Wi-Fi is coming to our cars. Ford Motor Co. has been equipping cars with Wi-Fi transmitters since 2010; according to an Agence France-Presse story last year, the company expects that by 2015, 80 percent of the cars it sells in North America will have Wi-Fi built in. The same article cites a host of other […]
Automotive/Transportation
Car comedy: Jerry Seinfeld to debut Web series featuring him driving with other comedians
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld is going back on the road. The comedian announced Thursday that he’ll debut the Web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” on July 19. The interview show will feature Seinfeld’s comedian friends as guests. In a teaser video, Seinfeld is shown driving various vintage cars with Larry David, Ricky […]
Research paves the way for accurate manufacturing of complex parts for aerospace and car industries
Producing strong, lightweight and complex parts for car manufacturing and the aerospace industry is set to become cheaper and more accurate thanks to a new technique developed by engineers from the University of Exeter. The research team has developed a new method for making three-dimensional aluminium composite parts by mixing a combination of relatively inexpensive […]
Audi R8 e-tron sets world record for a production vehicle with an electric drive system
– Superior peak performance for electric-drive production vehicles – Racing driver Markus Winkelhock piloted the new electric sports car with 280 kW output – Michael Dick: “To us, electric mobility means dynamics and driving pleasure” The future of electric mobility at Audi is highly dynamic: The R8 e-tron has set a world record for a […]
LCD module designed for easy reading
Electronic Assembly has designed the EA DIP203-4 LCD module for applications where the display has to be clearly legible. The module comes with a high-contrast alphanumeric LCD supertwist display for showing four 20-character lines. LED background lighting supplied as a standard feature makes the text clearly stand out. The dot matrix display is available in […]
Stanford scientists spark new interest in the century-old Edison battery
Stanford University scientists have breathed new life into the nickel-iron battery, a rechargeable technology developed by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. Designed in the early 1900s to power electric vehicles, the Edison battery largely went out of favor in the mid-1970s. Today only a handful of companies manufacture nickel-iron batteries, primarily to store […]
Infineon lowers outlook as hit by global slowdown
(Reuters) – German chipmaker Infineon lowered its sales and margin outlook on Tuesday, highlighting the technology sector’s vulnerability to a weakening business cycle. The group, which caters to the car and engineering industries, said it now expected a slight decline in revenues in the March-to-June quarter compared with the previous quarter and an operating margin […]
LED provides blue light for emergency vehicles
Osram Opto Semiconductors’ Oslon Signal LED is asserted to provide the world’s brightest blue light. Made using a special thin-film chip technology, the LED emits powerful bright blue light providing to enhance the visibility that is so critical for police and emergency services vehicles. The LED can be operated at a high current and provides […]
ORNL home to new battery manufacturing R&D facility
Future automotive batteries could cost less and pack more power because of a new manufacturing research and development facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The $3 million Department of Energy facility allows for collaboration with industry and other national labs while protecting intellectual property of industrial partners. The laboratory is attracting battery manufacturers, chemical and […]
Math tells us when to be more alert on the roads
Technicians from Madrid City Council and a team of Pole and Spanish researchers have analysed the density and intensity of traffic on Madrid’s M30 motorway (Spain) throughout the day. By applying mathematical algorithms, they have verified that drivers should pay more attention to the road between 6pm and 8pm to avoid accidents. Detection devices installed […]
