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“Dora,” is the world’s first fully autonomous vehicle driven by Mac OS X. The entire development and race management efforts at Team Banzai are being done using Apple Mac OS X technology.

Their VW Touareg is driven by three Mac mini computers! The computers inside the car control electronic pistons and belts to control the steering wheel, brake and gas pedals, and gear shifter. The car follows a series of GPS waypoints that define the course boundary and periodic check …

Steve wanted to share his great Nissan 350Z install with our MacVroom readers. So far, he’s been pleased with his setup because the resulting sound is perfect – with no static in the audio at all. The DVD is completely stable while driving, but like everyone here, he is still happily tweaking away.

He runs a Pioneer-P5000MP head unit with an auxiliary input that can also be named. The best thing is that it is pretty simple to do and …

For those readers venturing to the MacWorld Expo in Boston this week, make sure to check out this totally Geek’d out Ride at the Tech Superpowers/BOSFCPUG Booth (523/524). This Lexus IS300 is the world’s fastest mobile video production studio. It is totally tricked out with two Xserve G5s, an Xserve RAID with 5.6 Terabytes of storage, two 19″ flat screen monitors, a Q-Logic Fibre Channel switch, Bluetooth and AirPort wireless capability, and even a Philips 42″ plasma screen! You can …

Think everything is bigger in Texas? Well, Houston’s Mike Feidler is going mini. He’s installed a Mac mini in a 2005 MINI Cooper Cabrio – named “Nemo” – for one sweet ride. He’s documented his installation progress since March at the MP3car.com forum, where he’s also included some great pix.

On the outside, the hot orange metallic paint job with blue soft top already turns heads. Fielder has taken the leather & cloth interior to the next level by …

Here’s another excellent Mac mini install from Juan Perez. His Mac’d out ’95 Mitsubishi 3000GT features a 1.42GHz Mac mini with a 7″ Lilliput VGA touch-screen. His arsenal of Mac peripherals include a Radio Shark USB AM/FM receiver, 4-port Kensington USB 2.0 hub, a Netgear MA111 V1 wireless network adapter, a customized Keyspan Digital Media Remote, and an Industrial Mini 85 key lighted keyboard.

Juan’s sound system is powered by a Rockford Fosgate 1200W amp with bass controller and a …