Safety
Composite structures pose EMI challenges29-Aug-2012 13:17 GMT
The all-composite commercial aircraft has become a reality, and the need for the aircraft designer to consider electromagnetic threats has also grown. Bombardier Core Electromagnetic Engineering has conducted a lightning indirect effect measurements campaign on different cylindrical barrels simulating all-metal and all-composite fuselages.
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Next-gen active safety systems from Meritor WABCO
27-Aug-2012 14:30 GMT
A wider, longer radar beam range and the ability to detect stationary objects are key upgrades to a collision mitigation system, one of three safety products recently unveiled by Meritor WABCO for the commercial-vehicle market.
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Dassault Systèmes delivers tools to develop smart, safe, and connected cars
21-Aug-2012 17:15 GMT
Delivering an ‘Experience’ from the user perspective is the new watchword from the makers of CATIA and other Product Lifecycle Tools, enabled by the V6 and the 3DExperience Platform.
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Video: AHSS structures save lives, pose challenges to first responders
20-Aug-2012 16:50 GMT
Ron Moore, retired Division Chief of the McKinney (TX) Fire Department, has literally written the book on extrication involving vehicles with advanced high-strength steel structures, and he shared some of the challenges of this practice at the Great Designs in Steel seminar in Livonia, MI.
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Ford works to lessen drivers' traffic jam and parking stresses
03-Jul-2012 02:09 GMT
A slew of driver assist technologies on the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion underscore the automaker's push to put smart systems on more than just luxury vehicles.
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Driver assistance technology: what really matters?
03-Jul-2012 01:50 GMT
A major European report has been issued on the advanced driver assistance systems that are fitted to vehicles—and that really matter in terms of safety, efficiency and driver behavior.
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Autonomous braking a must for EuroNCAP 5-star rating?
25-Jun-2012 20:18 GMT
EuroNCAP says that from 2014, new cars in Europe will almost certainly need to be equipped with autonomous emergency braking (AEB) to gain a 5-star safety rating. From November 2013, the European Type Approval of new commercial vehicles will require AEB to be fitted.
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Platooning tested for first time on public roads
22-Jun-2012 22:13 GMT
The European SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) project has carried out a test in Spain of a road train comprising several vehicles automatically driving in convoy.
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Nissan Altima rearview camera performs four functions with one lens
01-Jun-2012 20:43 GMT
In addition to a conventional rear camera function, the wide-angle lens looks sideways to provide images for blind-spot and moving-object detection, and vehicle alignment with driving lane markings for lane-departure warning of forward drift.
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Audi’s digital rearview mirror races at Le Mans—road cars could be next
29-May-2012 20:27 GMT
Audi reveals that it has developed a rearview mirror for its R18 Le Mans racecar using digital technology that may eventually prove to be a viable solution for road cars. The system's first application in a closed cockpit LMP sports prototype will be the Le Mans 24-hour race on June 16-17.
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