‘Automotive’ Archives
Google helps you find a parking spot, maybe not!
Over the years a number of companies have tried, most unsuccessfully and so m e with limited success, to provide services that will help you locate a parking spot on the street. Well, the folks at Google, you know the ones with access to all of our data, are now trying their hand at it. The application has the original name of "Open [...]
Monday Briefs!
It's official: the IEEE 802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet standard has been ratified by the IEEE! Orlando Florida - Orlando Health has just signed an agreement with HCD to build the organization's Enterprise Data Warehouse which will be the primary repository for clinical, financial, operational and research data. Official approval [...]
Smart Phones & After Market Device will Dominate LBS!
According to iSuppli, a marketing research firm, the usage of smart-phone-based and aftermarket on-board navigation systems will grow considerably in 2014 from the 8 million units sold in 2009. iSuppli sees smart-phone-based OEM and aftermarket on-board navigation systems growing to "81 million units in 2010", and believes it will rise to "297 [...]
GM Launches Venture Arm In Attempt To Expand Automotive Tech
GM is launching General Motors Ventures with $100 million. The doors on GM Ventures are set to open on July 1st, which will put GM ahead of its counterparts in establishing a venture division specifically to target new technologies (electric power, entertainment, consumer integrations, biofuels, etc.). This could be a great move for GM and [...]
NAVTEQ: The content and services behind navigation and GPS (video overviews)
These videos give a short overview of NAVTEQ, new spatial content and the location based services. Have you thought about how the map and spatial content for navigation devices and location based services is collected? Do you know what company provides the services behind the leading brands on the market (e.g. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Ford, [...]
Battery Boost: Lithium-Ion Anode Uses Self-Assembled Nanocomposite Materials to Increase Capacity
ScienceDaily — A new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications from hybrid vehicles to portable electronics. Produced with a "bottom-up" self-assembly technique, the new structure takes [...]
VW supplier venture to create 120 jobs
CHATTANOOGA - A new seat system supplier for the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga will create 120 jobs. A statement Monday said the new joint-venture company, Chattanooga Seating Systems, is 51 percent owned by Hollingsworth Logistics of Dearborn, Mich., and 49 percent owned by Magna Seating, a subsidiary of Canadian auto parts maker Magna [...]
Fuel Economy Standards for Large Vehicles
U.S. Congress has tasked the U.S. Department of Transportation with developing fuel economy standards for large vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks whose fuel consumption currently is not regulated. These types of vehicles consume more that 25% of the various types of fuel used within the United States. In a [...]
Friday Blurbs…. 26th of March
Netflix does Wii - According to Jessie Becker, a spokes person for Netflix, said in a blog posting on the site. Netflix is getting ready for the launch of streaming to Wii. On Thursday Netflix started sending out instant streaming discs for the Wii to some of our Netflix members. This will allow customers to watch movies and TV episodes from [...]
Weak Laser Can Ignite Nanoparticles, With Exciting Possibilities
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design. A paper about the research appears in this week's advance online [...]
Friday Blurbs…..
Cisco's New Router: Trouble for Hollywood - Time: Cisco's CRS-3 router made a bit of a splash when it was announced on March 9, but the power of this new device hasn't yet sunk in. Consider: The CRS-3, a network routing system, is able to stream every film ever made, from Hollywood to Bombay, in under four minutes. That's right — the whole [...]
DMTV #3: On LBS, 3D Data and the ‘Connected Automobile’
Directions Media TV takes a look at location-based services discussed at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. The car manufacturers were pushing more Internet connectivity with a concept called "Connected Automobile" Thank you to Joe Francica, Editor-in-Chief and Vice Publisher, of Directions Media for the overview from CES.
Alpine Electronics Announces Strategic Partnership with Nokia and NAVTEQ to Integrate Smartphones Into Car Infotainment Systems
Fast changing mobile technology and services to be made accessible through in-car systems! Geneva Auto Show, -Mar 3rd, 2010 - Alpine Electronics, the leading automotive and systems and audio specialist, announced today together with Nokia and NAVTEQ a strategic partnership to bring a new connected technology called Terminal Mode to car [...]
Clemson researchers develop hands-free texting application
CLEMSON University — Clemson University researchers have developed a hands-free alternative to cell phone texting while driving. “If you can’t keep people from doing it, make it safer,” said Juan Gilbert, professor and chairman of the human-centered computing division of Clemson’s School of Computing. He said one problem with [...]
ecoRoute hd: Transform your nuvi into a real-time diagnostics computer
For any driver who has ever been curious about what's really going on under the hood, Garmin's new ecoRoute hd provides many of the answers. By accessing onboard diagnostics and performance data, drivers can use a compatible Garmin nüvi to wirelessly monitor real-time vehicle diagnostics while accurately calculating ecoRoute data and driver [...]
