Cars are packed to the gunwales these days with sensors, hand-holding driver-assist systems, and various arcane doodads that serve to isolate the driver from the actual physical act of driving.

J.E. Aranda and his wife headed into downtown Austin on Saturday, March 15, to have dinner and check out South by Southwest. ...

Wednesday will likely start off rather wet again with widespread showers and a few thunderstorms possible. By the afternoon, ...

So far no one has been hurt in the fires that have burned more than 20 square miles of mostly rugged remote forests. The ...

A weakened tropical storm Hilary underwhelmed the Las Vegas Valley, but about 150 Mount Charleston residents were left without power and water Monday after 8 inches of rain fell in Lee and Kyle ...

Ah, but I digress. It's not all bad. One modern, high-tech doohickey that's actually cool and useful are rain-sensing wipers. It is kinda nice to just set your wiper stalk to the automatic ...