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Steve Rogerson talks to some of the companies preparing for September’s Low Carbon Vehicle Event.Once an essential part of growing up, learning to drive, passing your driving test and going out on the road in either your own or more likely your parents’ car, was a rite of passage for many an adolescent. Today, that is changing. For example, the USA, the flag bearer for car ownership, is seeing a fall in the number of teenage drivers. ...

John Jones, Director of Innovation at Avnet Silica, discusses some of the challenges and choices in developing systems and applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), and how the Visible Things platform can enable fast and easy development of secure, scalable edge-to-enterprise solutions for a multitude of industrial applications.

Across mid-top end trims, in-vehicle infotainment systems are becoming a standard feature.It is still considered as a luxury feature in some markets but as a necessity in others. The infotainment system offers luxury, convenience, and a host of other features that connect the car to the cloud and other connected services. The infotainment system is a combination of components such as control panel, telematics device, and head up displays but the ...

Konrad Technologies has been named an NI RF and Wireless Specialty Alliance Partner. The company received this designation for its specialised skills in RF and wireless test capabilities, demonstrated by their Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) radar test solutions and RF communications test capabilities.

In our hunt for Earth-like planets and extraterrestrial life, we’ve found thousands of exoplanets orbiting stars other than our sun. The caveat is that most of these planets have been detected using indirect methods. Similar to how a person can’t look at anything too close to the sun, current telescopes can’t observe potential Earth-like planets because they are too close to the stars they orbit, which are about 10 billion times...

The need for vehicle and occupant safety in automobiles is growing hand-in-hand with the popularity of autonomous vehicles and as such, the market as a whole is being opened up to advanced automotive sensor technologies.

Cree Europe has announced the latest addition to its industry-leading LED roadway lighting XSP Series with the launch of the new XSPM luminaire. The new street light is tailored to meet the demands of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market, and expands Cree Europe’s XSP Series family with increased lumen output performance, lower wattage and more advanced control options.

Osram has acquired a strategic 25.1%share in LeddarTech Inc., a Canadian company that develops a proprietary LiDAR technology integrated into semiconductors and sensor modules for self-driving cars and driver assistance systems. LeddarTech specialises in solid-state LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) systems that use infrared light to monitor the area around them, and its advanced optical sensing technology is highly complementary with Osram&rsq...

Awarded yet another contract to produce high-pressure sensors to support electro-hydraulic steering systems for a tier-1 US supplier, First Sensor recently has seen a significant growth in the market of sensor technology.The agreement covers the period of 2019–2024 and has an anticipated sales volume of €2.5m per year. The sensors will be installed in the pick-up vehicles made by an automotive group with global operations.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage has announced thatDENSO is deploying Visconti4, its latest image-recognition processor dedicated to automotive applications, in next-gen, front-camera-based active safety systems. Visconti4 is a multi-engine road-safety solution that provides drivers with real time analytics of road conditions and potential dangers.