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Multi-Touch Gestures: Usage of Infrared Light

International automotive supplier Continental is working on intelligent infrared technology for future control designs in affordable cars. Used in ever-more electronic entertainment devices, multi-touch controls will also be enhancing modern display and control systems in the especially price-sensitive car segment. With “infrared curtains“, Continental developers are opting for an economical alternative to touch sensitive, so […]

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Bosch electrical connector range

Electrical connectors design by Bosch

They may generally be small and unassuming, but no car can drive without them. Connectors carry electricity and electrical signals to vehicle components such as the airbag, antilock braking system, or control units. A single German premium car can contain up to 4,000 of these connections; in a compact car, the number is just under

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Multi-material systems in vehicle seat structures: the CAMISMA project

Johnson Controls is reducing the use of metals in vehicle seat structures by replacing them with multi-material systems in its CAMISMA (carbon-amide-metal-based interior structure using a multi-material system approach) research project. These seats are 40 percent lighter than conventionally manufactured seat structures and equally as safe.[image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”center” alt=”CAMISMA seat structure” title=”A seat structure from

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Climate Concierge system

25 years of Lexus innovation

Lexus is 25 this year. So we have looked for 25 Lexus world firsts. Here they are: The Lexus LS 600h was the world’s first full hybrid V8 at launch in 2010. A ‘Climate Concierge’ system is fitted to the current-generation LS 600h. It is a world-first climate control system which uses infra-red sensors to monitor

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