Meets Asimo, Bows, Dooms All of Mankind

When our robot overlords herd us into their factories and crush the skulls of our fallen beneath their treads, we will solemnly whisper: "Thanks, Obama."

Updated: 4/29 Remember how I playfully suggested that right-wing pundits might just freak out about the prospect of the President of the United States bowing to a robot manufactured by a Japanese automaker? Well, I was mostly right. From a deleted tweet rescued by io9: Critics saying President Obama bowing to a Chinese robot makes […]

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Honda at the 2014 New York Auto Show

Honda at the 2014 New York Auto Show

Wondering what to expect from Honda at the 2014 New York Auto Show? A whole lot of color, that’s what. Reportedly, Honda will be taking the 2015 Honda Fit, which debuted back in January at the North American International Auto Show, and sprinkling it with bits of rainbow: a full color spectrum of the Fit […]

 Timothy Moore

New Version of ASIMO to Debut in US on April 15

New Version of ASIMO to Debut in US on April 15

April 15 is without a doubt the least popular of days in America, although February 14 is a close second for all the bitterly single people sitting at home watching When Harry Met Sally with a tub of ice cream—or for all the ladies whose boyfriends thought “some good, old-fashioned lovin’” was gift enough. Making […]

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Chevy Volt and EN-V Concepts to Cameo in Disney’s Tomorrowland

Chevy Volt and EN-V Concepts to Cameo in Disney’s Tomorrowland

The 2016 Chevy Bolt concept may share its name with a Disney film, but it’s the Volt that’s actually going to appear in one—alongside one of GM’s bizarre concept vehicles. The all-new 2016 Chevy Volt and Chevrolet’s EN-V concepts will be appearing in the backdrops of the upcoming Disney sci-fi mystery adventure, Tomorrowland, in scenes set […]

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Thought Glass Explains Why There Are No Flying Cars Yet

<em>Thought Glass</em> Explains Why There Are No Flying Cars Yet

For the past 60 years, our country’s collective vision of the future has involved some form of flying cars. During the Cold War, Americans assumed that if we could make it to the moon first, surely we could also beat the Ruskies in being the first nation to put airplane wings on a Studebaker. And […]

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7 Best Saturday Night Live Skits About Cars & Driving

7 Best Saturday Night Live Skits About Cars & Driving

The top source for pop culture parody on television for four decades, Saturday Night Live has left no subject unaddressed or unscathed. Its wit and buffoonery have occasionally turned to the automotive industry and our driving habits. Here are seven of the best Saturday Night Live skits about cars that parody everything from driving habits to used car […]

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Papercrafting Tips for Paper Car Models

Papercrafting Tips for Paper Car Models

In Japan, there is a little something called ‘papercraft.’ You may think you already know what papercrafting is. Sure, you folded a bunch of origami cranes in 3rd grade and may have dabbled in scrapbooking, but you don’t know how serious papercrafting can be until you’ve pulled out an exact-o knife and toothpicks to tackle a […]

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Why the Dubai Police’s Supercar Squad Isn’t Just for Catching Criminals

Why the Dubai Police’s Supercar Squad Isn’t Just for Catching Criminals

If you think the Dodge Charger make a cool police cruiser, wait until you see the beauties the Emirati police department in Dubai has. This metropolis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the most luxurious and futuristic on the planet–so it’s not a surprise its esteemed police force parades a whole fleet […]

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No Superpowers Required: See Through Cars with BMW’s X-Ray Glasses

No Superpowers Required: See Through Cars with BMW’s X-Ray Glasses

Automaker's newest augmented reality spectacles will make cars appear transparent

Cars that drive themselves…Panels that record hit-and-run incidents…Self-parking vehicles…robots–oh my! It seems like automakers are drawing their ideas for the latest technology directly from vintage science fiction novels. What’s next, x-ray goggles? Actually, sources from inside one automaker report that’s happening too. European automaker BMW is developing eye-wear which will allow drivers to see through […]

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UNI-CUB β: In No Way A Totally Superfluous Mobility Thing

UNI-CUB β: In No Way A Totally Superfluous Mobility Thing

Hate walking? Heck, who doesn’t. The fact is, mankind has been forced unfairly to evolve over the course of thousands of years to walk upright, and Honda thinks it’s about time we did something about it. That’s why they’ve unveiled their UNI-CUB β mobility device, which is basically like a Segway that doesn’t force you stand […]