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austriamicrosystems announced today a global sponsorship of the Freescale Cup, an international competition organized by Freescale Semiconductor in which teams of University students build, program and race intelligent, autonomous model race cars around a track. The fastest car to complete the track on its own without derailing wins.

Parking, and the manoeuvring that goes with it, is still a risky undertaking. Using accident data from the AZT, a German accident research institute, Bosch accident researchers conclude that roughly half of all German traffic accidents involving damage to property are a result of shunts during parking. And the fact that modern cars are becoming increasingly streamlined does not help matters, since this also restricts drivers’ field of vision. T...

A portfolio of active safety technologies that will help reduce crash effects or even prevent them was demonstrated by Delphi Automotive at last month's IAA International Motor Show. Delphi's latest safety technologies will help to protect a wide range of road users including vehicle occupants, cyclists and pedestrians

Work on the next-generation EN-V concept vehicle, representing General Motors’ vision to meet the growing demand for safe, connected, zero-emissions personal transportation could participate in pilot demonstration programs in megacities around the world to determine real-world practicality.

Intelligent controls in automobile convenience and safety systems continue to enhance the driving experience. Automatic windshield wipers bring increased driver convenience and enhanced vision quality by reacting autonomously when mist, fog, rain or road spray begin to obstruct light transmission through the front windshield. Early generation reference designs rely on discrete sensing schemes or ASIC based sensor modules. Melexis new MLX75308 Rai...

Headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, AUDI AG is one of the major manufacturers of luxury cars and is a 99%-owned subsidiary (as of 2004) of Volkswagen, the largest car manufacturer in Europe. Audi produces more than 960,000 cars per year with several renowned models in its line-up of A-series cars, which include the A4, A6, and A8.

Lola Group and Drayson Racing Technologies (DRT) recently announced, further detail on the groundbreaking Lola-Drayson B12/69EV all-electric prototype.

Detecting how many people or vehicles are in a certain place is a difficult task that in the past has been addressed by using expensive and limited video camera image analysis; now with the Smartphone expansion everybody has a mobile device with Wifi or Bluetooth radios on it, and these wireless interfaces can be detected with the new sensing technology developed by Libelium and integrated inside Meshlium Xtreme -the company's multiprotocol route...

Engineering students from the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech have developed a bipedal humanoid robot using the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical system design platform. The Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence (DARwIn) was originally developed to study human locomotion for the research and development of prosthetic limbs. DARwIn achieves full range of motion and accurately imitates human movement so...

The fully reversible Gearmotor is totally enclosed, creating an “IP-54” Sealed Assembly, suitable for use in many harsh environments.