Frank Carlson Library

Sometimes everyday cars grow up to become wild dream machines. From the first days of automobiles, custom accessories have been a part of car culture. As decades passed, car ownership grew until just about every driveway had at least one automobile. Model after model came out year after year until junkyards become full of old cars. That's when innovative designers, engineers, and mechanics fused new creations from old and restored many junkyard wrecks...

At the turn of the 20th Century, the automobile (then called the horseless carriage) had been around for about a decade. But just being able to get from one place to another without a horse wasn't enough for many drivers. Humans had discovered speed and we loved what it felt like. Faster and faster cars were being produced and car races were becoming popular. The exotic car, luxury car, supercar, and extreme car all began on the early raceways of...

The auto industry is about to undergo its biggest change ever. You'll have a completely different relationship with automobiles than your parents did. You'll talk to your car and it will talk back. It'll be able to drive itself if you don't want to bother. Everything we know about cars is being retooled and fitted with new tech. To get to the stage where these kinds of cars will be available for sale takes a lot of preparation. The car industry has...

Saudi Arabia is a country in the midst of a major cultural shift. Women are beginning to see changes that allow them more freedom; yet the country still restricts them in ways unimaginable in Western society. The government's ambitious Saudi Vision 2030 plan aims to modernize the infrastructure, technology, and tourism sectors to make Saudi Arabia more attractive to the international community. But the country's harsh social policies risk alienating...