It's been an interesting year in technology. Nintendo invented a video game you control with a magic wand. A new kind of car traveled 3,145 miles on a single gallon of gas. A robot learned to ride a bike and somebody came up with a nanofabric umbrella that doesn't stay wet

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In The Driver's Seat

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NASCAR fans who made it to the track this year got to kick the action up a notch with a new gadget that shows even more live, in-car video than the couch potatoes get back home on TV. Dedicated racegoers have long used handheld scanners to listen in on conversations between drivers and their pit crews, but FanView adds audio and video to the mix, using feeds from seven different cameras and microphones inside selected cars.

Inventor: Sprint Nextel, NASCAR and Kangaroo.TV
Availability: Now; $50 a day or $70 for the weekend
To learn more www.nextel.com/nextelcup

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